The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-08

efnof could not muster nearly as nue.
strength in ether the next state con
vention or the next legislature as
could The combined forces of Cullonl
: Hopkins, Cannon, and Lorimer. assist
, LED by the great bulk of the Yates fol
lowing. which Will 1ock 10 Cullon
The moment 1t is definitely known tina
Yates will not be candidate.
If l., y Sherman were 10 break The
alliance which every enc believes he
has made with Cullom, and were to b.
taken up as the state administration
candidate, he could not win. Cullom
has tied to himself by means Of vaIu
able federal jobs, some of the strong.
est Sherman supporters, such as o.
+. Berry. who has been appointed re.
ceiver for The Dougherty bank in Pc
ora. and w. f. Trautmann. who is
grace OF Senator Cullom
Even Deneen Sherman. ana Ham.
lin together could not beat Cullom.
The candidates combination thar final
| ly controlled the state convention and
| nominated. Mr.. Deneen for governor
might have been ableto defeat Cullom
But the Yates-Deneen-S Sherman Ham
lin combination was only a temporary
| mixture-not a natural combination
and as was 10 have been expected ii
| has separated into its original com
pCnent..
Culom's Friends Delighted.
The Cnllom Hopkins Cannon
LoWien Lorimer combinat on is de-
lighetd with the turn affairs have
taken The leaders see in the re-
election Of Cullom the detection of
the Yates following from the state
crowd 10 the federal contingent. ana
the practical elimination Of Hamlin
and Sherman as senatorial factors.
the triumph of the federal crowd in
the state convent ons in both 1906
and 1908. The federal leaders figure
thar. with Yates deserted by the state
administration. the great majority of /
the 400 or more delegates whom |
Yates deliver ed 70 Deneen in the state !
convention will be found lined up |
with the CulIom-Hopkins Cannon-Low-
combination in the next
TWO state conventions
The federal leaders have good
grounds for this sort of political math-
eratcs From every section of the
state where Yates men control comes
The same story-tha the Yates men
are going 10 CulIOm unless something
De done 10 prove to them that Cover
lor Deneen Is willing to repay Yates
or the fayors Yates showed 10 him in
he state convention. Nor only this,
nj the Yajes followers are saying
hat they will be for Frank o. Lowden
or governor in 90& if he should be :
candidate, and they. believe thar he
viii be in the field.
Do Not Blame Lowden.
The Yates men do not blame Low {
len for the failure of the Chicago end Z
Il the old state organizat ON 10 go to
'ates when they saw II was impos.
ible to nominate LowdeD. They do
OF blame Lowden for the refusal OF I
he old state crowd 10 even give {
'ates a "tryout' vote in the conven. j
on. The Yates men blame Hopkins y
nd Lorimer and Cullom. Lowden Is
ronger with the men who controlled A
Il organization i'm John Il. Tanners q
me than he ever has been. and the I,
d Tanner crowd. although still spill
p by the events of The last four years
i'll controls the republican politics
Inside Of Cook county.
Dismissals Rsnkle Yates Friends.
The discharge of some POO Yates
en- from the state institutions by
)yenor Deneen Last week in antici.
ton of the going into effect of the
ate civil service law has helped To
iden the growing breach between q.
g Yates and Deneen forces in the
ale. The fact that these Yates men -.
ere replaced by strictly Deneen men
Sherman or Hamln men. and in
few cases by Lowden men. has not
ftened the blow The unusually -
'ge number Of Chicago men named n
the best jobs in the institutions. to !
2 exclusion of down-state men. has
added ,o the good feeling.
Friends of the governor say that
E Chicago appointments were agreed
by the dOwn-state leaders This may r,
but it, looks as If the acqueiscencc TIL
re more in the nature of helpless @.
iticians than ION the square" WI
When Bib Jones" OF Saline-or any Gu
Ter county-who always sit, in his
egaiion in state or county convan- d.
n. loses his good 500 job and int
rms thaf II has been given To Ole rat
on of Chicago. who never sat in a,
Ivention except in the gallery Bill"
y pretend TO be- contentcd. bur he
T. When the next convention
ets Bin will be- there with the
sgates and then his real opinions
TO how he lost his job wiz appear. y.
IS attitude OF BIZ may not be-
h minded patriotism or pure love
party. bur ID Is what Bill" thinks.
A. Bill" viii have the delegates 81
won't care much for the higher
icisnf Of political motives.
Apprentices Decline. Says Rumor.
L. remarked thar a number ,f tho