The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-24
Reception to Congressman Hop
kins Well Attended in Point
of Numbers.
FEW BUSINESS MEN ATTEND.
Governors Senatorial Candidate
May Withdraw From Congress
siOnal Race in Interest of
the Higher Ambition.

congressman Albert ]. Hopkins of Aurora
candidate for United States Senator, ir
Springfield to-day was not a frost. Governor
Yates and his appointees saw to II tha
MI Hopkins had entertainers during the
afternoon. The corridors of the Leland were
deserted during the forenoon. except by
the members of the State Board of EQuali-
zatton. the railroad attorneys and hangers
on OF the State Board. Soon after the noon
hour. however. the laborers and janitors
and clerks and Commissioners and trustees
began to make their appearance.
Johnny Juneman. secretary OF the State
Board of Live Stock Commissioners looking
for the first time in his life like real
certified check. headed phalanx of MEM
bers OF the Sangamon County Republican
Committee. who didn't know which way to
turn without pilot. Every one of these
gentry is on the State pay roll has rsia-
tive there or has great expectations Of ia
Vors from the Governor.
Dearth of Buslness Men.
There was a lamentabie dearth of bust
ness and professional men, and the farmers
and villagers from the neighborhood. who
| crowded Springfield's streets on holiday
| business. paid no attention to the urgent
| requests Of the officeholders attached to the
administration. who attempted to inve;gle
| them to the Leland.
| Sangamon County Republicans refuse to
F, believe that the Hopkins canvass is in
| earnest. They see no proofs of confidence
either in the attitude of the candidate or
or Governor Yates. Republicans of this
I! county have had plenty of evidence in the
past of four-fiushing politicians. and they
| have sized up the Hopkins candidacy as a
scheme to pave the way for somebody else
! In fact. there Is suspicion in the minds Of
some OF them that Governor Yates himself
Is to be the real candidate: that Northcott
| Is to content himself with two years as
Governor IL Yates can he sent to the United
States Senate. and that Hopkins is to be
the nominee for Governor in 1904.
Some OF the wise ones figure it out that
| way. 1 cannot say that agree with their
conclusions Governor Yates is execrated
| on every side and everywhere in the State
| where people read English and German. and
! do not believe he is fatuous enough to
imagine that he can succeed Mason as Sem
! ator. The Governors own appo:ntees ac-
| knowledge that there is an odium attached
| to the State administration that will damn
any off1ceseeker whose cause is espoused by
the Governor.
Only last Saturday the Yates Club of Chi
| cago. 6o0 strong. dlsbanded and quit busi-
| ness. because of the feeling against the Gov
ernor.
Attendance Was Large In Numbers.
But this demonstration for Hopkins to-
day was respectable in numbers. II 1t did
lack in enthusiasm and influence. At 2:31
Governor Yates. accompanied by Colone:
oglesby. his private secretary. entered the
quarters OF Mr.. Hopkins and remained for
thirty minutes , During the forenoon ..,s the h
member of the state Central Committee.
Daniel Hogan. the Moses of Egypt. a. Han
bash River. John j. Brown. who owns Fay
cite County. Colonel Rowe. chairman of the
state Committee. and number Of other
leaders, gathered in the executive Office and
discussed the situation.
They did not take the public into their
confidence but it is presumed they discussed
together and canvassed the matter of the
annual love feast. 1t is pretty certain that
there will be no love feast and that the
State Committee will meet some time in
January. probably about the 18th. and that
this meeting will furnish an opportunity for
the Yates faction to expose its wounds and
treatment the administration is receiving
from Republican leaders and newspapers in
all quarters of the State.
Mr.. HopkinS'S emphatic refusal to with
draw his name as 4 candidate for re-elec-
ton to Congress is making trouble for the
State administration. When they go to
country Republican and urge the Congress.
mans claims. and run down Dawes. the
shrewd granger points to the facts that Mr..
Hopkins is holding on to sure thing, while
MIR. Dawes resigned a surcr and more
profitable job.
How the Farmers Argue.
''Gawes may be a gosling.'' argues the
farmer. but he resigned job that was
paying him $3.50 or $500 year. and bold
ly enters the lists Congressman Hopkins
has resigned nothing. and has refused to
withdraw as candidate for Congress next
year. Pears to us farmers as though an
even fight ought to be on even terms. and
the loser ought to be willing to lose his of
flee. whatever IL is.
This sort of argument has had an effect.
and l am told that the Governor to-day
urged Mr.. Hopkins to formally and imme
diately withdraw his name as n candidate
for reelection to Congress for next year.
do this gracefully with the statement that
his canvass thus far has been SO enthuSi-
astically received. and he is so certain OF
ultimate success. that he has decided to
ask his friends to not present his name for
Congress next year.
We may expect this announcement before
January 1-certainlv II will not be DELAYED
longer than the meeting of the State Com
mittee. Should Mr.. Hopkins fail to take
this action he will find that his candidacy
is not being taken seriously anywhere in
the State. even in State administration cir
cles A partial list of those present will in
dica,e the general run of those who re;
ceived" Mr.. Hopkins to-day and smoked
his good cigars:
Some of Those Who Were Present.
Thomas Jefferson Clark. Quincy. Commissioner
Chester Penitt niary: Len Small. KankaEee. t'us-
tee Kankakee Hospital: Robert Burke Aurora.
Inspector of Dairy Products unGer the state Food
Commissioner: James S. Neville. Bloomington,
and A. l.. French Chaplin Railroad and War;
house Commissioners: j. J. Brown. Namua.n1.
Secretary Illinois Commission to ST. Louis Wsr."s
Fair: Daniel Hogan. Mound city and ChiGase.
Chief Register Grain department. Cn;caso:, leu
Home ssn 1San Iynch Snss
mission st. Louis Worlds Fair: Z. M 11nneS:
editor Virginia Gazette. in charge OF the 1atrs
smith. Monticello. member state Live stock csm-
mission: f. E. Reed, Pcn,iac; attache OF .., SGh-
tiac Reiormatory; J. 3. Messick East 81 LCua,ii L.ai
nanIs Goane 'ft ne Rowe ,h
State COMMITTEE. and attorney Tor the insarans o
Department: Colonel +. e. Rossiter. Chicago 81
the Governors .,aff; Colonel a J. 1s,an.i heksii
Theodore Ewert. Assistant Adjutant Geneshiii G!,,i
Henry Yates. Insurance superintendent VIII
Yates chief Clerk Insurance Departmein,: NJ IN. IN.
the clerks and chiefs and smp,oEHss pHr. M,bry
Of Fairfield who denied that he was lor ftops sfa S
for Senator however and said he was fer Ma
son for Senator and Chapman for oonSre: nt N.
Illinois Commission. st: Louis Worlds Fa,s: Az
Doctor Tiffany Of the State Netsrinarians .,, ~
partment: John JuEeman Of the live s''Sx is
Board. and an army OF militia encaMih.ii , hai,e..
man Of prominence and influence in the lot was
John r Capps OF this city. and he runs
woolen mill here. His brother runs one a. Jao aorv
current in jacksonville during the summer aooIl'
n contract for furnishing the militia with 1m Nm,
forms. in which the Jacksonville Mooien IN MI.
and Colonel Walter Fieldhouse. Chief inspector
a"e J. L. PICKERING.