Show DECEPTION OF THE TIlE TRIBUNE 1 Whore it Stands With Reference to tp Republican Caucuses I I TWO WO YEARS AGO AO AND NOW 1 Tint Arc tre lilo h lilU hl und and Tho 1110 toper Se Thu manner In Iii which t the th Tribune Is Ir ta tu duc vo tho tM th tho Iio public la Is l 8 e Sown in abundantly each day JIt itt tho of or that paper Hero here in III s one OM on of the Iho additional In n this tills Issue hsue It editor tally as to a tt senatorial caucus Tho L ot or two n ago o a Il V H t S senator to elect It mot mat on Mon Monday Monn Monday day n Jan 14 H It was wall a I Legislature I It wan tn lii no to Inato a fL candidate ate for or tho thu U 13 B H senate The Tho joint caucus for Cor that purpose was not nOL held flat first week yeek of tho tUo but the tho members allowed themselves us lIS u much time ns us possible os to study the tho lit and ond get pet acquainted The rho was WOH hold held on the evening of ot Tuesday Jun 22 2 a I day corresponding this your year to Jan Jah 20 next Tuesday JB J there hero any un greater hurry this year than then and andIs Is n not a II Republican precedent a good thing to follow tollow Tho Tito nell files of ot tho Tribune Herald and News of two years ngo ago nil nn give gl I evidence that every In tn n tho the Tribune editorial referred to re regarding reo girding garding tho the caucus Is untrue The Tho facts are arc these thelle Two years ago age a II caucus committee o consisting of ot two and three representatives was appointed at nt tho the Joint caucus held before the tho Legislature convened The Th Legislature tact met oil alt Monday Jan 14 ItOl 1901 The call for a n senatorial caucus was Ill wasy y publicly issued the next day da Tuesday Jan 15 It was ins by h Senators Hoyt Sherman nail Joseph Josch Howell and by hy X Smith K KII II n South and K I II Anderson niler on It fixed tho th senatorial caucus for tor Thursday Jan 17 Ii the till fourth day IllY of 11 L the in tho the first week of o the session The Tho Republican senatorial caucus met meton meton meton on Thursday evening of the tho first and continued Its meetings up Ill III ii a u candidate was as nominated Owing f to u ii contest there thore was no non n until the evening of ot the tha sec ceo second ee and ond Tuesday Jan 22 2 and as us tho the Log Leg 1 Mature had itati to to vote oto that day the H had hall to scatter catter I their bal ballots ballots lots the first day doy because the caucus had hod not reached an agreement after animated d sessions Now as Rj a to this year Ir The Tle In lii the house named a n caucus committee at the meeting f held hehl prior to the convening of or the tho Leg ju junt t ns us In HOl 1901 The Tho Republicans cons cans In tho the senate semite failed to name lIuch r 1 1 committee thus thu deferring the ar or arrangement to n a later inter period than at nl thu th lat ia t session cession On Tuesday evening this year ear a at t or of the Legislature agreed to caucus and the public announcement of tho the holding ot of the tho caucus was Wn not mad maIo until oath Wednesday the third day 1 of or the legislative cession Or one ona day j later than them on tho ho former occasion This year car ditto of the tho caucus Is fixed for tor Wednesday W evening Just JURt one day earlier carler than two years earn ago ngo That Is the announcement or call for a 1 caucus Is I one ont day tiny later luter and tho ho tibia of the meeting teetnA ono one day earlier titan than at the tho previous session Now compare these facts with wih tho the Tribunes editorial statements A Republican precedent doubtless Is IB IBn Isn Isa n a good thing to follow Colow no un to Republican caucuses and tho the Republican i tors tor this year have come cOle about us UI close tc te following the tl precedent of ot two tWI years ngo ago ns Os 18 to dates ns as was possible for tor forI I them to do 0 They fley got ot right midway bo ho between tween the former dates dated which w waro ro only two days taYA apart lint Hut the Tribunes statements of alleged facts both hoth HB se A to 10 the caucus other Important mat matters matters I lets connected with wih tho the senatorial sit situation tuition seem Heem Icem to be pretty far from Crom a I good leadership thing to accept In tho the line Ino oC ot |