Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-18

since ON Illinois postmastcrs in Demo.
cratic congressional districts. Dozens
Of them are now threatened with exc.
get into line for Mason. Thus the
Junior senator prepares the ground for
the seed which he will plant in
speeches and fearful appeals on the
stump next summer and fall. But
whether the senator shall Ice Dawes or
Mason, Madden or Lowden, or one OF
the Others depends on how the com.
binations of managers shape up. Iii.
nois is virgin soil for Republican mn.
chine building. All old combinations
went to pieces last summer nj Peoria.
The old state machine was split then
and after between Tanner and Cullom.
Tanners portion of IL will not blindly
follow him now. and will bolt If he
tries 10 tie up Il rcjuvcnated Lorimcr.
Jameson faction in Cook County. all
of its i'll fortune being attributed to
such an alliance In the past. Cullom's
end of the old machine is not strong
enough to go alone. The new machine
must come out of u combination of
comparatively small factions like the
tullom and Tanner remnants. the
Yates men and the Sherman men OF
the country. and the Stewart Bussr.
rcasc North Siders. the Hertz.Camp.
bell Northwest Sidcrs. the Lorimcritc,
and the Denecn following on the
South Side in Chicago.
Governor Yates is obviously In II bet
ter position than anybody else to build
Il machine. and he wants to do IL. hut
he has not yet made giant strides to-
ward achievement. Many of his up.
pointecs feel absolvcd from personal
obligation to him on account of the
logging" ana the waiting they had
In do before getting their jobs. Hardly
one of them can deliver his county del
cgaton If any one of half dozen other
men In his county objects.
Speaker Sherman undoubtedly ranks
next to the Governor NJ this time as Il
possible maker of machines. Where h.
will line up or whether he will exert
himself in the future Is q question.
Some of his friends have tried To put
him into combination with the Gov.
ernor. He could not submit to 1t with.
out going back on other friends. Con.
scqucntly as Il political force he Is tenn.
poralily ut n standstill.
The Senatorship fight. on which 81
much depends. looks like Dawes
against the field right now. II probably
will wear that appearance until the
factions are lined up and tickctcd in the
next state Convention. Long-rangc
guessing does not give Mason Il chance
unless he should be taken up 10y men
like Lorimcr and John NJ. smyth In
Chicago and should win gubcrnatorial
or other help I'm the country.
The nucleus Of Mr.. Dawes strength
Is the string of acknowledgements
Pease. Bussc North Side Chicago wards.
The Northwest side belongs in that
list. too. Henry l.. Hertz does not owe
his Federal position to Mason. The
natural Dawes allies In the country are
the Reeves and Culloih warriors of last
summer and winter. Speaker sherman
A majority of the Republican state
Senators. through their association I'M.
der Campbell-Busse leadership In the
session just ended, also naturally he.
long IN that column.
The combination looked for against
Mr.. Dawes Is one between Governor
Yates ana the LOrimcrite faction In
Cook. with. possibly but not certainly
some help from the Tanner remnant
Colonel Frank q. IOwden Is the like
Hest beneficiary Of such a combination
now visible to the naked eye. There
are reasons why Governor Yates
should he for Mr. Dawes. but he prob
ably will not be. All this leaves unac.
counted for the compact body OF dele.
gates which states Attorney Dcnccn
is building up-most Of the old Tanner
following In the country. and that not
lnconsidcrablc number of country dele
cations which comes into conventions
,npledged and hunts bandwagons. rs
1t leaves unaccountcd for the personal
forces which Martin II. Madden and
Senator Mason and the Others" may
muster. The outlook. therefore offers
nothing definite except one of the
sharpest political fights ever wagcd
with plenty of interesting develop.
ments for the outsider ana plenty of
ncrverack for the participants.