The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-01
MACHINE RULES
REPUBLICAN, PARTY
@M vi I'~l .
CONGRESSIONAL CENTRAL CON-
w MITTEE TABLES MOTION 70
HOLD PRIMARY ELECTION.
THISTLEWOOD NAMED
To Succeed Late George WI. Smith as
Member Of Congress From Twen-
ty-flfth Illinois
District.

In spite Of the appeal Of sever
hundred voters and petition signt
by four OF the applicants for the r
publican nomination for congres
from this district for primary sy
TEN OF selecting a candidate. member
OF the congressional committee In Sc
sion yesterday at Murphysboro deci
ed that they would take advantag
of the general election law and pic
the man to suit themselves. Capt. \
b. Thistlewood OF Cairo, was the ma
they picked and II the Republicans al
successful In carrying the district
hope that he has cherished for tn
past twenty years will be at last real
ized The nomination liz to fill TIL
vacancy caused by the death OF tn,
late Congressman George w. Smith.
Capt. Thistlewood was the only maj
before the committee as candidate
The others, realizing that the com
mitteemen intended to stand pat and
pick the candidate for the whole party
and that, In fact, they had already
selected him. refused to be considered
by the committee. Capt Thistlewood
stated that ii the committee decided
to name him that he was not there
to turn it down"
The selection Of Capt Thistlewool
puts at an end, for the time being.
the strife that has existed among
the Republicans of this district since
the lamentable death Of Congressman
Smith several weeks ago. Each Of the
asprants both before and after the
-sfar~chamher session nf the commit
tee announced their Intention to I'D all
In their power to support and elect
the candidate. The harmony flag
therefore now floats over the eight
counties In the district. But when the
Illinois legislature gets into action and
passes a general primary law-but
that's different story.
The nomination of Capt. Thistle.
wood was a foregone conclusion even
to the "unwise," So perfectly had the
meeting been arranged in all its de-
tails that Murphyboro newspaper,
friendly to the committee organiza.
tion, had the headlines and part of the
story in type even before the commit
teemen assembled
Mayor George Parsons, who has
been the most active of the many
candidates. with the distinct under. |
standing, however, that he was a can
iidate only before the people and not |
The postmasters and Others comprising
he committee made a demonstration
hat put all idea, if any existed. of
falling primary election. out of the
minds Of the members of the commit.
zee.
Mayor Parsons with thirty or forty
and representative bust.
less men from Cairo and other cities
n the district went to Murphysboro
m special train and were present
When the committee was called to or.
er.
The object of their presence was
ot TO attempt to influence the mem.
ers of the committee into selecting
iayor Parsons as the candidate but to
how them that the Republicans and !.
ne public in general stood for a /.
quare deal and that they wanted the :
eople to have voice in selecting the ,
II was apparent though. :
'om the start that even this object
'ould prove frultless one-so far as r
le committeeman were concerned.
However. the demonstration. IL such g
could be called, made a deep i'm. a
ression upon the Republicans of this n
'strict, even those within the so.
iiied ring" 1t could be likened To h
'e sounding of a war cry and gave lo
ne warning to the officeholders that
tiIne was rapidly approaching when a
would be selected In a far
Inerent manner. than the one they .
sed yesterday. In
All the sixteen members of the com. Il
ittee with the exception of 8. s q
aylor of Sparta, and C. ]. Eichorn Z
Du Quoin, were present
The chairman stated the purpose of o
e meeting and suggested that each n
'ndidate be allowed FIVE minutes in p
hich to present his claims. Some one n
the many politicians gathered IN =
e hall outside of the parIors mur =
ured What's the usesS But no one =
emed to care TO answer. The chair =
an stated that Capt. ThistIewood be :,
g the oldest OF the candidates. that :,
would be heard frst. a.
Capt Thistlewood began by telling :,
at famous story of Abraham Lin. Al
IN $ foot race and comparing It to ~
g time. twenty years ago. when he :,
D Tor congress. As everyone knows =,
ncoin fell down and lost the race A.
d arose with the remark that It hurt "
D had TO launh and that he u.s too