Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-07
POLITICS IN ILLINOIS
Too Many Tickets for the indie
pendent Voters.
HARD TIME TO PICK OUT MEN
Republicans Most Confident and
Strongly Favored.
STRIFE AMONG THE DEMOCRATS
Sequel to Bryan's Attack on Sullivan
Socialists Are Vigorous-Fight
on Hearst Faction.
STREE AMONG THE DEMOCRATS
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
CHICAGO, October 6.-The campaign
congressional, state, county and city
is on here full blast, and more choatic
condition of politics never confronted
the intelligent and long-suffering voter
in this city than exists today. 1t
will take a wise man and patient man.
indeed, to unravel the political tangles and
nick out the all-woOl threads from the
shoddy and the cotton. Those citizens who
are of independent mind and do not wish
to vote blindly for party will have an espe-
cially hard time of it in picking the candi-
dates they wish to vote for out of the null
titude on the too-plentiful tickets.
Republicans, democrats, the independ-
ence League, the socialists progressive al
lance and the prohibitionsts all have
tickets in the field, and the result is that
the shrewdest politicians in both the lead
ing parties are completely at sea as to the
probable results
The republicans the most confident.
and apparently are most strongly favored
by the peculiar conditions that prevail The
democrats, 1t is generally believed, have
little hope of electing any part of their
tickets. Internal strife, caused by the at
tacks of William Jennings Bryan on Boss
Roger Sullivan, the general detestation of
the Sullivan machine and its methods
among the rank and file of the democratic
party, and heavy OBJECTIONS to the indie
pendence League, it seems certain, will
doom the Sullivan tickets to overwhelming
defeat Thousands of democrats, it Is be-
lieyed, will follow the advice of Bryan and
bolt their tickets. The Hearst democrats
generally WILL of course. vote the INDIE
pendence League ticket and those who fol-
low the Nebraskan's advice will probably
do the same.
A Chief Factor In Chicago.
This Independence League is the chief
factor in the local political conundrum.
Just what its strength will prove to be is
the problem that is worrying the old party
leaders. 1t was at first thought that the
fact that Hearst had secured the demo-
cratic nomination for governor in New
York through the aid of Boss Murphy and
Tammany Hall would prove a damaging
blow for the league. and the democrats and
republican leaders promptly seized upon it
with Joy, as showing that Hearst in his
war upon political bossism was q hypocrite.
who was using the Independence League
movement as club to further his personal
ambitions. Hearsts prompt reputation Of
Murphy and his declaration that he pro-
posed to wage his campaign for governor
on the league platform has bewildered the
ton from the league.
Contrary to the report that the nomina-
ton of Hearst by the democrats in New
York through the alleged deal with Muir
ply would mean the abandonment OF the
league by Hearst here and its consequent
collapse. the local managers of the indie
pendent movement are pushing their cam
paign more vigorously than ever. Their
county, city and Legislative tickets have
been completed and congressional candi-
dates nominated in every district in the
city where they believe they have fair
chance of success. The Hearst managers
have increased rather than abated their
efforts for the league, and the Hearst pa
pers continue to hammer away at the Sui
ifvan democracy and ita- tickets.
Whatever effect this movement may have
on the republican party it is apparent that
1t has already badly crippled the demo-
Gratis. The democratic tickets are in a sad
state of disintegration. Almost daily for
the last two or three weeks there have
been designations from the tickets or the
organization. More than a dozen Sullivan
nominees have quit the tickets. while
scores OF members of the various commit
tees, ward leaders and precinct captains
have given up their positions. The most Of
these nominees who have resigned have ac-
cepted positions on the Independence
League tickets. and nearly all the demo-
cratic officials and workers who have de-