The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-06-30
MACHINES IRON HAND.

in the History of American
90Iitics-..HiII Of the People
Respected Only While It Par
aIleIs the Programme Laid
Downb the Man in the White
House and His Lieutenants.
Chicago, June 24.-The thing has
happened. There has been no break
In the plan, no stampede, nopushing
of states. The programme outlined
weeks ago by hall dozen men, rep
resenting all Of the greatness and dig
nifty Of the Republican party has gone
before its representatives assembled,
emothered and laughed contests into
the plans OF the machine, offended
several States, notably Wisconsin,
Illinois and Missouri-in short, settl-
ed things one way, regardless OF
what the people or the party may
have thought or done, even to the
extreme of permitting a Southern
negro to second Mr.. Roosevelt's
nomination.
There we're cut and dried things at
st. Louis eight years ago, and moro
OF the came, bearing the vice presi-
dency, four years later at Philadel-
phia.
But this Chicago convention sets a
new standard in gigantic machine
management. Mr.. Cortelyou to-day
became chairman Of the National
Committee, which does not care for
him, and, as settled, will direct the
campaign.
Mr.. Roosevelt's m | n a It ! o n
brought forth burst OF cheers, sug-
gested by the really brilliant set
speeches.
Mr.. Fairbanks was named as plan
ned, the States OF Wisconsin and
Missouri and Colorado and fllihois
and Nebraska having not even the
opportunity representing the names
OF iavorite sons.
LIFELONG REPUBLICANS ARE SHAKING
THEIR HEADS.
There are lifelong Republicans in
this city tonight who are shaking
their heads over what has happened.
When they got to, town Saturday,
Sunday and, Monday they were in
Testing the hotels with an air ofcock-
:. ness thattold as plainly as words
that the Republican party was sure
to succeed next November. Some OF
these men had planks placed In the
platform, Others were interested in
contests that we're at least entitled
to hearing, and others had favor
lite SONS to be presented for the Sec
ond place on the ticket.
Wisconsin is an extreme example
OF the manner in which the contests
were decided. La Toilette managers
Insist that not only did they not
have respectful hearing, but that
their representatives were actually
insulted. La Toilette men make no
secret of the feeling they bear to the
present leaders in the national party,
and there is much talk that it
amounts to an open rebellion, that
will probably put the Wisconsin cleo
toral vote in the Democratic column
next fall.
The Indiana men came here with
out definite plans for the nomination
OF Fairbanks, but command came
out OF somewhere that 1t was desired
to have a man from Indiana, and
that the man must be Fairbanks.
TARIFF REvIsIoNIsTs WILL ALL BE IN
CLINED TO sULK.
Those participants OF this conven.
tlon who came here possessed OF the
notion that some sane tariff revision
might be good for the Grand Old
Pachyderm are lying low. Some OF
them are sulkiDg over the shifting
received by the Iowa Idea, and Others
are filled With the sort OF distress thtt
means q fishing trip next November.
Up to the last minute several OF
these rsvisionist leaders we're deluded
with the hope that some sort OF asop
would be held out to them, but as