Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-20

municipal election. LOrimer and the
crowd of political leeches with which
he has surrounded himself must be
driven from the management of the
party. My friends will assume this
task as the first step to my election as
the successor of Senator Mason" Wide
interest Is manifest already in Wash
ingtOn over the Illinois Senatorial con-
test. which has been going on under
the surface for some months. Mr..
Dawes friends. even ut this early date,
are confident that he will be the sue
cessful candidate. Probably the most
startling assertion that the Dawes
people make Is that william Lorimcr
II to he driven out of politics. and that
states Attorney Charles =. Deneen
will he found fighting In the Dawes
ranks alongside Of Fred Busse. This
means that Mr.. Deneen has completely
severed political relations with Lori
mcr who. II will he remembered. was
largely instrumental in giving Dcneen
his first nomination for States Attor-
ncy.
The Dawes people who are here also
declare that Robert W. Patterson,
publisher of the Tribune. who has been
mentioned rs Il candidate for Senator
will not shy his castor into the ring
hut will lend his energy and influence
toward the destruction of Lorlmer and
the election of Mr.. Dawes. Henry l..
Hertz, who received his government
appointment largely through the efforts
of Mr.. Dawes. County Recorder Robert
Simon. eX.Shcriif james Pease ana
Roy q. West are the Chicago men who
probably will assist Fred Busse In the
| fight against Iorlmer.
Frank q. Lowden. son-in.law of the
late George NJ. Pullman, Is credited
with being LOrlmer's choice as the
successor Of william II. Mason. \
! few days ago senator Mason returned
from Chicago. where he assisted In the
disastrous lIanecy campaign and an
nounced that neither Charles q.
Dawes. Farnk o. LOwden nor any
other republican would get his seat In
the Senate except over his political
corpse. The vehement may Ia which
he made this assertion led the Wash
ingt0n politicians to speculate as 10
whether Mr.. Mason had not received
some encouragement from the I.orimer-
Smyth-Blo combination while In
Chicago.
II IL claimed Mr.. Mason was on the
point of announcing that he would not
he a candidate for reelection when he
left Washington TO take hand I'm the
llnnccy massacre. Martin II. Mad
den IL Il candidate again. Lorimer
may pick him up II the other candi-
dates follow Mr.. Dawes lead and re-
fuse to play politics with Lorimer.
Gov. Yates position In the fight is still
In doubt. While possibly he owes his
nomination for governor to Senator
Cullom and Mr.. Dawes more than TO
any one else, he has appeared anxious
to make LOrimer his Chicago cOnnec-
ton.
"'rhe fight contemplated by Mr..
Dawes" said one Of the Illinois con-
gressmen who will be found support
ing the comptroller for Senator. ZEN.
braces u regularly conducted speaking
campaign before the primaries. Lori
mcr aud the manner In which he has
used the Republican organization for
his private gain will be the issue.
This fight won. the Dawes men will
90 ont In the State and tell the Repub.
Leans there that the Dawes people
want their support as reward for re-
leving the party Of the yellow-haired
boss of the West Side. l believe that
public sentiment Is SO strong against
LOrimer that Mr.. Dawes has made his
fight easy by thus clearly defining the
issue"