The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-16
Two of the Strongest Men on
the Illinois Congressional
Delegation Apparently De
feated by Insurgent Votes.
SPEAKER CANNON HOLDS
HIS OWN AT DANVILLE
Most of the Other Representa-
tiveS RenOminated, Although
a Bitter Fight Was Made in
Two or Three of the Districts
INDICTED DEMOCRATS WIN

n HICAGO, sept. IG. 1 n. m.-Nt this
hour the indications are that
Congressman George =. FOrS.
after many years I'm Congress. during
which he has become strong member
OF the RePubIicaD organization. may he
defeated by George y. EnZichnrd. in-
surEent. Returns from i0f precincts
out of 147 I'm the Tenth district, give
EnEichnrd 3,132. against 2.7SG for Foss.
James r. Mann, on OutspoLen Cannon
man. met stout resistance from his op-
ponent In the Second district. hut won.
Returns were meaEre, hut the first few
precincts showed n close race.
The Democrats who made William
/ Lorimer's election to the Senate possible
were in nearly every instance renOmi-
mated The stand-patters and insur-
| gents split even I'm the Eleventh and
I Thirteenth districts. John G. MclDen-
l zie. an insurgent, was nominated In the
| Thirteenth by the Republicans. while
/ in the Eleventh George W. Conn. Jr.,
| who opposed an insurgent was nomi-
Speaker Cannon carried every county
Z In his district. Two years ago the
| speaker was unopposed, so compari-
l son OF his plurality today with the fig
I ures at the previous election. are val
] ueless.
Defeat of BouteH.
The defeat OF n. :. Boutell after
/ many years in Congress. by r. ri. Cans
! bergen, who announced himself as an
| insurgenf. caused little surprise locally
I The regular Republican organization
/ failed to endorse Boutell on the ground
] that his record as a "standpatter' would
/ insure Democratic success n he were
| nominated. Gansbergen ran about 1000
/ ahead Of his ticket Indicating the SEN
timent Of the district. Arthur West. also
. an insurgent- but running almost alone.
. polled more than HOO votes
] W. 7. Moxley. Republican. was renom-
/ mated I'm the Sixth district The Dem
/ OCratiC nominee in this district Is Ed
l mund !. Stack.
\ FredericlS T.undin was renominated
\ for Congress in the Seventh district by
Frank buchanan was named by the
II Democrats.
Madden Nominated.
n In the First district. Martin 3. Mad
II den secured the nomination over his
|, opponent. Frank Hall Childs.
ii The Democrats Of the Fifth district
n renOminated Congressman a. J. SABBATH.
L. II Clausman received the Republican
daniel II. Coffey. Republican. was
|. nominated I'm the Eighth district Rich
ard 7. FinneEan. Democrat. was nomi-
Charles 81 RULER in the Twelfth and
James Mckinney in the Fourteenth. by
the Republicans.
George W. Prince. Republican, and
Albert f. Bergland. Democrat I'm the
Joseph W. Graft. Republican. and
Claude W. stone. Democrat, in the Six
teeuth.
John 4. Sterling. Republican. and
Louis Fitzhenry, Democrat. in the Sew
enteenth.
William 3. Mckinley. Republican. in
the Nineteenth.
James II. Dansl<in. Republican. and
Henry r Rainey. Democrat in the
II. CLAY Wilson. Republican. and
James Graham. Democrat, in the Twen-
tv-firSt.
wiliiam \. Rodenberg. Republican.
and Bruce \. Campbell, Democrat. I'm
the Twenty
J. II. Loy. Republican. and Martin n.
Foster. Democrat. in the Twenty-third.
Pleasant H. Chapman. Republican.
In the Twenty fourth.
Napoleon y. ThistIewood. Republican.
and William u. Lyric. Democrat. in the
Twenty-ffth.
Indicted Wen Chosen.
The so-called Lorimer Democrats
won in large numbers at today's pri-
maries. Three OF the four lawmakers
now under indictment on charges con-
were elected.
THE pumpkin" system is said to be
largely accountable for this result. By
| this system. where there were three
candidates, two candidates might be
ignored and the entire trio of votes
cast for one. Representative Of re-
= form sources declared the outlook is
! not so dismal from their viewpoint as
might at first appear They said that
enough seats had been won TO indicate
that the next house would be under
different control from that which ruled
when Lorimer was sent to the Senate.
4 Among those renominated were Lee
5 O-Neil Browne. the Democratic minority
leader. recently acquitted in Cook
county OF charges or bribing a leEis-
Iator to vote for Mr.. Lorimer. but
% against whom there is another indict-
81 ment It Springfield. Senator John
! Broderick. also indicted on charge OF
$ bribery at Springfield was renoml-
0 mated. Similar honor was given Robert
e F. Wilson. who is charged with per.
G jury in connection with the alleged st
] Louis jackpot. Joseph s. Clark an.
{ other OF the representatives indicted
at the state capital, apparently was de.
s feated.
RAISED IN RANK