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Show CANNON'S PULL I NOTjpUT I Speaker of House Is Renomi-nated, Renomi-nated, hut by Reduced Plurality. REGULARS APPARENTLY H IN THE MAJORITY H Figures Indicate That Lee H 0'NeiI Browne Has Been H Renominated. CHICAGO, Sept. 1$ (I a. m.). At this hour the indications aro that Congress- man George IS. Foss, after many ycara JH In congress, during which he has be- jH come a strong member of the Republican JH organization, may be defeated by George jH P. Englchard. progressive. Returns from jH 101 precincts out of 117 in the Tenth district give ISnglehard S132 against C7S6 WM for Toss. James R, Mann, an outspoken Cannon man, met stout resistance from I1I3 op-ponent op-ponent in the Second district. Returns were meager, but the first few precincts showed a close race. The Democrats who made William Lorlmer's election to the senate possible IH were In nearly every Instance TenomI-nated. TenomI-nated. The stand-patters and progrea-slves progrea-slves spilt even in the Eleventh and Thirteenth districts. John C. McKcnxle. a progressive, was nominated in the 11 Thirteenth by the Republicans, while in Hl the Eleventh George W. Conn, Jr., who SH opposed a progressive, was nominated. 91 Speaker Cannon carried every county 11 in hllstrict. Two years ago the speak- Nl or was unopposed, so a comparison of IH his plurality today with tho figures at ffll the previous election are valueless. Dl Vote in Chicago Light. il The vote cast in the congressional dls- 01 trlcts in Cook county (Chicago) was re- MH markubly light, not more than a quarter IH of tho vote on the registration books. Ul The down-state vole was much heavier CH Karly returns indicated the renomi- KH nation of Lee O'Nell Browne lo the stato SH house of representatives and also that of lH 15. G. Shurtleff, Republican, and speaker IB of the house, against whom a deter- mined factional fight has been waged. iH Browne was recently acquitted of a charge of having bribed. a state represen-tative represen-tative to vote for William Lorimcr for ' JM United States senator. JH Early returns also Indicated the noml-nation noml-nation of Ira G. Copley by the Republl- cans of the Eleventh congressional dla- aH trlot over George W. Conn, .Jr. This. ifll however, is not conceded bv friends of iH Conn, who claim the district by about lH a00 as against Copley's claim of 1000 ITH plurality.. The fight in this district has 11 been one of the fiercest of the state. iH Conn Is said lo haye been backed by the lH standpat element, while his opponent de- fH dared himself an out-and-out progrcs- sivc. 9RH James R. Mann was renominated In thu 11 Second district m Tho latest returns show that Colonel vH Ira G Copley has overcome a largo load H held by George Conn, Jr., and may win SiH tho nomination, 1 George E. Foss, Republican incumbent, 3 lost lo GcorgeK. Rnglehard, progressive, 11 In Cook county, but is said to have been X tM saved by a heavy vote In Jakc county. h Easy for Soma Candidates. For state superintendent of public In- ifl slructlOn, Francis G. Blair, Republican, Wl had no opposition and was renominated, IH while the Democrats nominated Conrad till M. Bardweil. Alphu 1C Hartley was liM nominated for state treasurer by the iHI Democrats. There were two Republican II candidates for the position. lOH In a number of congressional districts HH outside Cook county there were no con- tests among Republicans and Demo- ffiil cm Us und the following were nominated Sfl without opposition: HUH Twelfth district, Charles E. Fuller Dll (R.) ; Thirteenth district, llenrv Dixon 0 ! (D.;; Fourteenth district. "Jumes Me- 5 11 Klnueny (R.); Fifteenth district, Albert E. Uergland (D.), 'George W. Prlnco ftlH (H.); Sixteenth district. Claude W. WM Stone (D.), Joseph V Graff (R.); Sev- lil entecnth district, Louis Fltzhenry (D.), J LH John A. Sterling (R.) , Eighteenth dis- f fl trict. WUllum L. Cundlff (D.): Nine- t 11 tcenth district. 'William B. McKinlcy CUH (R.); Twentieth district. "Henry T. ftlH Rniney (D.), James II. Dansklm (R.)j IH Twemy-llrst district, "James H. Graham SH ID.). IT. Clay Wilson (R.): Twenty-sec- iH ond district, Bruce A. Campbell (D.), nH "William A. Rodenberg (R.): Twenty- fM third district. Martin D. Foster (D.). fl J. U Loy UU: Twenty-fourth district. IH "Hleasaul I.. Chapman (R.); Twenty- tM fifth district. William D. Lyerlo (D.), iH 'Niipolcou B. Thlstlo (R.). MM Renominated. Hl VOTE IS INDICATIVE H OF LACK OF INTEREST H DANWILLE. III.. ScpL 15. Two years il ago Speaker Joseph G. Cannon, who was MH renominated today as representative iH from the Eighteenth Illinois cougrcs- sionnl district carried Vermillion county fll by a plurality of jitlGR. Incomplete re- jH turns from this county today indicate that Mr. Cannon's plurality will be about ;;250. Twenty-one out of seventy-two jH precincts in Vermillion county gave Can- IH uon 1-3S und II. B. Downs, his opponent, IH Meager returns from other counties in lil the district Indicate about the samo fall- ll Ing off. The vote was very light. fH LORIMER DEMOCRATS jjjH IN CONTROL OF PARTY CHICAGO. Sept. 15. The so-culled 11 Lorlmer Democrats won In large num- il hers nt today's prlmiirJes. Three of (he dH four lawmakers now under indictment on Sll charges connected with tho election of llH Mr. Lorlmer '.voro elected. MH "The pumpkin" system Is said to bo HH largely accountable for this result. By IffH this system, where there wero three can- HH didntes two candidates might be Ignored lll and the entire trio of votes cast for one. IttH Representatives of reform forces declared Efl th( outlook Is not ho dismal from their Al viewpoint as mlicht at first appear. Thcy Hl said that cniui;h scats had been won to 1 Indicate that the next house would be il under different control from that which tH ruled when Lorlmer was sent to tho sen- HH I Anions those renominated was Lee ll O'N'oll Browne, the Democratic minority fil leader recently acquitted In Conk c.oun- tH ty of chnrges of bribing a legislator to vote for Mr. Lorlmer. but against whom lH there Is another indictment nt Spring- BH Hold. Senator John Brodcrlck, also In- HH dieted on a charge of bribery nt Spring- Hl Held, was renominated. Similar honor WM was given Robert E. Wilson, who Is charged with perjury In connection with Hl tho alleged St. Louis Jackpot. Joseph HH S. Clark, another of the representatives Continued on Pace Tbirtoea. ttH CANNON PULL NOT SO GREAT Continued from Pagfe One. Indicted at the otato capital, apparently waa defeated. SHAFEOTH SLATE GOES THROUGH IN COLORADO DENVER. Colo.. Sept. 15. Adherents of Governor John .F. Shafroth, who last night secured ills renomlnation in the Democratic slate convention hero by the scant official plurality of 27 votes, today to-day finished their work by bringing about the nomination of practically the entire Shafroth slate. The big Denver delegation, delega-tion, with 2S1 votes out of 1100. was unable un-able to stem the Shafroth tide except late tonight, when it assisted in selecting Alexander Davidson of Sallda county as candidate for state railway commissioner. commis-sioner. Every other candidate supported by the Denver men was defeated. Opposition among the women of Denver Den-ver county to the renomlnation of Mrs. Kathorlne M. Cook as state superintendent superintend-ent of public Instruction also went amiss, Mrs. Cook receiving a practical total vote, while another plan of the women, to nominate a woman for secretary secre-tary of state, failed even more disastrously. disas-trously. Nominations made today are: For lieutenant governor Stephen B. Fitzgerald (renominated). For secretary of state James B. Pearco (renominated). For treasurer Roady Kenehan. For auditor M. A. Leddy. For railroad commissioner Alexander Davidson. For superintendent of public instruction instruc-tion Mrs. Katherlne M. Cook (renominated). (renomi-nated). Regents state university John T. Bothen, Denver, and George W. Teal, Boulder. A bombshell was exploded in the convention con-vention when a motion was made to adopt the report of the resolutions com-mlttcee com-mlttcee as a final act of the convention. Hundreds of delegates had left the hall believing all was over, and the few remaining re-maining were awakened from a lethargy brought on by formal proceedings incident inci-dent to the close of a state convention. John T. Bottom, a member of tho Denver contingent, to which the steamroller steam-roller had been applied by the Shafroth delegates throughout, offered a substitute substi-tute for the resolution committee report. A long wrangle followed, which gave time for the summoning of delegations that had left tho hall, and when a sufficient suf-ficient number had returned to their seats the substitute was voted down, 279 of the 2S4 Denver votes being all that were caul In favor of its adoption. Denver then made an attempt to have the portion demanding a headless ballot bal-lot stricken from the committee report, but lost. The committee report was then adopted and at 11:30 p. m. the convention conven-tion adjourned sine die, |