The Cairo bulletin., 1904-11-08

ihb W cOhtioi tut tOuftHtioHs iHt.
tried to keep majority. OF the regu
ularly accredited delegates to the con
0 vention from exercising their au
thority by ramming down members
OF their crowd as officers of the con
} vention refusing to take vote on the
"a delegates, realizing that they were
up against political highwaymen, rose
in their might and pitched Sessions
and his gang bodily out The latter
withdrew and organized rump con.
yention and nominated A M Brown
clear majority of the Democrats of
the Fiftieth senatorial district stayed
where they were and nominated Wal.
ter W. Williams.
Can any man of ordinary intelli.
gence assert that Addison Brownlee
is nominee of the Democratic party?
Sessions tries 10 array the Bryan
Democrats against Williams ON the
ground that the ''reorganizers' of the
/ party-if there are such things-are
behind Williams He charges that the
Cairo Bulletin, which boited Bryan in
1896, lis now supporting every nomi
nee on the Democratic ticket made
by the Cleveland wing The BulIe
tin cheerfully pleads guilty to this in
dictment. II is supporting the
straight Democratic ticket from top
to bottom Is that crime in the |
eyes of Democrats?
Without discussing what The Bulle- |
tin did in 1896. the present editor of |
The Bulletin will say that he himself
lis Bryan Democrat But he Is not
a lunatic nor an ignoramus. He real
lied that the chief issues for which
Mr. Bryan stood were no longer para.
mount, and along with a vast MAORI
ty of the Democrats of the nation
he thought that the plat
form of 1904 should be framed to suit
present conditions. Every state
in the solid south, which casts 159
votes for the Democratic nominee.
voted for Parker at ST. Louis. Judge
Parker was no more the nominee of
he Cleveland wing" than he was of
he Bryan wing. Men who followed ,
Bryan through both of his campaigns [
we're just as enthusiastically for {
Parker
A. Ney talks about Mr.. Bryans Flu
ure control of the Democratic party
4 Mr. Bryan has any hope in this d. {
ection The Bulletin can give him y
his pointer as regards the Fiftieth
district OF Illinois: He
lad better get rid of A. Ney Sessions.
IND we doubt not he would do it #
e knew A. Ney was playing himself 4
p as a Bryan leader" A. Ney Ses- q
ions is not the sort of a man for I
William Jennings Bryan. At the ST. n
.ouis convention Mr.. Bryan de /,
ounced what he thought was a great @
,rong in the Hopkins convention in j.
illinois What he would have said had !,
e been at Jonesboro, ILL.,. In August "
nd witnessed the infamous tactics of
!. Ney Sessions and his gang of po.
tical desperadoes can only be i'm. IL
gined D
The cry of "reorganizers" is the :
ry of demagogues. There are no such r.
Kings. Every Democrat in this ma "
on, il he is a Democrat, will go to
he. polls today and vote for Alton b.
'arker. But that is aside i
II is also incumbent upon every =
Democrat today to vote three votes II
Or Walter W. Williams for represen
alive. Brownlee Is in no sense
ominee. Only one Democrat can be u
lected Il Is foolish to think other
Use. II will be either Williams or
irownlee. The former is a clean. p
bic, upright, broad-gaugej gentle
ian. He has already served the dis
riot well as a representative, has
ad large experience in public az
airs and knows the needs Of his con- f.
tituents He will be one Of the most
seful and one of the foremost men
n the next legislature. On the other
and. who IS Addison Brownlee2 IN
light words is the answer. He g. "
be tool Of A. Neg Sessions. That is
nough TO damn him Al
Assuming that all good Democrats
'ant to vote for Williams. The Bullc-
in gives this pointer on how 10 "a