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wvrr-nHMMMMaMvMnaiHiiMf-mwiM itHffiMjjj nm "WiimuwwwiMijy -yf -Jn,tV,t!r"''''9',"5"'T "f-T- "INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS. NEUTRAL IN NONE." tfiiWWJ,WSM'--!--T-nTi-.t,rTXTr.M-, Viblll CcIiTll tiHsBlikr fz 1 111 I VOLUME XII. FISTS, FUSS, MILT FIGHT. Republicans Harmonise by Gouging Out Eyes, Blows, wA Adopt ing Resolutions. Complete Rout of the City Forces by the County Wing of the Party. General Gossip from the Various Political Camps, with Current News from the Official Departments. "WIkhii tlit gods would destroy they llrst make iiiiiiI." Never bus thuro been it more perfect Illustration of the truth of the old adage than In tlie recent conduct of the lend ers of the- local Republican organlzn tloti. The very spirit anil essence of the demon of disunion seems to bo rninpaiit among them, imd during the pant week they have furnished a spectacle for gods and men. The struggle for supremacy between Hie two faetloiiH Into which tin party Is now fairly and squarely split, and which has been ho frequently out lined ax the Inevitable result of the trend of affairs among the leaders, In lierhnpi the most fierce and bitter of Its kind over, witnessed Iii Cook County or anywhere cine In thin country. Four time within a week lmvn they met In organized assembly, and four times have each Hide dealt the other deadly stabs In the. bitter Adits ror "the flesh pots of Kgypt." Physical violence has even noon 111 dulged In, ami the virulent, Implacable and personal hatreds developed In the struggle cannot and will not lie heaieii during the series of vitally Important campaigns now opening up In Illinois. What, we wonder, have the blue nose fraud 4 who have posed as the ad visers, the scribes and the prophets of the so-ralcd "party of respectability" to say now for the organization which they have ho long maintained to be the 'nole depository, nay, the very omliodl incut of all the goodness, sobriety, law, order and decency In polities' This scenes which have been enacted last week oil tloor K of the tlreut Northern Hotel have lieen Mich as to disgust all decent men, and wo are much mistaken If they do not disgust the general public with the entire out fit. With the exception of one or two men of sound Judgment and Holier sense, such as Alderman M. B. Madden and .lohu M. Smyth, the Republican leaders In their mad struggle at the edge or the public trough have ueted lu the most disgraceful fashion. Listen to what the Bvoulng Fost, the special organ of the Republican city adminis tration, has to say on the subject: "The public, who take no interest whatever In the merits or demerits of the claims of rival factions of the Re publican Central Committee, view with disgust the unseemly exhibitions of yesterday's meeting. "Whether the city faction or the comi ty faction gets the ujiper hand and the grip cm the machine Is of no conse quence to the general body of voters.' Hut the spectacle of the vulgar wran gllngs mid brutal violence of commit teemen which was afforded at the Jreat Northern Hotel yesterday Is hu mullatlug to all properly behaved tneu. The meeting seems to liavoliren u riot foul language, nasty practices and bloody noses being the most salient fea tures of eight hours of purposeless up roar. "Tho only conclusion to which the Independent onlooker can bring him self Is that the leaders of the party have little or no sense of decency, while the. respectable Republican voter may well feel that If this sort of thing goes on the party will throw uway all that has been secured lu the conlldeuce and good wll of the electorate of the city and county." Other newspapers like, tho Tribune and the Record appear to lie equally horrified at the sectacle of the boys In a shindy. Kniall wouder. "Buck" McCartliy ou guard nt tho door of the meetlug, smashing tho faces of men ou the other side of the foiii as they approached aud demanded eu trance. Van Cleave and Lloyd J. Smith smashing at each other across tables and chairs. Henry Wulff rushing up to the rostrum with fire In his eyo and u chair In his hands. Commissioner "Billy" Kent forced to run for his life from the room und given the "hot foot'" as ho bounded down tho hotel corridors. "Tim" Hogunund "Billy" Cook execut- I !ng war daheiMaud looking for scalp', tint tights and shllliildhs everywhere. These are u few of the delectable scenes that marked the crcat Republican pow wow last week. We ask our pious ami proper Repub lican saires of the press and otherwise If ever In their experience .they have neen among the despised Democrats a more excellent Imitation of a Donny brook fair than Messrs. Hem, Loiimcr. Madden, Ferry Hull, Henry Wulff and the rest of them have reproduced lie fore the wondering eyes of the people of Chicago. The next time the groat Republican newspaper editors sit down to write a diatribe against the conduct of a Dem ocratic gathering visions of the scenes enacted In 'the tlrcat Northern will float upon them and freeze the venom and pill In their pens. ell, gentlemen, an Impartial observ er can afford to look on and observe calmly the edifying spectacle and note Its present effect and Its probable fit l tun effect. For the present, as we have said. It has disgusted the people at large. in i lie m i lire uu nearniuriiliigs, the personal considerations aud the cravings for vengeance that will exist, no matter which sldu cnuics'out upper most, cannot be eradicated and must have an evil, If not disastrous, effect up on the Republican party, not only lu Cook County, but In Illinois. No doubt the control of the party or ganization nt this Juncture means much to that particular wing of the local leaders combine which got hold of It. We are on the threshold of nil Impor tant fall election, but this Is of small consideration when compared with the great Issues lu the campaign of the coming year. The organization In con trol this fall will lie In control all through I8JHI. when the Republican party will nominate In the spring one half the Board of Aldermen us well us the usual grist of town officers, lu the full It will nominate cuudldutes to the legislature, which will elect a Flitted States Senator, and possibly two, us will be explained In another article, n candidate for llovernor of Illinois, for State Treasurer, for State Auditor, for Secretary of State, for County Coroner, for State's Attorney, for County Kecord or, and will name fourteen delegates from Cook County alone to tho presi dential convention of 181MI. It Is years since a campaign of such gteat Importance and so generous lu promise to the scythe of (he Rejiubll can harvestiueii has opened upon their vision, aud It Is not to be wondered ut that they should have fallen out among themselves und quarreled over the prospective harvest. But the quarreling has goue far be yond the expectations of those who had most ut stake, and old time spoilsmen as well as the young and enthusiastic leaders who have lately sprung luto the breach are shaking their heads nl- reauy and predicting all kinds of evil and misfortune. The tight for control begun In two meetings of the execu tlvo committee, where the countv tin-. tlon had things Its own way aud, If the stutemeut of the city fuctlou Is to be believed, nttempted to "pack" the main committee with their adherents by re moving men who forfeited their right to net as committeemen! In ucccptlng appointive ottlco. The county men claim they were authorized to do this by the wurdelubs, which have the authority to remove members for the ennso men tioned and till their places. Tho main committee refused to ratify the action of tho executive committee, and both sides being equally divided lu this body the deadly wrangle hero begau. After tho llrst day's disgraceful pro feedings a "harmony committee" was appointed and hero Is how the work of this body Is described by u contem porary: No peace Is lu sight. When the war ring fuctlons of tlit) Republican County Coinmltteo met at -1 o'clock to-dny to play tho second half of their footbull scrimmage for control they were us far CHICAGO. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. i 4 v from un amicable settlement of their differences us ever. The 'harmony committee," consisting of Lloyd .1. Smith and (ieorge tilbbt, of the city hall faction, and Congressman Lorlmer aud John M, Smyth, of the county side, who were assigned the hard task of arranging a compromise, had llttlo of encouragement to otter. For hours thoy consulted together and argued tho causes of difference from every point of view, without being able to agree. At a o'clock they again met for conference, but neither side showed signs of yleldlug. The bone of conten tion Is tho admission of the new com mitteemen elected by the ward clubs to succeed those removed because they hold appointive positions. Their recog nition, which It Is claimed, gives the county faction n majority, Is bitterly opposed by tho city men. At the conference of the representa tives of the two factious Congressman Lorlmer und John M. Smyth, lu b.dialf of the comity men, Insisted on the fol lowing conditions: 1. Recognition as members of the Comity Committee or the men certMcd by the regular ward organizations. '.'. An agreement that the creative body Is the ward organization and not the County Central Committee. The county men offered to concede that the committee Is the Judge of Its own members, but Insisted on the right of tho secretary (,Vun Cleave, a county adherent) to put their names on the rollcull, und that they have the light to vote on nil questions where their mem bership Is not contested, Messrs. Smith und lllbbs regarded these demands with disfavor and lu turn made tho following propositions to their opponents: 1. That the old members of thu com mittee bo permitted to vote on all ques tions considered before tho contested memberships are tukeu up. -'. That tho action of the executive coinmltteo In removing committeemen shall not bo rocogulzed us regular. Neither side would ucree to the above propositions and tho prospect Is that yesterday's disgraceful powwow will bo repeated to-day. Tho county men, who dominate tho executive committee. Insist on Its uctlou being recogulzed us regular. The city hull sympathizers aro smart enough to know that means defeat aud will therefore j;it Its adop tion us vigorously as they did yester day. No wouder that tho sages of the par ty are Indulging In direful forebodings. Lloyd Smith, In a published Interview, suys: "There Is one thing about this whole disgraceful light. It Is ruining the Republican party lu Cook County, aud If we don't iminago to patch It up thero soon won't be enough Republi cans left to elect the ticket put up by either side," Hero Is what Congressman Wood man says: "This thing Is most itufor hiuute, and I greatly fear If this hitter HON. GEORGE S.TCLLITS. 'i spirit Is kept up we w III have too con. volitions next fall." .lohu R. Tinnier takes a gloomy view when he says: "Nothing tcuiulus foi those city men who number eighteen The bimetal conferees concluded their on the committee but to submit to th. labors at the Auditorium Wednesday majority. 1 hope something will be 'and announced the practical consolldii done to restore unity m the party." tlon of the three free silver organlza- I I'll 1 1 fill Vim iriititlitiu.iti .nt 1i.iJ .. ..... i . .. .. . . nl:.e the truth of the homely old my. ing that when two dogs quarrel over a Isuie a third Is likely to mine In and take It. That your forebodings are not ill. "" "i ini' founded a glance ut the situation will reveal. No matter which side conies out vie torlous In this struggle, and the strug gle will not end In the central commit tee, there is likely to be such u chasm of lll-feellug ns nothing cau bridge over. It Is likely to yaw u wide dm lug the coming campaign. Apparent coin promise will lie but upon the surface That the contest will not etui here will be seen from n dlsctislou or the situation on this point lu another ar ticle. .Meanwhile -the Democratic leadi rs are patiently but closely observing the whole business and laying un whole cargoes of hope for the future of their own party us a result of It all. There Is likely to be u dispute anil u very serious one In the Republican county convention, which meets Oct. ;t. i iioii) is n dlnViciicc of opinion us to whether the committee over which there has been so much wrangling hhall hold over or whether a new one shall be named. The comity lenders hold that the committee shall hold over, the election of Judge being a special ami not u gen erul comity election. The city hull men hold that u new committee shall bo iippolntwl, und say the Judlclnl elec tlon Is n general election. On this point the scones of committee room K may bo repented In the contention ne't month, "Buck" McCarthy slugged aud knook ed out big "Joe" Lammers ut tho eloio of tho Republican committee meeting. It wus u fitting tlnule to tho whnin extraordinary proceeding. Whatever UlU) DO SUld OsalllSt the stock vnnl. "lower, u must lie suld tlutt this tlmo ho lias done a public service, us big Iximmers has had a chip on his shoul der for mouths, Is u lond-inouthed. swaggering bully, and bus been aching ror a tight for a long time. He has got what ho was looking for, und will be qulot for iho future. McCarthy's strong tlst has abated a public nulsauce. Mr. El! B. Felsemhul, senior member of tho firm of Felsenthul fc D'Ancoiia, is lie'ng urged by his numerous friends to ben candidate for Judge of the Huiterlor Court. Although Mr. Felsentlinl's in-noti.. yields him much more than the salary of a Judgeship, It Is hoped ho would . kit mike the rtnanelal xacrlilco If be thought the people required Ills ser vices on the bench. iiiimii in iimiioii mo iiintii!iimf "i un- uiiiieii iiaiiouni iree silver party they decided to appoint an executive committee of three from each of the bodies. So far as selected at this time, this committee Is composed of .1. H. Acklen. A. W. Rucker and Joseph Bat tell of the National Silver committee; Thomas O. .Merrill und F.dwurd II. .. i i. ..., .. . .. i. iuii t or the Ulmetnlllc Union: and den. A. .1. Warner of the Bimetallic League. tJen. Warner was made president of the managing committee and Mr. Light secretary. The national committee up pointed by the Memphis convention adopted tho following, which it was expected would be Indorsed by the Members of the union and the league: Resolved. That It Is the sense of this committee that an early conference of blntetulllsts who are ready now to place cause above party be called from all the States to Meet und formulate a plan ! iiuiiiiiik u national convention to name candidates for the presidency and vlce-prosldenoy upon platform with a single plank ravorlng Independeut hi metulllsin for rhe Uulted States. Mr. Light declared that the bimetal lic union would not Indorse this propo sltlou, and Indicated that there would be serious objections to action which would preclude favorable consideration of the silver question by either the Re publican or Democratic parties. Tho majority of the conferees, however, were confident that an Independent movement will be neoearv. Kx-Mayor Hopkins will be tendered a hearty welcome home by his frleuds ut Kinsley's on Saturday night. Our red brother Is remarkably Imita tive. Ho has even adonted th whitn man's habit of going on strike, in Deer River, Minn., 150 Indians learned that their employer was making ii largo pro tit on tho hay they were cutting for him at 2.00 per ton. Thereupon they struck for 4 per ton, and, In order to muho me uemaiid more Impressive, hold a war dance around the furmer, telllug him that they were going to scalp mid burn him. But ho escaped, employed a gaug of white laborers, and the Iudlaus returned to their reserva tion. Up to date, however, they have written no tear-besiwttered aud poetry decorated letters about Daulel In tho lion's den and mother's knee; which shows that they havo more senso than white men of their grade of Intelligence. The flccoiiut of tho havoc created by u lot of long-horued Moutaun steers let loose In Chicago tho other day will con firm the belief of tho Bostonluns that steers nnd wild buffalo run the streets of the Western metropolis. it wis sium ri mm. The Victory of the County Republicans Means Illinois Delegates for Shelby for President. John R. Tanner, the State Chairman, Is with Him and Engineered This Deal. So the Plot Thickens as Black Eyes Grow More Numerous Among Brethren. Several people wete wondering dur ing the week what imnsIIiIc Interest the Hon. .lohu R. Tanner could have In the tight between the local factions lor control In the party organization, or why he should so freely and fully Iden tify himself with the county faction. To it man up u tree the thing Is plain enough. .lohu R. Is ii shrewd politician, as his conduct of the affairs or Shelby M. Cut loin last year proved beyond a doubt. Then, us now. the men who led the affairs or tho Republican party of Cook County wore suspected of coquet Hug with Tanner und Ctilloiu, while openly professing to be the champions or another candidate ror Fulled States Senator. Shelby M, Cullom has a bigger bee In Ids bonnet now than the Senaior ship or Illinois. It Is the nomination or his party ror 'resident or the Flitted States. With so many heavyweight candi dates lu the Held, a man who could come lu with the solid delegation or Illinois and all that that would mean In Michigan. Wisconsin, Minnesota ami the two Dakotas, would make no mean or luslgnlllcaut dark horse. So It would seem that Shelby M through his old-time man Friday Tan ner, has again been coquetting with the Cook County leadeis on that which he considers the winning side. The rourteeu votes or Cook will be no luslgnlllcaut part or the Illinois dele gation. or course his nomination would leavv a ncancy lu the Senatorshlp, and throw the appointment Into Oov. Alt gold's hands. Altgeld would no doubt iiumcu Dem ocrat, probably Franklin MacVeagh. but whnt or that. It "would only lust ror about six weeks or until the con veiling of the next legislature, when that body would liuvv the election or two Senators lu hand and divide the plums between the country and Cook County, recognizing William K. Mason ou one hand and soim- deserving Re publican from down the country on the other. It wus a nice little program If It cuuld bo curled out. Tho cud of tho strife between the Re publican ructions conies uot with tho Mitched-up "compromise" or Thursday evening. While the strugglo was nil- Lparently ror the control or the commit- lee 'iy securing a majority of Its mem bership, and tho Madden forces seem to huvo hud the best of that, tho tight really was for the iwwor to name the Judges and clerks of elect lou for tho ensulug year. Tho committee names these officials and relies upon them to elect the delegates to the convention. But rhen thero Is n higher court of appeal, namely, tho election board. No party or fuctlou seems to havo control here. Meier, the Populist mein bur, Is really u creature or Judge Car ter, however, and will bo likely to sldo with Balrd, the president, who is u county sympathizer; so hero, too, tho Madden rorccs seem to huvo tho upper hand, und here, again, tho light ror control will lie carried und fought out. Then, nguln, there Is u Board of Re view, consisting of Comity Court Judgo Carter. Comity ClerkKnopf aud State's Attorney Kern. Hero In the very lust court or nppeul tho Madden ruction Is ou top, and hero ugulu there will bo many a strugglo In tho bitter wur now on. So that tukeu ull along, tho nrosoects now seem gloomy all along the lino of buttlo for tho city hall.army und rosy enough for tho Maddeii hosts. While Chief or Police Budonooh was perfectly Justified lu sendlnir his men to tho Republican free-for-ull fight Wed- iicsduy when colled iipou to keep the !. o. P. lenders from murdering each other. It must bo said to, his credit that although nu out and out politician Mr. Badeiioch did uot go thero hlmseir, either as a partisan or a spectator. As NUMBER 311. much can not be said ror the heads of other departments. It W not to tin credit of Commissioner Kent that lie did uot content himself with scudlti his army or subordinates to the ioni inlttee meeting, but actually went there hlnisoir to participate, In" the melee, und had to be reminded of bis duty and his proper place when put out or the, room by the committeemen. Horsey Fulton, the city sealer. Is paid ror other things than to stand around the corridors or the hotel and hound on his henchmen to the rray. Health Commissioner Kerr. It intisf be said, set a good example lu this ie ganl by remaining ut his post or duty and allowing the politicians to light tiieir quarrels out. Nor Is the blame solely attachable t city otllclals. "Doc" .lamlesou Is paid 4.hio a year as county purchasing agent. If one were to see liliu at the Inai Northern Hotel ull last week om would Imagine he was some rotlroir capitalist who had condescended to, mould the destinies ns his party as it mere matter or personal nintiseiiicni. Is It uot time that the people should .lu something to teach these expensive hired servants that their wuires Is nnlii lliciu fi.r other work than selling iqi political pliH aid mapping out cam paigns'; Coming upon tho heels of tho Holmes Insurance swindles the Fraker case In Kansas City calls public attention to w comparatively now form or fraud which has In It great possibilities. Dr. Fruker or Kansas City was Insured for ubottt J8,(M)0. Two years ago ho accidentally tumbled Into tho Missouri olio after noou whllo drunk aud had a narrow es cape from drowning. Finally he suc ceeded In clambering nut of the water and spent tho next day lu sleeping off his debauch. Tho first uowspupor bo sow contained nn account of hfs death by drowning. This prompted hlui to remain In seclusion until his bcnetlciur les should securo tho Insurance money on his life. Ho camo to Chicago, went to Milwaukee, and later, under an as sumed uamo, has been living In u log ging camp In northern Wisconsin.. Fraker's relatives recently brought suit for tho lusuranco money, and after car rying tho cuso up to tho higher courts obtained a Judgment for the full amount. Tho lusuranco companies or fored rewards aggregating $20,000 for proof that Fraker was still living. The accidental discovery of tho missing man. was made in tlmo to prevent the court Judgment rrom being satisfied. Now ' the news comes from Kansas City that Fraker cuuuot be punished, as ho has not received a cent of money fraudu lently, nor has ho mado any demand for lusuranco money, nor obtained money by falso pretenses. It Is a. queer case. , . Tho telegraph brings tho Interesting Information that whllo Miss Cousuclo Vnnderbllt has not yet succeeded In landing tho Duko of Marlborough, her cousin, dcrtrudo Vnnderbllt, Is engag ed to mnrry Moso Tyler We have heard tho no mo Moses before, but wo do not recall this particular one. However., hurrah ror Moso, anyway! It Is said that ho Is a "mere American," whoso only claim to distinction Is tho fact that ho holds tho polo championship. WclL what moro could bo desired? It uppearti from the full text of the suffrage decision by tho Supremo Court of Utah that women cannot vote for Stuto otllcors nor bo candidate for any office. Tho first reports of the decision were' to the effect that they could not vote ou the adoption of the constitu tion, but might vote for State officers and bo candidates, tho constitution having relroactlvo effect If It should bo adopted. The full report says tlmt they aro entirely excluded from tho siiffi age ami aro Ineligible for office, Tho best way for thoso managers who havo formed a "theatrical trust" to nuiko mouey Is to ston nbuslinr the tin. atiical trust of the public, iirMi4iiJ'-Sa&MAi-tj-.., - ,jjj.ikii.O'fctv'iA!ii4. mv