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Show HOPIS IS THROWN Ofll OFTIE IKE No Longer Considered as Senatorial Sena-torial Possibility in the Illinois Illi-nois Deadlock. RESULT OP CONFERENCE THAT IS SECRETLY HELD Belief That Roy 0. iYcst Will Now Receive Support of tho Organization. CHICAGO, 3Iarch 31. The Tribune today prints the following news article: arti-cle: . Alborfc .T. Hopkins was practically eliminated from tho senatorial race last night by a caucus of the big Republican Re-publican chiefs of the Cook county organization, or-ganization, thoroughlj- secret, but mbro important politically than any conference confer-ence of the powers which has been held in Chicago for years. Hopkins was abandoned as a senatorial sena-torial possibility, it is believed, as a result of tho conference. A now man, one who has received no votes as yet in tho senatorial deadlock, was tentatively tenta-tively considered for tho (oga and all but- agreed upon. Thai, man is Pov 0. West. 'It is not believed tho effort'will be made to elect West this week. Represented in the secret chuclavo which broko up ,i"st beforo midnight were these Republican stars of tho first magnitude: Governor Deueen, Mayor Busse, Roy O. West, Postmaster Camp-boll, Camp-boll, Congressman Lorimer and John P. Devinc. Governor Dencrn slipped iuto Chicago Chi-cago just after dusk for tho conference. confer-ence. Congressman Lorimer had been kept here upon orders from Springfield, and ho hurried from tho conference to catch a midnight train for tho state eapitol to keep tho deadlock intact until un-til tho programme to elect West had boon explained to the down-state members mem-bers of tho legislature. |