The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-16
BROWNIES FRIENDS
NOMINATE HIM
Illinois Democratic Leader Who Was
indicted for Bribery Wins
Out at the
Polls.
CANNON IS SUCCESSFUL
Illinois Primary Results Of Yesterday
Show That eoutelI Was Over
whelmInsly De-
feated.

CHICAGO, Sept. 16.-The renomina-
ton of Joseph G Cannon for congress
by generous margin over his repub-
lican opponent, DR.. Downs; the over
whelming defeat of Representative
Henry S. Boutell, standpatter In the
Ninth district, by F. H. Gansbergen,
insurgent; the probable defeat of
Representative George r. Foss in the
Tenth district and the denomination
of nearly all the men involved in the
legislative bribery scandal are the
striking features of the Illinois state
wide primary election.
Representative James r. Mann,
fagainst whom a strong fight was
made by two insurgents. Joseph R.
i Burns and Louis ]. Behan, in the
Second District, has won. His friends
did heroic work for him at the polls,
believing he will be a formidable can
#didate for speaker of the House OF
Representatives to succeed Mr.. Can
mon.
Representative Boutell, who has
been member of congress thirteen
years and wst one of the strong sup
fporters of Speaker Cannon and the
Etariff bill, lost the nomination by ov
Ter 1000 votes. He had made his can
vass on platform of sturdy support
of the administration and of all the
Legislation enacted by congress last
Eyear and this.
On account of this support Mr.. Bou-
telle lost the friendly interest OF three
or four newspapers which previously
had aided him in his contests. His
& loyalty to Speaker Cannon cost him
hundreds of votes. The same may be
i said of Representative Foss, brother
of the Democrat, Eugene Foss, re-
Gently elected to congress from Mas
I sachusetts. Mr.. Foss has been in con-
gress eight terms.
State interest centered largely In
II the campaign that was made by The
legislative Voters League and other
reform organizations to clean out"
Il the general assembly. This was
4 meant to get rid of the members who
were suspected of corruption in con-
nection with the election of Senator
Lorimer and of sharing in the spoils
Of the last session.
Lee O'Neil Browne, who was ac-
4 quilted last week of the charge of
bribing legislators to vote for William
& Lorimer for senator. Is renominated
II IN his district. In his home county,
8 this result will be considered furth-
4 er yindication of the man who was
a snubbed by Col Roosevelt Browne is
Il still under Indictment in Sangamon
n County.
n Robert E. Wilson of Chicago, un-
4 der indictment on the charge of per-
a jury, is renominated by a positive
q majority.
II John Broderick is renominated.
n 1t is not positively known how Jo-
q seph s. Clark of Vandalia, another
Il legislator implicated in the Jackpot"
u scandal, has Jared, but prediction
q forecasts we're that he would be de-
81 feated.
81 Edward D. Shurtleff of Marengo,
speaker Of the House of Representa-
q ives, is believed to be renominated,
although the returns from his dis
trict We're incomplete at midnight. Lo-
cal forecasters at Marengo say there
no doubt he has pulled through.
shurtleff was assailed bitterly by
Gov. Deneen in the campaign. The
governor attacked the bipartisan al
N nance as one that was not formed for
any good
III David q. Shanahan of Chicago, an
81 oio member of the house, who has
come in for deal Of criticism, wins
~ easily.
ID The net result of the primary, as it
relates to legislative corruption,
seems to warrant the conclusion that
Inc electorate of the state was not SO
shocked as the reform element hoped
y might be, in view of the senatorial
disclosures made in the last four
months.
Some of the Figures.
81 CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-THE Illinois in.
snfgent movement today claims as its
hfst victim Congressman Henry Bou.
.eil, OF the Ninth district Returns
indicate that his opponent would show
plurality Of at least 1000. In ad-
oition to defeating Boutell, the insur.
GENTS carried two other districts, the
Eleventh and Thirteenth, and II all re-