The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-06-29
ALSCHULER'S VICTORY
illinois Democrats at Springfield
Nominate Him for Gov
ernor.
MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS MEET.
Bliss Men Seem Confident of Winning
National Prohibition Convention
in Session ut Chicago.

Springfield, Ills, June 27.-Samuel
| Alschuler Of Aurora was nominated
for governor of Illinois on the second
ballot by the Democratic state conven-
| ton in representatives hall. He Is Of
| about the same age as Richard Yates,
| the Republican nominee for governor,
| and has served several terms in the
| legislature as representative from
| the Fourteenth district and Is we'll
| known as the Democratic leader Of the
| fight against the Allen bill and kindred
measures. The nomination Is pOpu-
| lar one, for he was the second choice
of nearly every delegate In the conven-
| ton, including most of the Cook coun-
| ty men, The first ballot resulted as
| follows: Alschuler, 44Sh; OrtsOifen,
411h Orendorff, 2521a; Worthington,
| 4S; Charles X. Ladd, 40. The nominal
| ing ballot stood: Ortseifen, 417h; Al
schuler, 609h.
Stood Fast for Ortseifen.
Cook county's 1913 delegates stood
| fast for Adam Ortseifen. With the
exception of three or four delegates
who tried to break away on the second
ballot, the Cook county men, like the
well-trained, disciplined political SOL
diers that they are, obeyed orders, and
even when the Alschuler band wagon
was rolling through the hall, they
shouted for Ortseifen. Mayor Harri-
son succeeded in choking off all plans
to get up stampede for him, and his
name was only mentioned when some
of the counties which had been in
structed to vote for him followed their
instructions. Mr.. Alschuler was nom-
mated before the report of the COM
mittee on resolutions was handed in,
and the convention took recess until
10 o'clock Wednesday morning.
Second Days Proceedings.
The Democratic state convention re-
convened Wednesday morning at 1875.
Chairman Hurst Immediately turned
over the gavel to Free p. Norris Of
Watseka, after the list of delegates
and alternates to the national conven-
tion and presidential electors had been
read and approved. Mayor Carter III.
Harrison, chairman of the committee
on resolutions, presented the platform,
which he read. 1t was adopted Rep
resentative Elmer e. Perry of Brown
county was nominated for lieutenant
governor. For secretary of state,
James II. O'Donnell of Bloomington
and George M. Lecrone of Effingham
were placed in nomination, but before
the roll call was completed O'Donnell
was nominated by reclamation.
Faipts While Making a Speech.
George b. Parsons of Shawneetown
was nominated for auditor and NJ. +.
Dunlap of Jacksonville for treasurer,
both by reclamation. For attorney
general James Todd of Cook and Tar
din w. Masters of Lewistown, Fulton
county, were placed in nomination. l..
w. Jones of Fulton county, while max
ing the nominating speech for Masters,
tainted and was carried from the hall.
The ballot resulted: Todd, 1,0S91s;
Masters, 114R. The nomination of
Todd was made unanimous.
For trustees of the University of
Illinois by resolution offered by Con-
gresham j. II. Williams, the nominees
were declared to be Joseph Schwartz
of Marion county, Charles Bliss Of
Smith OF Chicago. At 11:5S a. IN. the
convention adjourned sine die.
Synopsis of Platform.
The platform begins as follows.
1--WE, the Democrats of Illinois, in con-
vention assembled. do hereby reaffirm
and indorse in whole and in all of it's
parts In letter and in spirit the Demo-
cratic national platform of 1896"
This 1t Is held will not only satisfy
the silver Democracy of Cook county,
but will set the pace for the national
convention In Kansas City.
In denunciation of the Mckinley adj
ministration, admiration and sympathy
for the Beers. and upon the antitrust
and antl-imperialistic propositions the
platform Is very strong, being practi.
cally copy Of the declaration con-
tanned in the platform adopted by the
Cook county convention last Saturday.
The Monroe doctrine is reaffirmed, the
currency bill passed by the Republic
ans In the last session Of congress il
denounced, Mayor Harrison's munich
pal administration is Endorsed, and
William ]. Bryan Is indorsed as the
party candidate for president in the
coming national election.
Delegates at Large.
Delegates-at-large to the national
convention are: Mayor Harrison, Chi
cago; Ben T. Cable. Rock Island; A.
s. Trude. Chicago; Judge A. r. Will
liams, Carmi, White county. Alter
nates-at-large, Edward Cohen and
Charles Werno, Chicago; DR.. Walter
Watson Of Mount Vernon; George w.
Fithian, Newton, Jasper county. John
G. Schubert Of Chicago and Edward L.
Glover Of Morris were chosen presi-
Dental electors-at-large.
THE PROHIBITIONIsTs.