The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-14

| 1T 4 STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
Lincoln. III. Srp;- i3-FacinE a RrT't.i-
| iican majority OF So. I'm 100. Law nee
p. StrirSnr. the new Moses that may lead
| the Illinois D.nO-r-ay OF Of tho wilder
! ness. a young man with sril and uHUsJia.
political ability. - campaigning Eigor-
oIsly. and he looks 70 the fall election
in a spirit appros ching confidence
The conditions. Re dscIsIrs. are more n
courBginE for Democrats THAI wasu Ait
geld began his winning rare in iss-. Tn-r>
was state issue then. and they - n
State iss1o row. And NV. when RsPub-
iican knives are sharpening In n0rs than
on, quarter for political brethren the
working Democrats are united on 4 sold
comm acknowledgements has!S-
knthused Nv the candidate. by The can
didsts's frisnGs and by the h0p"rEin--s IN
the air at the candidate HON. town.
one cannot but think that Democratic
chances IN Illinois are rot - fev after
ali u is complicated reasc-..n= 10 fii'Ir-
out Democratic victory Against I-E--r.
but IL looks Ike sound rsasOnins-
DEMOCRATS OFT 10 WIN.
To begin with. and contrary TO N. gen
srsl impression. the Democrats ar going
out to win the national aut STATE ti,ENis
IN IlIirois William +. Sheehau and Thomas
Taggsrt of the rational organization are
TO confer IN Chicago with sir.rs'r an:
representative 90 thS Sat" ans '""h
County committees q week from Sa' 1G1ay-
Then tn. details OF an agEressiv, october
Campaign will h MAPPED out
Plenty OF enthusiasm i= 10 b. devoted u
the cause. and money enough Tor AL l--
ultimate expenses - Ia sight. National
Democratic managers have already UuIl-
clud-G that the unsettled state ~ public
opinion in Indiana. Wisconsin ami Illinois
warrants r.i-not fighting IL al! three II
* TO he ~ss@d on The theory that u the
states swing. they VIII SwiEE to--th-r-
Larry StTlngsr irnpTs~ss- one th--
man 10 hold I'D his end % the rOT.-t'
plsc. stat. questions clearly tcfo.- II.
people Tor their decision
FACTORS IN SITUATION
Analysis OF tn. Illinois situation reveals
teo significant factors in il. both .nvo.y-
ing enough votes 10 turn the Stat. Tie
one is the German dissatisfaction With
ne Imperialism 81 Roosevelt. which aWak-
eEs their desp->eated dread Of military
service. the other i the popular - lti-
ment for STATE reform and 81 stat evil
service law. consequent upon .Nlo~jIT. %
the methods pursued by the Yates ed
ministratior al the stat. Institutions
The German vote carried Illinois for
Alleged In iS.-- though Il refused 20 in
dorse free silver u ls-. but II l. irnpuS
sIble 20 ~.-c how Parker and Srr:n-.r VIII
fail to get a large PERCENTAGE o: IL this
fall.
should public opinion consider that tho
the reform Issue the ;".o votes necessary
TO wip. out the Republican advantage
wouij bc = small matter iU - large -
State And Illinois II. mosrat- maintain
right side Of this issue because 81 hi Oh
Vious alliance with Gates al the state
Convention because Of the Endorsement
OF Yates in In. stat. platform. and b.
cauS. OF the well-unL.rstop'i plan 81 pro
motinE Yates from the =Cv.ruorship To
the Senate. there 10 succeed Shelby NJ.
CUllom.
STRINGER-S POSITION
StTinEer. within his party following. Is
HANDICAPPED by one thing onIy-the tactics
adopted by the Hopkins men in the Stale
Convention. In tb.- Interests u irStrrir-
lions for :. prez.-sr.-ial candidate -NrF-Un.
methods wer" resorjed to % this matter
Stringer SAYS
- accepted the nomination under No. oh
legation to any man % any set a men. arI
i was not responsible for anything that
might have been done il Ihs convention
which was not IN accord with Democratic
principles.
Personally. Strinzer j. the Iskdbie feI-
low with hearty hand~h4ke = magnetic
manner and no little eloqU.rc-- That J.
all very well. but II IS not tn. consider
ton Of first imp rtancs IN connection win
his candidaSy- When on. surveys IN"
hela from the candidates home town. an
other matter takes precedence
ISSUES OF CAMPAIGN.
3aa'- Aal- A-Eiat-l as ~ AF-..'tF
the people with tao concrete and local
propositions.
FIrst-The enactment Of \ civil-s--vice
law. u thOrCuShGolng Law. ole that j. not
a pTete1se a Law Substituting the merit
for the spoil> syeteIn In all sat. iuStitI-
uoEs- chat viii prevent tn. several thou
sand ssisT1s6 employees Of the state from
becoming the servants OF somebody's 20
Erical machine. ana that Will require them
10 work for the Stale and not for the
Governor.
Second-Ths enactment % an inclusive
law providing p uniform system ~ audit
ing public moneys requiring vouchers TO
BE- rendered for every cent expended. dc
handing that Stat institutions siv-Ttisa
for bids for supplies. Tor the letting OF
all contracts. and that the lowest and
best bids h. accepted
Both OF tneSc PROPOSITIONS. plainly ar"
IN Inc with the upT-eTrno-r is~u" IN all
American politics. which IL the stamping
out OF graft and boodlinc IL state and
municipal governments
CONDITIONS IN ILLINOIS.
. This issue does not eais, in Illinois IL tie