The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-15
HEAP DOM IN
STATE POLITICS
Yates After CulIOm's Job and
Log Rolling Results
is NEW LAW EFFECTIVE?
THIS YEAR OR NEXT-LoCAL JOE
HOLDERS AT STATE HOUSE
MAY LOSE ouT-OENEEN
MAKING APPOINT
MENTS.

A politician we'll known through
,ut Southern Illinois was at The Halli
lay. yesterday, and as he felt in al
alkative mood replied to a query as
O whether or not there would be-
anything doing in politics soon?' as
ollows:
Yes, there will he a heap OF things
,oin' in Illinois poiit cs after a while
ust as soon as the fellows can sc;
s,raightened ont and know where they
IRE located You see this new com
,ulsory primary law eompi Gates the
itua ion a little bit and although il
,ays on it's face that it Is not 10 be ef
'active during the current year If real
y goes into effect on the first of July
Iome mighty good lawyers contend
hat that feature makes II mandatory
on districts that have to hold sena
tor al elections next fall to hold Their
primaries under the new law next
month. The matter will be Left for
the attorney general to unravel.
"Rut a big game Of politics is beng
played. Senator Cnllom wants to sue
coed himself: former Governor Yates
wants to warm Cnllom's chair in the
senate: SO does aalf a dozen or more
other fellows. The hold.over senators
who were elected last fall will have q
chance to vote for senator, but onf
half tha senate membership and all
Tile members 81 the lower house will
| have to he elected year from mex
/ November
| I'm the meantime log-rolling i COINS
OH all over The state Cullom's friends
/ cia m that Governor Deneen Is carry
4 Inc out tho pact said to have beef
/ made when Deneen was nominate'
and now that lie has tho Legislature
/ ef hts hands IL ready Cd make his al
sentiments and these appointment
will largely be In Yates interest, tina
u Yates old appointees who wer
able to deliver the goods and swim
their counties wherever Yates wante
hem swung iii THE last state CONVEX
Oh, viii he re-appointed, but the
Will he expected to swing the popula
vote the same way when Il comes
An expression 0f sentimeate Ii favr
of d candidate for IT. 5. senator ~
der the new primary law, The fellow
In this county were NOT abba to
that stunt in the convention 50 don
know how they will come ont whe
, the pie IL cut.
On the other hand the federal q
pofntees are everyone expected to
! for Senator Cullom. and all the ne
appointments pending are to be MAJ
! with the same end IN view. This
clearly Illustrated In the recent q
pointments made for the new Judici
district, every enc of The appointe
are pronounced Cullom men. In 9TH
!. words, ID will tie a contest between d
federal appointees and he state 3
Dointees one crowd win be expect
I'd carry heir counties or districts
! CuIlom and the orhar s de for Yases,
" But then the people may have
voice In the matter after all; the M
primary law gives the power TO $
y whom they prefer, and though
q legislature yet TO be elected will 7
4 have to be bound by that expressit
it is sure to have its weight--especi
III so with the Democratic party
- maybe the Republican legislators v
= be influenced thereby.
Z But speaking Of that new pr mf
IT, law The politicians don't like 1t o
~ well One man who has never fail
- Of nomination (hes never been 81
=, ted, thought said ii meant virtua
Il two elections; that under The old mi
- primary system he could always co
on any certain number Of votes In {
preceiuct that he had to have tn
in the final count Or the healers did
Ia. get the r pay; that IL didn't mat
no 10 aim If the same gang ran the m
r. primaries for both parties, he got
~ nomination all right; he said the 4
a. law will have a depressing effect
le politics That may be So but all
OF same 1t the county central commit
are square and will leave the quest