Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-04
TO CUT PIE SOON
Hungry Office Seekers Await
Return of Governor to
Springfield.
EXPECT QUICK ACTIC
Long Suspense Causing Many to 5or
der on Nervous
Prostration.

Springfield. ILL.,. July 4.-Gov. De
neen is away for a few days rest in
seclusion. He is not expected in
Springfield before Wednesday. posi-
bly, Friday. He carries with him to
the river and woods and haunts of the
trout the secrets of the most impor-
tant question now before the political
people of Illinois The aspirations
and ambitions of many a republican
are in his keeping. A senatorship may
be in his power
Ten thousand applicants for state
offices and three thousand incumbents
OF state office follow him with their
eyes, and their yearning hearts trem-
BILE to know their fate.
For more than month now the
governor has been quietly questioning
republican leaders in the different coun-
ties and districts of the state.
He has been asking for advice. for
statements of facts and conditions.
Within the four walls of his little
private Office he has been sounding
the great respiratory organs of nli-
nOis republicanism.
Building Machine.
Within those walls. it is intimated
by those who have peeked in. he has
been laying the foundation of a state
organization. What the new structure
is to be used for. and what it is to be
like is one OF the mysteries. Indeed,
whether it will ever be needed is
but the great query now be-
fore republicans is. who are going to
constitute the brick and stone. the iron
and steel, the mortar and the paint.
varnish and finish of this new struc-
ture?
Is the new one to be erected from
the material found in the old? is the
builder selecting new timber and new
iron? if so, how much and in what
will it be used?
In his usual quiet way. the governor
has been around the state He has
heard from nearly all the counties. So
far as has been possible he has called |
In members OF the Legislature. Men
known to be rather hostile have not |
been invited, but OF the numbers he
counted on in the speakership fight |
last December practically all have been |
honored by an invitation to come to |
camp.
Applicant Has BeeR There
In the midst OF these legislators has
been the applicant for office. He has
come alone or been accompanied nv
his member OF the legislature The
governor has seen by invitation others
10 n iVncy 10 L.,
huge family
That he has made up his mind on a
number of points and appointees there
IS little question. The new railroad
board. 1t is believed. is settled. There
S no reason to change the story. that
he new board will consist of James
5. Neville. Charles Eckhart and James
A. Willoughby.
The superintendent of insurance. il
s believed. is settled, but only a mind
'eader could reveal the secret. The
state board of pardons is also probably
determined. though the democraticI
member may be undecided.
The governor has found knotty ques-
ions in many sections of the state
Saying nothing of the Chicago faction
II fight. he finds in Will county a des-
,erate warfare between the Snapp and
lnti-Snapp forces, with the antis un-
urling his own banner for the presi-
iency or any thing that he wants. In
Adams county there is trouble. In Pc
)ria county he finds a mean disposi-
ion displayed on billboards and pub
ic places. The Putnam and anti-Put-
nan factions are at daggers point.
Many Little Fights.
In the Mclean county congressional
district he sees the Sterling men OPP
posed 10 the Neville men. and hears
he former threatening him If he re-
appoints Neville to the railroad board.
Along the eastern border he runs into
he federal forces strongly intrenched.
n Stellar county there are two or
more factions. the Trautman and Rod
snberg people being opposed by anti
rrautman and anti-Rodenberg crowds. {
n Sangamon county the microscope
shows the microbes of an old disease.
II is not denied that he has tried to
the factions everywhere.
N Sangamon county In particular he
las been desirous that the opposing ;
parties get together.
No one wants to quit. Every man
without exception. now holding po-
;ition under the governor Is asking to
stay. Two or three applicants are
ready to step in each place If it should
be vacated. There are many petitions
for slice OF the local pie. These new
lnes, added TO other uncertainties.
make the local situation very Interest,"
ing for those already in. That some
Of the Sangamon county incumbents
are escaping nervous prostratiOn un-
der the pressure of their efforts is
somewhat remarkable.