Arizona republican., 1906-09-05

made it impossible for him to help the party so long as he was in official po- sitiOn. but stated that if that were the only objection, the matter might be dealt with at the state convention two years hence. I pointed out to him that as he held his seat by fraud there could be no harmony in the party in the state until he, by resigning showed his re- spect for the wishes of the majority at the last state convention. Instead of resigning. he asked for an endorsement from the state convention. He charged that I was deceived by Mir. Dunlap. The charge was so obviously untr:ie that 1t ought not to have deceived any one. At the national convention in St Louis l had in writing a request for his repudiation, signed by more than half of the delegates to the state conven- ton. Had MT. Sullivan any of the in- stincts of a democrat. had he the first conception of what democracy means. he would not have consented to hold his place against the wishes of the convention. The most fundamental of all democratic principles is the right Of the majority to rule and the man who consciously and purposely ignores 1t has no claim to the name of democrat.
 At the recent state convention, the delegates although they did not vote directly on the question to ask his res ignation, voted to table the resolution. and that may be accepted as a vote of endorsement. This gives him his posi- tion for two years more.
 ''The question now is. what can the democracy of Illinois do to register it's protest against the kind of politics for which MT. Sullivan stands? That fs the question in which I as a democrat am interested, for the question which arises in Illinois will arise in all other states where the corporations attempt to obtain control of the party organ izatiOn.
 What is the objection to MT. Sul- livan? He is a high official in a fran chise holding corporation which is con stantly seeking favors at the hands of the government. He is familiar with the methods employed by such corpora tions to gain from local and state gov ernments special favors and privileges. l hold that nc man who is officially connected with a corporation that is seeking privileges ought to act as a member of a political organization. be- cause he cannot represent his corpora tion and the people at the same time. am opposed to allowing a man situ- ated as he is to use the public treasury to pay the debts that he owes to those who help his corporation to take ad- vantage of the public. and therefore insist that the fight should be com menced today to prevent his re- election. to the national committee. And what say of him, I say Of aspirants for posi- tfons in the party organization in other states. If the democratic party has not virtue enough to spew out those vvhc traffic ln politics for the advantage Of the corporations to which they belong. it does not deserve victory. nor can it hope for 1t. If you cay I have no right to interfere in politics of this state. | reply that I am simply applying to IT. linOis a principle which l believe ought to be applied universally. I do not re- gard 1t as a compliment to be endorsed for the presidency by a convention which endorsed MT. Sullivan. I told them in advance that I did not want an endorsement under such circum- stances. and repudiate it. If my nOm- ination for any office depended upon that endorsement. I would not accept it. MT. Sullivan is not my friend. al though he pretended to be before this discussion arose. He would not have allowed me to be endorsed if he could have prevented it. but instead of op- posing me like man, he attempted to link his name with mine and thus se- cure an endorsement for himself. object to him as a political associate. He is an able man, a clever man, and. personally. a very genial fellow; the corporations could not afford to em- pIoy any other kind to do their polit- ical work. but my only political asset is the confidence that the people have in my sincerity. and I do not want that confidence shattered by intimacy with men of his political methods"