The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-08-20
DEMOCRATS WILL
HAVE A LIVELY
FIGHT
AT TIE PEORIA CONVENTION
OVER THE SULLIVAN BRYAN
CONTROVERSY
TO GUST RINCLEADERS
Is the Object of the Majority League
While Sullivan Backers viii
Strive to Uphold Him
Many Politicians There.

Pearia, H., Aug 19.-Peoria is full
itf Democrats this evening The
state convention does not meet untll
4 Tuesday and the special railway rates
! did not go into effect until today, but
! the Chicagoans, at least were SO an
! Xious to be in at the start OF what
promises to be a lively fight that they
| began pouring into here early today.
/ Those from other parts OF The state
arc doing likewise.
The issue has narrowed down to a
contest between the present state com
mittee and the Majority Rule league.
/ The committee is in control of the
party organizat on in the state and
wants to keep control. The league is
out and wants to get in.
As the lines of battle are now form
ed, the Majority Rule league claims
to represent William J, Bryan, the
party's next pre- idential candidate
and anybody who is not with it is
declared to be against Bryan.
Committee is For Home Rule.
The state committee mss ii is just
as much in favor of Bryans nomina
tion in 1908 as its opponents are, but
il stands for home rule in party poll
| tics as well as other things, and an
lnounces Illinois Democrats nave the
right to regulate their own private af-
/ fairs.
! The test of strength will come over
/ the adopt on or rejection of a resolu-
I ton condemning the actions of the
| last state convention, which resulted
| IN the election Of Sullivan as national
i committeeman. and demanding thai
he resign his office. This will be pre-
sented by the Majority Rule league
and will follow the resolution indors
ng William J. Bryan as the president
| ial candidate, which everybody has
agreed TO.
| The Sullivan faction expects to have
! rontrl Of the committee on rcsolu
tions but says it will not oppose the
| Introduction Of the auti-Sullivan resu
'uton as minority report, and its
,pokesmen say the only thing they
are afraid of is that the league VIII
back down al the last moment and not
present the resolution They claim
hey c~uld defeat il on a roll call two
o one
The league, however. through Theo-
lore Nelson its secretary announced
last evening the resolution would be
sent in Then the trouble will come.
Not but that there will be plenty Of
other trouble IN subsidiary way, but
this contest will be the grand climax.
II the resolution is adopted then the
Majority Rule league wins. n 1t Is re.
icclcd, then the league and Mr.. Bry-
AN can gcl what satisfaction they can
ont If the unanimous Endorsement Of
/ Bryan. Sullivan and the state com.
mittee still will be in control Of the
party in Illinois.
League Appeals to Delegates.
Secretary Nielsen. OF the league gave
ont final appeal to the delegates in
particular and Democrats I'm general
before leaving Chicago. He wrote:
"The latest claim made bv the Sui
Iivan managers is that 600 of the
delegates to the state convention will
be with Sullivan as against Mr.. Bryan.
This claim Is idiotic and prcsumcs
upon the gullibllity Of the delegates.
Delegates to the convention cannot bo
fooled by loud talk Candidates for
conCreEs. the general assembly and
county offices in the Democratic heart
of Illinois understand that If Sullivan
again controls the party machinery
there will ho no chance for their cleo
ton because the rank and file of the
porty will NOT stand for Hopkins suit
van methods either in state or coun-
ty.
THE men who favor Mr.. Bryan's
indorsomcnf At the state convention
nusi necessarily be against Sullivan
and favor a resolution asking for Sui
hvaD's re- ig0ation For a delegate to
favor both Rryan and Sullivan at this
Stage of the controversy would be-
hypoCritical on his part and should
The convention take such action 90
would hc pusillanimous~
Mr Nelson then made this appeal
to The q ok county delegate tn tho
--sto convention opposed to tho Hon
kiuE Sullivan cahal.
-Do -o' he fooled or cajoic8 bv the
frsrfHl plea now being Uut forth to
viudicaic Sullivau's honor and save
him for this once c. fo Peoria and
vote 70 ST. tain that Fundamental pr-n-
ciDle of democracy The right - the
majority To- rule
7ocer Saws Majority VIII Rule
The majority wiu rule AZ Peoria
aIl right enough" answered Roger