The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-05
over IN ILLINOIS
TROUBLE AHEAD
Discussing What Effect the candldac,
af a. J. Hopkins viii Have
on the Senatorial
Contest
CHANCES ARE SLIM
Supreme Court Called on to Decide !
Contest In Two Senatorial
DlstrIcts Of the
CHANCES ARE

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Feb. 5.--Jus.
how much effect the candidacy OF Al
bert j. Hopkins for the short term
senatorship will have on he senator.
ial contest which will begin in tho
general assembly next week, is b
problem that is causing all sides more
or less worry just now. A report that
some of the republican state senator's
are threatening to insist that Hopkins
be given the short term, regardless of
the effect such insis+ ence will have on
the candidacy of L. Y Sherman, has
caused some uneasiness.
If the republicans hope to elect
Sherman, they must be united for him.
To elect two republicans to the sen.
ate is, of course, considered out OF the
question on the republican side anc1
by some the increasing F opkins feel
ing Is viewed in the light CT coun>
ter movement started for the sole pur-
pose of defeating Sherman.
Hopkins chances are admittedly
slim. He is basing his claim for the
toga on the fact tina. he was the pri-
mary nominee when the legislature
| elected Lorimer and that therefore,
since Lorimer has been removed, ne
should be chosen to that place.
Sherman. however, has the more
recent popular endorsement and the
republicans hope to land him in the
long term place. They could not
! this and give Hopkins the short term.
The republicans OF the house and SCI
ate will caucus Monday
An effort doubtless will be made
| the democrats 10 held a caucus to
| decide on the party candidates
senator on the democratic side. It Is
extremely unlikely that the McLaug
lin crowd will go into I caucus To-.
this purpose. If they do they will
not be for Colonel Lewis. The colonel
may get the endorsement of most OF
the democrats of the house and senate
for the long term, and Charles Boecn-
enstein probably will be endorsed for
the short term. That of course would
mean the elimination Of Lewis in case
/ Sherman should be giveE the long
term in consideration for republican
support to one of the factions for the
election of Boechenstein.
TWO Contests.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. SIN an
answer filed in the supreme court to-
day, the new democratic state officials
asked the court to decide whether or
not the recently retired republican Of
! ficials had the right to go ehind the
! election returns in the canvass of the
1 state vote and declare two republr
cans elected to the general assembly
when the faces of the returns showed
4 two democrats elected.
/ The answers we're made ir the cas-
OF James H. Felts of the fiftieth sen.
atorfal district and George r. Bruce
Of the 23rd district. These democra.
] tic candidates for seats in the lower
/ house of the legislature are praying
for o mandamus compelling the state
canyassing board to declare them
/ elected.
i BY throwing out number of votes
because the judges OF election had
4 not made tallies as they counted, the
local canvassing authorities found that
Felts was elected in the fiftieth and
Bruce in the twenty-third district
4 The state canvssing board went be
d hind the returns of the local canvass
4 oro ;pvocf;0ofcd cd tho upv In which M
4 decision In favor of Felts and Bruce
had been arrived at, and then declar
ed r. D. Kirkpatrick, republican, elec
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