The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-21
FOR CONVENTION
AGAINST PRIMARY
CHICAGO DEMOCRAT WOULD BE
GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS ON
THAT ISSUE.
ROGER SULLIVAN WING
OF Party Said TO Be Behind Col Lewis
In His kspirstions-John p.
kic6oorty Strongest
Opponent
s ecial tc The bulletin

Special te The Bulletin.
+, Springfield. Ill April 20.-Coi J.
| Hamilton Lewis, of Chicago, sprang
| a surnrise last Saturday when be a.
lrounced the platform ON which he
! Is To run fnr the democratic nomi-
lnatior for governor. Instead OF grow
ling eloquent on the fine features I
direct pleraIity primary law ne
declared tnat the law recently Ell
acted ID aeieieht and that 1t will not
laccompllsh Its supposed object From
| t'ol. Lewis remarks 1t Is inferred
tbat he H. not an ardent believer tn
La primaru law Of any kind. IL the
lstatc 4 tn have y rrinary law DONG
laway with fortinaiing conventions or
rnprescrt tlso form of government
n lsa political parties he says, We
Isioull then rave a pure Democracy
| that ig. direct action directly trom
Tho people Immediately. The primary
,qw should then be that the persons
lnroscntine themselves should do SO
under appropriate regulations desis
luatiug thriF piatferm or their party.
land there should then follow the el'c.
Itjon and ttc people make their choise
and this one election should ~ tiia
end of tho contest The present pF'
mary law is. to my thinking deficient
land IN no wise serving the objects OF
what has been announced AZ the de'
sire of tho people, to-wit direct
lGHmary"
In ether words, Col. Lewis sees NO
necessity for a double eiecthhf
which means double expense 70 the
! tax.payers Us he points out. BetWeen
! 4ha lines. however, one may real
. that what fhn Colonel really fasors
IL tho restoration OF the convention
!, ',Lssstcnl: ane Ii lie IL elected governor
I ~, may tlhs II for granted that NJ
y p,ll use his ihfirence with the general
I assembly Il, have the law modified u
conform 10 his ideas.
col. Lewis stands alone In bis atsi
ltude toward the primary law hts
two rivals for the Democratic noml-
u nation for governor. Representative
douglas Pattison Of Freeport' ahn
Representative John II. McGoorty 81
Chicago. are both committed to toe
nav law IT. the most emphatic terms
ON the flcoi OF the house both cf
II them adyos rated direct plurality law
% ard the Democratic bill bore Meteor
20 tv'e name-a measure not essentially
y Itliffercnt frCm the Oglesby-Jones nv
that finally passed. II has been as
= euued that both of these gentieuleh
y weuld make their campaigns largely
- upon their stand on the primary CUES
e tien each claiming credit for having
forced the Republicans to the pass
ase of the law On the Republican
side. curiously enough both Coy w
neen and former Governor Yates ar
unfolding the primary law-the f"i
fner claimIns credit for compelling lt
T onactnent and the latter dcc'afih
l ltnat sucb a law Is exactly what n
1 wants hccause II enables him to an
y neol to tie people" Instead OF tn
'nosseS"
put along comes Col. Lewis WITH
IN declaration of war on the primary Ia
IT while no Is the only candidate tas
ing this l,osition there Is no dout
that such platform will give hiF
~, extensive support: for there IS
,arge element III both of the tw
No leading nartits that regards the pr
20 mary law viii misgivings, behevin
IN lthat It is too radical aud tar-feafhn'
es In its provisions Just how wea 70
he ncoplo will lik, it no ono can ten "
bv ltil II has been actually tried. II 70
,re Ilaw should tmr ont to he uupopnla
,,3. ,.u Lewis. shoud he he the nomlne
sc IoS his party lard thus the henehetsi
.,f = law which he denonnces1 WI
nrohabIv ret some Republican vot'
~ luext Nove,nhr VOTES cast es nf
-, who do net like the direct ph'Faa
primary.
Col. Lcwis & well known to be
rec uad with The Roger sullivan wing
art III, Democratic party. and Re IS
doubt voieiae not only his person
try ,,.v. hut aiso the opintnn Of n
s,lliyeu that the primary law sneu
IL, repealed q. modified u = ao =
IIr settled question iust how far eFga
VII yation Ieca sr- otherwise the PAt
.oeees,.-4ss golng to be- able
hare the resolt of the pr'maf'f
ost- mo abosscs as a rule would pref
~. to lake chances-they wen
rather have tie old system-h"t mo
= thsm are counting upon nssii
IL ,,ower fen at the August u
ting - In r,snv couqtlcs the q
'ard caufzation'' will try tn eonfsos non
this nations by hxine ur state 70
y, ,,oee of the primaries This slst'
nur vfn be printed on siip Of paper a.
by ,,nae.I tn the voters. and the q
snn,ption is ihat is17se nuu,eef
the very precia.t will follow the sugEs
a Sc tiap nF tn, organization. IN
, OF - ws. teJiowed in Cook eeun
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