Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-03
Illinois Deadlock About to
Be Broken.
RESULT OF AGREEMENT
DELEGATES HARD TO BRING INTO
LINE TODAY.
Republican Convention About to Make
Selection After Many Inef-
fectual Attempts.

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, June 2.-The indica-
ticns that Chas. S. Deneen will be nom
lnated for governor by The republican. state
convention before night. This was the
trend of the talk among the Yates follow
ers. I.owden was expected to make another
effort to stampede the convention. and In
that case the Yates votes were expected 10
go to Deneen.
\ conference of Yates Supporters was
held this forenoon and on the highest au-
thority it was reported that Yates had
consented to go to Deneen. and that the
break would soon be made.
When the convention was called to order
today q. r. Berry. n Sherman adherent,
moved u recess until pm. The motion
was seconded by ]. III. Burke of the Deneen
camp nd T. t. Snively, u Yates sup
porter. The roll was called and the mo-
ton To take a recess prevailed.
After recess was taken ii was acknowl-
edged that DeneeE, Yates, Haml.n and
Sherman had entered into 4 combination
to nominate Deneen on the first ballot of
the afternoon. 1t was also said that War
ner and Pierce were expected to JON the
combius lion.
Following the forenoon recess, Yates; De-
neen Hamlin and Sherman held long
conference at the executive mansion, ar
ranging details Of the proposed comoina-
lion. Ii was said by Eowden's friends .ha
I.owden would Try to get enough votes IN
the break ND to defeat the combination.
After the conference of candidates had
ended IL was said that the colferees rau
fully agreed upon Deneen. and that mis-
nomins ton was to be brought about on
an early ballot If Yates could deliver Inc
delegates pledged to the governor.
Mr. Charles s. Deneen from the begin
ming of the contest has been candidate OF
character and of force. He has had the
support of some of the liberal and reform
elements within the party, though his sue
cess heretofore mas been as part OF very
compact party machine. He is a good type
Of the country boys who come to the Dig
cities and make their influence felt. 1t Is
hardly a score of years ago that he spent
weeks tramping the streets of Chicago try
ing to get place in some lawyers once
and after visiting two hundred of them.
firally secured desk ana chahce u
work.
He went into politics and within few
years had a group of city wards whose
. votes always were at his command in con-
yention. He was nominated states at
torney eight years ago by what was known
as the I.orimer machine, and he has made
an unusually good and courageous public
official. He broke with his old associates
and took two-thrds of the machine leaders
with him.
BY their aid and the support of the reform
element he defeated Representative Lori
mer in the Chicago Cook country pri-
maries. electing three-ffths of the dele
gates and nominating the county ticket.
Representative Lorimer for ten years mas
been the undisputed head of the Chicago
party organization, but in this last contest
he was forced aside. Now States Attorney
Deneen is the leader or boss. Controlling
a good ma jority of the Chicago delegation,
his hope all along has been to secure
enough delegates from the country to nomi-
nate him.