The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-08-08
CULLOM FORCES TO
RULE IN THE
CONVENTION
DELEGATES WILL BE IN MAJOR.
lTY AND WILL FIGHT FOR
MASTERY OF COMMITTEE
SPLIT NOT EXPECTED
Crowds-Yates in the Down and
Out Political Club fer the
Present.

Chicago, Aug. delegates elected
In the interest of Senator Shelby NJ
ICullom will absolutely control the Re
publican state convention which will
meet on Aug. II in Springfield. To this
extent the SO called federal crowd"
will be supreme. Whether anything
will arise in the convention that will
cause lines Of demarcation between
the state" and federal" crowds to
appear cannot be guessed al this time
The most probable difference that
might come would be over the nomi
nation of a candidate for state super
! intendent Of public instruction The
| Deneen organization in Chicago took
| up Francis G. Blair, of Charleston
| Coles county, as its candidate for thai
office Word was passed along to the
Deneen ward organizations to vote
for Blair, and the result is that he has
BAT instructed delegates from Cool
county. The open support of Blair by
the Deneen organizations makes him
the Deneen candidate. Bangs. Ed
wards and Kinney. the other candi
iates for the nomination are avowed
Cullom men.
Split May Come On Blair.
According to the returns. no one Of
these candidates will go into the con
vention with a majority Of instructed
delegates, and if the Cullom men
down the state should make Bangs.
Edwards or Kinney their candidate in
opposition to Blair. after the first for
mai ballot, it would bring the state
and federal" proposition squarely be.
fore the convention.
As to the candidates for state treas
Iarer John + Smut lii was supported
by both the Deneen and the I4orimer
factions in Cook county So far as he
is concerned there is no issne between
the factions here. But out in the state
il Is different Reports from Spring
field late last night were that Andrew
w Russell of Jacksonville, claimed
carried the state by a plurality Of the
popular vote, but even this would not
give him majority of the delegates
Aside from the nomination of the |
'anddate for superintendent of public |
instruction il is not likely that there |
win come mp any matter i'm the state |
convent on which would evoke test |
# strength between the state" and |
federal crowds Cullom will have the |
convention for his own purpose-in
iorsement for reelection Governor
Dencen, SO far as known. will not want
lnything that would cause a division
CUlom Men TO Rule.
But while the delegates elected as
or Cullom will be in large majority
n the convention this will not mean
lcccs arily that the federal" crown
would control if a question involving
TO the governor should
rise. For instance. Cull1m carried all
mt tx of the Chicago wards con
rolled by Dcncen organizations
here will be In the state convention
ome 400 delegates from Cook countl
.hn would be for Donccn unless Il
hould be that Fred A. Busse would
20 with the federal" rather than with
he state" crowd on matters that
'erc atatc instead of Cook county
olitics. But if the Cullom men with
heir present advantage should desire
, dominate The next state committee
looks a. if they would be- entirely
bic 10 do H.
Deneen Ranks Break
Governor Dencen can no longer rely
q tho undivided support of he Yates u
cn down the state. The slump In th n
ates stHugth in the state outside OF Al
1ok county was due in . great meas. q,
re- to The belief among the Yates y
ader- that governors friends in u
BOX county would support Cullom. L
Chewing this. the Yates men eaid to
onslves. What's the uso7~ So thcs "a
snt to Cui'om Many Of them viii rc
ain with Cullom and with the fed w
AZ" crowd. They are booking two q
airs ahead io The time when a gov ID
nor shall be nominated and when a
ccessor 10 senator A. J Hopkins is
be chosen. When that time come
r. dineTen~c between the state and
sderal' crowd- will reappcar. n r. ~
Ie tlat Senator Cullom a. a person
~ In Illinois politics viii not be
tor IN future campaigns. With his
election This time BE- viii not in q: "
'Hra ~ things. he arain candidate ~
Q The CHli1m re8nization which an
20 fie fl1t just on Ped will continue nr
wiz =eot 90 control the next state 'h
vent Or. rec
Yates Out-for the Present. cH
-ates is out of p0litir--foH The pres ~
af iessf Where VII bis organizs- an
D eos Tho indications are that IL m