Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-23
GOALS OF FIRE
ON BRYAN'S HEAD
ROGER c. SULLIVAN IN COM
PLETE CONTROL OF THE IL,
LIMOS DEMOCRACY
Endorse Bryan For President in 1908,
What He Said He Did Not Want Un.
less Chicago Man Was Repudiated--
jacksonville Men Are Out.

Peoria, ILL.,, Aug. 22.-If the astral
body of William Jennings Bryan was
in Peoria yesterday 1t must have had
a bad time of it.
The news his friends had to send
him last night would be most unwel-
come. Mr.. Bryan put his finger into
the democratic political pie and got 1t
badly scorched. There were no plums
for him in 1t.
Following the idea Of the prayer
book. the democratic state convention
yesterday did all those things he for
bade it to do and left undone those
things he commanded it to do Accord
ing to his way of thinking, there Is no
health in it.
Bryan forbade the convention to
pass resolutions indorsing him unless
it first had purged itself by taking con-
troll Of the state party machinery away
from Roger G. Sullivan.
Warm Eulosy Of Bryan.
The convention elected a state COM
mittee entirely to Roger Sullivan's lik-
ing and then cheerfully and unblush-
ingly passed these resolutions advocat-
ing Bryan as the next presidential
candidate:
For president Of the United States
In 1908 the democrats of Illinois first
and last have but one choice and that
man is William Jennings Bryan.
I'm this period Of official hypocrisy,
political corruption. and cowardly sur
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wherever republicanism holds sway,
William Jennings Bryan towers above
all Americans as fittest to lead In the
fight to rescue our government from
the bonds of special interests and re-
store it to all the people.
"The democracy of Illinois eagerly
looks forward to 1908 for the oppor-
tunity to join with sister states in NOM
mating and triumphantly electing him
president Of the United States.
"The time calls for president Of
Bryan's merit, sincerity, and political
philosophy"
Anti-SuIIlvan Resolution Tabled.
Mr.. Bryan commanded the conven-
tion to pass resolution declaring Rog-
er Sullivan unfit to hold the office of
national committeeman from Illinois.
In obedience thereto the following res
olution was presented to the gather
ing:
Resolved, That this convention now
request that Roger G. Sullivan resign
his position as national committeeman
of this state"
The convention promptly put this
resolution on the table by vote of
1,05S to $40, with 81 delegates not vot-
ing. If there had been anything more
Mr.. Bryan had wanted that would have
been what he would not have got. Had
he asked the convention not to do any
thing else it probably would have done
it.
At that there was no special feeling
among the big majority Of the dele.
gates who voted in opposition to Bry.
ans wish against him personally. The
resolution indorsing him was passed
the way it was largely as joke, a
heaping Goals of fire upon his head
but still there was considerable senti.
ment about it.
Most Of the delegates who voted for
Sullivan took this view of the case
that Bryan had been misinformed and
misled, and that "the Jacksonville ca
bap-M. F. Dunlap, Judge Owen P
Thompson, and Congressman Rainey-
we're really responsible. The others
in the majority did not care especially
about Bryan one way or the other.
Almost Riot at Climax.
The dramatic climax in the conven
tiOn was reached when the debate and
vote on the anti-Sullivan resolution
was reached. With a true eye to dra
matte effect the managers reserved IL
for the last.
Orderly as the previous part of the
convention was declared to be by
connoisseurs of democratic gatherings
the vote upon the anti-Sullivan resolll
tion was attended by scenes that fre
quently stopped little short of riot
The tumult was so constant that the
announcement Of the vote was often
completely drowned out, the aisles and
area in front of the platform were
filled with surging masses Of combat
i've and sweltering delegates, and
numerous hand to hand encounters be
tween the warning factions took place
After both sides had their say the roll
calf was announced. Judge Thompson
at that moment reappeared at the
chairman's elbow appealing for further
hearing, but he was told it was toe
late.
SEVEN DIE FROM HEAT.