The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-05-12
PREPARING FOR
A WARM CONTEST
ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS GATHER
FOR STATE CONVENTION.
COMBINATIONS ARE FORMED
Yates and Lowdon Reach Mutual I'm
derstanding-May Mean Either
for Governor - Cannon
to Preside.

Springfield, ILL.,, May 11.-The develop
ments of Tuesday clearly foreshado8 the
organization of the republican state con-
vention. which convened here Thursday,
by the combined forces of Coy. Yates,
Col. Frank o. Lowden and Congressman
Vespasian Warner. The existence of
the combination came to light when the
state central committee met to hear the
contested cases for the purpose of deter
mining which of the contested delegates
shall sit in the temporary organization.
The first test vote came on the Sanga-
mon county case, in which the commit
tee, by vote of 25 to nine, decided to
seat the Yates delegates, as against the
Hamlin delegates. The votes against
this proposition were cast by Roy o.
West, proxy for Deneen; Philip Knopf,
James H. Burke, Fred A. Busse, James
Pease, all of Chicago; C.. T. Cherry, of
Oswego, James Mckinney, of Aledo, C.
G. Eckhart, of Tuscola, and M. J. Butler,
of Sangamon. This was the only roll
cali taken, all the other cases being de-
cided on viva voce vote
The proceedings of the committee
confirmed the story that Yates and Low
den, through their frienos on the COM
mittee, had agreed upon division of the
contested delegates by which Yates
should have all of the counties in contest
except Rock Island, Clinton and Marion,
these going to Lowden. This would give
Yates 78 and Lowden "a Of the contested
delegates, the Yates counties being San
CANON, Fayette, Montgomery, Randolph,
Fulton, Greene, Cumberland and John
son. The committee adjourned to ten
o'clock this morning, after disposing OF
all counties except Greene, Cumberland
and Randolph.
May Extend to Governorship.
The combination, it is admitted, will
be able to control the seating Of the con-
!. testing delegates, temporarily and per-
S4 btfsshtly, as the Yates-Lowden forces
EgSGoI have Is of the rs members of the
1dential committee. While the alli-
s dee at present is confined only to organ
ization, it is admitted that the attempt
will probably be made to apply 1t also
to the nomination Of the gubernatorial
candidates. If this is successful the nom
ination will go either to Yates of Low
den. The Deneen- -Hamlin-Sherman men
do not admit that such an alliance will
succeed. ..
Cannon to Preside.
Congressman Cannon will be both
temporary and permanent chairman of
the convention. He said that he would
not accept the craftsmanship If any one
objected. The sentiment in his favor
appears unanimous
Indiana Democrats.
Indianapolis, Ind. May 11.-Demo-
cratic leaders are gathering for the first
session of the democratic state conven-
tion, which will meet Thursday morning
at IL o'clock to seat delegates and alter
nates-at-large to the st. Louis conven-
tion, and presidential electors and al
ternates-at-large. An adjournment
will then be taken until July 20, when
a platform will be adopted and state
ticket nominated. OF the 1,547 dele
gates to the state convention, 1t is esti-
mated from 450 to 600 are for W. r.
Hearst, and the rest for Judge Parker.
New Jersey Republicans.
Trenton, N. j., May 1.-The repub-
lican state convention, which was held
here Tuesday for the purpose of electing
delegates to the national convention, to
be held in Chicago on June 81, was un-
usually enthusiastic, considering the
fact that there were no contests Of i'm
portance. Gov. Franklin Murphy,
United States Senators Kean and Dry
den, and State Assessor David Baird, OF
Camden, were elected delegates-at-large
to the national convention. The alter
nates-at-large elected were Secretary of
State Dickinson, Of Hudson; Senator
Wood Mckee, of Passaic; Clarence
Breckenridge, Of Bergen, and Griffith
Lewis, of Burlington. The platform
adopted by the convention was strong
endorsement of the republican national
and state administrations, and indi-
rectly favored the nomination of Presi-
dent Roosevelt to succeed himself. al
though in keeping with the policy that
has always prevailed in this state, the
delegates were not instructed.