Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-09-14
STATE KEYED Up TO
HIGH PITCH ON EVE
OF: RED HOT PRIMARY
TOMORROW NIGHT WILL REVEAL
WHICH OF TWO G. o. p. FAC
TONS, LOWDEN OR THOMPSON,
STANDS HIGHEST WITH PEOPLE
OF ILLINOIS.


tomorrow will select republican ant
democratic nominees for thlec
States senator, governor, congress
and nearly ninety other state Offices
Chief interest in the primary IS held
by a fractional republican fight, with
the forces of Governor Frank o. Low
den arrayed against those OF Mayor
William Hale Thompson Of Chicago
Governor Lowden is backing stare
ticket headed by John Il. OgleShE OF
Elkhart. his present lieutenant COVER
nor. while the Thompson organization
Ia supporting a ticket led by Len
Small of kankakee. Oscar T.. Carl-
strom. Aledo, and Edward n. Wood
ruff. Peoria. are also entered in the
republican gubernatoriaI race.
On the democratic side former Unit
ed States Senator James Hamilton
Lewis is coptesting the nomination
for governor with Barratt Oiiara, for
mer lieutenant governor. Both are
from Chicago.
The republican senatorial fight Is
a three cornered affair, with Mayor
Thompson supporting Frank l.. Smith.
of Dwight, chairman Of the repuhil-
can state committee. The Lowden
.'harmony ticketr which sought 10
unite all factions opposed to the may
or. including the Brundage ana De
neen groups in Chicago, is backing
Representative William b. Mckinney
of Champaign, Burnett NJ. Chpertield
of Canton refused to withdraw ana
remains in the race.
The democratic senatorial candl-
date are Robert Emmett Burke, long
prominent in Chicago politics. and Pc
ter A. Waller, or kewanee. manu-
facturer and down state party lead
er.
The Thompson forces have centered
their attack on the governors slate
on the issue of decreased taxes and
increased fares granted public util.
tiles by the state utilities commission
under the I.owden administration,
The governors friends have counter
ed with charges that the Thompson
forces have been reckless and eXtrav-
agant in the expenditure of Chicago's
funds.
Voters tomorrow will name party
nominees for congress, including one
representative at large and twenty
FIVE from districts, lieutenant COVER.
nor, secretary of state. auditor, treas
urer, attorney general clerk of the
supreme and appellate courts, twenty
seven state senators. tifty-one state
representatives and trustees Of the
east side levee and sanitary district
Present members of congress seek
ing reelection have contests in sev
eral districts. Uncle Joe" Cannon,
Danvile's 81 year old veteran of %
congresses. is being opposed by f. b.
Cooley of Danvlle in his race for the
republican denomination.
Women will cast the votes in sep
aratc ballot boxes TO forestall diff
culties in case OF litigation over suf-
frage.
Socialist party nominees have been
entered without contests. The Farm
erlLabor party does not figure in this
primary but goes on the ballot in No
venber by petition. The same is the
case with the state prohibition party.
VIII Co. Has Party Fight.
Joliet, Sept lit will be Il repub,
lican party fight at the Wednesday
primaries in VIII county so far as the
county offices 20. No demOcratics
are asking nomination For the lrst
time in the memory Of politics here
the democratic party is not putting
out q county ticket.
Congressman Ira G. COpley opposed
by Frank Mccarthy on an ultra-Wot
platform makes a clean cut wet and
dry fight in the congressional stua.
ton.
Have No Opposition.
Galena. Sept. 14,-Nono of the Jo
Dayiess county officials has opposi-
ton at the primaries tomorrow, There
will be a struggle. however, for mem
hers of the general assembly, as one
of the candidates is said to be de
cidedly wet while the former members
who are candidates AR reelection
are endorsed by the drys.
county circulating library will be-
voted on
Has Candidate IN Field.
Clinton, Sept. 1i.-With a candidate
in the field for the first time in twelve
years Dewitt county voters have
shown much interest in the primary
election tomorrow The candidate /,
f. b, Rently of Clinton, who is seek
ing the republican nomination Gni
state representative from the 2Stl
Giatript Dewitt IL tho c,pal1.ct os