The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-08-01
POLITICAL WAR
TO Be WAGEO IN
LAND 0'COTT0N
E. G. Duncan, National Com
mitteeman From North Car
olina to Lead Fight
REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS
OPENED IN new YORK TODAY
Chairman Hitchcock Comforting With
the Leaders for an Aggressive Cam
paign All Along the Line and the
Battle Will Soon be On.

Chicago. Aug. 1.-Adlai T.. Steven
son of Bloomington has today work.
ing force in the democratic contest
for the nomination for governor,
making six aspirants in this race that
are up and doing. The parlor floor
of the Sherman house, where the
Stevenson headquarters are located,
has been dubbed governors row" !"
The entrance OF the former vice.
president under Grover Cleveland has
added new interest to the contest and
enlivened it ten fold.
Adjoining tthe Stevenson camp is
the headquarters of Douglas Patti
son of Frecport, minority leader Of
the last house OF representatives.
Just around the corner on the same
floor John 2. McGoorty has corps
Of aids pushing hard his Cook county
canvass. Down the corridor a triile
to the west is the suite from which
James Hamilton Lewis is directing
his efforts. Charles T.. Gunther and
James @. Munroe of West Chicago,
who are clasSed as two other live
entries, have not yet Joined the "gov-
ernorS roW.
Judge L. Il. u. Kimbrough of Dam
VILE. whose petition was filed, is out
of the active running, although his
name will appear on the ballot. The
iurist has announced he will not be IL
candidate, contcMding that it is too
late to make a thorough canvass.
Stevenson Canvass PrctentiOns.
Interest today centers in the
Stevenson candidacy and the other
aspirants are specuiatlng as to what
effect it will have on individual pros
poets. The former vice presidents
supporters have started out on q pre-
tentious scale. i. S. Peabody heads
the local campaign committee and he
will have direct charge OF the organi-
zation work here. With DR.. James
Whitney Hall, Mir. Peabody will direct
the canvass from tho Sherman house
headquarters. Other members OF the
local committee are John W. Eckhart,
W. Nj. Hoyt, w. G. Ewing, d. A. Cam
eron. William BURY. w. d. Kerfoot
y. S. Trude, Honore Palmer and
Adrian c. Honore.
A letter is being mailed from the
Stevenson headquarters today. call
ing upon representative Democrats
favorable TO his candidacy to rally at
Springfield next Saturday to perfect
plans for a statewide organization
The session will be held at the St
Nicholas hotel.
In the letter it is cCntended that
the bitterness of the Deneen-Yates
fight will bring to the primary elec-
ton a large Republican vote, and the
larger their vote the broader and
more incurable the breach" The
Democrats are asked to join in the
Stevenson movement, illustrating
our unity as compared with their
strife
Wonder What Sullivan Will Do.
The democratic asprants for the
governship nomination just now have
their thoughts centered on Cook coun-
ty. Mr. McGoorty and others are
wondering what Roger G. Sullivan is
going to do. The national committee
man insists he is not going to mix"
The Sullivan attitude is to keep hands
off and let the individuals act as they
see fit. Some Of the men who play
politics with the national committee
man are lined up with Mr.. Pattison,
others are with Mr.. Stevenson and
number are supporting Mr.. Lewis,
and it is expected McGoorty will have
some of this element with him.
Frank ]. Quinn of Peoria, who is a
close political associate of Sullivan,
says his county is for Stevenson.
George E. Brennan likely will be for
Pattison and William L. O'Connell
and John P. Tansey, officials of the
county central committee, are work.
ing actively for Col. Lewis. To all
appearances the democratic contest