Judge Henry Horner of the Probate Court of Illinois where he is serving his fifth consecutive term, was elected Governor of the State of Illinois by a plurality of 550,000 over his Republican opponent, former Gov. Small following an acrimonious campaign in which the anti-Semitic issue was frequently injected by his opponents.
Congressman A. J. Sabath, Democrat, was re-elected to the House of Representatives.
The Judge is a native son of Illinois, being the member of a pioneer family. He was born in Chicago 53 years ago and was admitted to the bar in 1899. He has been active in public affairs ever since the turn of the century.
The unique distinction of being in an elective office— judge of the Probate Court of Cook County, in which office he is serving his fifth consecutive term— and never having the breath of scandal connected with his administration of that post is Judge Horner’s. The Probate Court of Cook County is the largest in the world directed by one man. In the seventeen years that he has headed this judicial post, and it is a $200,000,000 a year business, he has created methods of administration, which have been emulated throughout the nation. Under his administration, the court has returned a profit of $100,000 annually over and above running expenses.
During the years of his public service. Judge Horner has won an enviable record for wisdom and fairness as a judge, for patriotism and practical idealism as a citizen, for executive ability as a public servant and for humanitarianism in public and private relations. He is a progressive throughout, but his social philosophy and view-point is a practical one. In the time he
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