Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-10
CAMPAIGN IN ILLINOIS
MAYOR HARRISON TO VISIT
JUDGE PARKER AT EsoPUs.
Democrats Think They Can Garry the
State, but Republicans Are Active
and Confident.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

SPeeiai Correspondence or The Evening Star,
CHICAGO, October s, 1904.
The democratic county campaign opened
Tuesday night with a meeting of precinct
captains and neutenants. Nearly 1000
democratic workers were present They
were exhorted by Mayor Harrison, Roger c.
Sullivan and Chairman Boeschenstein of the
state committee TO '.get busy and carry
Cook county by sufficient majority to
make the state safe for Parker.
Great stress was laid upon the reports
from New York that the republicans will
have hard fight to save the state. Taking
that report as a keynote, the mayor said:
History teaches that as New York
goes the country goes. New Jersey, Mary
land, Connecticut, West Virginia and In
diana will surely be in the democratic line
up next November, and tell you that we
will carry Illinois by large majority,
which will all be due to your work in Cook
county
There was a wide difference of opinion
as to the democratic majority in Cook
county, and the figures ranged from 2o,OOO,
the estimate of Quin OBrien, to 10000.
which Mayor Harrison and Roger c. Sui
livan think could be attained.
1t was stated that Carl Schurz has been
booked for a speech In the ninth congress
sional district where O'Brien is fighting
Representative Henry s. Boutell. The dis
trict has a large German population, and
the democrats believe that Schurz can ap-
peal successfully to this element. The dis
trict normally is republican.
Illinois is to be the center Of maelstrom
of political oratory from now until Novem-
Der 7. Republican, democratic, populist, So
cialist and prohibition speakers are to be
poured into the state to supplement the eff
forts of the by no means insignificant army
of native spellbinders who will go on the
stump.
Republicans Busy.
Among the leading republicans who will
stump the state will be Senator Fairbanks,
candidate for Vice President; Speaker Can
non, Representative Bede, ]. w. Ownby, A.
C. Rankin, the noted labor leader of Pitts
burg; Seth Low. Secretary Taft, Secretary
Shaw. John w. Yerkes of Kentucky, Prof
Nelson of Lindsbourg Kan; Representative
McCleary of Minnesota Senator Nelson of
Minnesota and others.
Speaker Cannon and Representative Bede
will speak in the big tent in the sixth con-
gressional district-Representau Lori
mer's district-next Saturday evening Mr.
Rankin will speak In the stock yards dis
trict Friday evening Seth Low will be
here October -, and Senator Fairbanks on
October ID. Secretary Taft. who spoke in
Chicago at the banquet of the Bar Associa-
ton October t. speaks in Quincy tomorrow
night.
General James B. Weaver of Iowa will
come to Illinois for the democrats. speak
Der 49, and Gilman. October Is. Senator
b. r. Tillman of South Carolina makes his
first of four speeches in the state here to-
night. He will speak at Carthage October
10 and at a place yet to be selected Octo-
Der II.
To Visit Judge Parker.
Judge Parker wrote some days ago to
Mayor Harrison asking him to visit the
presidential candidate at Esopus. The
mayor has accepted the invitation, and will
leave Chicago for Esopus Tuesday evening,
October IL, arriving at the New York town
the next evening. and passing the next day
with Judge Parker.
The democrats are preparing to send out
hundreds of thousands of copies of Par
ker's letter of acceptance, and Of Carl
Schurz's letter.
Thomas Watson, the populist candidate
for President, will make three speeches in
Illinois, IL his health will permit NJ A..
Cumming of Washington. d. c.. who man
ages Mr. Watsons speaking campaign was
| In Chicago yesterday. He arranged with
Joseph Hopp, the populist state chairman,
for speeches by Mr.. Watson in Chicago,
Virden and East st. Louis.
Eugene V. DebS and Ben. Hanford the
socialist candidates for President and Vice
President will speak In the Auditorium on
the evening of october II. This will be
Mr.. Debs only speech in this state.
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