The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22
Strong Fight Is Planned
Against Republican Mem
bers of House.
MAYOR BUSSE SEEKS
DEFEAT OF BOUTELL
Insurgent Also to Be Pitted Against
Representative Monkey in Race
for Nomination.
BY o. P. NEWMAN.


other Of the States where Democracy
is figuring on increasing its Congress
ionaI representation in the fan cleo
tons
This situation and the forecast re-
tirement Of Representative Henry Sher-
man Bouteu Of Chicago, because ne
has gotten in bad" with Mayor Busse,
together with the fight to be made on
Representative William J. Monkey, the
Dutterlne manufacturer, also Of Chicago,
VIII furnish some interesting and spec
tacular politics before the party pri-
maTles September 10. and the general
election IN November
In Chicago It is quite generally an
uclpated that BOutell will be beaten at
the primaries by the Busse organiza-
ton. For several years he and Busse
nave not been friendly and the Busse
men are supposed now 10 be in control
OF the district, the Ninth Mr. ROutell.
is not in harmony with the policies Of
the so-called reform faction Of the Re
publican party IL bis district, and a
Deneen insurgent viii be ran against
MIN. The man 10 make the race against
Bouteu has not yet been selected. but
the Busse people give it out cold, and
boasungly. that they will retire the
present Representative. BouteIFs friend
Hness 10 the Cannon organization OF the
House Will be made an issue.
Disputed Territory.
Incidentally, that district, the Ninth,
Is not safely Republican by a good deal.
The Democrats have an excellent
chance TO gain "a member there and Will
make hard fight. The district is in
North Chicago and contains q large
element OF middle class and Iaboring
people.
There is every Indication tina: VII
lam J. Monkey viii be beaten. either
at the primaries or at the general cleo
ton. He was chosen at a special cleo
tion 10 succeed William Lorlmer when
the latter went 10 the Senate Noxlev
VIII have again. as he had in the sDe-
claI election, the support OF beef
boards, and hUtteriue-" He is looked
upon as not only directly concerned II,
his own big business, the making Of
oUtterlne. but as exceedingly friendly
10 the stockyard and lumber interests
MoMey's district is on the south and
west side Of Chicago and includes a
large labor population. but also a large
area IN which live some of the wealth.
est people OF the city, prominent in
society 1t vas Monkey 10 whose aid
Speaker Cannon went last fall. impor-
tuning the people 70 vote for the Demo-
cratic candidate IL they couldn't vote
for Monkey, rather than vote for DR.
Carl L. Barnes, the iusuTgeut Repub-
uca1 who ran as an independent II
IS probable Or. Barnes viii run AGAINST
Monkey again and it is predicted he viii
make much stronger race. Here
again there is chance for the Democrat IL
70 gain a member.
An insurgent-reEUlar fight IS 10 he
waged in the Second district. repre-
scented now by James r. Mann. State
Senator Clyde Jones, an insurgent. is
likely to be a candidate If he docs
not run some other insurgent Will and
the battle fought ont within the party
lines IS expected 10 be lively The
Democrats have practically no hone OF
winning in the Second no matter who
is nominated by the RepuFIicans as
the district IS normally Republican bv
10000
Insurgent Against Foss.
George Foss is another regular Re0ub-
hcan who viii be opposed by an iusr1r-
gent for the nomination TO CONGRESS
He's from the Tenth district, which is
mostly in the fashionable residence ser
ton Of the north side. and is normally
Republican by 1900 to 5000. This is
another district where Democratic
chances are practically nil.
Summarized, the Illinois CONGRESSIONAL
situation is about like this.
There are nineteen Republicans I'm the
State delegation now and six Democrats.
Seven Of the Republicans and three Of
the Democrats are from Chicago.
The insurgents have a chance to noui-
nate candidates I'm three Of the Chicago
Republican districts
The Democrats have a chance 10 elect
their candidates in four of the Cbicaro
Republican districts; they are practical
y certain 20 elect their candidates in
the three Chicago Democratic districts.
ard will probably elect their candidates
in two of the down-State Democratic
districts. They may lose their third
Democrat down state, Martin d. Foster.
Of Olney, in the Twenty-third district
In the twelve Republican districts
down-State insurgency has NOT bee--,7
operations except In Speaker CarD6,,,e
district, the Eighteenth. and Drank a
LOWden'S district, the Thirteenth Half
q dozen men have been mentioned a.
candidates against Mr.. LOwden, bur the
fight has not yet taken definite shane
Before September IS. tee date of IN
primaries, there viii be an insurge0r
movement inaucurated in all of the
d2Wn-SlaLe republican districts.
Chances Down State.
in four down-State Republican dis
tr.cts the Democrats have chance to
elect their candidates These districts
are the Fifteenth. represented by George
w. Prince. Of Galesburg; the Sixteenth.
repre- scented by Joseph V. Graft. OF
Peoria; the Seventeenth, represented by
John a Sterling. Of Bloomington, and
the Twenty-fourtE, represented by Pleas
ant r Chapman, of Vienna. Their best
chance is in the Twenty-fourth district.
where mr.. Chapman was elected by only
about 1000 plurality IN 1913
In all, the Democrats have a good
chance TO gain seven members, making
the division IS TO Il instead OF 2 to lg
The fact that there VIII be little inter
est in the state election this year.
coupled with the activity which the
Democrats viii show wherever they
have chance TO gain members over the
country generally, means that the Con-
gresSiOnal elections In Illinois this fall
viii be mighty interesting. Just now
Congressional politics is overshadowCd
by the legislative campaign. made acute
because Of the Senatorial scandals, but
within the next two months IL viii be
lfrely enough TO suit the most Jaded
Political appetite.