Bryan in Peril Over Prohibition Clash in Illinois
A century old clash over Prohibition unfolds as William J. Bryan faces political backlash in Illinois. Reports note his drive for nationwide Prohibition while critics and allies debate party lines, with Chicago saloon debates and ward primary battles shaping the state’s dry landscape. The piece highlights Bryan's influence in Jacksonville, Illinois, and the broader Democratic and Republican intra-party tensions around Sullivan, Hearst, and Harrison factions.
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William J. Bryan
Washington, D. C
Wilson
White House
Illinois
Bryan
Roger C. Sullivan
Chicago
Nebraska
A. J. Sabath
Sullivan
Congressman Sabath
Senate
Democrats
Chicago Aldermanic Primaries Face Monumental Battle Across Wards
Chicago voters head to polling places next Tuesday to nominate aldermen in every ward. Across the city factions clash as Sullivan Hearst Harrison and Dunne groups back rival candidates in twenty wards while Republicans feature limited races. Multiple women seek nominations and a discussion on voting machines weighs on the political stage.
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Chicago
John J. Coughlin
John A. Richert
James B. Bowler
Frank McDermott
Melville G. Holding
Ernest
Miss Drake
Kenna- Coughlin Democrats
Sara Hopkins
Sullivan Democrats
Thomas T. Hoyne
Hearst-Harrison
Marie Gerhardt
Paul Gerhardt
Gerhardt
A. D. Wiener
Joseph Hopp
Julia Agnew
Josephine C. Kaneko
Lida E. McDermut
Maude J. Ball
Owens
Bureau of Public Efficiency
Board of Election Commissioners
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Authors’ League of America
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Prohibition Party
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W. J. Bryan
Sikes
Carlo
Windy Frank
John
Duff
Hubbard
Rainey
Roger Sullivan
Wind Trust
Jacksonville
Prairie State
Seventh Ward
John N. Kimball
Charles B. Merriam
David F. Matchett
Mr. Merriam
Matchett
Mary
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Progressive Party
Sikes-Comerford
Coliseum
Comerford
Vrooman
White
Piercy
Daily News
Carlo Vrooman
Boy Wonder
Single Tax White
Book Trust Piercy
Mileage
Brewer & Malster
Maclay Hoyne
Prohibition
Edward Tilden
Albert J. Hopkins
United States Senate
M. Cross
William J. Healy
George Pretzel
Charles Martin
Thomas A. Doyle
Kunz-Sullivan
John Szymbowski
John Czekula
Walkowiak
Stanley Adamkiewicz
Manny” Abrahams
Hugo Pitte
Morris Abrahams
Henry L. Fick
Matt Franz
Dennis J. Egan
John W. Sutton
James A. Quinn
W. F. Schofield
John F
N. G. Fry
Thomas J. Lynch
James Donahoe
Hugh Norris
William R. Cowan
Jacob Freund
Edward C. Racey
Illinois Athletic Club
Mr. Racey
John F. Stewart
Isaac N. Powell
B. W. Snow
Stahl
Harry Swan
Charles J. Lucas
Harry W. Meneley
Daniel A. Campbell
Lucas
George E. Daveny
Marion H. Drake
Karl N. Wehle
Barratt O'Hara
U. S
Florence J. Wilson
Twenty-first Ward
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