New-York tribune., 1901-01-21
TOPICS IN CHICAGO.
GOVERNOR YATES SENATOR
CULLOM SURE OF REELECTION
BEGINNING OF con
TEST FOR MAYOR
TEST FOR MAYOR.


BEGINNING OF A CON
TEST FOR MAYOR.
Chicago, Jan. 20 CspeciaD-''Richard Yates
Governor" was inscribed for a second time upor
the record Of Illinois last Monday, and thou.
sands Of people from all parts Of the State wit
messed the installation of the who. just
forty years before as an infant in arms, had
Sleefully, If not understandingly. his father
go through the same ceremony Effort was
made 10 have ihe two ceremonies as much alike
as possible; the parades passed over the same
line OF march, and We're reviewed from the same
point, but while merely half dozen companies
OF militia escorted Governor Yates 70 the cap
ital in 1861, regiments and brigades. and hun
dreds Of members Of civic and political clubs did
honor to the present Governor. Illinois's new
Governor has no easy example to follow. His
father. installed on the eve Of the Civil War,
proved himself capable Of coping with the crisis
that confronted him, and wrote his name in
delibly upon the history Of his State. The son
has given promise Of being something more thar
merely the son Of his father" as Democracy
dubbed him early in the campaign He has de.
fee all efforts Of the gang" to coerce him into
aiding it in factional fights has kept aloof from
the fights over the Speakership Of the Hous
and the United States Senatorship. and ha.
Although the actual balloting does not take
lpiace until next Tuesday, Shelby NJ. CulIom is
practically elected to succeed himself in the
National Senate. All other candidates had
withdrawn by the middle of last week and even
before the caucus of last Thursday the Tanner
forces tacity admitted their defeat. And now
st is rumored that a reaction has taken place
and that the effect of the supreme trial of
strength which has just been settled in favor Of
iMr CuIlom will result in the termination of the
~Tanner-Cullom feud. 1t is even hinted in some
quarters that the sudden withdrawal of the
Tanner forces is due TO an agreement whereby
Cullom is 10 help Tanner TO defeat Senator Will
iam z. Mason at the expiration of the latter's
sern in 1903. The last few months have shown
conclusvely that Mr.. Tanner cannot hope for
the higher political honors which his ambition
will unquestionably lead him to seek without
the aid OF his former political running mate
Senator Cullom. Furthermore, it is well known
that there is no love lost between the two Sena-
tors. and it is thought that Mr.. Cullom would
not hesitate TO pledge himself TO assist at Sena-
Tor Mason's political funeral So Ex-Governor
Tanner may Yet occupy a seat in the United
States Senate. although 10 do so he viii need
all the aid the crafty Cullom give him. for
he has probabaly made more enemies during his
Governorship than any other man ever elected
10 the Office.
Now that Neighter political affairs have been
disposed Of, local attention is turning with
doubled interest TO the Mayoralty contest Ma
tional Committeeman Graeme Stewart and John
Maynard Harlan. candidates for the same office
two years ago Independent Republican
ticket, are the two most promising Republican
possibilities. Just now Mr. Harlan has so far
managed to obscure Mr. Stewart's campaign that
rumors Of the latter's withdrawal are current.
One thing is tolerably certain; there viii not be
the number OF candidates in the field this time
. that there were two years ago. when tn Repub-
a lican party Was split into four factions. The
party leaders were taught lesson by that eX-
perience and il IS their aVowed intention
unite upon some one Republican candidate.
Little doubt is entertained that the Democrats
will again place in nomination Carter H Harrf-
son Some of his adherents have already begun
10 wear buttons bearing the inscription Car
ter H. Harrison, Mayor, 1901; President 1904"
Just what effect upon his campaign for re-elec-
non next spring the action OF the last Grand
Jury viii have remains to be seen. Some say
that his rigid enforcement Of the local blue laws
mas not hurt him with the saloon element and
ats array Of votes. Yet many are inclined 10 be-
1ieve that when the ballots are cast Mayor Har-
rison VIII find that the local crusade against
Alce, IN which ne took an unwilling part. has
cost him dear.
Chicagoans are exercised over the lack Of out
side appreciation Of the fact that their sanitary
canal is the largest artificial waterway in the
emphasizing the fact for the benefit Of unap-
precatiVe neighbors. Their latest effort is a
suggestion that the canal be used for ntercolle-
Blate boat races; and, far the course is
concerned, the conditions are ideal Between
Chicago and Lockport, distance Of thirty-one
miles, the canal is 300 feet from bank to bank:
1t is almost straight, and by closing the Bear
Trap dam the flow Of the current may be en-
tirely stopped, that better conditions for row.
ang can hardly be imagined But if the plans
Tor the proposed races are carried out some
thing unique in the way Of seating arrangements
for spectators viii have 10 be devised for the
banks OF the canal, part masonry and part solid
granite, rise sheer fifteen twenty feet above
the surface Of the water, 50 that the finish could
best be witnessed by lying prone, with head ex-
sended over the waterway.
Chicago has paid tribute TO genius with MANY
hard dollars during the last week the first of
the engagement Of Richard Mansfield in Henry
v at the Grand Opera House. and il has
given substantial evidence of willingness to pay
many more during the weeks 10 come for the
and Coquelin goes to show that the Windy City
Is not altogether unappreciative OF really good
theatrical offerings. The coming Of Bernhardt
and Coquelin has long been looked forward TO
with eager interest. and the French players may
be certain of a highly profitable engagement
When zero weather does not deter would-be
purchasers Of tickets from standing for hours in
lines on the sidewalk outside the lobby il is
safe TO predict a remarkable engagement and
that is what Chicagoans have been doing ever
since seats for the Bernhardt-COquelin engage
1lent We're placed sale.