The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-24
Attorney General Hawley Said to
Be on the Point of Quitting
Combination.
DENEEN ! REMAINS SILENT.
Party Men Are DESTROYS That He
Should Formally Deny He Is
Mortgaged to Yates in Sen
atorship Fight.
BY A. STAFF coRREsPoNDENr.

b1 A. CORRESPONDENT.
Chicago. June 2-The trouble In the Il
linois Republican camp is becoming acute,
Attorney General Hamlin is said to be on
the point of Withdrawing from the Yates
Deneen-H -Hamlin- fisherman alliance.
Efforts thus far to induce Mr.. Deneen
to define unequivocally his relations. pres
ent and future. with Governor Yates have
not resulted in anything tangible Then,
again, some Of Judge Hamlin's former
warm friends aresin open revolt against
him on account of his alliance at the
State Convention.
Mention was made in The Republic last
Tuesday of the divorce of George Turner
Of Vandalia from the Hamlin interest.
Turner was Judge Humlin's first lieuten-
ant in the last Legislature and in the re-
cent campaign for Governor.
An incident that happened at the Pal
mer House yesterday is furnishing some
amusement to the Illinois delegation.
Colonel Frank L Smith Of Dwight was a
candidate for Lieutenant Governor In the
Republican State Convention. His friends
say he became candidate at the solicit
tation of the Attorney General. He was
not on the slate of the ..Yates-Deneen-
Hamlin-Sherman combination. but 'Sher-
man was selected instead. Colonel Smith
didn't like 1t, and when he met Judge
Hamlin yesterday he remarked:
We'll, you were knocked out again, and
you VIII be beaten two years from now,"
referring to gossip that Judge Hamlin
Senator.
, 81. will bet I'm not defeated then" re-
piled Judge .Hamlin. with a, confident
''rii bet you $500 that you are" quickly
retorttd. Colonel Smith,,
an right: 1 will take that bet,'' re-.
piled Judge Hamlin.
'LeE me have half of it. Frank" broke
In Senator .Corbus Gardner, who was one
OF the party. But the stakes were not
put up, according to report. as Judge,
Hamlln declined to make good"
Judge Hamlin lives In a strong CulIom
territory and 50 does Sherman, for that
matter. and If he is a candidate for Sena-
Th 1Sr the ,;S contest viii be exceedingly bitter
showing that there IS strong bond be-
tween Deneen and Yates. and 1t Is be-
lieTed that as Yates nominated Deneen,
the latter will nominate the Governor for
Senator. This is not pleasing prospect
to the Republicans. who have been striv-
ing to force Yates into a cemetery. They
don't want to believe 1t and argue with
all their power against 1t.
PLAY HAMLIN FALSE.
'The situation stands Just this, way
said a friend of Hamlin.
Mr.. Deneen ought to come out in formal
declaration denying the story that ha is
mortgaged to Yates in the United States
Senatorship. matter. He ought to say
now. that he Will not interfere in the
slightest in the contest for Cullom's seat.
and. that. he will not permit State ap-
pointees to line up solidly for Yates or
any other candidate. Such a statement
from him at this time would clear the
atmosphere" ),
Mr.. Deneen will surprise and shock the
State If he does 1t. In the meantime
Judge Hamlins movements will be
watched with interest. and particularly
the extent of the campaign work he viii
do this year. 1t is. reported here .tSat
former Senator. James Amos wfllougfiby
OF Belleville. who is q cousin of Mr. De-
neen. has picked. the wardenship of the
Chester prison as his berth after the
Yates regime is over. 1t pays $4,000 a
year, and everything found, except clothes
for himself and family. It is the best Of
fee in the gift of the Governor from which
to oversee and manage Southern Illinois
politics: General James B. Smith of Clay
City. fills the place now.
]. L. PICKERING.