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_,. ——— i ya a —— ae law, are laying siege to the people's legiz- Seture in Dlinois. The gangsters aspire to fiv geats in the house and two in the senate. i, khe voters do not arouse themselves and their, $ndifferent @ificials to the danger, Capone,’ now doing time in Atlanta, will be dictating ‘orders to his representatives in the next gen- ‘eral assembly at Springfield. That is the mhockingly revealing and amazingly instruc- give story being toid by Warren Phinney in, The Daily News. = | Night-prowling hoodlums thrust a gun in, the ribs of a legislator and demanded } withdrawal from the primary race last April. [When he nervily refused, they threatened to kidnap hig daughter, and by that dastardly : threat forced his surrender. James Adduci, , hoodlum, got the nomination by 6,000 major- ity on the face of the returns. The nomina- (ast iz equivalent to election. Ip the Z7th fasstct, hired hoodlums virtually ran the pri- , mary. Joseph N. DeGrazio, residence un-[ i known, but for a few weeks before the vot-; ing a lodger in a cheap hotel in the district, ? Was declared nominated by almost 1,000 ma- jiorty. In three precincts, with four oppo- nents, one of whom was Representative A. O. Galvin, the sitting member, DeGrazio got! every vote on the poll lists and three more.; dHose are high spots in the story thus far. Let citizens remember that such things do not happen by chance or in the lawful! scourse of politics, There are laws which, ‘faithfully enforced, would make them impos- ‘gible. Gangland is running roughshod over ‘the board of election commissioners and po- lice. It is corruptiy and by terrorism control- ling election officials. It is even hoodwink- ing so eminently respectable a body as the state canvassing board, on which sit Gov. Horner, Secretary of State Hughes and State Auditor Barrett. That tryimvirate, appealed to on the basis of DeGrlzio’s dubious resi- dential status, stood on technicalities and de- ‘elined to disallow his candidacy, . Mr. Galvin is contesting DeGrazio’ ‘3 nom~ dination. The case comes to hearing before Judge Friend tomorrow. Mr. Phinney's story continue. No citizen should neglect to ee ee ae ema a meee a 322 AST — | aS , by tesrorism, eee aan ‘eer * -, rr | c- t - Bt 7 :