The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-26
l0WDEN'S ACT
PUTS GOVERNOR
IN L|MEl|CHT
Illinois Likes Man Who Halt
ed PaCiflSt Move,

CHICAGO Although it is rather
carly to figure on the next presidential
election, the people OF Illinois are al
ready making frequent mention vi the
name oi Gov Frank q lowden m ,
connection with the republican NOM
nation for the presidency There Is
every indication that II the convention
were near at hand Governor lowdcn +
would be certain to Supplant Senator
/ Lawrence Y Sherman a, the "iayorhc
son" OF Illinois
Governor lowdcn'S quick and dc.
cislyc action in SQucchlng the recent
/ attempt OF the paCiiiNtS to hold their
national conference IN Chicago mas
served to bring him prominently into
the public eve OF the nation. Already
people OF other states are calling on
him for addresses at public gatherings,
Native Of Minnesota.
Governor lowdcn is native ot Min
nesota having been born at Sunrise,
small village on the eastern border OF
that state He was reared, however
on small farm aiterward purchased
by his father in Iowa Farming was
not always so profitable III those days
as it is now, and there were times when
the hand OF poverty bore heavily upon
the family
Al an carly age young Lowdcn |
struck out for himself Through his |
own cxcrtonS he received his cduca-
ton at Iowa State university, gradual
ing with high hnors in lSSS, and
spent the two following years IN law
school in Chicago In an almost in
credibly short time after receiving his
diploma he was IN possession OF a
lucrative income won by his own in
domitablc pluck and energy lie had
established high place for hlmVli at
the Chicago bar when, in 1890, he met
D and married Miss Florence Pullman,
daughter OF George NJ. Pullman, the
: mul,i-milionaire palace car magnatc.
Governor lowdcn's public career be
gan in the late YO's, whcn he began to
take an active interest IN republican
t politics IN Illinois He was delegate
TO the republican national conventions
In 1900 ard 1904 and IN the latter year
he became the republican national com
mitteemcn for Illinois
. Failed to Win First Time.
= In 1904 the young lawyer made his
-. first try for public office. his goal
being the republican nomination for
4 governor OF Illinois, which he failed to
win at that time, though he made a
good impression upon the people and
many of the leaders of his party. The
" campaign was one OF the most hotly
contested in the history OF the state At
,c the celebrated dcadlocked convention at
d Springfield young lowden was defeated
at the moment when victory seemed
> within his grasp Charles s. Denecn
AZ was given the nomination over Lowden
,e and in the successful campaign that
followed no man worked harder for
the election OF the republican nominee
N than did the candidate who was de-
e fcated IN the convention
+ In 1900 Lowdcn was elected to con-
d greU To IN the unexpired term OF the
late Robert r. Hit He was reelected
{. to the SiStieth and Sisty-first con-
Y. crosses, and at tho expiration Of his
! second full term he voluntarily retired
E from the arena politics and took M
UINllNi 1dl'NlHR w UlN UldEillll''uN
V, estate of 2OOO acres ON the banks oi
N the Rock river IN northern Illinois.
Friends Are Confident.
- Governor lowdcn'S friends are CON
fidcnt that his talents will hurl him
close to the presidential firing line in
1920 His record as congressman and
governor arc expected to count heavily
in his favor As a stump-Speaker he
has always been able to hold his own
His restless brain Graves action, and
he delights 10 be where events oi mo.
mcnt are occurring Since he assumed
the executive chair al Springfield n,
has shown grasp OF public questions
that sufficiently dispoSeS OF any doubt
ma, mirh, have been entertained as to
his ability tO measure M to the office
oi governor or even the higher one o'
president Moreover. his hmcricaniSm
is NJ the six cylinder type. which is a
quality that obviously must he POSSESSED
beyond dispute hy the man whether
republican or Democrat who aspire
to succeed President Wilson in tn,
White House
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