The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-08-09
PRIMARY "A SUCCESS;
DECLARE FOR CUlLOM
Illinois Voters Make Their Own Nom
inations-Yates Showed Under
by Veteran Senator.

Chicago. Aug. S.-Illinois voters Sat
urday made their nominations at pri-
mares, making what is regarded as a
satisfactory test Of the new primary
law, which is declared a success.
" Shelby M. Cullom will be returned to
the United States senate. After one
of the most spectacular campaigns ever
seen senator Culiom wen by a plurality
or more than $4,000. His plurality in
TINS city was about 1900 over his
prlnclpal opponent, former Governor
Richard Yates.
All the parties in the state held their
primaries. Of all the candidates, either
democratic or republican, Congressman
"lillan Lorimer, of the Sixth district,
and Congressman Mann put UP the
most spirited campaign for nomination.
Ihey both won their districts by hand
some majorities.
In the Eighteenth district, Joseph G.
cannon, speaker of the house OF rep
resentatives, had no opposition, and
MS nomination is assured.
National Committeeman Frank O..
LoWden was nominated for congress in
the Thirteenth district.
In the tempestous districts in Chi
caSo the vote was large, but in the dis
tricts where there We're no local con-
tests apathy was manifested by the
voters, and in these sections the vote
was so light that it pulled down the
total for the city to slightly over 120,-
OO0 out of a total registration Of 375,-
600.
The greatest interest in the election
centered in the vote for United States
senator, n for that of republican con-
gressInen in the Second and Sixth dis
tricts, located in Chicago. The voters
cast their ballots for three candidates
Cor United States senator, Senator
ShaIhV M Outlaw o~ d. =
ard Yates and William G. Webster. The
democrats had no candidate for United
States senator.
The vote for United States senator
vas merely an expression Of prefer
ence, and is not binding on the mem
oers of the legislature.
The total vote cast in the city for
United States senator was as follows:
Cullom, 1878; Yates, 21,297; Webster,
1871.
According to incomplete returns the
following congressman were nomi-
lated:
First District-M. B. Madden, repub-
tican; Martin E1merich, democrat.
Second-James r. Mann, republican,;
40 democratic candidate.
Third-W. w. Wilson, republican,;
Willis G. Stone. democrat.
Fourth-C. S. Wharton. republican,:
J. Y. McDermott, democrat.
Fifth-A. Michaelek, republican,; A
J. Sabbath, democrat.
SiXth-William Lorimer, republican;
e. ]. Stack, democrat.
Seventh-Philip Knopf, republican;
e. Buchanan, democrat.
Eighth-Charles McGavin, republic
an; Stanley M. Kunz, democrat.
Ninth-Henry S. Boutell, republic
an: Quin O'Brien, democrat.
Tenth-George E. Foss, republican;
10 democratic candidate.
Eleventh-H. Nj. Snapp, republican;
no democratic candidate.
Twelfth-Charles e. Fuller, repub-
lican; no democratic candidate.
Thirteenth-E7rank 0. Lowden, re-
o%ublican; no democratic candidate.
Fourteenth-James Mckinney, re-
publican; Allen H. Merit, socialist.
Fifteenth-George w. Prince, repub-
ican; no democratic candidate.
SUPERINTENDENT G. Graft, repub-
lean; Rudolph Pfeiffer, socialist.
Seventeenth-John A. Sterling, re-
publican; J. A. Landes, socialist.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES G.. Cannon, re-
| publican; z. G. Shouse, populist.
Nineteenth-W. B.. Mckinley, re-
publican: no democratic candidate.
Twentieth-H. r. Rainey, democrat:
no republican candidate; T. A. Wake
". socialist.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Rives, republic
an: b. T. Caldwell, democrat.
Twenty-second-W. A. Rodenburg,
republican,; J. T. Breckenridge, demo-
crat.
Twenty-third-F. S. Dixon, repub-
lican; NJ. D.. Foster, democrat: F. NJ.
Riley, socialist.
Twenty-fourth-P. r. Chapman, re-
p%ublican; no democratic candidate.
Twenty-ffth-George w. Smith, re-
p%ublican; no democratic candidate.