Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-04
State Politics.

The Chicago Record of today in dis
cussing democratic politics in Illinois,
says: The democratic county GEN.
trail committee will meet tomorrow,
| and the German-American committee,
| which presented the name of Adam
Ortseifen to the county executive
committee, is expected to appear be-
fore the committee to urge that body
TO accept Adam Ortseifen as the
official candidate of the machine for
governor. Secretary Burke yesterday
said that all the talk of the organize
ton taking Ortseifen out of the race
was without foundation. We will
nominate him sure he said. But a
mum Der of influential county demo
Gratis think otherwise. They are COM
ing to Chicago some day the latter
part of this week to hold conference,
and they will ask Mayor Harrison,
Robert Z. Burke, Thomas Gahan, Will
liam Loeffier. Fred E. Eldred and other
local leaders to sit in the conference.
Last night invitations were sent to
more than fifty democrats of the state
outside of Cook county, asking them
to come to Chicago to talk over
the situation This conference, it
is said, will be held Friday.
Among those who been asked
to attend the conference have
are: Frank j. Quinn, Peoria; Charles
Furgeson, Rockford; William McEn-
Try, Rock Island; Maurice T. Moloney,
James Braden. Sycamore; William
seka; Isaac p. Craig. Nation; Frank
,nl. A
Hope, Alton; DIR. Walter Watson,
chairman of the state committee;
Reed Green, Cairo; W. G. Cantrell,
Benton; j. Nick Perrin, East st. Louis;
Scott Matthews, NJ. F. Dunlap, w. H.
Crow, Pittsfield; Louis Hirscheimer,
Pittsield; Frank Robinson, Virginia;
William l.. Mounts, Carlinville; Henry
Shepherd, Jerseyville; F. w. Rottger,
Mount Sterling; L. F. Dunn, Car
thage; Charles Boeschenshein, Ed
wardsville; H. w. Clendenin. Spring
field; Henry Rainey, Greene county;
John w. Yantis, Shelbyville; j. NJ.
Gray, Decatur; Adlai E. Steven
son, Bloomington; John Eddy and
j. F. Heffernan, Bloomington;
Col. William r. Morrison, H.
S. Tanner, Paris: Senator J.
NJ. c. Subway, Taylorville; Norman
Jones. Carrollton; p. c. Haley and
Mark Harris, Joliet; T. F. Donovan,
j. r. Tilton, Danville; c.
A. Purdunn, Marshall; George Fithian,
Newton; George b. Parsons, Shawnee
town; Monroe G. Crawford, Jones'
boro; Herman Moecker. Adams coun-
ty; Caleb Johnson, Whiteside; II. w.
Masters. Lewistown.
Mayor Harrison will be asked at
this conference to say definitely
whether he will accept a nomination
for governor. The Cook county
leaders will be asked what is back of |
their scheme in putting forward
Adam Ortseifen as their candidate. |
They will be told that outside demo- |
Gratis have been canyassing the situa-
tion in Cook county and have found |
that the OrIseifen candidacy has not |
awakened any enthusiasm in the rank |
and file of the party, and that al |
though Mr.. Ortseifen may be a first |
class man personally the fact that he |
is a brewer will line up the democrats |
of the state solidly against Cook |
county if the Cook county democrats
bring him to Springfield as their |
for governor"
The following have been announced |
as candidates for the democratic NOM
ination for governor: Carter II. Har- |
rison, of Chicago; Nick Perrin, of |
Belleville: Alfred Orendorff, offspring |
field; n. f. Worthington. of Peoria; !
Samuel Alschuler. of Aurora: Adlai |
Stevenson, Of Bloomington; Charles |
h. Ladd, of Kewanee; Adam Ortsei- |
fen, ofC hicago, and Elmore w. Hurst,
nj Rock Island. Some of these gen |
tlemen are avowed candidates, while |
others are modestly allowing their
friends to mention their claims on the
party, and still others have declared
they are not candidates.