The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-17
LACK SOAP AND
WATER SENTIMENT
Voters in Illinois Primaries
Give Jackpot Crowd Par
tiaI Vindication.
CANNON STILL IN THE SWIM
SOME sTANDPATTEEs ARE De.
FEATEO, INCLUDING eouTELL
AND FOSS- LCRiMER DEMO-
Gratis WIN IN MANY DISTRICTS.

Chicago. Sept. l7--lllirois made 2
start at washing it's legislative face
but ran out of soap and
water, or other accessories necessary
for complete cleanliness and the re-
suit is a smudge which varies from
deep black around the ears to light
brown about the nose, lightcnod here
and there by spccks entirely clean.
The denomination of Speaker j. G.
Cannon. the defeat of Representative
Boutell and the apparent defeat Of
Representative George e. Fess by his
progressive OPPONENT as indicated in
returns were features of the rSim-
aries.
Lee O'Neill Brown. having obtained
a court "virdicaticn" the week before
got Political one from his fellow citi-
-e-s in La Sale county. The way in
which they rallied around the flag
Il the Thirty-nirth district for him ap-
.,"oached the grotcs1:e.
Fdwa;d D. ShurtleT speaker of the
last house of rerrese natives, was not
go greatly in need of vindication as
was Brown. but he got it according
to his needs
If there were no other flaws in the
job of face washing which Illinois at
temr:ed than these two. it would have
bee, far from unsatisfactory.
Rcforrers See Hope.
The so-called Lorimer democrats
won in large numbers at the primary.
IN the great majority of instances
they were rerominated for the state
legislature.
The 'lumrii,g system is said to be
largely accountable for this result. By
this system. where there we're three
candidates. two candidates might be
ignored crd the entire trio of votes
cast for one candidate.
Eepreso ntatives of the reform
forces declared that the outlook is rot
so dismal from their viewpoint as
might at first appear. They said
enough seats had been won to indi-
cate that the next house will be under
different control from that which rul-
cd when Mr. Lorimer was elevated to
the senate.
In addition to Lee O'Nein Brown.
the democratic minority leader, Sen
ator John Broderick. also indicted on
a charge of bribery at Springfield. also
was renorlinated. The same honor
done Robert E. Wilson. who is charg-
ed with perjury in connection with the
alleged st. Louis Jackpot" Joseph s.
Clark. another of the representatives
indicted at the state capital. apparent
ly was defeated.
The defeat of II. s. Boutell, after
many years in congress by F. H. Cans.
bergen, who announces himself as a
progressive. caused little surprise To-
alton refused to irdorse Boutell on
the grounds that his record as a
stand ratter" would insure democrat.
ic success if he were renominated
Gansbergen ran about 1000 ahead OF
him.
The closeness of the fight in the
Tenth district came as surprise to
most students of the campaign. While
Mr.. Foss, who is chairman of the
committee on naval affairs, has always
voted with the regulars at Washing
ton, he stated in campaign speeches
that several months ago he had in
formed Mr.. Cannon that he felt free
to reserve his judgment as to how he
should vote in the next speakership
contest.
In the Springfield district bitter
battle resulted in a victory for friends
of Governor Deneen' over the support
ers of Senator Lorimer. r. NJ. Sulli
van, the Lorimer representative in the
senatorial district. was defeated fol
precinct. and thus forced out of the
organization by Chris Unger. Deneer
candidate.
State Senator Logan Hay. Deneer
candidate for denomination to the
state senate. was overwhelmingly re
nominated. Representative J. F. Nor
ris. democratic member of the legis
lature who voted for Lorimer, was re
nominated.
James r. Mann. an outspoken Can
non man, met stout resistance from
his progressive opponents in the Sec
ond district. Eeturns show a close
race.
Standpatters Get Part.
The standratters and progressive.
split even in the Eleventh and Thir
teenth districts. John c. Mckenzie, Z
progressive, was nominated in thu
Thirteenth by the republicans, Will.
in the Eleventh George w. Conn, Jr.
who opposed the progressive wal
nominated.
Speaker Cannon carried every coun
ty in his district. Two years ago tn,
speaker was unoppesed. 30 a compari
son of his plurality today with the fig
ures at the previous election are val
ueless.
Speaker Cannon, as shown by re
turns, carried vermillion county by
plurality Of about $500. compare,
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