The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-11-01

campaign. BOutel ana MS imme.
date friends have refused TO sup
port the Republican candidate and
Mr.. Boutell is now in Europe, hav.
ing started away directly after the
primaries. The race is reported tC
be close, with Evans claiming Il
have an outside chance in a district
which should be strongly Republic
can. The indications are that tn,
Republicans will get to the polls
and that Mr.. Gansbergen will be-
elected by a majority not materially
below the usual Republican figure
Tenth District - Congressman
George II. Foss' chances for re-elec.
ton in the Lake View district have
been materially reduced by his fail
ure to take the stump with a decla.
ration of just where he stands. po
litically. Mr.. Foss' first platform
utterance was last night. This is
perhaps the most unused up district
In Chicago, from a standpat-insur-
gent standpoint. Richard j. Finne-
gan, a newspaper man, has made an
effective campaign against Foss.
with the help OF all of the Demo-
Gratis up in that part of town.
Copley VIII Win Race.
Eleventh District-Col. Ira C..
Copley, of Aurora, upon the heels
of relentless primary fight between
the insurgents and the standpatters,
in which $4,000 was sent to defeat
Copley. is the Republican nominee,
with the substantial assurance that
Frank o. Hawley, who resides across
the street from Copley in Aurora,
will not defeat him in this banner
Republican district of Illinois.
Twelfth District - Congressman
Charles Il. Fuller won his renomina-
ton without a fight, and has a well
oiled organization throughout the
district. His reelection is not jeop-
ardized by the candidacy of J. w.
Rausch, of Grundy county, the
Democratic nominee.
Thirteenth District-State Senator
John c. Mckenzie. OF 10 Daviess
county, wins in a walk for the con-
gressional seat now occupied by
Col. Frank o. Lowden. There has
been a spirited campaign in the dis
trict. in which Governor Deneen
participated last week. Mckenzie
was nominated on progressive
platform and won out handily in
h.. nrfp I'd IL %
o. II. Wright. of Freeport. who has
made little or no campaign.
Mckinley Has a Contest.
Fourteenth District-In the Mill
tary tract Congressman James Nc
Kinney is fought by Clyde Tayenner,
a Washington newspaper eorre-
spondent, who admits that he hasn't
voted in the district because he has
no legal residence there. Local
troubles from Rock Island on south
have made trouble for Congress-
man Mckinney, and Tevenner isl
making a pretty fair campaign. The
western Illinois leaders. however,
are convinced Mr.. Mckinney will be
elected without serious dificulty.
Fifteenth Congressman
Prince gets back TO congress from
the Galesburg district. but not with
out fight Albert f. Bergland is
his adversary. MIR. Bergland is the
Democratic county Judge in the
strongly Republican county of Henry
elected largely by the heavy Scandi-
navian vote there. He has made a
hard campaign, it is reported, but
so has Congressman Prince. The
district is usually close in Off years,
but the chances are altogether In
favor OF the reelection of Congress-
man Prince.
Cannon Aids Have Trouble.
Sixteenth DistrIct-In this district
Graf has been COM
PEELED to make a hard fight. This
Is largely due to the anti-Cannon
position which was taken by the
representative newspapers of Peoria,
which made a hard fight against
Cannonism from the start. Con-
gresham Gran has been known as
IN intimate personal and political
friend of Speaker Cannon and there /
lore has been forced into a stout
His Democratic opponent
IS Claude U. Stone, Democratic coun-
" superintendent of schools in
Peoria county. Stone was picked |
by the Peoria county.
Seventeenth District - Here is
where Congressman John A. Ster-
ing has been forced to go out and
light for his job. Mr.. Sterling is
,ne OF the right hand men of the
cannon organization at Washington |
md has been proud of It, or was,
Until Louis Fitzhenry, of Blooming
on. started after his political scalp. |
There are singing Republican fac
ional differences I'm the district |
which may hurt Sterling, aside from
lis standpat tendencies, and the re-
ult may be close. Congressman
sterling is certain he will be re-
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