The Washington times., 1908-09-29

has a good record and forced through a
primary law.
IN the recent primary Deneen was
opposed by Richard Yates, son Of the
war governor, but not the equal OF his
militant ancestor. politically speaking,
by any manner OF means. Yates had
sympathy Of the Federal crowd IN ILL
nois. Deneen won in the primaries, but
1t was bitter struggle, and IL left
many sore spots After the primaries.
a so-called ratification meeting was held
at Springfield
Yates Men Stay Away.
The Yates men stayed away from the
meeting Their soreness toward Deneen
| has not abated. They will knife him at
| Il e polls and beat him If possible. So
( strong a Republican newspaper as the
| Chicago Inter-Ocean is fghting Deneen
and various other Republican papers
are lukewarm-
] sweeping victory for 81 evensOn
might carry the Legislature VITA it and
( this fact is causing Senator Hopkins 90
/ sit Up and take notice. he won in the
primaries in the contest for the Senate,
! defeating Representative FOss and the
! talk was heard after the primaries
J that Foss would carry the light to the
/ Legislature, but this is dying out. Foss
| vas beaten and re viii have TO take
his medicine. He made "A coca showing
IN the primaries and had Mason, whose
cause was hopeless from the first. kept
out OF the contest. Foss would have
won. But that does not alter the fact
| that Foss Is beaten. Hopkins, of
| course, is working tooth and nail 10
! save his own bacon from any such
cratic Legislature As Tar as he can,
he will line up the sullen Federal crowd
to carry the State ticket through.
Will Be Bitter Fight.
| The hght to defeat Deneen vii be
one Of bitter personalities Already. the
Democratic textbook for the State has
been issued and is replete with the
speeches Of Yates and his henchmen
used against Deneen in the primary
fight In other words, the Democrats
are turning Republican ammunition
against Deneen. concluding II 10 be as
hot as any they could manufacture One
Of the things Deneen has to contend
against Is the fact he is Chicago man
and the argument OF the country
against Chicago is being used.
Il goes without saying that Tart s
/ Deneen- Many Republicans VIII be got
10 the polls with difficulty II does not
imPerh Taft's chances IN Illinois; oG{ J,
viii prevent him making the showing
ne would make were there peace aTnoEg
the Republicans in the state On the
i score OF newspaper support Tart IS get
ting the better Of Bryan IN chicago
The Democrats are complaining that the
! Chicago newspapers are not giving Bry-
an as good a show as they did early IN
? the campaign, and are devoting more
space 20 Taft meetings than 10 Bryan
meetings.
Bryan Better Treated.
r on the other hand, Bryan Is being
/ treated with much more consideration
by the papers than he received IN for
rner campaigns. one OF the great even
Z ing newspapers Of the Middle West es
, tablished here has been practically i'm
; partial. but has not hesitated 70 give
Z Bryan the better OF ~ when 10 saw rea
] son TO do so. The Democratic managers
think however, they Will have mOri
/ newspaper opposition, now that tn
. | struggle has intensified
5 Signs are that Bryan will suffer from
2 the effects OF a larger socialist yot'
2 than has hitherto been cast.