Arizona republican., 1914-07-25
By Direct Vote the Sucker State Will Nominate and Elect Representative in the Higher House of Con- greSS
MANY CANDIDATES
 ARE RUNNING
Among the Progressives There is Activity, Dean Franklin of MacOmb Ap- bearing as Most Likely Candidate
Especial to The Republican,

SPRINGFIELD, July 24.-IliDois' great contest over the election of d United States senator has now taken definite shape For the first time in the history of this state the people will nominate and elect a senator by direct vote. nnder the new amend ment to the federal constitution. The campaign for the nominations has now emerged from the nebulous stage and there is every indication that the fight will be the most interesting one Illinois has seen, perhaps, in gen. eration.
 On the republican side. where Sen ator Lawrence Y. sherman has little the situation is quite clearly defined. Senator Sherman has as chief Op- ponent William F. Mason, former sen ator The names of other candidates will appear on the primary ballot but they are not expected to figure very prominently in the results There was some talk of William Lor
 
 mess resulting from the recent fail ure of his Chicago banking enter prises has. it is believed. eliminated Lorimer as a factor in Illinois pOli tics for all time to come
 Until quite recently the announced candidates for the democratic nom inatiOn for Senator Sherman's seat 1f cult to keep tabs on the list. But within the past two weeks the elim- ination process has narrowed the field so that it is now possible to form definite line on the race.
 Months ago hard fight was fore shadowed when Roger C. Sullivan. for many years the Illinois member of the national democratic committee and long one of the most influential factors in democratic politics in this state, announced that he would try for the senatorship. Additional in tecest was given the announcement by the fact that MT Sullivan is the leader of that faction of Illinois democrats which is opposed to both the national and state administra- i tions of the party. MT Sullivan has been on the outs with the national administration ever since he had d run-in with William J. Bryan before | the Baltimore convention. He is also on the opposite side of the fence to Governor Dunne, Senator Lewis and l Mayor Harrison of Chicago.
 Tn ha rI, ,f paign it was a case of Sullivan against the field. There were nine announced candidates for the sena- ! torial nomination and eight of them were classed in the anti Sullivan fac tion. The presence of such a large number of candidates was regarded as favorable to Sullivan. since it set in operation the old law of politics that the larger the field the weaker 1 is the opposition, the strength of which is distributed
 The situation was given an entire lily different turn, however, when Governor Dunne, Senator Lewis and Mayor Harrison got together and picked Lawrence B. Stringer as theil choice for the senatorial nomination against MT. Sullivan. The announce ment of the selection of MT. Stringei was immediately followed by the withdrawal of more than half of the anti Sullivan candidates who haC been in the field. The only candi- dates for the democratic nomination besides MT. Sullivan and NJ. String CT, who insist that they will remain in the fight to the finish, are Secre tary of State Harry Woods and Lieu tenant Governor Barratt OHara both of Chicago.
 Patronage forms the chief issue or the democratic side of the contest When the democrats came into pow CT in Illinois last year, for the frs time in twenty years, the two dec lades of abstention from jobs had re suited in large accumulation of jol seekers. The men who failed to an'
 jobs, and naturally they were in large majority, became disgruntle' with the administration. The bi
 question now is whether they vii bury their dissatisfaction so far a
 to oppose the choice of the admin
 istration leaders fos the senatorshi
 and throw their support to Sullivan
 the opposition candidate.
 In addition to the question of pat ronage, woman suffrage and the we ] and dry question figure as issues i
 the democratic campaign. In a
 the wet communities there is . strong sentiment against woma
 suffrage, and Governor Dunne meeting with antagonism for sign
 ing the bill which gave women tn , right to vote. These and other feat
 tres which have developed seem t