Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-14
CANDIDATES FILE
PILE OF PETITIONS
Only Sherman Delegate Slate Sends
Papers for Presidential Pref.
Crpncc
NO FAV0RITISM Is INDICATED
Secretary of State Stevenson Declares
That All Are Stamped in Or
der Received.
NO FAvORITISM IS INDICATED

Springfield, Ill, Feb. 14.-Four hun
dred and twenty-eight petitions of can
didates for presidential delegates and
aiternateS to national conventions and
members of state central committees
/ have been dumped into the office of
Secretary of State Stevenson.
The first official list of candidates
was made public last night Mr. Stew
enson said absolutely no favoritism
had been shown, petitions being
stamped in the order in which they
were taken from the mails. Names of
candidates for delegates large ro-
tate on the ballots by senatorial dis
tricts, but the order of district candi-
dates is governed by the time marks
on the petitions
The only presidential preference pc
titiOn filed SO far is that of Senator
Lawrence Y. Sherman. President
+ Wilson's petition will be filed later.
No candidates for republican dele
eatesat-large other than those on the
Sherman slate have filed petitions
Robert f. Burke is the only free lance
democratic candidate for delegate-at-
large in opposition to the Sullivan and
| Harrison-Dunne states.
All democratic candidates for dis
trict delegates, except Mr. Burke,
have declared their preference for
President Wilson.
Four republican candidates failed
to declare themselves for Senator
sherman. The four were John R. Nc
Cabe, Chicago, candidate in the Sixth
district, who declared for Roosevelt,
and City Clerk John Siman. candi-
date in the Sixth district, Chicago, and
William F. Peters and John A. Peter
son, Ninth district. Chicago, who ex-
pressed no preference.
Few Run for Committeeman.
Comparatively few candidates for
members of state central committees
have filed petitions.
The following have filed for mem
bers of the republican state commit
tee from the 10 Cook county congress
sonal districts:
james T. Brewington, Jr,, Adolph
Marks, James Hale Porter.
Abel Davis.
Otto G. Pusch. Harry A Lewis.
4-Thomas J. Finucane, Charles A.
Ziemer
Max Levitan, Joseph Zientek.
6-Leland S. Rapp. George f. Nye.
j. l.. Smith, Emil J. Wentzlaff. X.
p Hammer
/ Gustav Draeger, Lee A. Dunno,
9-Medill Mccormick, Francis A.
I Becker, John A. Peterson.
/ lO-George W Paulin, H. c. W. Lau-
benheimer. Charles Bostrom, Harry P.
Pearsons.
OF the above candidates Marks,
1 FinucaDe, Levitan, Nye, Hammer,
Draeger. Becker and Bostrom are
/ Thompson candidates, while Davis,
Lewis, Rapp, Wentzlaff, Dunno, Nc
/ Cormick and Laubenheimer will have
/ the support of the Deneen and Brun-
/ dage forces.
Candidates for members of the re-
publican state committee from down
state districts are the following:
thames E. Harley, Aurora.
! 12-Fred f. Sterling. Rockford.
13-Delos W. Baxter. Rochelle.
14-Walter A. Rosenfeld, Rock Is
/ land.
| 16-Garrett Kinney, Peoria.
! 17-Frank L. Smith, Dwight
| 19-Henry P Harris, Monticello !:
| Charles c. Eckhart, Tuscola.
2O-Ray n. Anderson, Pittsfeld
/ 21-Lewis H. Miner. Springfield;
James F. Mcclure. Carlinville.
22-Thomas Williamson, Edwards
Vile; Cicero ]. Lindley, Greenville.
25-Thomas H. Kohn, Anna
Democratic Candidates.
Candidates for members of the dem
ocratic state committee from Cook
county districts follow:
Hugh DAILY. John J. Coughlin.
Martin J. Moran, Chiffon P. Will
son.
3-Eugene McCarty. Terence F. Mo-
ran.
| 4-George NJ. Tearney, Michael J.
Donkin.
dennis A. Koran, j. J. Viterna
| Bart J. Collins.
6-Thomas F. German, Stephen D.
Griffii
Michael Grace, James Furlong.
S-Miles J. Devine. Edward B. Lynch
9-Thomas Rohan.
10-John A. McGarry, Thomas ]
Dawson.
| In each of the Cook county districts