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Show LAST LINCOLN PALLBEARER LOOKS TO LOWDEN TO LEAD Simeon W. King, Friend of Emancipator, Emanci-pator, Expects lllinoisan's Record to Make Him Party Choice. Simeon W. King, active in Illinois Republican politics for 70 yer.rs and the last surviving pall'. earer who ofli-ciated ofli-ciated at the funeral services for Abraham Lincoln held in Chicago, has declared his Intention of supporting Governor Frank O. Lowden for president. presi-dent. "I have voted for every Republican president since Lincoln and I expect to cast my ballot for Lowden next November." said Mr. King. "I have known Frank Lowden for thirty years, and he is just the type of man the country needs for president in this crisis of the country's history. He Is able, honest, progressive, experienced and efficient. I remember when he first came to Chtetiro as a poor young man to study law. I saw him admitted to the bar and later enter public life and rise to fame, and I feel proud of his great success. "He has proven the best governor Illinois has ever hud. and we have had some great executives iu the his-tory his-tory of the state. |