The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-16

that office at Springfield this week.
Curiously enough the Democrats are rely
ing upon the senatorial feature of the COM
irg campaign to help them, just as the Re-
turn the tide in their favor In 1894. That
the Democratic nominee for the senator
ship was not In touch with the masses of
MS party eight years ago became evident
before the campaign was fairly under way.
Prediction is now made that 1t will soon be
demonstrated that Albert J: Hopkins, the
Republican senatorial candidate. is not ac-
ceptable to many thousands OF his party as
sociates. especially in Chicago and Cook
CHICAGO LAYS CLAIM TO
VACANT SENATORIAL SEAT.
Mr.. Hopkins is a citizen of Kane County
and he aspires to seat in the Federal Sen
ate, which at present Is occupied by a Chi
cago man and which Dy common consent
has been occupied by a citizen of Chicago
and adorned by that brilliant and master
mocracy, stephen 4. Douglas.
against Mr.. Hopkins by his political ap
ponents beyond the fact that he is a Repub-
lican. He has been in the lower house of
nized as one OF the Republican leaders in
that body. Nor is 1t suggested that he
ply because the action OF the convention in
ndorsing him for that office was absolutely
without precedent In the history of Repub-
lican politics in Illinois.
1t Is true that the precedents were all the
other way, as the State conventions of that
party have on more than one occasion hatly
declined to make such Endorsement and the
convention Of 1894 adopted a resolution spe-
officially setting out that 'as the law makes
It incumbent upon members of the General
Assembly to elect United States Senators
the delegates chosen to represent the mass
es of the party in Safe convention are pre-
cluded from indicating q choice among the
various senatorial aspirants. all of whom
for the office"
IT,
ly that Abraham Lincoln was nominated
Convention in 1858, but he was not. The
Republican Senatorial District conventions.
without exception, indorsed Mr.. Lincoln
for for the office; and in that way he became
HOPKINS THE CANDIDATE
OF REPUBLICAN MACHINE.
The chief objections to Mr.. Hopkins as
senatorial candidate are that he is not a
mated at the dictation CT a coterie of ma
chine bosses for selfish purposes of their
own
The men to whom Mr. Hopkins is largely
indebted for the honor which has been con-
ferred upon him are Governor Richard
publican boss who controls the wealthy and
populous wards which make up Chicago's
and owner of the Chicago Inter Ocean.
These men are the leaders of the organiza-
ton which now dominates Republican poll
tics in Illinois. The nomination of Mr..
Hopkins was decided upon by these leaders
early last fall as being necessary to demon
strate their power, and the incidents lead
ing up to this decision were follows:
Early in the spring of 1901 1t became ap-
parent that the Mckinley managers in ILL
nois. who then controlled the Republican
politics of the State, were preparing to sup
port Senator Fairbanks of Indiana for the
presidential nomination in 1904. Governor
Yates who had been openly snubbed by the
Federal administration at Washington in
the matter Of patronage, resolved TO cir
cumvent the Fairbanks movement, If pos
sible, and to this end, he called upon Lori
mer, Jameson. Hopkins, Hinman and
few others. who were under no obligations
to the Mckinley administration, to meet
him in conference.
The meeting was held in May of last year,
and after canvassing the situation carefully
the Governor and his friends reached the
conclusion that only by taking up Theodore
Roosevelt and pitting him against Fair
banks could they prevent the delivery of the
Illinois delegation in 1904 to the Indiana can
didate. Believing they could win with
power in State politics they quickly deter
mined upon plan of action. A committee
was sent TO New York to wait upon Mr..
Roosevelt and ascertain his intentions in
regard to the next presidential canvass.
BARGAINED WITH ROOSEVELT
FOR ILLINOIS ELECTORAL VOTE.
The Vice PRESIDENT received the members
of the committee cordially, of course. and
after hearing what they had to say, In
formed them that he would be a candidate
for the presidential nomination in 1904.