Show A dispatch received In this city last night from Senator Mason of Illinois contradicted the report of the day before be-fore which said that he would the following fol-lowing night declare his quittance of I the Republican party and afllliatlon with the Democrat in the belief In the correctness of that report we commented c mented on the situation that Mr Ma ton was placing himself lnjU the end of His political career We arc glnd to hear that he hl no notion or committing commit-ting political suicide that such a change for him would be Impossible for he has done valiant service for Republicanism Re-publicanism In years past especially in following Bryan in 1S06 and expos InS the fallacies of his addresses Though Senator Mason has been cold toward the Administration for iomf time and has failed In hlc campaign foi reelection he Is I still a staunch Republican Re-publican and we wish him better fortune for-tune next lime tme |