Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-21
-pR0POGAND|STS At.
WORK TO WIN STONE.
HIGH COURT POST.
ELEVENTH HOUR CANDIDATE
CLAIMS IN ASSOCIATED PRESS
REPORTS VOTES HE HASN'T
GOT-OTTAWA BOOSTERS TO
ACCOMPANY eLOREOCE DELE.
CATION.

When Judge Edgar Eldredge enters
the Peoria conyentiop to win the nom
NATION for the Illinois Supreme Court
next Tuesday. he will have the back
ing OF more than a hundred loyal sup.
porters from home who will take Il
day on from their usual routine 10
help in the important task OF putting
the Ottawa iurist over The top.
A club of boosters is being hurried!y
formed and when the entrainment
taxes place for Peoria It is certain the
number viii reach the century mark,
and. perhaps, even more than that.
Ottawa friends Of the Judge will lead
the list, but there is assurances given
that the remainder Of the county viii
send It's quota, while botn Bureau and
Grumpy counties have promised TO
send delegations to assist in nomin.
ating the Ottawa man
Conception of the idea that rooters'
squadron would be an important fac.
tor in Swaying the convention came
from fertile minds OF Eldredee sup
porlers. The proposition was passed
around and met with hearty accord
fiom all sources, The result is that
ihe Valiant one Hundred will PACK
, the. convention hall when the dele.
GStes are called to order.
Judge Clyde Stone, who entered the
contest as an eleventh hour candi.
date, has a propaganda committee
working strenuously to prove his
certainty Of winning. Spreaders of
this form of kultur are predicting his
nomination without ground for their
predictions Toe following sent out
By the Associated Press, to strike
fear into the hearts Of "neutrals" is
further evidence Of the A. p.'s GER.
tainty OF always being wrong.
IN explanation, Stones delegates
were not given to him. He does not
control them They are instructed to
vote for him only as long as they
care to. An additional error in the
press report is found in the convinc
ing proof that Marshall Woodford,
Putnam and Stark counties are not
instructed Eldrcdge will enter the
convention with twenty do and die
votes. Stone, the eleventh hour man,
has thirteen. Graves. who had the
grace to announce himself when the
announcing was ripe for that duty.
has fourteen, which leaves Marshall
Putnam, Stark and Woodiord with
eight votes, all of which are unin.
suucted
Here is the Associated Press report
which is intended to "oyerwhelm'
the unnstructed delegates
tBy Associated Press
Peoria, H., Mar 20.--The Repub
lican convention for the fifth judicial
district will be held in this city Tues
day, March 26, for the nomination o.
a candidate for Justice Of the Illinois
Supreme Court with three candidates
in the field Judge Clyde +. Stone
| Peoria; Judge EldredgC Ottawa, anG
Judge Graves. GeneseO Judge stone
with the solid vote Of Peoria county,
the largest in the district, is expected
TO lead the convention from the start
with Judge Eldredge second and Judge
Graves third The latter with Henry
and Knox county solidly at his back
is expected TO hold the balance OF
power and determine the nomination
/ Of the candidate. Judge Eldredse is
/ expected TO enter the convention with
LA Sale, Bureau and Grundy counties
supporting him. and Judge Stone ex
poets the support of Peoria, Marshall
Putnam, stark and Woodiord eoun
ties. This lineup would give Stone
on the first ballot u, Eldredge 20 and
Graves II. Facing the possibility oI
deadlock, Judge stones delegates
have been instructed to vote for hin
until released by him, ana to he pre-
pared TO remain in Peoria for tive
weeks II necessary