Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-17
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
GIVEN NOMINATIONS
DESPITE FIGHT MADE ON sIPA 4
TisAN CANDIDATES MAJORITY
OF THEM ARE RETURNED;
BRoW.NE RENoMiNATED.

Chicago, Sept. 16, Standpat repub-
licans captured twenty-five out Of the
Twenty-Five Illinois Congressional dis
trlcts IN yesterdays primaries, the In
surgents winning in the other three.
In the ninth district (Chicago), Fred
erick II, Gansbergen on an out and out
tnsurgent platform, defeated Henry
5. Boutell congressman for tWelve
years. Gansbergen's vote was 1884,
Boutell polled 2,598 and Arthur West.
a third candidate, l,134. In the
eleventh Ira G. Copley, an insurgent.
had 468 majority over Geo. w. Conn,
for the seat now occupied by Congress-
man Snapp. John G. Mckenzie. in.
surgent, won in the thirteenth over
Reuben r. Tiffany to succeed Con.
gressman Lowden, who was aligned
with tine regulars. Congressman Foss,
standpat, has 500 over the insurgent
candidate IN the tenth and Speaker
Cannon's majority in the eighteenth
Iis 5000 OF the thirty-two democrats
legislators who voted for Senator
lorimer IN the last legislature twenty
two were renominated /. ameng them
Lice O'Neil Browne, recently acquitted
of the charge Of bribery il connectiqn
with Lorimer's election. ~.
LorImer Democrats Win. a
The so-called Lorimer democrats
won In the primaries. In every instance
they were renOminated for the state
Legislature. Three Of the four lawmak-
ers now under indictment on charges
connected with the election Of Lorimer
are picked to return to Springfield
next winter.
The "plumping" 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 Oi
votes cast for one candidate. Repre-
sentatives Of the reform forces today
declared that the outlook was not 30
dismal from their viewpoint as might
at first appear They said that enough
seats had been won to indicate that
the next house will be under different
control from that which ruled when
Lorimer was elevated to the senate.
indictments No Drawback.
Among those renominated are Lee
O'Neill Browne, democratic minority
leader. who was just recently ac-
quilted in Cook county on the
charge OF bribing legislator to vote
for Lorimer, but against whom there
is another indictment at Springfield.
Senator John Broderick, also indicted
on the charge of bribery at Spring.
field, is also renomin2ted. The same
honor was done Robert 3. Wilson,
who is charged with perjury In connec-
tion with the alleged st. Louis lack
pot.
Joseph s. Clark, another representa-
tive, indicted at the state capital, Is
apparently defeated.
For state superintendent OF public
instruction, Francis G. Blair, republi-
can. has no opposition, and was renom.
mated, while the democrats named
Conrad M. Bardwell. Alphaus X. Hart
ley is nominated for state treasurer BY
the democrats. There were two repub.
l,licans for the position.
overshadows All Others.
The Boutell- Gansbergen contest In
the ninth district overshadowed ali
others In importance. For months
Boutell had been marked for slaughter
by foes Of the old guard.
| Congressman Boutell first was
elected in 1897 and usually has been
reelected without much difficulty. His
refusal to get into line with progress.
sives, who demanded reduction oi
the tariff, and his alignment with
Speaker Cannon on practically all
propositions led to his downfall.
\ Gansbergen was brought out by
Mayor Busse and other republican
leaders in the district, who ditched
Boutell after his long connection with
4 the party organization. The contest
was made q three-cornered one by the
entry Of Arthur West, q newspaper
man. who ran as an insurgent.
Boutell carried on his campaign
/ through personal letters to his con-
stituents in which he ridiculed the
claims OF Gansbergen and declared
that West had hut lately come into
4 the district.
The result showed that Gansbergen
received the organization support.
while West got the votes OF progress
J, sives who were averse to a machine
candidate. The combined vote OF
Boutell and West were about equal
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