Illinois Union Labor Ticket

Decatur, Hls., April 2ü. - The Union La bor party of Illinois held its first state conventiou here Thursday. The platform declares that the ballot is the only means to get bad laws off the statute books. It favors taxation of mortgage holdei-s, popular election of senators and other officers, state ownership of transportation systetns, and a graduated income tax. It demands that the employment of arined men by private persons shall be prohibited, and favors the próhibition of the liquoi' traffic. Willis W. Jones, of Camargo, was nominated f or governor; Charles Dixon, of Chicago, lieutenant governor; Bert Stewart, of Decatur, seirolary of state; George W. Collings, of Evanstou, auditor. The convention was a very noisy one, cbiefly because the Democi'atic element failed in its efïorLs to nomínate A. J. Bell for governor. Col. S F. Norton, one of the Independent straight party men, led the fight against Bell and Unocked bim out. Senator Rohrbach, Ling, Riley and Detwicler, of Chicago, raised a great row about the slate after the ballot was taken, and all bolted the convention.