Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-06-11
wins OUT
AT SPRINGFIELD
Combination Made by Chicago.
Prosecutor With Three
Other Candidates.
YATES ENTERS THE DEAL
domination Seemed to Be Certain for
Deneen When tire Convention Met
and the Convention Prompt
ly Settled IL.

Springfield, June 6.-The republican
! state convention was called to order at
1915 a. IN. and by common consent took
a recess until 2 p. m. A conference was
I'm progress when the convention open
/! ed, II II was reported that Yates had
agreed to go to Deneen, the break to be
made at the morning session.
After the recess of the convention II
was openly acknowledged that Deneen,
Yates, Hamlin and Sherman had en-
tered a combination to nominate De-
neen on the first ballot in the after
noon. Warner and Pierce were expected
to enter the combination.
At 1870 p. m. Yates, Deneen, Hamlin
and Sherman had been in conference at
the executive mansion since 1880, ar
ranging the details OF the combination.
II was announced that Adams county
would lead off at the roll call with 20
votes for Deneen, and that Lowden
would try to get enough votes In the
| breakup TO defeat the combination.
Yates Notifies His Delegates.
At the conclusion OF the conference
OF the Yates delegates, just before the
reassembiing of the convention, Yates
made an address withdrawing in favor
Of Deneen. The convention reassembled
| at 2:20 p. M. and Yates took the plat
form, asking permission to make a
statement. He suggested as the next
governor Of Illinois Mr.. Deneen, and
withdrew his own name.
At the close of Yates address Attor-
aey General Hamlin spoke for four
minutes, and withdrew his name in
favor of Deneen.
Sherman also withdrew in favor OF
Deneen. The seventy-ninth ballot then
began at 2:4l p. m, and Deneen was
nominated.
The ballot resulted: Yates, /; Low
len, 522; Dencen, 957: Warner, Il.
Mr.. Lowden moved to make Dement'S
nomination unanimous. The motion
was unanimously adopted. Deneen then
| addressed the convention.
Sherman for Lieutenant Governor.
At the evening session the making up
Of the ticket rapidly proceeded. l..
Y, Sherman of McDonough was nomi-
mated for lieutenant governor; James
A. Rose of Golconda (present incum-
henD for secretary of state; Len Small
| Of Kankakee for state treasurer; James
s. Mccullough of Champaign present
lncumbent) for state auditor; w. II.
| Stead of Ottawa for attorney general.
The following nominations were made
| for university trustees:
Mrs. Mary f.. Busey, Champaign;
| Charles Davidson, Chicago; w. l.. Abb
bolt, Chicago.
The ticket went through according to
the slate agreed upon at the executive
mansion conference, except in the case
Of b. NJ. Chipcrie!d, whom w. II. Stead
| defeated for attorney general.
The following were elected by the
convention to be members at large of
the state central committee:
Homer j. Tice, James s. Neville,
Solon Philbrick, ]. Il. MCFatrick, Ed
ward H.. Wright, Clarence Buck and
! Scott Cowan.
At lI:46 o'clock the convention ad-
iourned sine die.
Story Of the Deadlock.
The most remarkable deadlock in the
history of state conventions, which is
thus broken by the nomination of Mr..
Dcneen, began when the convention
opened balloting on Friday, May 13-
n date certainly Ominous of trouble.
After fruitlessly balloting for a week
the convention took n recess till Tues
day, June /, when things were resumed
where they had been left off. There
was no substantial change as a result
Of the immense amount of underground
work thai had been done during the
recess.
Governor Yates has had but one term,
With the press and many of the most
powerful influences against him he
made a wonderful V of the state
and went into the convention with more
delegates than any other one man held
Lowden was the candidate of the
corporations and franchise grabbers OF
Chicago; the ta~Xdodgers. the railroads
and the Chicago franchised corpora
tions wanted him. Deneen was the
candidate OF the better element, as OPP
posed to the Lowden backing. He
stood for the people h want homes
legislation, honest councils, homes tax
alton, NJ grating and no Doodle. he
was a candidate on his magnificent rec
ord Of many years as Il fearless and eff
fective prosecutor. 1t vas a hard flght
between Deneen and LOWden In ChiCa'
go. where both live, but Deneen got the
majority of the delegates. To this HI
added n good country following.
Mr.. Lowden il a former Iowa man
born In Hardin county, educated at thu
state university, M the son-in-law o.
the late Geo. NJ. Pullman. He Is chic
representative of the Pullman millions
Mr.. Deneen married an Iowa woman
Miss Bina Maloney, who lived in SaC
county. Her family was prominent IL
that county, living n few miles from
Odebolt.
A Prophetic Acrostic.
The Chicago Record-Herald Wednes
day posted on it's bulletin board tn
following innocent bulletin, announc
ing the latest news, or rather lack o
news, from Springfield:
Direct primary plan presented,
/: Effort also is being made to
Nominate by secret ballot.
Every indication that plan will fail.
End of tie-up still far away.
No one can forcsee the finish.
.
The bulletin was read by various an
sundry persons, but occasioned littl
interest until finally a mild-mannere
man happened along and after readin
the bulletin gave a wild shout OF 10!
"See it, see It," he shouted, tumpin
in the air and waving his hands wild
ly. There's nothing to 1t now but ar