Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1894 — GRESHAM FOR SENATOR. [ARTICLE]

GRESHAM FOR SENATOR.

The Illinois Populists Will Support Him, The Chicago Inter-Ocean, Friday,/ published the following: Secretary of State Walter Q. Gresham is said to bo a candidate of the Illinois Populists for United States Senator to succeed Senator Cullom. This news reached Chicago the same day that Secretary Gresham arrived hero. The coincidence is striking, but what is still more striking is the fact that the scheme in regard to J udge Gresh am comes from no less a Populist leader than H. E. Taubeneck, who is chairman of the National Executive Committee of the party. Chairman Taubeneck has become convinced that this, year large numbers oi Democrats will vote the Populist tick et. He has estimated that- in- Illinois this vote will not fall short of 69,000, and may go beyond lOO.COt). Should it be near his estimates, he is figuring that from one to five or six members of the Legislature may be elected in November. "These members,” ho says, “will hold the balance of power between the Republican and Democratic parties in the Legislature. Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats can elect a United States -Senator, and Judge Gresham will be entirely satisfactory to the Populists, and they can and will try to elect him. ”