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State Bureau OF Criminal Identifica-
ton and Investigation. the State police
radio system, minimum salaries for po-
lice and firemen and for a more eff
cient State relief The campaign leaf
let giving his record naively says his
record stamps him as friend OF labor,
agriculture and education" Why over
look the cops" and the firemen?
The senatorial race is a battle Of
younger men-for Scott Lucas is only
46 years old. When it became appar-
ent that neither Gov Horner and his
group, nor Mayor Kelly of Chicago
and Patrick Nash, the Democratic
National Committeeman, would stand
for the denomination Of Senator Die
terich-although Dieterich had gone
right down the line for the Presidents
court bill-Dieterich was given the
gate. He withdrew his candidacy.
Ensued a knock-down. drag-out fight
between Horner and the Kelly-Nash
machine for the senatorial nomina-
ton, and Horner, backing Lucas. won
out.
Opposed Roosevelt Measures.
Lucas halls from down State
the goth Congressional District, which
he has represented for two terms in
the House. When last year President
Roosevelt sprang his bill for an in
crease in the membership of the Su-
preme Court on an unsuSpecting Con-
gress. Lucas came out strongly against
the measure. He made a speech in the
House denouncing the plan. Nor did
he like the Presidents reorganization
bill, nevertheless Lucas is running now
as 100 per cent New Dealer. Since
the primary, at the strong insistence
Of the Democratic national organiza-
ton, headed by Chairman James A.
Farley. Gov Horner and the Kelly
Nash combination have made peace.
This renewal of relations by the
heads of the Democratic factions has
given Mr.. Lyons an opportunity to
jeer. We should be thankful for the
newly cemented brotherhood between
Gov. Horner and Mayor Kelly" he
tells his audiences, referring to Demo-
cratic convention at Springfield whefe
the hatchet was buried, outwardly at
least. "As circus they outdid Barnum
and Bailey. They flew through hot
air with the greatest of ease, on the
Presidents coat tails like flying ira
peze. They proudly labeled their slate
the Kelly-Horner ticket and several
thousand payrollers pulled their hands
out of the public till long enough to
applaud.
Sees Fly in Ointment
THE only things that marred their
love feast" Mr. Lyons continues. were
the absence of States Attorney Thomas
]. Courtney, who was too busy destroy
ing gambling devices with an ak, and
telegram from District Attorney
Michael Igoe. regretting his inability
to attend because Of the Federal
grand jury investigating the Horner
pay rolls and State contracts
This is rather rough handling OF
the Democratic leaders by the impetu-
GUS Mr. Lyons. but it seems to get
across to the crowds. Courtney, the
States attorney in Chicago, is another
of Gov. Horner's pets. He has been
hammering away at the poolrooms
and other rackets in Chicago-much
to the disgust. 1t is said, of Mayor
Kelly and his organization leaders
Courtney may become Gov. Horner's
candidate for Mayor of the city next
year-or again he may be groomed for
Governor in 1910.
States Attorney Courtney has taken
his gambling raids seriously. Since he