The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-27
DEMOCRATS or JIIINOIN.
They Have Had a long Quest for a Nominee
for the Goyernorship.

There has been only one Democratic Gov
ernor OF Illinois In forty wears since the nomi-
nation and election Of Richard Yates, whose
son Is tho Republican candidate for that Office
tbs year This Democratic Governor was
John p. Altgeld. elected IN 1892. The d,Nl-
cultes Of the Democrats in securing a standard
bearer this wear have been 81 many and So
Serious as TO discourage even the most san
guIne partDsans Three candidates IN turn,
each deolued pol tlcally eligible. Garter Il
Harrison, the present Mayor o. Ch,Caso, sdlai
+. stevenson. the last Democratic Nlre-Presi-
dent Of the United states. and Judge Nurra,
F. Tulel. Chief Judge of the Circuit Court
Of Cook county. have IN turn declined Judge
Tuley was the last n declin and owing to
the part which judge T.. + dunno had IN
bringing him into the race there has been
some talk of nominating Dunno, his colleague
on the Circuit Court hnnch, Tor the office.
The political advantage 10 be derived by
tha nomination OF a Chicago candidate FOR
Governor OF Illinois this year l. not under
rated by the Democrats, and the refusal Of
Mayor Harrison and Judge Tuley, both resi-
dents of Chicago. tn make the race j. a dis
appointment IN consequence There Is 10
Chicago mar on the Republican ticket put
~ a. The Peoria convention this Nenr. Nr
Yates, the Republican CarddHt for Governor,
being a resident of ia" town Of Jacksonville.
which although usually Republican is in a
county SO close that MckinIey's majority
total vote Of JaCkOnyillp. too. is less thar four
thousand. whereas the vote Of the city If Chi
cago is nearly one-third Of the whole vote
Of Illinois.
The Republicans of that State have been
very successful IN past contests with nominees
chosen from rural districts and II i for That
reason that they looked with dlsfaNor uton
the nomination OF either ~ the chicago can
didates, ilanecy or Carter, AZ Their recent con-
N"ntlnn. believing, a. there wa~ "NerN reason
TO, Mt that time, that the Democrats would
take W n Chicago nominee. II j. under th"a"
circumstances that the Democrats OF illi-
nos. disappointed in their expectations N
Chicago. hay" been looking around Tor II pos
slhl" nominee from the rural districts. WIN
IN" result Of. bringing forward into Iromi-
hence several candidates Of no more than minor
paruchlal importance an effective r0lnnlei-
tary on the present condition of the Demo-
cratic party In the State which. n recently
A. the Chicago National Convention of lSa2.
had among its delegates Ben !. Cable, Adlal
J. stevenson. +. II. Winston, John 7. Hop
kin- and others Democrats of prominence.
Among the rlrnl Democrats named in con-
nrCtIon with, the Dnmocratic nomination are
Alfred OrendorN of Springfield. Samuel, VI.
schular of Aurora, Judge Charles h. add or
kcwance, and J. Nick Perrin of Bell"vill',
small town on the Fox River. best known for
tho manufacture Of wagons and not Tor the
choice Of political candidate Peoria gave
. Republican majority Of 1000 at the Pr"~i-
dental election Of -four years ago. and since
tho impo>ition of the increased war tax on
spirits, i! has become one Of the. great reve-
nue-producing districts of the United States,
Kcwanee. Is a small town. one Of the chief in
dustries Of which il the making Of windmills,
and Bellcville is q railroad town fifteen miles
southeast of -. Louis, ard 10 a considerable
extent controlled by th" political course Of
that city. II gave Mckinley n plurality Of
3u four years ago.
In the absence Of more desirable candidates
flor Governor there has recently been q dill
gent search of all the available political ma
terial on the Democratic side, and there has
even boon some talk Of the nomination of tho
illu,triou~ Buck Hinrich-cn Of JacksonvlIle,
the home town Of tho Republican candidate.
lie j. a native of Illinois and formerly repre-
srn,cd N" jacksonville district in Congress