The broad ax., 1918-08-10

with the Hon. VIM. Hale Thompson,
mayor Of Chicago, and the Hon. Ed
mund FOss, congressman, tied for second
place, with P. h. oDonneIl and Case
trailing in the order named.
The attempt of the political managers
Of the various aspirants to utilize the
faetional fight in Cook County to the
advantage of senatorial asprants has
fallen fat. 1t is apparent to any pOlit-
ical observer of any consequence that
the local faction in the party in Cook
County, and to be plain about it, the
Deneen faction have no senatorial can
didate, but have advised their friends
and supporters to support the aspirant
for United States senator who, in their
judgment, is best fitted to represent the
interests of the state and the party.
This, of course, gives each of the sena-
torial aspirants some following among
the Deneen and De Priest factions in the
county, with the advantage to the Hon.
Medill Mccormick, for the reason that
he represents to q greater extent than
any of the other Candidates party unity
and organized labor and wealth, and has
no friends to reward except Americans,
and no enemies to punish except Amer
ics Is, and the further fact that his past
performance as a vote getter when he
led Congressman Foss in his own dis
triet and led Governor Lowden and led
the presidential candidate, Judge
Hughes and everyone else on the Repub-
lican ticket, makes him an asset upon
the ticket when nominated that appeals
to all persons earnestly and seriously de-
string the success of the party in the
fan campaign
On Thursday, last, the writer had oc-
easion to visit Alton, Ill, and speak to
the q. B. F.'s in an annual celebration
that they were giving at the public park.
The invitation came through Capt r. A.
Byrd, Of Springfield, strong MeCor-
mick downstate man, and the writer
was surprised to find in Alton q man
who had been employed for forty-three
years with one business house and had
accumulated and saved enough to edu-
cate his children and erect FIVE thou
sand dollar home upon one of the most
beautiful streets in the city of hills,
WIS an Odd Fellow, n. B. Hunter, of
so1 Gold street, who readily signed up.
for Mr.. Mccormick upon the theory
that he was better able to assist in the
enforcement of the law because Of his
influence with the people who own and
control things.
From there the writer visited Leba-
NON, the old home of Ex-Governor Chas.
8. Deneen, and there met many people
who knew the governor. All Of them
were loud in their praise and proud Of
his record and took pains to inform the
writer how well they knew him
One man, VIM. G. Turner, said that
the governor used to work for his
father. And speaking of the Turner'S,
it perhaps win be interesting to most
of the readers to know that Lebanon
is now the home Of Mary G. Turner,
widow of the late Young Turner, the
owner of 600 acres of the best farm
land in St Claire County in and around
Lebanon, and the home of jMeKendree
College, the Alumni Of Lawrence Y,
Sherman, Chas. s. Deneen and other
national celebrities.
Turner died October IL, 1915, on his
farm, where he had employed at times,
the Ex-Governor and left him surviv-
ing his four sons and enc daughter, Mrs
Mamie Rhodes, Young Turner, Jr, and
John G. Turner, all Of whom are farm
ing. VIM Turner has already gathered
and thrashed {, 5ss bushels of wheat and
his brother, Young Turner, Is the owner
of model farm and ten of as perfect
specimens Of the HOlstein cow breed, As
exists in the state. The products from
these cows enable Turner to clear . net
profit of more than 600 per month, upon
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