The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-11
BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT

By STAFF CORRESPONDENT
Chicago. Ill. Aug. 10.-RepubIican politics
| In Illinois Is taking such shape as to form
an interesting parallel to the situation in
Missouri. Not that the comparison tallies,
| point for point. but that the personalities
OF two young men. who were lifted to prom
! inence upon the sole platform of good serv-
ice rendered, gradually are dominating the
| arena and loom I'D as formidable candi.
, dates for Governor. 1t appears, and this is
Oh national consequence. that the people
".sh 10 nonor men who have done In office
What they were elected to do.
Charles i. Deneen. States Attorney in
Cook County. which Office corresponds to
.hat or ircuit>Attorney In St. Louis, who
nus oeen chief prosecutor in Chicago since
1870 started out to do his duty as he saw 1t.
long record Of important convictions
STANDS to his credit. His name is terror
10 iaw-breakers and TO the class of political
wre-puHers who were accustomed to use
the States Attorney In the furtherance of
party and financial schemes.
IN mh oes joseph w. Folk during fewer years
/ y not the same kind of man as is Folk.
he lacks fire. lacks magnetism, is more
di saTy yyp 5ee hRs1dhs s plod
persis;en. prosecutor and a relentless. ear.
nest champion of the law.
,n cca33os popular attorney. as has Folk.
ta Iva was politician; that is. he has be-
neved IN organization. believed In the ma
cnine. IN distribution of political honors
On pusfnessike basis. and has been a
r W1rker;" In that sense he differs from
H r1lk. whose rise to office cannot be attrib
n nrHn 70 TO- the fact that he got out at the
the boys" into line
e!B But though politician. Densen he,iey ed
,hss came hopssy Official aaa honesty After
charge obligations to his political allies He
has has endeayored to be faithful to his
would arise in which the decision .ay te-
tween his duty and these friends" His
choice ever has been made quickly. Hence
file Of the orsanizationNthat eor:ioa Of the he
suckers" No doubt but that Ills courageous
hss RRnsa MN f Folk ae ua.
Hence the newspapers Of any Independence
are with him, and the people want Tim.
LINING UP FOR
GUBERNATORIAL FIGHT.
At present, with regard to the cube: ne
torial election next year. all seems quie. in
Illinois. though in fact the candidates sre
mastering their forces in readiness for the
fight, which will be hot one. To the fore
as possibilities are Governor Ya,eg, Attor-
ney General Hamlin and Deneen. Yates may
De put down at the start as a dead one"
Illinois 70 for anything Ham.in has not
come out and may not, though he d rrcos
nized az fully qualined to wear he hon..
fossins and doubiedeali a lie IS - ambi-
tious to be Governor, but as matters now
stand his boom. IL sprung. might gain HIM
the S,. credit of being the Lorimer candidate
Chicago controls one-third Of the vote nj
any nominating convention. il Dances can
60 into the convention with a solid chicago
delegation. or with even a two-tnirds dele
do this is confidently believed.
win show. to those who follow politics IN
Missouri. that the movement to nominate
the two famous prosecutors BY the con-
eeedns he ssne nes
Both men undertook to and did conduct
the affair. Of their positions in accordance
thing aeh e atsoTney tf had az Seea
,h e. e: gssH: p sas
n 'Tss sa.sSsor tor p.neen. outside of Chi
cago, is not SO marked as the cry for Folk
outside Of st. Louis. The reason Is that,
while Deneen his accomplished much. his
dons BY By Mt. W. Folk. TIE former ' Wsfi
known. however. Throughout Illinois and.
though his conduct in his present once
State politicians, he viii receive the In
dorsement Of the voters at large.
WORKED HIS WAY
Up IN POLITICS.
Mr.. Deneen was born in Lebanon, H.. in
1862 He was graduated from McKendree
College in 1852 He went to Chicago and
at once took interest in politics. From the
beginning he sought political preference In
the way that succeeds. He did do the
manual labor among the boys" Not that
he was guilty Of anything discreditable.
Thirtieth Ward" The Democrats con-
trolled, but the Republicans were not or