The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-14
FACTION FIGHT IN
6. p. FEATURE OF
ILLINOIS PRIMARY
(By Associated Press)

CHICAGO, Sept. 14.-Illinois voters
Democratic nominees for United
States senator, governor, congress and
nearly ninety other state Offices.
Chief interest in the primary is held
by factionai 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 a state
ticket headed by John G. Oglesby, of
Elkhart, his present lieutenent gov
ernor, while the Thompson organiza-
ton is supporting a ticket led by Len
Small, of Kankakee. Oscar E Calstrom,
Aleda, and Edward n Woodruff, of
Peoria, are also entered in the Repub-
lican gubernatorial race.
Lewis and O'Hara Contest.
On the Democratic side former
United States Senator James Hamilton
Lewis is contesting the nomination for
governor with Barratt O'Hara, former
lieutenant governor. Both are from
Chicago.
The Republican senatorial fight is a
three-cornered affair with Mayor
SIlllu,
of Dwight, chairman of the Republican
state committee. The Lowden "har-
mony ticket" which sought to unite all
factions opposed to the mayor, incIud-
ing the Brundage and Deneen groups
in Chicago, is backing Representative
William B. Mckinley, of Champaign.
Burnett M. Chiperfield, of Canton, re-
fused to withdraw and remains in the
race.
The Democratic senatorial candi-
dates are Robert Emmett Burke, long
prominent III Chicago politics, and
Peter A. Waller, of Kawanee, a manu-
facturer and down state party leader.
The Thompson force have centered
their attack on the governors slate on
the issue of decreased taxes and in
creased fares granted public utilities
by the state utilities commission under
the Lowden administration. The gov
ernor's friends have countered with
charges that he Thompson forces have
been reckless and extravagant in the
expenditure of Chicago's funds.
Voters tomorrow will name party
nominees for Congress including one
representative at large and % from
districts, lieutenant governor. secre-
tary Of state. auditor, treasurer, attor-
appellate courts, 27 state senators, 81
state representatives and trustees of
| the East Side levee and sanitary
district.
"UncIe Joe" is Contested.
/ Present members of congress seek
| ing reelection have contests in several
districts Uncle joe Cannon, Dan
ville's 81 year old veteran of % con-
crosses, is being opposed by E. B.
| Cooley, of Danville. in his race for
the Republican denomination.
| James R. Mann, Republican. of Chi
cago, is opposed by w. c. Lombard
| in the second district; John w. Rainey
| Democrat. fourth district, has two op-
ponents for the nomination: Fred A.
Britten Republican, has opposition in
| the ninth district; Ira c. CoDley, Auro-
ra, has an opponent for the Republican
nomination, and. as there is no
Democratic candidate, the winner is
virtually certain of election. Henry T
Rainey, Democrat, of Carrollton, will
receive the Democratic nomination
without a contest. In the 22nd district
, William A. Rodenberg, of East St
Louis, who placed Governor Frank o
Lowden in nomination for president al
the Republican convention, is being op
posed for denomination by John J
Brenholt. Jr., of Alton.
| Women to Vote Separately.
Women will cast their votes ir
separate ballot boxes to forestall diff
culties in case of litigation over the
suffrage.
4 Socialist party nominees have beer
entered without contests. The Farmer
Labor party does not figure in .thi:
primary, but goes on the ballot iI
4 November by petition. The same /:
4 the case with the State Prohibitio,
Iparty.
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