Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-03-24
A CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR.

Early in the summer of 1899 efforts
We're put forward by the business in.
tcrests of Chicago to prevail upon
Judge Carter to become an avowed
candidate for the Republican nominal
ton for Governor of this great state.
Entrcatics prevailed but little up to the
time of tho so.called Glove feast held
at Springfield on Thursday. Dec. 20.
the outcome of which Is familiar to all,
and which resulted in renewed effort
on the part of not only the Republicans
of Chicago, but the state at large, to
have the Judge permit the use of his
name as II candidate for this high office,
which eliminated in the publication of
the following letter. signed by over one
hundred of his ncighbors and friends
residing in the Twelfth Ward. viz:
Dear Sir--You are respectfully invit-
ed to attend u meeting of Republicans
of the Twelfth Ward on Wednesday
evening. Jan. -. 1900. at 3 o'clock, in
Occidental Hall. corner Madison street
and Sacramento avenue. for the pur-
pose of taking such action as may be
deemed necessary to urge the Hon. d.
n. Carter to become candidate for the
office of Governor of Illinois.
"This will he meeting of citizens in
tcrcstcd only in good government and
the welfare of the Republican party,
who believe that the record of the Hon.
u. y. Carter as u philosophical citizen
and an honest. upright Judge entities
him to the confidence of the people and
iustliics the citizens of the Twelfth
Ward in urging him TO become can.
didatc."
Pursuant Ia the call % gathering of
upwards of 200 of the best citizens of
the Twelfth Ward assembled mt Occi-
dental Hall. The meeting on being
called To order selected Dewitt G.
Jones to preside. and in the course of
his address he struck the keynote of
the campaign thus inaugurated by say.
ing that "no man or small set of men
had II right to assume the prerOgativc
of naming n candidate for Governor s.
In concluding, he said:
Judge Carter has been In an Office
where the multifarlous duties and the
necessity of administering election
laws for all parties has been u severe
test Of purity. He has stood the test.
We are here tonight to make him u
candidate for Governor. All we ask IL
that the people he given u chance at
the primaries. If the people have n
chance. Judge Carter will VIM"
Other speakers followed and en,lrlsi-
assn ran high when the following rcso-
lutions were presented and Adopted by
u rising vote:
whereas. Tho last Illinois Lcgisla.
turc passed u bill providing for n pii.
mary election law that gives to the
members of the political parties of the
city of Chicago nm opportunity 10 en-
nress themselves freely aud inic!ll-
y-..tlv IN the choice of delegates and
candidates ut the primary elections:
and,
whereas, There Is u Republican pri-
mary election to bc held In this cit; on
the third day of next May FOR the p,,r.
pose of elccting delegates to whom
will be delegated the right to vote III
the State convention for nomination
OF Governor ana other States officers
and,
Whereas, There resides in the
Twelfth Ward u man whose record as
u model citizen and an honest, upright
Judge. entities him to the respect Of
all good citizens, regardless of party
ana whose experience In public life has
fitted him for any office within the gift
of tho people Of Illinois: therefore, be II
Resolved. That We. Republicans and
citizens of the Twelfth Ward, IN mass
meeting assembled, respectfully urge
the H,vl. u. n. Carter to permit his
name to bc used as n candidate fUi
Governor, plcdglng ourselves to use al
honorable means To secure his nOminn
ton and election, believing. rs we To-
that II he II nominated In the State
convention. his name will add grca:
strength to the entire Republican
ticket"
The committee previously appointed
to notify Judge Carter of the action OF
the meeting and request his presence
entered the room with the Judge. when
such an ovation was rendered him us Il
seldom witnessed In meetings where
national leaders are assembled. Order
restored, Judge Carter was introduced
and addressed his fellow citizens ~
follows:
SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE.
This kind Of II greeting In this sor,
Of n meeting would be sufficient Il
warm the heart Of u stone Image. I've
lived within u stones throw Of THU
place for ten years, ana l begin to NJ
licvc that the old maxim about n mans
being without honor among his neigh
bOrs Il untrue. did not intend u"ti
late this afternoon to make any an
nouncement In public meeting. hUt
have since thought 1t more fitting t.
speak first to my neighbors ant
through them to the public.
ANY man would naturally feel hon
orcd 10 be suggested rs Il candidate FOL
Governor of Illinois. While ! hav,
deeply appreciated the urgent requests
of my friends have always refused NJ
IN this time to stand as candidate
After very careful consideration of thu
| situation as presented | have decided
that ! ought to permit the use of IN!
name.
Some things have been said will
/ no, al