The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-07
s1ARGE MAJORITY OF DELEGATES
BETWEEN The AGES OF
THiRTY AND FORTY
.pENEEN STRONG WITH THIS EIE-
MENT-LiBERAL REPRE-
SENTATfOM.lN ILLINOIS,
.HERE BENG ONE DELEGATE
FOR EVERY 400 VOTERS.
~ MASTER STROKE BY
YATES.

YATES.
81. SPRINGFIELD, III, June c.-The
RepubIican State convention, "hicn
$50 satisfactorily ended its protracteo.
Iabors on Friday. was a gathering re-
markably interesting to the outsider
from another State, perhaps especlal-
nv so to a PENNSYLVANIA. It's SIZE
the crowds of spectators, among them
hundreds Of women, many of whom at
{ tended every session, and the scenes
attendant upon SO bitter struggle,
were as Interesting to the visitor
Has the contest itself was to Illinois
people.
s$S& Illinois. and perhaps no other State,
had never known such a convention
battle. Nothing in the history of the
State ever evoked such deep and gen
seral interest, except the famous joint
debates between Abraham Lincoln
and Stephen A. Douglas in 1888, and
the memorable Senatorial deadlock in
the Legislature of 1855, when, after
a fight lasting from January to May.
John A. Logan was reelected to the
Senate by. bare majority and that
only. obtained by the death of Demo-
cratic member during the session,
the Republicans being ofrtunate
enough to elect his successor.
The recent State convention con-
sisted of 1902 delegates, being more
than half as large again as Repub-
Iican National convention. and con-
tanning nearly as many representa-
ttives of the voters as have assembled
at Harrisburg at the past four Repuo-
Iican State conventions. The basis
iSr1f3 representatio in Illinois is very
Generous, being one delegate for every
400 voters On that basis the State
conventions in Pennsylvania would
contain $50 delegates, and Alleghe-
ny county alone would have IFS. Phil
adeIphia would have 334.
Few, if any, States have as limited
"a representation in their conventions
as has Pennsylvania At the recent:
Republican State convention in Wis
:.consIn there were LOGS delegates, and
IN Ohio, Indiana. Iowa and many 9TH
ser States the representation is on a
most generous scale. While it may
BE claimed that SO large gatherings
are gunwieldly, they are at least close
10 the people, and their action can
not successfully be dictated as in
smaller assem- lages. such as are
known in Pennsylvania.
The calling of the roll on the 10
ballots had at Springfield was no light
tack. There are 102 counties in the
state, and Cook county in which is
the city of Chicago, required AZ calls
wards and six commissioners
sdistricts--to record the votes of its
$40 delegates OF course its strength
was. split between Charles s. Deneen,
the nominee, and Col. +. O. Lowden,
his home opponent and sole competitor
on the last ballot, although Deneen
had a large majority, and many
wards were divided in their choice.
The same was true in very many of
the counties, some Of them splitting
their votes among all the seven can
Sdidates. The Ininorities in nearly all
sections appeared to have show,
and to express their preference.
Young Men Predominate.
The delegates were lot of fine
7ooking men, apparently thoroughly
men largely predominated. Possibly
half Of them We're not over so years
OLD, and a large majority were be-
tween that age and 40. Especially
was that the case with the Deneen
delegates from Chicago. There De
.neen had rallied the younger and
business men to his cause, and laid out
the Lorimer-Janieson organization.
Consequently many OF the old-time
machine delegates were conspicuous
s BY their absence. OF course the older
4 Readers of the party from all parts
OF the State were present, and some
were active, but on the whole the
young men were at the front and do
InG business. With the exception oil
Representative Warner all the candi-
dates for Governor we're younS men.
sDeneen is only Al, and Sherman, nom
mated for Lieutenant Governor, is %
years old. Governor Yates, elected
81 IN 1900. is only 43. OF the old regime
senator Shelby NJ. Cullom and Speak
ser y. c. Cannon, one rs and the other
6S, were about the only ones VINO
took an active part, and they went
down before the onslaughts OF the
4 Doth he1nad n or