Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-29

and less to his attempt to build up a
personal machine, he would undoubt-
eddy have had a more complete grasp
of affairs at Springfield. AS il was he
was mere nOnentity. His forces were
without organization or leadership
While the state had gone to Hearst, it
was not through Dunlap's influence
that the convention gave instructions.
The plain truth of the matter was that
had it not been for one of the very
men at whom Dunlap is venting his
spleen now there would have been no
resolution before the convention for
Hearst, much less roll call on the
subject in which the delegates were
most interested. i he Argus has al
ready told of how Mr. Cable in carry
ing out his good faith with the DEM
Ocracy of Rock Island county secured
both the resolution for Hearst that.
came from the committee on resolu-
tions. and then the roll call of the con
vention on the action bearing upon the
question of instructions. And yet Mr.
Dunlap now seeks to put aside the
action of the convention so far as Mr.
Cable is concerned. simply because
the latter win not give up his political
soul to him. Regardless of Mr.
Cables personal preferences he has
acted under the instructions of
his own county, and has gone further
70 see that those instructions were car
ried into effect than most any other
man would have done under the cir,
cumstances, and he will go as far as
the other delegates from Illinois will
go at st. Louisiana he will not be
owned by Dunlap either.
AS a matter of fact Mr. Dunlap's
present undertaking is prepOsterous.
not only because the authority no
more exists to change what the con
yentiOn has done in the matter OF
delegates, than it does to reScind the in
structions on the same, but because
the democratic party is not seeking
TO drive away from it men prominent
in the ranks merely because they may
have convictions OF their own. 4 pro
ceeding that would put into effect what
Mr.. Dunlap now proposes would be
one hundred fold more high handed
than what he charges to the state cen
trail committee at Springfield. in the
disposition of cases where there were
contrasting delegations. There is no
contest on from Illinois. But one con
vention was held, and Mr. Dunlap
had not the influence, despite the ad-
vantage that he should have had TO
either control that convention
or TO lead a boiling one at any
time during the day. And nOtwith-
standing that the convention was com
posed largely of Hearst delegates, Dun
lap in his zeal to build up ont of the
Hearst enthusiasm political organiZa-
ton of his own. neglected the ordinary
rudimentS for the control of the ma
jority in the face of any obstacle that
might have arisen. And so hopelessly
was he bewildered that but for the.
work of Mr.. Cable the delegates
would not have had opportunity to
vote for the resolution that 10 them
was of paramount Importance.
Ii Rock Island county is any cri-
teriOn of how the state was carried for
Hearst, Dunlap has as little influence
as any man in the state. He had
nothing TO do either with the carry
ing of this county or the selection of
the delegates. He was told at the out
set that the democracy of Rock Island
county knew what it proposed to do.
and it would do it without aid or in
fiuencc from outside. Shortly before
the convention met Mr.. Dunlap was
advised that he might write the reso-
luton of instruction for Hearst, and
this he did. This privilege was eX-
tended as matter of courtesy, not be
cause the county felt that it owed
anything to Dunlap, and he admitted
afterwards that Rock Island county
was one of those in the state in which
he did not expend a cent of money or
an ounce of energy.
And yet Mr.. Dunlap seems to have
failed to grasp the idea that because
Rock Island county was for Hearst it
was not necessarily for Dunlap or
against Cable. This is what is both
ering him.