Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-04-24
ALL Of ILLINOIS
So DELE GATES TO
SUPPER 7 L0WDEN.
CHICAGO CITY HALL MEN AND
ONE PLEDGED TO HIRAM JOHN
SON ARE LINED Up BEHIND
GOVERNOR IN PRE- SiDENTIAL
RACE

Chicago. April 2 i-GoVernor l.owdeu
IL to have the liftyeght votes from
Illinois ON the FIRST ballot and as long
as the solid dele cation strength can
help him at the national convention
This goes for the delegates from
Chicago that are controlled by the
city hall organic alton, and for the
single delegate who has announced
himself for Hiram Johns on The ar.
rangement, II arrangement were nee
cSsary. became known Il st night.
Detnate assurance was conveyed to
Gov. Lowden perS onally that the reg
ular party organ iZatoins in Chicago.
as represented by the new Thompson
Lundn control, Will not in any way
campaign for the pre- sidency and
stands ready to go through with him
as the Illinois candidate.
johnson WAVES Rights
Word came from Senator Johnson
also that he prefers that the Tenth
district delegate. edgar Cook, elected
as unpleadged, stand with the rest of
den candidacy
This Information reached Chicago
coincident with the return Of Gov
LOwden from Washington and it is
now the forecast that the state con
vention at Spring field viii be entire
~ harmonious and with out any de
gree OF friction when the state and
county primary cainplins open ~.
The state conv cntion, accor' Rlg to
the latest urdcrSt tending, preNcated
upon an exchange VI views between
GOV. I.OWdcn'8 ma ndgerS and The new
organization in Cook county, viii not
have a batll even over the platform.
The eight delegates at large ne To be
selected without trouble. il is beliey'
ed. aud the choice for national com.
mi,teeman will be a matter that Is TO
be entirely up to he delegation As a
whole
May Delay Action
1t il now prob,i bile th2t the preye'
dent of four years ago viii be follow
ed and that committee on resolu
tons will be nam ed at Springfield on
May 10 that viii not report on that
form to be adopt ed at an adjourned
session Of the sta be Invention to be
held following the September primaTr
les. at which the candidates for GOV
ernor and other state officers Will be
naminated and of course, alter the
presidential ticket shall nave been
named 1t il don btluI that the Cook
county convention Monday will adopt
a platform that deals with more than
county issues
Agreement has been reached sub
stantially that Ma yor Thompson. Sen
ator Medill Mccormick, and Corpora.
ton Counsel EtelSon viii be three OF
the big eight from Chicago, The
fourth may be q wOmon, and it may be
either Mrs FLEET cher Bobyna or it |
might be Mrs Frederick W. Upham
Lowden Not Delegate
Senator Sherma II, Congressman Ro- |
denberg, and quitt pro badly state |
Chairman Frank l.. Smith VIII be
three of the d0wnState members OF the
at large. Gov. LOWden viii |
not be one OF the delega ties at large |
and there is every indication that Sec
chairman OF Gov l.owdsn' s campaign |
committee. will be unanm Ously agreed |
to as the govern Ors personal repre-
sentative on The Big Eight,
At present writing the only busi-
ness that will be handed by the state
contention will be to elect the eight
delegates at large. instruct them tor
Lowden, and turn the convention into
a Lowden rally Nominations for uni
versity trustees and the writing OF the
state platform viii be postponed un-
til late in September
Gov Lovrden and Mrs. LoWden de
parted for Spring fl ED last night. Gov.
I.owden was suffering from a severe
cold and was compelled to cancel a
speaking engagement a; South Bend,
Ind.