The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-11
YATES MAY NOT.
CANVASS CHICAGO
Governor Says He Is Undecided
Whether to Let LOwden and
Deneen Fight 1t Out.
CANDIDATES ARE Indifferent.
Cook County Aspirants Both Lay
Claim to Majority of Delega-
ton From City by
the Lake.
REPTBLlc SPECIAL

Chicago. Ill. April l0-'I do not know
whether I will make a campaign In Cook
County or let Deneen and Lowden fight 1t
out alone. To tell the truth" and Gov
ernor Yates laughed. Colonel Lowden and
Mr.. Deneen are wholly Indifferent as to
my decision In the matter. I suppose II
they were anxious for me to keep out
that I would be contrary enough to enter
their field.
Scott Cowen. who is one OF my cam
the fight in Chicago on the ground that 1
could not lose anything. and every dele
gate got would be that much better than
none at all. ! am still undecided. met
several Cook County friends Friday fore
noon, and they advised me that 1t would
make no difference in the result in Cook
that 1 will get as many delegates with
out the expense and trouble of a contest
as would get If I put up a line of bat
tle My own friends are divided on the
question
The contest in Cook between Deneen and
of Deneeu. and Tomorrow Lowden opens
Els batteries. They will have about four
weeks to make the canvass before the pri-
maries.
Lowden's friends are certain the Colonel
will have at least 800 delegates from the
county Mr. Deneen's managers and EN-
thusiastic friends are just as certain that
the State Attorney will land 400 State
delegates of the 5l3 An analysis of the
situation from an unprejudiced viewpoint
mates are high. II Mr.. Deneen secures
800 he will get all he Is entitled to. unless
something sensational in his favor de,
iowden will have 200 and stands an ex-
cellent chance of increasing the number
to $50 or approximately half the entire
delegation.
There is no concealinE the disappoint-
ment among Mr. Deneen's friends at the
slender support the State Attorney re-
attempt to explain it. and are strenuously
endeavoring to hold their forces with the
promise that il 400 votes for Deneen can
be secured in Cook then the country dele
gates will fall over themselves in a mad
effort to climb into the Deneen band
wagon.
friend Of the State Attorney. land this
will bring at least 100 to us from the
country Just as soon Judge Hamlin
finds out he cannot be nominated We will
have all his strength. at least 800. This
aggregates 700. or within fifty of a nomi-
nation. We can get that number by trad
ing our votes tn candidates for university
trustees. and not take into account at all
the offices of Lieutenant Governor. Secre-
tary Of state. Auditor and Attorney Gen
eral.''
CHICAGO GOVERNOR.
Colonel I.Owden's friends are not count
ing combinations out loud. II they have
any hopes of combining with Hamlin. or
Sherman. or Warner or Yates they say
nothing about it, But they do point with
some degree of exultation to the long list
Of delegates from the country that are
conceded their leader in advance Of tho
Cook County primaries. There is an air
of confidence In the gossip in the Low
den headquarters. They are relying
great deal on Chicago pride and In tile
alleged necessity to the metropolis Of hay
ing a Chicagoan in the executive chair In
Springfield, when legislation affecting tho
new Chicago charter is being considered
1T is just this way" maintained one Of
governorship during the next four yrs
as IL never needed II before. The cam
pajgn in the country has emphasized the
fact that the only Chicagoan who is at all
desired by the country is Colonel Lowden.
n chicago Is to have one Of Its citizens
as Governor, 1t Is bound to be Lowden.
Excepting Governor Yates. Colonel Low
den will have more votes from the coun-
try in the convention than any other two
eandfdstes There isn't a ghost of show
for any other citizen of Chicago. and l
believe the Republicans of this city will see
this point before the primaries are held