The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-06-30
ILLINOIS TRYING
TO LEAVE HEARST
%-
Although Instructed for
Him Majority Are
Against Editor
JOS. OIL ON TIE SITUATION
Hopkins is Against Hearst, but he
Allowed Instructions IN Order to
Defeat Carter Harrison and
Secure Control.
lIos. Obi, in Atlanta Constitution

(Jcs. Obi, in Atlanta ConstItutIon)
Chicago, June 28.-A strong effort
Is now being made by members Of the
Illinois delegation to the democratic
national convention to discover some
way to get from under the Hearst
Instructions adopted at Springfield.
1t is claimed that clear majority oil
the delegation is opposed to Hearst
and at the first possible opportunity
win break away from him. This re-
port has the best possible basis John
P Hopkins and Ben able, who are
two of the delegates from the state at
large, and clear majority of the dis
trict delegates are anti-ilearst men,
and they are chatting under the bands
placed upon them by the state conven-
ton at Springfield.
II is well understood. Of course, that
Hopkins. in order to secure control of
The Springfield convention and capture
the organization, made deal with
the Hearst people Once he got his
own man in for chairman and threw
out enough Of the Harrison sympathiz-
.ers to secure absolute c9A sol Of the
convention, he declued mat The Hearst
Instructions should be of the mlldest
possible character To this end his
committee reported a..milk.and- water
set of resolutionsII@6 while they
mentioned Hear1s name, were prac-
ticaIly meani2eas. These did not
however. meG the approval OF the
majority of the delegates The Har-
rison men. who had been opposed to
Hearst, saw an opportunity to hit at
Hopkins and his crowd, SO they join
ed with their late opponents and a
binding resolution directing that the
vote of Illinois be cast for Hearst so
long as that gentleman's name was be
fore the national convention as a can
didate' was adopted by an oyerwhelm-
ng vote
How Ecklea Views II.
The Hopkins men, in consequence
found themselves literally bound hand
and foot They have ever since been
engaged in the pleasing occupation Of
attempting to devise ways and means
to break through these instructions.
Former Comptroller of the Currency
James H. Eckles. who was selected as
one Of the delegates from his old dis
tret to the convention. declares that
! he viii not vote for Hears II was,
he says elected a delegate from a
district which instructed against
Hearst and ! viii carry out the wishes
of that district when | get to ST.
Louis"
While the state convention adopted
resolutions instructing the delegation
to vote under The unit rule. it is un-
dcrstood that when Illinois is called,
the vote will be announced in a man
ner to show that the delegation stands
~ against Hearst and % for Hearst
nc is presumed that the old question
win be raised as tG whether a state
convention has the power to instruct
the delegates selected to represent
the districts. especially when, as in
Illinois, the districts claim that their
action is independent OF the state
convention.
To add to the Illinois complications.
there are to be some contests from
this state, There as a rule will be
brought by Harrison people who claim
that they we're not given decent consid
Grafton by the Hopkins gravel" con
vention as they are pleased to call
it, Mr.. Bryan, who has been here
during the past few days, has been IN
consultation with Mayor Harrison and
Mr. Hearst regarding these contests
and from present indications there
has been a new alignment with Har
rison and Hearst together, and Bryan
ready and willing to champion the
cause of the contostees at st, Louis