The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-27
Believed That He Will Retire
From Railroad and Warehouse
Commission This Week.
MAY ENTER RACE FOR CONGRESS
General Shake-Up in State Offices
Likely to Occur Lively
Fight in Twenty
Fourth District.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

| Springfield, ILL.,. Jan. 26.-James Mckinney
! of Aledo. chairman of the Executive Com
| mittee of the Republican State Committee
| and member of the Yates a. itchen cabi-
! net' year ago. will tender his resignation
| as member of the Illinois Railroad and
| warehouse Commission this week. 1t is
,, said to be due not later than Tuesday, when
the Republicans of his congressional dis
| trict meet in Rock Island In .love feast"
David Shanahap of Chicago is understood
TO be en- the Governors slate for McKin-
ney's office. Mr.. shanahan was the Yates
candidate for speaker. of the last House
against Sherman.
Andrew Russell of Jacksonville, president
OF the State Pardon Board. is understood
to have rendered his resignation to Gov
ernor Yates.
Mckinney, as chairman Of the EXECUTIVE
committee in the last campaign, was
brought into intimate association with
Governor Yates. and always was believed
to be among the few who had the entire
confidence of the executive He headed the
Mercer County delegation to the State Con-
vention in 1900 and voted every time the
solid delegation for Yates for Governor
Rumors were current a month or SO ago
that he would resign. and it has been re-
garded only as matter of time when he
would have to step out. Mckinney himself
and his county and district are believed to
De tor Dawes for United States Senator.
ana governor Yates would not stand for
thls action for minute. The Lorimer ele-
ment in Cook County has been striving for
months TO secure member of the Railroad
COMMISSION, and it has been keeping close
watch on MIR. Mckinney, with the end of
forcing MS resignation and securing the
piace for an adherent of its own.
Last spring Lorimer made strenuous ef-
Tort to secure the reappointment of Joe Bid
Wen as member of the Railroad Board, but
the pull for Mckinney was too strong to re-
sist. and Bidwell was made chief tnspector
OF grain at Chicago. berth paying more
than Railroad Commissioner.
May Run Mckinney for Congress.
ihere Is considerable talk Of running Nc
Kinney for Congress in his district. which
Is the Fourteenth. and consists of the coun-
ties OF Rock Island. Hancock, Henderson,
McDonough. Mercer and Warren-all
strongly Republican except Hancock This
VIII be gall for B. F. Marsh of Hancock.
governor Yates has grown exceedingly
gets mis- religious training in describing his
ieeHngs HIS language is exceedingly vio-
lent at times. Just now he is engaged in
trying to annex some of the CuIlom- -Sher-
man-Dawes crowd. I was told to-day of
an invitation extended to a prominent Re-
pIoncan IN chicago to call on the Governor.
ou can nave anything You want" urged
the messenger.
"Goyernor Yates has no office in his Gift
mat mat would accept from him. was the
Shake-Up In Prospect.
There Is certain to be some more resjena
tions within the next few days or weeks.
Governor Yates is drawing the lines tieht. |
er and tighter, and no State employe with |
me slightest prediction for the opposite |
up will change the complexion of many |
boards and commissions. If the right men |
can saaaI be J., found to take the places. Senator
administration faction. He is believed TO /
and Sherman
terday. by Chicago authority to the eff
1ect that the presidency of the Chicago |
!, Title s and nd Trust Company has been offered
offered to ex-Secretary of the Treas
clined. Mr.. Gage. it is reported. is con-
consolidation of two Chicago banks with
powerful Eastern connections. David B. |
Lyman, formerly of the law firm of Lyman
& Jackson is now president of the Chicago
Title and Trust Company, but in view cf |
the prospective reorganization and consoI- |
idation Of several Chicago banks a young
er and more active man Is desired at The
fairs.
will not deny that he is on the waiting list
for president of the big trust company, |
but they insist that nothing will be per-
mitted to interfere with his senatorial can
vass and the promises he made to political
friends last year. 1t is conceded that he
will accept an important position at 'he
head of q Chicago financial institution If
the senatorial contest is decided adversely
to him.
Battle in the Twenty-Fourth.
The congressional battle in the Twenty
fourth District is attracting more attention
In the State than any other. excepting the
II
said that an effort is being made to have
two of the candidates from the north with
draw in favor of the third: and the con-
then would be one from the north, |
from the center and Chapman
from the south. In all the gossip Senator
is placed as the leader in the
the north should be solid he would probably
lose. The active candidates now from the
north are Creighton Of Fairfield, Bainum
Of Carmi and Smith of Flora. If there |
Is a consolidation it will likely be on Smith. |
Creighton and Bainum both deny
Mr.. Bainum was summoned to Springfield
by Governor Yates. and came up yesterday
and dined with the Governor at the man
sion Mr. Bainum -. said si,tn that b the Interview Interview
he said. called him to Springfield to talk
over the situation in Southeastern Illinois:
in the congressional fight in the Twenty
fourth District: all he wanted was the priv
lege of succeeding himself in 1904: The
|
and msrepresented by the newspapers;
that he was not meddling in affairs that
did not concern him. and all he expected
1T this time and that he had right to
expect that was an Endorsement of the az
He was disposed to charge
most of his troubles to the crowd headed
BY Culiom Sherman and Dawes.
Mr.. Bainum was equally frank He in
,ormed the Governor that he was on friend
y terms with Cullom and favored the sem
atoral aspirations Of Mr.. Dawes: that he
1ad not given the gubernatorial battle of
1904 any thought: he was not for or against
Yates, but when the time arrived he would
make a decision and the Governor would
snow on which side he was standing He
lad some friends in the States service,
and asked II they would be discharged II
hey returned to their homes and helped
llm on primary day. He was told that
MS friends and the friends Of all other can
lidates would be permitted to spend the J
Law of the primary election at their homes |
md they could work for whom they pleased
'or Congress. Mr.. Bainum was positive he
would be candidate for Congress to the !
md, and declared a supreme confidence in
lis success. He emphatically denied that
le would retire in favor Of Colonel Smith.
,ut fntimated that there would be some de-
yelopments within a week or ten DAYS.
]. l. PICKERING.