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Show PRIMARY FIGHT ON WILMS Roger C. Sullivan and L. B. Stringer Contesting for Nomination Nom-ination for U. S. Senator. Joseph G. Cannon Making Fight of His Life in Eighteenth Eigh-teenth District. Chicago, Sept. 9- Interest In the Illinois primaiy today (entered in the contest between Roger f Sullivan ot ( hicagO and L. B. Stringer of Lin-i Lin-i oln. for the Democratic nomination for United States senator Reports from nine congressional districts, principally In thjB northern section of the State, favored Sullivan The weather was generally fair and the rural vote was light. Stringer's friends took heart because be-cause reports from some central and southern districts, regarded as pivot-a', pivot-a', indicated that the race was close or that Stringer was leading Few women in the down state dis-tri( dis-tri( ts voted, though there was a I air representation of the newly enfranchised enfran-chised voters in Chicago Danville. Ill , Sept. 9 Joseph G Cannon, former speaker of the national na-tional house of representatives, today is making the fight ot his life tor the Republican nomination for congress from the Fl-hteenth Illinois district He is opposed by Dr. Blmer B. Cool-It Cool-It a wealthy physician, also of Danville. |