Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-08
ANOTHER FIGHT
LEFT IN CULLOM
Aged Illinois Senator Will Put
UP Battle for Retention
of His Seat.
HE WILL HAVE OPPOSITION
Lorimer Crowd VIII Not Join in His
Campaign, and May Produce
Another Candidate.

Shelby NJ. Cullom is an active candi-
date to succeed himself as United
States senator from Illinois His term
expires in 1913. The one-half of the
Illinois state senate which is to be
elected next November will participate
In the election of senator In the legis-
lative session beginning in January,
1913.
There has been no doubt IN the minds
of politicians In the state generally
that Senator Culiom desires to be re-
elected to the federal senate. 1t comes
las no surprise. therefore. to the party
leaders that Senator Cullom has let
1t become distinctly known to the I'LL
nois republicans that he desires to be
returned as the senior senator from
Illinois.
IL Communications have been received
from Senator Cullom at Washington by
republicans who stand high In party
councils In the state indicating definite
lily that Senator Cullom expects to
stand for reelection and to present his
name to the voters OF the state re-
Sgardless OF whatsmay be required Of
senatorial candidate by q primary law.
CuIIom Through Political Fire."
Senator Cullom was elected to the
United States senate in 1888 as a sue
fcessor to David Davis, and was re-
detected IN 1888, 1894, 1900, and again
lin 1906. He has been through the po-
slitical fire under just about every con-
EDITION that has obtained in Illinois poll
tics during the last 80 years, and the
organization which has followed his
Leadership is marked up as quite able
1 to stand any shock which anti-Cullom
interests might be able to produce.
Possible candidates for the Cullom
ltoga have been mighty shy in permit
i ting their hopes to be made known,
yet the crop Of candidates already
ripening for the current vacancies in
the Illinois senate indicates that ire
mendous row still may be started.
1t is well understood that the exist
ing deadlock in Washington over fed
eral patronage between Senator Gull
lom and Senator Lorimer Is not calcu
lated in the slightest to transfer Lori
mer and the Lorimer crowd bodily into
the Cullom organization and make the
reelection of the senior senator fore
gone conclusion.
LOrfmer People May Fight.
The contrary view is heald by the po
litical managers who are predicting
that the Lorimer outfit will find It
necessary to produce an anti-Cullom
candidate for Senator Cullom's post
and at least go through the semblance
of fighting the senator at every stage
of the game.
Richard Yates tried this out in 1905
at the direct primaries, when a popu-
lar vote was taken on the senatorship,
within the republican ranks. 1t would
not be strange if he would try it again,
were it not a near surety that Mr..
Yates desires to seek the governor
ship in 1912 upon the ground of vindi-
cation for his political past.
Governor Deneen, since his reelec-
ton to a second term in 1908, always
has been considered as a tentative
contender for the Cullom succession.
Men who know the governor well are
confident that he has no intention
whatsoever of making a campaign for
the senatorship against Senator Gull
lon in the 1913 legislature
Others to Enter Lists.
Two other names which have been
entered in the winter book have been
those of Congressman William B. Nc
Kinley of Champaign and Congress
man William A Rodenberg Of East
ST. Louis. The dopesters see chance
of Mckinley being made the anti-Cul- |
lom candidate. Well based information |
from southern Illinois leads to the |
conclusion that Mr. Rodenberg is all |
but ready to take a shy at the next |
governorship as the candidate of the |
four congressional districts south of |
Vandalia and some of the rest of the |
state.
AS the house primary bill, which |
goes to the senate today, now stands,
the United States senatorship is no
feature OF the measure, as it was in
the Oglesby law, under which former
Senator Albert ]. Hopkins sought re-
election.
1t is the understanding that there
will be an attempt made in the senate
during the week to amend the house