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Illinois Gears Up For 1914 United States Senate Fight
Illinois braces for next year’s U S Senate election under the Seventeenth Amendment as parties name candidates. Democrats, Republicans, and Progressives surface in talks with figures like Rainey, Hopkins, Deneen, Madden, Sullivan, Revell, and McCormick. A White House meeting with Sullivan prompts discussion of patronage and Wilson alignment. Mayor Harrison blasts city streetcar service as inhumane and urges home rule for utilities, while forest preserve bills await public referenda and bond votes.
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United States
Gherman
Illinois
Charles Boeschenstein
Henry T. Rainey
Millard Fillmore Dunlap
Albert J. Hopkins
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Charles 8. Deneen
Martin B. Madden
Homer Tice
Joseph G. Cannon
Len Small
Richard Yates
Alexander H. Revell
Medill McCormick
Roger C. Sullivan
Wilson
White House
Washington Dispatch
Sullivan
Baltimore
Mr. Sullivan
Murphy
New York
Taggart
Indiana
Harrison
Chicago