Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-06-04
OttaWa's Vote on the Supreme
Court Judgeship.

EFinclne a remarkable change in po-
hlical form La Sale county Yesterday
Hoped 20 the Democratic column on
The supreme court judgeship race
Ottawa running well along with the
rest OF the cities played contrary to
It's old political complexion, when
considered as a city. II gave 10
Judge Charles c. Craig, the Demo.
clatic candidate for the Fifth district S
place on the high court bench, ma
iorty Of JlS over Clyde Stone, the
successful republican aspirant for the
hpnors.
with the exception of the south side,
Craig carried every precinct in the
city. In The town of Ottawa he ran two
and half to one ahead of the Peoria
candidate.
Explanation from G. q. p. headquar-
'ers show that the farmer vote was
busy in the fields while the large
communities such as La Sale, Strea
Tor. Ottawa, Peru and Mendoza give a
Democratic edge Expectations to
draw mp the Republican majorities are
lef' with the rural vote. which failed,
as was expected, to turn out in any
great numbers yesterday.
In complete returns give Craig a
1000 majority in the county, as
against a nominal Republican major.
ity of 1900, Lethargy produced by the
Peoria convention, in which many resi-
dents OF the county considered Judge
Eldred2e literally hooked" out Of
the nomination produced yesterdays
result The Peoria affair should be
a constant reminder to all future con.
yentions and probably it will serve
as such The Republican voters took
no interest in the contest whatsoever
The few who did were shaky in their
ballotlna, many erstWhile true blue
&. o. P's registering their vote for
Craig as rebuke to that Peoria fiasco
Of last April.
Republican leaders did all within
their power to Offset the lack Of in
terest, but with little avail An or
ganiza.ion which would have been
exceedingly formidable under ordinary
circumstances was at work in every
section Of the county. The Demo.
cratic organization had an easy field
to work in and for this reason their
majority was piled up to such an over
whelmingly large balance.
Stone Wins.
With La Sale county as the only
DemocratiS stronghold Judge stone
carried every other county in the dis
trict. He even came out of Knox
county, Craie's home, with majority.
His majority for the district is given
unolllcially as from 4 900 to 5000.
Judge stones election was claimed
at Peoria by Senator John Daley,
HIS campaign nldHdEtl, ~ nv '"'''
1GGO. Apparently Justice Craig had
won bu' one county, La sale, when
is a Republican stronghold, but also
the home OF Representative Lee
ONeil Browne. Justice Craig's ma
sority in La Sale is close to the
900 mark
Justice Craig carried his home city
Of Galesbure by 25i but the outside
townships Of Knox county turned In
majoritles for the Republican MONT
nee and Knox county was carried by
Stone by more than 400.
Stone Strong in Peoria.
Peoria city, complete gave stone,
Republican, 35lj, and Craig, Demo.
crat, l649. stones majority in his
home county was in excess of $500
Little interest was shown in Grundy
county with n majority, the vote be.
ing Stone, 500 Craig, 1872.
Justice Craig carried La Sale coun
Is by more than 1900. He had ma
iQrity of 62l in Ottawa. Representa-
tive Brownies home, and of 921 in La
Sale city. Stone carried South Otta.
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