Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-07

ties of chief executive of Illinois, and
} Mrs. Deneen will be the first lady OF
the state
For the first time in the history OF
the state a republican governor will
come from Chicago. Mr.. Deneen is
preceded by no Cook county resident
who was chosen to the highest Office
in the gift of the state as a republican.
John p. Altgeld was from Chicago
but he headed the democratic ticket in
1892 when he was elected John l..
Beveridge was from Chicago. but he
came to the office through the resigna-
ton OF Richard ]. Oglesby, who be-
came United States senator. Gov.
lBeveridge was elected lieutenant gov
ernor at the same election with Ogles-
by.
First Lady of State.
Those who are interested in the So
cial side of life at the capital city look
forward with interest to the installa-
ton of Mrs. Deneen as mistress of the
executive mansion, with the attendant
possibilities of bringing Springfield So
ciety, of which the wife of the gov
ernor is the titular head, in closer COM
munion with the society of the me-
tropoliS. in which Mr.. and Mrs Deneen
have a well established and enviable
position.
There is no insinuation in such an
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Springfield has not been most pleas
ing and satisfactory to those most in
terested. Mrs. Yates, who delivers
the social scepter to her successor
from the big city, has most royalty
reigned during the four years that the
mansion has been her home. Few
have been the administrations where
a more gracious and tactful woman
than the wife of the retiring governor
has presided as the first woman of
the state"
Three Little Deneens.
Three little Deneens will take the
place at the stately home of the gov
ernor which is to be vacated by the
two daughters of Gov. and Mrs. Yates.
There will still be a Dorothy, since
the elder of the two Deneen girls
bears the same name as does the
first-born of the Yates family. Fran
ces is the younger of the Deneens,
while a wholly new and interesting
feature is added 10 life at the mansion
by the introduction of Master Charles
Ashley Deneen. a typical American
boy. with many of the physical char
acteristics of his father.
The lad is the eldest of the three
children, and is just at the age where
animal spirits predominant. In his
studies he is said to be bright and
shining light. and when he is at work
il is all work. and when it is play il is
all play. With a whoop and hurrah,
he received the news that his father
had been nominated at Springfield at
the end Of the memorable deadlock.
He was at the head of a band of
followers from the neighborhood just
out of school. and the outfit trooped in
TO where his mother was receiving the
congratulations of friends and neigh
bors. When she told him that his
father had won. he led his cheering
cohorts out into the street and organ
lied an impromptu procession and for
an hour headed the jubilant host. Such
is the younger Deneen, and there is
doubtless a future awaiting him amid
the unconquered fields OF juvenile
Springfield.
His two sisters. just as bright and
intelligent. are more subdued, follow
ing in their nature the quiet and re-
served mannerisms of their mother.
Both are in school and popular IN their
own circle of acquaintance and com
panions. Dorothy is two years young
er than the young man OF the house,
and Frances is two years behlnd ner
sister. IL is a most interesting trio.
The success that has been achieved
by the governor-elect is manifesto
ton of what determined personal and
stubborn effort will achieve for the
Young man who has an honest desire
to do something for himself IL can
uot be gainsaid that had not Charles
Samuel Deneen, with an Unborn grit
and a backbone of steel, issued himself
An ultimatum while yet southern ILL
nojs youth. that he would not faii ana
that he would make something out OF
himself. he would not now be ABOUT
TO step into the executive chair OF one
of the greatest commonwealths OF the
union.
.Egyptian." by Birth
Mr.. Deneen is essentially a southern
Illinois product. an Egyptian by
birth and education Though his achiev-
ments in winning honor and renown
have had their theatre in Chicago, ST
Clair county. just across the Missls
sippi from st. Louis. gave him Dirth,
and his immediate ancestors were all
intimately associated with the early
history. first of the territory and then
of the state.
The name Deneen comes from the
original DeNesne. which signifies little