Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-01
1900 ENTERED IN
. STATE CONTESTS
Expiration of Petition Filing
Period Finds Many Can
didates on List.
DEMOCRATS VERY ACTIVE
Republicans and Progressive Are Out
numbered on the Ballot
Three to One.

- Springfield. Ill. Aug. Fifteen
hundred candidates had entered the
running for state. congressional and
legislative nominations when the time
for fling petitions expired last night
at midnight.
Eleven hundred out Of the total are
coutesting for nominations for 20 seats
IN the senate and 1913 seats in the
lower house of the general assembly
Fourteen. or more than one-haf OF
the 20 outgoing members Of the state
senate and ~ or nearly one-third or
the members OF the house, are not
seeking reelection All but three OF
the % Illinois representatives in con
gress filed their petitions for renom-
nation.
4 large number OF democrats are
aspiring to state offices than ever be-
fore in the history OF the state. For
most OF the Offices there are three or
four times as many democratic candi-
dates as republicans. Progressives
have but few opposing primary candi-
dates.
Congressional and legislative candl.
dates still are ignorance as TO the
order in which their names will APP
pear on the ballot Secretary OF State
Woods left the city on a campaign
without having decided how the
priority OF candidates will be
determined. James o. Monroe,
Mr.. Woods private secretary, said that
no action would be taken until Mon
day at the earliest.
Mr. Monroe expressed the opinion
that Mr. Woods might accept the sug-
gestion that a committee composing
representatives of all parties preside
over a drawing of names of those
whose petitions were received by mail
the first day OF filing three weeks ago
Names of candidates for United States
senator and state Offices rotate by
senatorial districts, but those Of candi-
dates for congress and legislature are
supposed to go on in the order in which
petitions are fled.
Following are the totals on United
States senator and congressman:
United States Senator.
Harry Woods CDem.), Chicago.
James Traynor (Dem). Chicago.
Roger c. Sullivan DEM. Chicago.
Barratt O'Hara CDem.), Chicago.
Frank Hall Childs CRepD. Chicago.
Lawrence \. Sherman (RepD.
Springfield.
William f. Mason CRep), Chicago.
Raymond Robins CProgD, Chicago.
Ayer S. Stein CRepD. Oak Park
- Lawrence B. Stringer CDem.), Lin
colin.
ngressmen-at-larqe.
Lee D. Matthias CDemJ. Chicago.
William Gleason DEM. Chicago.
John Burke CDem), Chicago.
William Eliza Williams DEM, Pitts
field
Jacob ". Rausch Dem.). Chicago.
DR.. John 3. Riggs DEM, Media.
John Basil BarnhilI (Dem-), Xenia.
J. McCan Davis CRepl, Springfield.
Burnett VI. Chipperfield CRep.), Can
ton.
Louis ]. Behan CRepJ. Chicago.
William Grant Webster CRep.), Chi
cago.
Albert J. Danish DEM, Chicago.
James P. Brennan CDem.), Chicago.
Gregg J. WEIGH CDem.), Chicago.
Harry Swan CRep.), Chicago.
Albert ". May CRep.J. Chicago.
George NJ. Kreider prog. Spring
field.
Harry L. Heer CProg.), Rockford.
William Walter Scott, (Rep), Chs
cago.
John Lynch CRep.). Olney.
Frank J. Snite CRepD. Chicago.
George Hale MaIoney CDem.). Chi
csgo
Frank Hoover (Soc.), Milton.
Francis J. Houlihan CRep). Chicago. |
Congress and Committeeman.
Following are the candidates for rep
representative in congress for the Four f!
teenth district, in the order in which
they appear on tho ballot:
Clyde H Tavenner CDem). Cordova. !
Frank r. Abbey CRep), Biggsville. T,
Henry z. Burgess ProgJ, Aledo.
Edgar Owens CSoc), Rock Island.
Eli DixsOn (DemD. Roseyille.
Following are the candidates for i
state committeeman in the Fourteenth .
district:
John W. Williams Dem.). Carthage. /
Walter A. Rosenfield (RepJ, Rock Is
land.
Aaron G. Abraham CProg), Moline.
Charles Mass CSoc). Rock Islard.
William Z. Duddman OemJ. Ma
comb.
For State Legislature.
The candidates for state representa-
tive in the Thirty-third district are:
Everett J.. Werts ODem), Oquawka
William G. Maucker Dem), Rock
Island.
William j. Graham RepD, Aledo
William c. Maucker CDem.y, Rock |
Island.
L. x. Cleveland CRep). Moline.
Thomas Campbell (RepJ,' Rock Is
land
land.
d. A. Whiteman (Prog), Biggsyille
John G. Gibson (Soc.), Moline
Hugh Cunning lDemD.
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