The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-23
STRONGBACKEROF
SHURTLtFF IDEA
TO LIMIT COOK COUNTY REPRE-
SENTATION IN ILLINOIS
LEGISLATURE.
BRYAN SULLIVAN FIGHT
Still on With Sullivan Controlling
---Roggs and Congressman
Rainey as Candidates For
Governor.

| Special to The Bulletin:
Springfield, MI. Aug. &c Some SUR
prise was created the other day when
George E. Cole Of Chicago. in a pub
Iished interview, declared in favor Of
Mr. Shurtleff's proposition for con,
stitutional amendment placing an alb
solute limit upon the representation
Of Cook county In the general assem-
bly,. Mr.. Cole for several years has
been conspicuous figure in public
affairs in Chicago. where he Is presi-
dent of the Municipal Voters League
and Of the Legislative Voters League
both organizations largely of his
own creation Around the legislature
he has been pretty We'll known for
several sessions. He has been an eX-
FOUNDER of reform measures. and
though he has gained reputation as
a first-elass crank he has exercised 4
marked degree OF influence He is
said never to refrain from speaking
his mind on any public question no
matter who may be hit This char
acteristie has made him unpopular,
bus ID the same time has won for him
a considerable degree OF respect.
Mr.. Cole sees in the 'ShurtleH idea
not only a fair and reasonable de
mand on the part III the country. but
that In the end will prove a
good thing for Chicago He believes
that Chicago viii be better on ii t
can he given the largest measure Of
home rule. ANA then let the state at
large take care Of itself This simply
confirms Mr. Shurtleff's declaration,
made day or two after the an
of his candidacy, that
there is opportunity for much eduea
tional work between now and the
date Of the primaries next year. and
that in the meantime the attitude of
may change altogether.
But. however the sentiment In Chi
cago may be modified, there seems
little probability that Shurtleh viii
ret any delegates In Cook county. The
delegates will be divided between
GOV. Deneen, Judge McI1wan aud
y----~ r--r~.--.--- ryssoI,rr- m tine country
districts are impressed with the Cook
county restriction issue to the extent
that seems likely, no Cook county
will go to the state conven-
lion with a large number OF country
delegates. Naturally GOV. Deneen
mag be expected TO fare better in the
country than any other man from
Cook, for the reason that a large
number Of men who hold appoint |
nents under him are influential in
heir respective counties and may be
'elied upon to bring in some dele !
gates, no matter what the issue. Of
curse il II shoald turn out that the |
leople of the state are not deeply |
Interested in the restrictive PROPOSE
ion, then Gov. Deneen viii be an i'm |
lortant factor in the next state con.
iention, whether he succeeds in Sc
uring a denomination or not
In Democratic politics there is like
y to be a renewal of the fight of
asst year between the Bryan and Sui
ivan wings Of the party Apparently
illinois is a Bryan state, so far as
eminent among the masses of the
voters is concerned, but
logger Sullivan up TO this time has
cen able to control state conyen
ons and to dominate the party or
DIS Observation-Disclosures
The followers in Illinois
ave been fighting Sullivan for sever
years. but last year. as in previous
ears, they We're out-generaled aud
'st their fight. Bryan does not want
ulliyan to remain in power in party
fairs -there is no concealment OF
lat faet-and there is a strong prob
oility that through his friends in the
ate. he will continue the warfare
Just what tactics Sullivan will pur
ne in the event of another BRYAN
ar remains to be disclosed. 1t has
cen limited that be may espouse the
agsa of Gov Folk of Missouri. re- ID
uted to have presidential aspirations
he story has been current for some
lonths. too. that he will bring out an
linois candidate for president-pos
bly, Judge Boggs of Fairfield In
lat event. the BRYAN men are likely
$50 to have an Illinois candidate 8
'obably Congressman Henry T.
ainey OF Carrollton, who has been h
osely identified with the Bryan s
oyement for several years. j
There is a disposition among Dem. q
rats to talk little about the gov p
until the Republican sitpa. &
IN shall have more fully developed o
he nomination of a down-state man +
r governor by the Republicans prob {
'ly will force the Democrats to pur- &
e a similar policy and select o
,untry candidate The Democrats o
? likely to fight shy" o. the Cook I
unity restriction issue until the 7
estion shall have beer threshed cut g
Z Republican candidates. II viii o.
en- be time for the leaders Of the o.
inority party to determine the p
urse Of the party with respect to