Deneen Wins Republican Nomination in Illinois Primary
Governor Charles S. Deneen captures the Republican nomination over Richard Yates with Adlai E. Stevenson winning the Democratic gubernatorial nod. Early returns show Stevenson dominating the downstate vote while Deneen carried Chicago and downstate counties. Oglesby leads for Lieutenant Governorوسط Smith closely follows. Yates’s faction remains active though diminished. Returns come in slowly with officials cautious about complete results.
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Charles S. Deneen
Richard Yates
Chicago
Charles
Deneen
Adlai E. Stevenson
Cook
James Hamilton Lewis
John P. McGoorty
Lewis
Douglas Pattison
Cook County
John B. W. Wayman
United Societies
John J. Healy
William E. Dever
Jacob J. Kern
Kern
Stevenson
Adlai E, Stevenson
Bloomington
McGoorty and Lewis
Nominated Candidates At Primaries By Party
A list of GOP Democratic Prohibition and Socialist nominees shows Governor and United States Senate candidates such as Charles 8 Deneen Albert J Hopkins Eugene W Chafin Adlai E Stevenson and James H Brower across offices including Lieutenant Governor Secretary of State Treasurer Attorney General Clerk of the Supreme Court and party labels with no clear election outcome. The document records multiple names for each office reflecting a crowded primary slate and party competition.
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Charles
Deneen
United States
Albert J. Hopkins
John J. Oglesby
James A. Rose
James
M'Cullough
Andrew Russel
William H. Stead
Supreme Court
Christopher Mamer
Prohibition
Eugene W. Chafin
William A. Brubaker
H. A. Dubois
Louis F. Gumbart
Spaulding
Regan
B. F. Cloud
Democratic
Adlai E. Stevenson
Lawrence B Stringer
Elmer A. Perry
Xelpho F. Beidler
Ralph Jeffries
John B. Mount
Ross C. Hall
John L. Pickering
James H. Brower
John Couns
Frank J. Hayes
Robert H. Rowe
William Bross Lloyd
Marcus H. Taft
W. E. Rodriguez
New Fight for Toga Hopkins Foss and Mason
Springfield correspondence reports a stubborn senatorial struggle in a Republican stronghold. Hopkins Foss and Mason lead in state results with no clear majority, shifting the fight to the Legislature where joint ballot control by Republicans is likely. The three begin a second campaign as the era’s most dramatic deadlock nears.
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Hopkins
Foss
Mason
Springfield
Athels
Albert G. Hopkins
George Edmund Foss
William 8. Mason
Mr. Mason
General Assembly
State central committee lists and primary reform note
State central committee members for Republicans and Democrats are listed with names across districts 1 through 25. A plan check on voting cites the primary law defect of cross ticket voting and recommends partisan registration 30 days before primaries. Governor Deneen and General Scott will distribute the $124000 approved for Illinois veterans. No contest.
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Nebraska
Deneen
Scott
Downstate Vote Gives Deneen 60 Downstate Counties Majority
Downstate returns show Governor Deneen with a 5416 statewide majority outside Cook and 60 of 101 downstate counties. County tallies list Deneen carrying 60 counties and Yates 41, with varied margins such as Macon 816, St. Clair 600, and Rock Island 2500, totaling 24253 for Deneen and 18837 for his opponent.
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Springfield
Downstate
Deneen
Cook
Yates
Mate Paras
Pia
Adams
Logan
Alex'der
Macon
Bond
Macoupin
Boone
Madigon
Brown
Marion
Bureau
Marshall
Calhoun
Garrell
Massac
McDough
Mettenry
Eves
McLean
Menard
Mercer
Monroe
Mont'g'ry
Morgaln
Ogle
Pearti Perry Piatt
Pope Pulaski
Putnam
Randolph
Richland
Lang'mon Schuyler
Steph
Tazewell
Union
Wabash Ersey
Warren
Jo Dav's
Wash'ton
Johnson
Wayne
Kane
White
Whiteside Kendall
Knox
Will'son
Win'bago
Woodford
Iiv'ston
General Scott Receives Official Spanish American War Troop List
Adrian Size delivers to Adjutant General Scott the federal report listing names addresses and amounts owed to Spanish War troops. The document from Washington confirms the official roster and payment details for veterans.
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Scott
Washington
Adrian Size
Adjutant General
Illinois Congressmen to Return as Primary Returns Favor Incumbents
Unchanged Illinois delegation expected in the Sixty-first Congress if November results mirror primary wins. The list shows incumbents from both parties renominated in districts 1 through 18, with names including Madden Donahoe Crowley McDermott Sabath Lorimer Wood Buchanan Klycki Gallagher Boutell Foss Snapp Fuller Lowden McKinney Prince Graff Hill Sterling Schneider and others.
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Illinois
Sixty-first Congress
United States
Republi
Cans
Congress
Dist
Republican Democrat
Martin B.,madden
M. L. Mandable
James R. Mann
John T. Donahoe
W. W. Wilson
Fred J. Crowley
Charles
Wharton
J. T. McDermott
Anthony Michalek
A. J. Sabath
William Lorimer
Frank C. Wood
Fred Lundin
Frank Buchanan
Philip M. Klycki
T. J. Gallagher
Henry
Boutell
C. C. Stillwell
George E. Foss
Western Starr
Howard M. Snapp
Coll McNaughton
C. BE. Fuller
M. N. Armstrong
Frank O. Lowden
W. C. Green
James McKinney
M. J. McEarry
George W. Prince
W. G. Lancaster
Joseph V. Graff
Emes W. Hill
John A. Sterling
Stevenson Praised as Strong Illinois Governor Candidate
Lincoln correspondence notes William Jennings Bryan endorses Adlai E. Stevenson for Illinois governor. Bryan, not voting in intra party contests, says Stevenson’s qualifications surpass others and would aid the national ticket amid Republican dissension.
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Mya Stevenson
Lincoln
Neb
Adlai IE. Stevenson
Bryan
Illinois
Stevenson
Silino
Rioting and Lynching Foiled in Illinois Capital
Violent mobs wreck stores and burn black houses after an attempted lynching in Springfield. Two killed, nearly 100 wounded as militia and state troops restore order amid arson and gunfire. The trigger was a black man accused of attacking Mrs Hallam, with prior tensions rising after the Ballard murder.
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Black Belt
Springfield
Decatur
Jacksonville
Bloomington
Peoria
Parl Hallam
A. Ballard
Ballard
George Richardson
Asaault
Hallam
Joseph James
Richardson
Charles Werner
Harry T. Loper
Fair Grounds
Loper
Lopez
Reece
Louis Johnson
Tie
Eugene W. Chatin
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Oglesby
John G. Oglesby
Frank J. Smith
Smith
Edgar T. Davis
Lorimer
Speaker Shurtleff
United States Senate
Charles 8
Toga
Mark L. Sullivan
Jos. A. Painter
Eugene W. Sullivan
James G. Doyle
Jas
Rt. Cowley
William Hogan
C. F. Buck
George A. Cooke
C. Bi. Snively
H. N. Wheeler
G. de F. Kinney
Edward D. McCabe
Frank L. Smith
Louis Fitz Henry
Len Small
Harry Moss
C. G. Eckhart
Isaac B. Craig
Homer J. Tice
Wm. N. Hairgrove
Troln A. Wheeler
Ernest Hoover
Harry A. Marsh
Chas. Boeschenstein
L. N. Emerson
J. J. Baker
Erwin
Arthur W. Charles
W. R. Mackenzie
Cantrell
Joseph G. Cannon
Henry C. Bell
W. B. McKinley
C. Grady
James Danskin
Henry T. Rainey
H. Clay Wilson
J. M. Graham
W. A. Rodenberg
Charles A. Karch
F.S. Dickson
Martin D. Foster
P. T. Chapman
J. Q. A. Ledbetter
N. B. Thistlewood
R. Spillman
Diate Svensson
Ito
Ea Hamilton Lows
Chard Yates
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