Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-04-09
ILLINOIS WILL
TEST PRIMARY
Both Great Parties VIII Ex-
press Their Choice For
President Today
.LOR|hER AND ANT|-LOR|MER
There Are Eight Republican
Candidates for Governor
ship of State.

! (By Special Leased Wire to New MeXican)
| Chicago, H.. April 9.-lllinois citi-
zens went to the polls today to cast
ballots in the most momentous pri-
mary contest ever held in the state.
For the first time, a direct express
sion of preference for a presidential
candidate on the Republican and
/ Democratic tickets is possible to the
voters, and the supporters of Presi-
dent Taft, Colonel Roosevelt and San
ator LaFollette, Republicans; and of
Champ Clark and Woodrow Wilson,
Democrats, were busy with the open
! ing of the polls.
In the Republican party the vote,
of Congressional districts will control
the complexion of the delegates TO
the national convention except for the
/ delegates-at-large who will be select
ed by the state convention. The
Democratic delegates will be selected
by that party's state convention. The
presidential preference vote is advis.
ory and carries with it only a moral
obligation. Next to the presidential
vote, the gubernatOrial nomination in
both the great parties is the center of
! interest On the Republican side,
there are eight candidates, Governor
i Deneen, Len Small. of Kankakee;
States Attorney Wayman, of Chicago;
Former Governor Richard Yates; SEN
ator w. c. Jones: State Senator C. F.
I Hurlburgh. of Galesburg: John j..
Brown, of Vandala, and J. McCan Da-
Wis of Springfield.
Lormer and Anti-Lorimer.
In the gubernatorial fight among
the Republicans, the issue is defined
by some as Lorimer and anti-LOrimer.
Governor Deneens followers have
contended that a vote for anyone but
the governor is, in effect, a vote in
favor of the LOrimer forces, who have
endorsed the candidacy of Small.
State Senators Jones and Hurlburgh
have conducted their campaigns as
'Progressives.' States Attorney
Wayman has carried his canvass
through the state and spared neither
the LOrimer men nor the state admin
istration in his criticisms. The same
trail of Loriiner and Anti-Lorinler runs
Throughout the state offices and into
the list of candidates for Congress
and the general assembly down to
precinct committeeman, of whom
4,260 are to be elected
On the Democratic side. the fight
is over the control of the state CEN
tral committee. which forces, charac-
terized as the Hearst Harrison group
in Chicago, and throughout the state
as the anti-Sullivan men, are seeking
to wrest control from National Com
mitteeman Roger c. Sullivan The
antl-Sullivan faction in general is
\ supporting the candidacy of Champ
2 Clark, and opposed to them are the
E followers of Governor Woodrow Will.
S son.
+ Voting Slowly.
The gubernatorial fight in the Dem.
Y ocratic party is between Ben F. Cald
d well, of San Canon county, Samuel
l. Alschuler of Aurora Edward F
e Dunno, former mayor of Chicago, and
f George f. Dickson, of New LennoX.
0 Each county and district has minol
n contests in addition to the genera
fight over the more important offices
An advisory vote on United States
Senator also is tied up in the primary
On the Republican side, Senator Cul
lon, long representative of Illinois
] his life. Lawrence Y. Sherman, for
/ mer speaker of the general assembly
and State Senator Hugh Magill ar,
active candidates against him. Sher
man has a large personal followin.
. and Magill has made his fight as
Progressive. James Hamilton Lewis
of Chicago, is the sole candidate O
the Democratic ticket for Unite,
States Senate.
a Because of the many names on tn
II ticket, voting was slow and fewe
votes were recorded in the city an
country districts in the early hour
"a than is usual. Fair weather brough
out the voters in the country district
and campaign workers predicted a
unprecedented vote The election /
important nationally, for the reaso
y that it is the first time a preferentif
e. vote has ever been cast for presiden
p Preference will be shown only anon
Id the Republicans and Democrats
e. Four Parties Voting.
to The names of President Taft, The
yo dore Roosevelt, and Robert NJ. l.
r. Toilette, appear on the Republica
s. ballot, and those of Champ Clark an
Woodrow Wilson on the Democrat
m Republicans. Democrats, Socialis
ol and Prohibitionists will nominate b
&C direct vote complete state, congre
os sional, legislative and county ticket
70 A preferential vote also is being take
~ for United States Senator among II
ho Republicans and Democrats. Fol
!. names appear on the Republican be
~ lot and only one on the Democrat
,a1 In Chicago, by special arrangemer