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The Columbian
Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pennsylvania
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On Jan. 14 in Springfield, Ill., U.S. Senator Mason withdraws from his re-election bid, admitting impossibility. Rep. Church of Chicago ends push for a Chicago successor. Congressman A.J. Hopkins of Aurora likely to be chosen unopposed.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Jan. 14.—United States Senator Mason has formally announced his withdrawal from the contest to be his own successor, admitting the impossibility of his re-election. Representative Church of Chicago, the father of the movement to elect a Chicago man to succeed Senator Mason, has also lost all hope of succeeding in the undertaking and in a public statement abandoned further efforts. Congressman A. J. Hopkins of Aurora probably will be chosen without opposition.
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Springfield, Ill.
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Jan. 14.
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mason withdraws from re-election contest; church abandons efforts to elect a chicago man; hopkins probably will be chosen without opposition.
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United States Senator Mason formally announced his withdrawal from the contest to be his own successor, admitting the impossibility of his re-election. Representative Church of Chicago, the father of the movement to elect a Chicago man to succeed Senator Mason, has also lost all hope of succeeding in the undertaking and in a public statement abandoned further efforts. Congressman A. J. Hopkins of Aurora probably will be chosen without opposition.