Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-31
DENEEN'S WAR IN
ILLINOIS OPENED
Governor Begins Battle Against
Coalition Which Tried to
Unseat Him

TAYLORSVILLE, ILL.,, Aug. 30.-
Governor Deneen tonight opened the
campaign against the return to leeis-
lative power of the bipartisan com
bine which dominated the last general
assembly. In an address In this city
he said:
THE men who opposed the right to
honest elections, the right to primary
elections, the expressed wish of their
party on the United States senator
ship, the election of a Republican
candidate for speaker of the house of
representatives and the organization
of the house by majority of their
whose will they have defied, and
confidence they have betrayed, to en-
trust them once more with the direc-
tion of public affairs. They are run
ming on platform of three planks:
"F1rst-We announce no principles.
"Second-We express no regrets.
'"Third-We call for vindication."
The governor defined the term lack
pot" which has figured in the Browne
trial In Chicago, declaring:
'"Those who have been exposed are
not the, only ones implicated. To make
jackpot effective requires the par
ticipation of a considerable number of
men as can be held together by the
cohesive power of public plundr and
an organization able to control to
some degree the course of legislation.
TRIED TO UNsEAT HIM
This coalition, In its last desperate
stand against popular government,
deemed 1T necessary to control the
politics of the state in order to pro-
long Its power, and l, whom they had
vilif1ed through their spurious inves-
tigabion of my election, whom they
had opposed with vituperative rancor
at the primaries, whom they had
sought to defeat in the election by
arraying against me the special in
terests from which they derive their
strength; whose policies they had or
ganized the legislature to defeat, and
whom they had attempted to unseat
by trumped up contest, was offered
their support for the United States
senatorship, an office of high honor
when honorably bestowed.
'These efforts to defeat me, unseat
me, to promote me, would serve the
same purpose. They carry with them
their own commentary. When re-
fused to accept the proffered senator
ship the bipartisan coalition deter
mined to select a senator whose politi-
cal power would be used to strengthen
their position and to make safe the
election of their choice as my successor.
Such being the situation in our
state, what is the next step forward Z?
Manifestly behind the jackpot stands
the organization of the general assem-
bly, and the control of it's business,
which the present rules of the house
place in the hands of the speaker The
next step forward, therefore, is to re-
store representative government to our
house of representatives.
BILLS MUST BE HEARD
1.-THE essential condition of honest
legislation must be the right to have
bills heard in our general assembly.
is 1t to make a campaign for whole
some measures if they receive no con-
sideration in our legislative body?"
Governor Deneen declared every man
seeking support of Republican voters
at the September primaries should be
pledged to stand for good government,
and continued, saying;
"The men who created the unusual
and disgraceful conditions in our state
should not be given power to prolong
them. They have defied instructions
and repudiated their party platform;
they have stood against representative
government and for special privileges
and private interests. The extent of
their malfeasance in the last general
assembly is not yet known, but Is un-
der investigation by grand juries and
by our courts. The issue in this cam
paign, then, is: Shall their records,
their organization and the results OF
their work be approved? Upon that
issue there should be no difference of
opinion among good citizens"