Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-26
very important principle has been
The Democratic State Central Conn
mittee Meeting.

meeting OF the ueInOcratlc state CELL
| trail committee in Chicago it is op-
tional with the respective county COM
mittees throughout the state how del
egates to the state convention may be
selected. Bryan, who received the en-
thusiastic endorsement of the commit
tee for the presidential nomination.
though his spokesman in the commit
tee membership, Hon. Truman Plantz
of Warsaw, favored the selection by
county conventions. The predominant
tone of the meeting was against such
a course, but it was finally left to the
counties to proceed as they saw fit,
the committee selection idea, how
ever, being favored, the committee by
a vote of &c to 8 deciding to allow the
various county committees to choose
| their own manner of selecting dele
gates.
| One man alone opposed the indorse-
ment of the NebTaskan. He was j.
H. Donahue of East st. Louis When
| the resolution was introduced by
Mayor Fred Kern of Belleville, Chair
man Boeschenstein put the motion to
adopt to a viva voce vote. There was
one dissenting voice. Boeschenstein
appeared surprised, then looked at
Roger Sullivan. The latter gave a
signal. Boeschenstein declared that
it seemed to be the sense of the COM
mittee that roll call be had The
Significance of the statement caught
the committee and all eyes were
turned on Sullivan. The national
committeeman evidently wanted it I'M
derstood that it was not he who cast
the dissenting vote. The roll call
went on. Sullivan voted AYE" The
dissenting vote came from the East
st. Louis man. The man who intro
duced the Bryan Endorsement resolu-
ton was Mayor Fred Kern of Belle
vile, who is not a member of the
committee but attended through the
influence of a proxy of Mark l.. Sui
llivan, brother of the national commit
teeman. The resolution is as follows:
| Recognizing the broad statesman
ship of our great leader. the Hon.
William ]. Bryan, and with confidence
in his marvellous ability to lead the
masses of this American country
along right lines of just principle and
Gound policy, in admiration of his
spotless integrity and his matchle
and untiring efforts put forth for the
triumph of real democracy, we hereby
send to him the sincere and hearty
greetings of this, the democratic state
committee of Illinois, emphatically in
dorse his candidacy for the presiden-
cy of the United States, and hereby
pledge to him our collective and in
dIvidual support before and after the
coming Denver democratic CONVEX
tion.'
The opposition to leaving the Sc
lection of national delegates to the
county committees was led by Tru
man Plantz of Hancock county, rep.
Presenting Willard F. Dunlap of Jack
lsonville. Mr.. Plantz declared the
adoption of resolution leaving the
selection of delegates to the county
COMMITTEES would work untold harm
He pointed to the example set by the
Republicans, declaring that, though the
people of Illinois favored Taft, the
convention at Springfield would in
dorse Cannon, delegates having bee1
tselected by the county committees
with that purpose in view.
Mr.. Sullivan took occasion to make
a speech at this juncture. He de
clared that there had been too much
quibbling and too much criticism BY
| t-s,, aI4 iaI he ~
| take the pains to designate. He de
clared that he and his friends on the
committee favored selection of dele
gates by county conventions, and thai
he hoped the gathering would see fl
to order the delegates selected in tina
manner
But Sullivan's words evidently fel
resolution to adopt the convention
method was supported only by him
self, J. II. De Wolf, A. l.. White, c. ]
: Mulliken. Frank Orr, A. w. Crawford
| C. M. La Crone, Louis Fitzhenry an(
H N. Wheeler. Mr.. Dunlap, who il
not member of the state centra
committee. heard the disappointing re
suit and left the room.
BY unanimous vote it was decided
, to hold the state convention at Spring
field April 90. George A. Cooke o
A!edo, Mercer county, was selectet
secretary of the committee to fill thu
: unexpired term of the late Denis J
a Hogan, mayor of Geneva.
Gossip developed the news tina
LANES Hamilton Lewis, considered
candidate for governor, is likely t
leave the fight for the nomination be
tween John P. McGoorty and Douglas
Pattison and seek the nomination TO
states attorney of Cook county agains
Jacob ]. Kern.
Following the meeting of the stat
central committee former Mayor Hal
: rison, Willard F. Dunlap and othe
:, members of the Illinois Federation Q
Bryan clubs met in the Office of forme
=. Mayor Dunno and decided to launc
= o movement to force every county i
the state to call a convention to 81
:. Ilect delegates to the state convention
tThey favor the county convention ide