The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-31
PRIMARY
ELECTION LAW
Will COMPEL POLITICIANS TO
ADOPT NEW METHODS TO
GAIN DESIRED RESULTS.
TO BEAT GOV. DENtEN

Special q The Bnlletin.

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Special to The Bulletin
Springfield, ILL.,, October 30-Car
: Ididates FOR office have settled down t
the conviction that the Oglesby pr
mary election bill viii pass the les
islature in substantially its presan
form, and they are readiusting thief
plans accordingly. The Oglesby bill
2 Twin mean new system OIL making
nominations for office Under TIL.
primary law which the supreme couf
linYalidated there could be direct
nomination for q state office only II
case candidate was popular enough
TO secure clear majority Of tbs
delegates on the first ballot. The in
structlons, given by a plurality vote
at the primaries, were not binding
after the initial ballot. But the 0gles
BY bill. III 1t becomes law, as seems
probable, will settle everything at ths
primaries. The candidate for a given
Ioifice who received a plurality Of the
primary vote is declared nominated
! without further ado There is nc
chance for a combination Of candi
dates after the primaries have dem
Illustrated who Is the strong candidate
If there Is to be a combination it must
be effected before the primaries.
That fact IS now SO clear that II
| Is likely to have an important bear,
ling on the guberHatorial contest.
When the present adjourned session
Of the legislature began Ga the 18th Of
October, it was the coneensus of op.
Union that a direct plurality primary
law would mean the denomination Of
Coy. Deneen beyond all question. But
this opinion was based on the assump-
tion that the governor would be oppos-
ed by two or more candidates. thus
splitting up the vete against him and
giving him an easy victory But, IL
any eredenee is to be given the m.
mors that have been floating around
the capital for sometime, the passage
OF plurality primary bill viii mean
a fight to the finish between Gov.
Deneen and one lone rival, who will
have the support Of the entire anti
Deneen strength In the state.
It is said that both Speaker Sauri
LEFT and Judge McEwen, the only
avowed candidates now ia the Ge--l
against Deneen, are both ready to
retire from the field provided an agree
ment can be reached upon another
candidate who gives promise Of com
manding a larger following than eth.
err Of these gentlemen. 1t is said also
that the tentative candidates, or those
who are supposed to have been con
sidering the ACCESSIBILITY of becoming
candidates, including former State
Treasurer Len Small and Col Frank
L. Smith, will join a combination upon
any other candidate who is acceptable
to all the leaders hostile to Gov. Dc |
mems denomination.
From what has leaked out here and |
there in the anti-Deneen camp. it ma, |
be said that there is a strong prob |
ability that former Governor Richard
Yates will enter the contest agains,
DeBeen, and that he will have the
support Of Shurtlef, MoEwen. Small
smith and all the other leaders who
are classed as auti-Deneen. That ther
viii be a combination upon some one
candidate is now accepted as a Ger
tainty, and Yates is looked upon bs
many as being the strongest man ia
he field. 1t IS pretty we'll understood
that some months ago the former
governor was urged TO become a can
iidate. but that be hcsitated to do 81
'or the reason that he could get NJ
issuance from certain leaders Ga Chi
ago that they would Support him ip
he state convention in the event o.
combination. The plan Of the ant
3eucen leaders IN Chicago az thar
line Is said to have been TO 2 3
.a'f-dozen m5n into tAe field. and then
q them form combination after In,
elegatcs had been secured. But
'ates would never assent t. become o.
an4idate unless he had greater is
rrancos cf support than were forth
oming
Brt II viii not be surprising If nc
hDuld now conclude to make the
ace under the new conditions. II b.
oes the gubernatorial fight viii b
n exceedingly interesting one. Both
eneen and Yates VII spend several
Ionths upon the stump. and. the G. n
Est being narrowed dcwn to two
indidates. the old-fashioned Joint de-
ate may be revived. Gov DeneeH
GID have back Of him the state organ
alton. an army Of offlceholders more
less influential and strong news
onths uron the stump. and. the cor
i've no machine" except the cnr
al may be created fer the campo en- i
imposed Cf men who. fer one reason #,
another. are hostile TO the governor d
a men who are personally fer Yafe III
inst all corners. Tfe chlci vi
e;h Of Yates VII lie ID IFS pei. mi
b following. With IS admiitcdlr llie
.fl throughout the state. exert
Cock ccu1tv. -
One eject q the passage Of the e.
.iesby Bill viii be r. bring Rep /,
tentative John G. Ceiaztv into the .
iitieal llmeiigbt. Cgles1y diI net /.
ift the primary BIZ. which was PR
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