The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-22
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Red Hot S essio 1 1 Ends i d ]. I IN 4
q Victory For A: ] n 4. M.
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CANNON DOOMED Q D J |. E, D I.
By 3: REP ;[: lJBLIC; j ANS. VS.;
Democrats Had Stormy letting.
Judg White With Rags,
Paraded d Platf De
n',o,'u'.ncing sullii,v;alpg 'lil u n
Loud Cheers for
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$3 + PEORIA, q ILL. August q. by a vote
4 Of s. ,0s3 to $40 the Democratic conven-
tIon placed upon tho table the request
3 81 william u. /. Bryan for the slgnatton
< OF Roger Sullivan from the National
Committee. Despite 4 the fact that Mr.
Bryan had declared thai lie did not wish;
70 be indorsed unless Sullivan was s rc-l
81 dated, the convention declared him TO-
lie the one and only man capable of
leading the Democratic par 70 victory
In 1908. 3
Il The Endorsement OF Bryan and the Ia;
bling Of the motion calling for the resig- IA
ma tlon Of Mr.. Sullivan came at the close
Y 81 most exciting session OF the con- 9,
8venrion, In which there were 88 several a
lights, and throughout which fusion e'r
re!gncd supreme. ,3 VI "
Fight Very Bitter.
The Committee ON Resolutions declined
n stnss report plank alling for the resig-
nation OF Sullivan, and y tho debate FOL
Il loved upon q motion ma Dc in the con.
Syention BY Judge Gwen Thompson OF
Jacksonville, calling for Sullivan Eress.ig.
i nation Sss is8 5i !3sfs
II had been q greed that each side should
have forty-flve minutes In which to pre-
4 sent 4 It's 81 side ofl the case, and H JUDI sc
/ Thompson was the first advocate OF the
4 conse OF Mr.. Bryan. He aroused the
hostility OF Hulliyan'B fri ends 88S BY a hs
unsparing manner III which he q vel tSupof,
EtheF last Democrat tic convent Ion at Spring
4 3field.ysS He. stFode up and down the plat
u form, his face T liitG v It'll Hra th and his
form, Il shaking witt In tensity of feeling.
4 His cauatlc criticisIns final Il los him
the ca o. the convention, and he might
mover have II been able y to conclude
Ills speech II Sullivan had not personally
;AGuested quiet 4. ISL e M t3yS 81
Sullivan, who followed Thompson. and
who was the first speak ker In \ his own
behalf, declared that the ear Y OF Mr..
Bryan had been poisoned against him.
and that the demand for Ills y resi- gna-S
lion sprang from his pc rsonal enemies. 81
Great feeling was displayed on both
sides during ttls d ebate, and at II times
personalities OF a \ dIsagreea Bile character
were made by various speakers The
end came on q otlon made by ex- Con-
aEressman X ern. Of Bellville, that he re-3
quest for the resignation Of Sullivan be
laid on the able eeiing IN q during NE
roll call on this proposition ran very
high. s3j5 33 q 38sS
3as Endorse Bryan.
The Bryan resolutio ION came last and
was worded ms follows: s35s
5Ss "a For President OF the Y nlted States
5Gln 1908, the Dom ocrats on llllnols, first H
Il and last, have but one choice. and IA
that mar, lls VILLA am ~ ennIngs Bryan
81; in thIs period Of offlo olal hypocrisy,
E political corruption a nd co~ardly y sur
render Of & pr,nclple TO exped dlency %
Whenever RepublIcan!sm holds sway
William Jennings Brya n towers above 8s3
all Americans as fittest to lead In the S
fla1t to rescue our government from,
III the hands Of spec claI Interests and re, S3
store It to all the people. he Dem
oerats Of Illinois eagerly look forward e
to 4 1903 for the opp portunlty TO Join with
u her sister States In nominating and I'M
trIumphantly eleoting him PRECEDENT #
Of the United States. 4
ct he time calls for President OF
Y eryan's honesty sincerity and po'!t'' B
# lcal philosophy 3iSii III 3
Other planks in the platform congrat-
iulatd the Democrats of Illinois on the
brilliant n prospects for success In the
coming presidential and congressional
el lections The revision OF the present
siarlff laws was demanded. The use Of
large campaign funds for the scorrnp-a
lion OF the electors was d an ounced, and {
tho passage OF "a INV preventing ColikII-s
buttons to campaign funds tsy insurance
companies was urged 3
Denounced Congress.
The recent Congress was denounced for
}lts surrender to the meat trust. ailroads
and the Standard OIL Company. III u,
Liberal wages, reasonable hours and I
lthaY hest possible conditions for labor
we're demanded d. A Tho right OF laborings
men 8to petition Congress- was declared
10 be something that should be sacredly{ ~ y
guarded III 81 q I. \, i. ],
Child labor. and the importation q
chinese labor were eenounce ed, IN he elgh-
hour law and apti-injunctlon law asked
from Congress- by the laborlng men wero
declared to be desirable. ana the enact &
trnent Is urged.
Election OF Senators by direct Yote oEs
the people was urged, i5s. 3s ,8
The following State ticket was W noml-i
mated: i3 a I, !. j. I.
AZ For State Treasurer n, Z. PlotroWski.
+ For Superintendent OF Public $lnstFulc-
ton, Miss Caroline Groute. w,
For Trustees OF the University Of llll-1
nois, Daniel r.. Cameron, OF q hlcngo 4
John s.. Cuneo, Of Chicago; Miss Clara
Bourkand, Of Peoria. Xxi "A
Cheers for Bryan,
VI, . ...--t nv Associated Pre,s.l !, (,
59g 9gCOI.UA1RUS, OHIO Apgust "a CHAR
man Frank Harper, of the Democratic