The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-04
WANT TO SETTLE
FIGHT FOR TOGA
Suggested That TO Settle Argu.
ment Deneen Take Senatorship
YATES is IN THE DARK
THE GOVERNOR BECAUSE
LATTER HAS NOT YET DE-
cLARED h4IMSElF-YATES
MAY MAKE TRoBLE

Republican politicians up the state
are not happy regarding the senatorial
situation and are talking of confer
ence to settle the matter. In such
conference. should one be held. it is
likely that Lieutenant Governor Sher
man would urge that Governor De,
neen himself should be a candidate
for the Senate. With Deneen elected
10 the Senate Mr.. Sherman would be-
come Governor. a place he would
greatly prefer to being Senator What
Governor Deneen and MIR Yates would
do in such a conference can only be
surmised
That Yates would insist that the
eomnation, aril especially Deneen,
should support him for the Senator
ship seems reasonably certain. Yates
made Deneen Governor and made
Sherman Lieutenant Governor. With
all property he could demand that
they help him to the Senatorship.
What will come of the proposition for
the conference only time viii reveal
That there is deep and widespread
Impotence. if not dissatisfaction,
among the close friends of Yates over
Governor Deneen's seeming disinclin
alton to declare himself for Yates and
his apparent willingness to do polit
ical business with the federal crowd
is not denied. That there have not
been before this time some strong
declarations by the Yates men is due
to the efforts Of the former Governor
himself He does not want to appear
as trying to force the hand of the
Governor He is willing to accept the
belief that the state administration will
stand by the agreement between Yates
and Deneen which was made the nighs
before the last day of the state con.
vention. on which the Yates delegates
went TO Deneen and nominated him.
What former Governor Yates will
do his not been decided. He does not
have to do anything, as matter OF
lfaet He has not declared himself a
candidate and SO he does not have 10
Withdraw. There Ii no need of his
saying that he will not be candidate.
His friends say that If Governor De
neen should in some way declare for
Yates for Senator the latter would go
out and make a red hot campaign In
every county in the state and the cam,
I pnirrr. .Xg,tgsl Ia &c ,,,t,oI, far a :, nrrap4
cation devoted to Deneen as 1t would
be for Yates for Senator. If Governor
Deneen should refuse to lend open
lcountenance to Yates candidacy, two
courses are left to him. He may
either step asile and leave Governor
Deneen TO deal single handed with the
federal crowd or, his friends say, he
may take the field alone as candidate
for the Senate and appeal to the PEG
Eple Of the state for redress against
the ingratitude Of men whom he help
ED place id high -Cullom, Hop
kins and Deneen.
\ Yates supporters point ont that II
Yates, in 1901. then newly inaugurated
had supported John r. Tanner witt
the power Of the new administration
Cullom would not have been elected
| Senator. Yates policy of keeping
hands off,, enabled Cullom to win. If
In 1903, Governor Yates had not Gset
the whole power of his administration
10 make A. ] Hopkins Senator, agains
Charles g. Dawes, the statesman from
the Fox river would still be in the low
er house of congress, perhaps He Ger
tainly would not be senator II
last year, Yates had listened to tn,
Establishments of Cullom, Hopkins
and Cannon. and hsn consented Il
give his support TO Lowden, CioyGrno
J Deneen would be now practicing Law
, in Chicago, instead Of being Govern
Tor. n
That Yates could win votes enough
4 either in the primaries or in the legis
Il lature, to elect him Senator in sin
gle handed fight, no one, not even he
believes But he certainly would b,
able to control in the next legislator,
votes enough 10 give him the balanc,
, Of power and TO enable him to nam
| the next Senator, as he named III
/, Governor last year There are still
lots Of trouble making possibilities Il
|, Richard Yates.
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