Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-06
HEARST VOTE BIC
FACTOR IN GREAT
WINDY CITY FIGHT
Illinois Managers Very Much Up
in the Air. -
CULLOM TO BE RETURNED
Cook County is the Pivotal Point in
the Big Contest.
THREE DEMOCRATS FAIRLY SURE
Hearst Vste is a Mixed Quantity, but
Is Conservatively Estimated
at About 10000.
CULLOM TO BE RETURNED
Cook County is the Pivotal Point in
the Big Contest.
THREE DEMOCRATS FAIRLY SURE

L mere is nedVy vote IN ILLINOIS,,
considering it is an off year. 1t is
admitted there is much scratching
being done, but it is almost a GER
tainty that the majority of the re-
publican state ticket will be elected.
The strength of the Hearst vote is
uncertain, but it is estimated all the
way from 10000 to $4,000. The
democrats are counting on getting
three state senators out of Cook
county. Senator Shelby M. Gull
Ions return is conceded by all par
ties, democrats, republicans and pro-
hibitionists alike. The municipal
bench elections in Chicago are re-
garded as particularly important,
and a strong fight is being made to
get good men, so that party lines are
almost obliterated.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO. ILL.,, November 6-Party lead
ers were astir early this morning and from
reports coming in heavy vote will be cast
in Illinois. especially in Cook county,
where the campaign has been bitter and
where more public interest has been dis
played than in any ''ofr year. for a long
time. Votes are being polled throughout
the state for state treasurer, superintendent
of public instruction, four trustees of the
state university, twenty-five congressman,
twenty-seven state senator's, 153 represent
atives in the general assembly, county Off
GERS and circuit judges in the first and
fourth districts.
In Cook county. besides the regular
county officers, votes are being cast for
three sanitary district trustees. In Chica go
the contest is for chief justice Of municipal
courts and twenty-seven judges of munich
pal courts.
1t is admitted that a vast amount of
scratching is being done, hence party man.
ayers are greatly at sea. 1t Is generally
conceded that the republican state ticket
will be elected. as the democrats hardly
plurality of four years ago. Republicans
are claiming the state by $4,000.
Senator Shelby NJ. Culom will be re-
elected by the legislature which will be Sc
lected today This is conceded alike by re-
publicans, democrats, prohibitionists and
socialists.
Count on Cook County.
The democrats are depending almost en-
tireiy for their gains in the senate upon
Cook county. Here they expect to elect
three senators in place of republicans
In the country districts the democrats fig
ure on gaining two seats, both of them in
districts which are considered safely renub.
lican by the members of the state commit
tee.
In Chicago the municipal bench elections
easily rank as the most prominent feature
of the election. The new bench is to be the
poor mans court, and the necessity of
filling it with the best material available
has aroused the voters to intense interest
Party lines are thus partially obliterated.
When 1t comes to figuring out the prob
able Hearst vote in Cook county the man
ayers of the regular parties are in the air.
The fight over municipal judges is what
complexities the situation. John ]. Sanberg,
soothsayer of the republicans estimates the
Hearst League poll at $1,000; Secretary
Tansey of the democrats computes 1t at
30, 600 The few conservatives at hearst
headquarters say 1t will be $4,000. In gen.
eral speculation is that the vote on the
Hearst county ticket will be about 10000,
and that some of the Hearst judicial nomi-
nees may poll 10000.