The St. Louis Republic., 1901-12-30

call for the State Convention will be Is
sued for April or the first of May. Before
this fs done. however. arrangements will be
made in every county where the Governors 8
faction is in control to Immediately call
county conventions. and there will not be
much time for consideration Of candidates
or anything else.
Polling County Committees.
From the day the State Committee issues
its call the cannon will be popping all over
Illinois. Indeed. II the truth were known.
] have no doubt but the Governors scouts
are even now polling county committees to
a resolution in the State Convention in
structing Republican members OF the Cen
sral Assembly to vote tel for particular p', can Mn-
son attempted to get one In 1880. but had
no friends. A resolution Of that kind was
adopted in 1885, when Lincoln was 2 candi-
were in q hopeless minority. and Lancoln
easily overtorped every Republican in the
State. No such condition exists now. Gov
manner, an Endorsement that will satisfy
Mr.. Hopkins and Justify the latter In with
drawing from the congressional race IN his
district.
It Is said the Governor intends to resur-
rect the corpse Of the Republican Leaeue
Of State Clubs. and induce that skeleton 70
Instruct" for Mr. Hopkins Il makes n,os;.,nS, mo
that the Governors party will get a sound
thrashing. unless some sharp practice Is
state Committee, which Is presumed to be
met . captain in the Cullom.Dawes-sher;
he he's stated % that al the Governor influence in
the metropolis was entirely gone. Continu-
ing, he explained the aims and intentions
Of his faction In this way:
Two Factions Are Involved.
, .rhi. is n.h. between pG,it,f;ol .s,;onp priRs, t
torimer. and with him Mr.: Hopkins and
Governor Yates. represent the gs.neipa: of Of
poiitics-the Tammany idea, where half
. dozen or less leaders get together and
parcel out omlces to fayorites: They believe
1t p the privilege and the duty Of an or
mate candidates as We'll as to elect them.
The Cullom-Dawes-Sherman side are for
political committee or organilatlon ana 2
used to manipulate conventions or prfma-
ries. but its sole and exclusive province u
to elect candidates selected by the people
ta.eS apnss rSe sa
the indorsement Of the Governor and his
crowd. The two views are opposite and
foreign. and cannot be reconciied.
How the LoFiner PlsA Worked.
idea worked in the last Legislature. where
about dozen members Of the Legi1lature
acted as proxies for Mr.. l0rimer, and
merely registered his will. That II the
Tammany plan. sometimes It Il called
machine. sometimes an organization. but
really It il q Dictatorship. and the Repub-
lican voters who thought they were send
ing Independent men to Springfield to act
for them discovered that they had given
twelve or fifteen votes into the hands Of
Mr.. LOrimer. Speaker Sherman at the time
denounced 1t in strong terms. and thus iu-
yited q quarrel between Lorimer and him
self. Now Governor Yates and Mr.. Hop
less principle Of party government. and
should the Republican party In Illinois in
dorse 1t by 0beying the orders OF that fac.
tfon. 1t will deserve the fate that befeu
Croker and his Tammany in New York.
"Mr. LIOrimer Is the high priest of the
Tammnny principle in the Republican
party; Governor Yates is the king and Mr..
II will be fully understood and appreciated
II they succeed. Twill add that the friends
of the opposition to that triumvirate are
willing to go before the Republican voters
for an Endorsement Of the position they
have taken, viz: 1t Il the duty Of Repub-
iicans to select their candidates, and the
duty OF the organization to elect them"
VIII Clain stsfenent Is Unfaif.
Governor Yates's faction win clain, that
the above statement is unfair to their side.
Maybe II Is. But there II some Justification
in the position OF the Cuilom- -Dawcs-Sher-
man people. because Mr. Lorfmer has in
the past given strong evidence that he
rules wherever he can rule by the methods
OF Croker. and the Governor and Hopkins
indorse the idea or principle by entering
into combination with him.
of "a peach Of time in Illinois politics