The Washington herald., 1908-08-11
DRNEEN CLAIMS
MARGIN OF $4,000
Yates Leaders Insist They
Have Chance in Illinois.
HOPKINS AHEAD BY 10000
Declares FOss Agreed 20 Abide by
the Popular VOte-Representati
Denies This, and Says He VIII
Take the Fight to State LegisIa-
tHre-Pian Whirlvvind Campaign.

Chicago. Aug. Io.-The first test Of the
new primary law has resulted in many
peculiar phases.
One Of them was the arrest OF David L.
Frank, campaign manager Of former Gov.
I Richard Yates
Frank was arrested at the Ninth pre-
ciRct Of the Sixth ward on last Saturday
on charge Of disOrderly conduct His
case came up for disposition in the Mu-
nicipal Court this afternoon.
Mr. Frank declared that under the law
4 he believed he had a right to put a Yates
/ challenger in that precinct in the interest
( OF his candidate He attempted il and
7 his arrest followed on complaint OF
+ Democratic Judge Enoch Harpole. Rep
resentative Lorimer and Frank appeared
/ al the polling place after the challenger
was ordered out A warm argument en-
sued. followed by Franks arrest.
I was arrested NJ that polling place
admitted Frank to-day. but I believe 1
was doing what was legal and right We
lost many votes because they kept our
chdllsngers away from the polls on the
pretense that il was illegal TO have them
there
The case was continued and Mr.. Frank
was liberated on ais own recognizance.
Yates sHII Hopes.
Latest returns from all counties OF
the State on the Republican gubernato-
rial contest indicate that Gov. Charles 5.
Deneen has a plurality Of from ae09 10
l4-0to over former Gov. Richard Yates.
The Yates leaders. however. contend
that complete Official returns viii show
that their man has been nominated
There Is a ruuor circulating around
town tonight that Yates has privately
conceded that Deneen has beaten him by
about $3.50 votes
Official returns were slow IN coming in
to-day, because OF the fact that officials
have not been working night and day in
counting the ballots and getting out the
figures on the heads OF tickets.
George Edmund Foss indicated today
that he plans 20 carry 10 the State Iegis-
lature his fight with Albert J. Hopkins
for the Republican nomination for United
States Senator
Mr. Hopkins declared his plurality over
Foss was between 5000 and $500. He
asserted that Mr- Foss had pledged him
self to abide by the popular vote IN the
state al large. and that for the defeated
candidate 20 appeal % the state legisla-
ture would be a violation Of the spirit OF
pledge
FOsS Denies Pledge.
NJ. Foss was asked II he had pledged
himself to abide by the vote OF the whole 1
State.
IF Ar Hopkins states that I made
any such pledge he states an untruth. ' 4
said he
Adlai E Stevenson-s lead in the Demo 4
cratic gubernatoriaI contest was so de-
cisive that the Democrats to-day STONED i
figuring up estimates and turned their
20 planning a whirlwiud cam
pdlgn for Nj Stevenson.
Plans were put In motion to-day BIZ
prominent Democratic leaders 10 cor5uct
a campaign that VIII be equal TO the one
that put the late John ?. AltgeId IN the
chair
The speeches made by Richard Yates
against Deneel are TO be used throughout I,
the State in an effort TO bring about I,
Democratic victory
Deneen Plans Hard Fight.
Gov Deneen, It is said. appreciates that
be has a fight on his hands. and will get
INTO the campaign early in September.
Details Of the Stevenson CAMPAIGN will 1
be worked out here within a week. when
he Democratic State central committee
viii be called together 70 organize under
he new primary law.
Party leaders are busy right now plan
ling a change in the primary law to pre-
-ent the members OF one party voting for
he candidates OF a rival party. as was
lone in Saturdays primaries
Il IS claimed that between sa0o0 and
600 Democrats throughout the State
'oJed for Republican candidates. Espe-
Tally was this 50 in Chicago and Cook ]
'ounty- Political sentiment declared in .
avor Of Incorporating IN the Illinois .
Urinary act a provision Of the Nebraska
Urinary Law, designed specifically 10 pre- ,
'ent the abuse OF a voters privilege.
May Be Increased for Yates
There are still about thirty counties 7
rom which complete reports Of the bal /
Dts cast at the Saturday primary for
he Republican gUbernatorial nomination =
ave not been gathered These counties
re, Tor the most part, in remote districts
here the work Of gathering and compu-
& the election statistics is carried On I
-itn difficulty. When these localities
1b-1it their complete returns. there is
possibility that the Yates vote nav be
augmented The incomplete reports vary I
5 TO Importance In some counties the
sports Of the canvass have been obtained Z
al but one or two precincts. while in s
me Of the other counties as high as f
teen 70 twenty precincts have as vet y
Tiled 10 report on the results. II is y
Ipected that complete reports from all
.e voting precincts in the State viii be
Tailabie tomorrow 4
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