Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-08
STATE PRIMARY
IN ILLINOIS

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state picking the candidates to go on
the party ticket by direct vote. in
stead Of leaving this task to dele
gates and conventions. Scattered
over the state are something like -
900 candidates for nominations on
the various party tickets. For com
plexity and intensity the contest il
without parallel in the history OF
| Illinois. For weeks part eveery city,
town and hamlet has echoed with
the roar Of factional battle and beer
swept by the breath OF a partisan
campaign Today the fight is sweep
ing to it's close at the polls.
Four big contests Of great import
are involved in the political s,rug'
gle. They are:
The bitter fight between &C
Charles S. Deneen and former Gov
Richard Yates for the republican
gubernatorial nomination.
The contest for United States
senator, in which there are four
candidates, with Senator A. j. Hap
kins and Congressman George +.
Foss foremost in the running
The fight over the general assem-
bly, in which the Legislative Voters
league is making a desperate effort
to break up the senate combine and
the house machine.
The contest in Cook county (Chi
cago), in which Congressman Will
liam Lorimer. through the instru-
mentality of the Yates campaign, Is
seeking to regain control Of the re-
publican party in Chicago.
In addition to these big sensation
al contests there are several others
OF considerable magnitude. The
democrats, confident that Bryan will
carry Illinois. are indulging in ID
merry bout over the governorship
nomination. Their candidates arc
Col. James Hamilton Lewis of Chi
cago, Douglas Pattison of Freeport
Adlai E., Stevenson OF Bloomington
| Charles r. Gunther of Chicago
Judge f. Kimbrough OF Danville and
John P. McGoorty of Chicago.
The prohibitionists, exultant owe.
the outcome OF the wet" and dry
fight OF last spring, are strainine
every nerve to get good represen
tation in the legislature in order
that they may hold the balance Of
power" in that body, The United So
cieties for Local Enforcement
working energetically In the variou.
districts with view of selecting
representatives friendly to persona
liberty and home rule" principles.
| The spectacular race for the tog.
of United States senator is on O
the conspicuous features of the con
test. The republicans have foul
candidates. OF this number Senate
; A. ]. Hopkins and Congressman
George E. Ross are running a necl
and neck race. William E.. Mason
former senator, has been making al
active campaign throughout tn
state for over year. but he is be
lieved by the practical politicians t
have been outdistanced by the othe
two. The fourth contestant is VII
liam G. Webster, who ra mas an "un
known two years ago and receive
$4,000 votes. The democratic candI
dates for the senatorship are Law
renee B. Stringer, candidatee 70
governor four years ago, and Adiso
Blakely OF Chicago.
The prOhibitionists and socialist
have state tickets in the field. Ell
gene w. Chafin of Chicago, who
. also the presidential nominee, an
Daniel r. Sheen of Peoria, are tn
| prohibition aspirants for the CUBE
material nomination. George /
| Brewer Of Elgin is unopposeed fo
! the head of the socialist ticke
| George w. M'Craskin of Rock Islam
is to ben the candidate for governt
on the independence party ticket.
But of all the contests to be d
! cided by the primary the Deneel
!. Yates struggle for the governorsh
l., most prominent. The so-call'
machine is opposed to Deneen. tt
latter is standing on his record
Springfield. The opposition pick
| upon Richard Yates as their sta
l dord haarpr
The cry Of the Deneen forces
y that if Yates should become go
- ernor Congressman Lorimer wou
become the boss at Springfield
LOrimer. who was fiercely denoun
ed by Yates two years ago. is aga
with the former governor. 1-o
mer. in fact. is one of the biges
issues OF the gubernatorial cal
paign. The blond boss as h"
~ called. is one of the wonderful pr
ducts of Chicago notifies. A forei
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