The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-09-20
CANNON OBTAINS
HIS NOMINATION
RETURNED AS REPUBLICAN con-
GRESSIONAL CANDIDATE.
Progressive Runs FOss Very close.
BoutelI Beaten-Lee ONe1D
Browne Renominated.

Chicago, Sept. 1.-THE renomlna-
tons Of Speaker Cannon and the neck
and neck race given Congressman Geo.
E. Foss by his progressive opponent.
as indicated in early returns, were
features of today's primaries in llli-
nois.
Speaker Cannon, as shown by re-
turns up to midnight, carried Fermil-
lion county by primary plurality of
about $500, compared with an elec-
tion plurality of 1866 two years ago.
While the returns are incomplete, Mr..
Cannon's plurality apparently will go
above $500.
! The returns in no county are COM
Splete, but that the speaker has car
ried every county in the district seems
certain. Kankakee county, II the
present ratio continues, will give him
700 plurality; Iroquois, 700; Edgar,
100; Clark, 1,4OO; Cumberland, 400.
The vote throughout the entire district
was heavy.
The vote cast in the ten congress
sional districts in Cook county (Chl-
cago) was remarkably light, not more
than a quarter of the vote on the reg
istration books being cast. The down
State vote was much heavier.
Early returns indicated the renom-
ination Of Lee O'Neil Browne to the
State house of Representatives and also
that of E. G. Shurtlef, Republican,
speaker of the house, against whom
determined factional fight has been
waged. Browne was recently acquit-
ted of a. charge of having bribed a
State representative to vote for Will
liam Lorimer for United States sena-
tor.
Copley Runs Ahead.
Early returns also indicated the
nomination Of Ira G. Copley by the
Republicans of the Eleventh district
over George W. Conn, Jr. This, how
ever, is not conceded by friends Of
Conn, who claim the district by about
300, as against Copley's claim of 1000
plurality.
The fight in this district has been
one Of the fercest in the State. Conn
is said to have been backed by the So
called stand-pat element, while his op-
ponent declared himself an out-and-
out progressive.
Boutell Beaten.
The defeat of H. S. Boutell after
many years in congress by F. II.
Ganzbergen, who announced himself
as progressive, caused little sur
prise locally. The regular Republican
organization refused to indorse Bou-
tell on the ground that his record as
@<stand-patter" would insure Demo-
cratic success, if he werenominated.
Ganzbergen ran about 200 ahead of
him. AS indicating the sentiment of
the district, Arthur West, also a pro-
gressive, but running almost alone,
polled more than 1000 votes, which
go to swell the progressive list
Close in Tenth.
The closeness of the fight in the
Tenth district came as surprise to
most students of the campaign. While
Mr.. F'oss who is chairman of the COM
mittee on naval affairs, has always
voted with the regulars at Washing
ton, he stated in his campaign speech
es some months ago he had Informed
Mr.. Cannon that he felt free to reserve
his decision as to how he shall vote in
the next speakership contest. G. P.
Engleshard campaigned on an unmis-
takably progressive platform and at
tackled the present congressman on his
record on the tariff and as supporter
of Cannon. Forty-three precincts out
of 147 in the district gave Engleshard
1902 votes against l,G41 for Mr. Foss
In the Fifth congressional district
L. H. Clusmann received the Repub-
lican nomination.
In the First district Martin B. Mad
den secured the Republican nomina-
ton over Frank Hall Childs.
w ". Wilson, Republican incum-
bent, was renominated in the Third
congressional district today.
Returns from more than half of the
precincts in the Ninth congressional
district indicate that Gansbergen (pro-
gressive Republican, has defeated