The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-19
State OfticchOlderS Are Tired of
Being Taxed for His Private
Campaign Fund.
SOME MAY KICK OVER TRACES.
Candidates All Join in Attacking
the Executives Assessment
Policy-Judge Sher-
man Disappears.


RE1PI-BIIC SPECIAL.
Springfield, H.. oct lS.-By many the
announcement Of the candidacy ot AttoT
uey General HamIsn for the Republican
nomination FOR Governor Is regarded as
the closing Of the State Convention entry
list but it l. hy no means certain that
all the men who aTe 10 contest tur the
nomination are Ia the field
Former Governor FIf-r IS yet 10 De
heard from. only a few weeks agO he was
all but An avowed candidate. and. al
though ht has not figured in any Of the
recent political conferences. he must not
be left out ~ the calculations altogether.
The story that he Is President Roosevslt's
choIrs for a running mate lacks c1ufrms-
tIou
With the announcement ~ the Attorney
General. it becomes evident that the cam
paiEu i 10 be- one In which this leaders
% the field will De engaged in an effort
To pocket Yates. and there will be- an eN-
r-llent opportunity fog a dark horse 10
slip past them all. No Doubt Nlr- F1f-r
would tsks advantage Of an opportunity
~ this sort with pleasure.
one thing that lends confirmation 10 the
belief that the former Governor has not
lost sight uf the nomination is the failure
Of Secretary " state ROse 10 get into the
running. Rose IS one or Fifer.s closest
friends and is known to b. Tor hir1 for
Governor. a. against any one else I'm She
State. Al the same time. Is " Eulrrrua
tuTial timber OF very promising quality
himself. and il is suTmis-d that only his
friendship fur Flfer ~ keeping him out
DARK HORSES
In The fre--for-slI into which the Re
publican scramble has developed. Rose
would have a. good an opportunity 20 win
as any one. lie could go into the cOnvvn-
tiou with fair array Of counties in thr
southern part OF the State AT MS back
and Le would be the second choice 81
many more And II Will be- one uf 10"
second choice fellows who will grt the
nomination this time u a second ballot is
reached In the convention.
There was nothing sensational or uu-
looked Tor IN the announcement ~ ~
toruey General Hamlin. Naturally
enough. his reference TO the Use Of cam
Iatign contributions has attracted some
attention, but there Is nothing sGrpTis-
ins iu it. Like the other CuuGldutrs vino
are running against Governor Yates. he
IS COMPELLED To- take this position
The Attorney General was once the VIC
tim Of the camEaigu contribution IN the
hands OF hostile politicians At the tim.
he WAS Il candidate Tor Attorney Cen
eral tine money % the State organization.
suTue uf v nlCn he AMI his friends fslu
helped raiS.. WHs Against him. and it
came near defeating him Tor the upmina-
ton Now lie sees the same thing con
fronting him us candidate for the
Rub-TuatiOnal nomination.
Voluntary contributions made To- the
party should be- lesitimately used tu elect
tile ticket when nominated: and not tu
prompt The candidacy OF any one seeking
a nomination said the Attorney Gen
eT3l lie could have added something
concerning Involuntary contributions. but
fHaH M
speech and feeling his way as Lu -iu-
'hryo candidate for party leadership. pad
- he wisely for"bore-
TROUBLE N SIGHT.
But there Is 10 he trouble over the
contributions" just the same Not all ~
the State employees are the personal
friends of the Governor. and not all %
them care enough for their jobs 10 re-
main Passive UIdrT the levieS that have
been made against them FOR the anti
convention campaign Already tlg small
Try are showing signs 81 testlesSI - and
are evideucing n disposition To- rtvult
Some two weeks ago the employees at
Chester Rcr- murmuriuE over the tax
put upUn their wages. aud nov the little
fellows on the pay roll at the Pontiac
RcfoTmatUry are threatening to make
trouble. Some OF them who receive only
~ and So month have paid one CON
told that they viii b. expected to give
another sl5 in January aud - later uH.
For the most part they are Inclined to re-
gard taig rs eNtur;iuu.
The party has no campaign on hand at
the present time. nor viii 10 have any use |
Tor money 10 elect It's candidates Tor
months 10 come. OF course. the money
collected previous tu the campaign Is &C. Z
be used TO aid IN the renominati0n uf
Governor Yates. and Il Will b great ad- /
dition 10 his personal campaign fund. He !
is in absolute control of the State Central !
Committee and he can uSs u a. he will. /
The only thing the candidates who are 4
without campaign funds can do is 10 dis I
count the effect % the money a. much - I
possible bv protests against Its use. This I
accounts for what Hamlin had 10 say on I
the subject. although he was at the Sime !
time expressing Soli,ituur Tor the har- !
mony OF the party Luwd-n and D~n~-il I
have complained along the same line and I
sherman has been protesting for three
yerrs.
RECORD HIS PLATFORM
Hamlin did well In making the record /
OF his ONCE his platform in the cam
Daign. He Is the only Attorney General I
Illinois has ever had, save one. who has
attracted attention to himself or his Of
ne. When he was elected the position
had lost its character as a distinc i've de-
psrtment Of the State government. and /
had degenerateI into a sort OF bureau of /
To Hamlin belongs tie credit Il
of rezcuing Il from utter decay.
When Hamlin came into oilce le found 4
that pretty much all OF the legal business ]
u the state was distributed about among /
a multitude or special attorneys, appoint /
ed 10 represent the various STATE boards |
and commissions. These attorneys We're i
app0intees OF the Governor and they did 4
not 50 much as report 70 the Attorney /
Generals once. Indeed. few or them re- |
ported 10 any one
Hamlin Is a good lawyer and intensely /
Jealous OF his professional reputation He /
had been elected as the head OF the legal |
department OF the State and the pres 1
ence OF the horde Of irresponsible Law
ye=s In the department CALLED him He /
declared that the employment OF them /
was iIleeal and he had them ousted. much /
TO the displeasure Of Governor Yates.
Several times during his administration i
The Attorney General has run afoul the 1
Governor and his appotuteeS. while en- i
deavorinE TO maintain the integrity of his i
department. Nevertheless. No mas held his
own and the office has come 10 be recOg-