Rock Island Argus., 1908-04-02

he desire of Mr.. Bryan that the Gem
ocratic candidate for president,
it be himself or someone else,
should receive the call to lead his
party in the coming campaign direct
from the people and not from the poll
ticians. The amendment proposed Dy
Mr. Plantz was, on motion of j. F.
O'Malley of Chicago, laid on the table
by vote of "a to 8. The "a votes
came largely from Chicago.
In consequence of this action of the
state committee, the executive COM
mittee of the Federation of Bryan
Clubs of Illinois, and a number of
members of the state democratic cons
mittee, have decided to appeal to-
county committees of the state to call
county conventions to select delegates
TO the stale convention, instead of
selecting them themselves, as sug
gested by the state committees call.
This appeal and the reasons for issu-
ing it are embodied in the following
preamble and resolutions:
Where, The democratic state cen
trail committee of Illinois, in its call
for state convention to be held at
Springfield, April %, 1908, has left
it discretionary with the respective
county central committees either to
select the delegates to the said con-
vention themselves or in such manner
as such county committee may de-
termine; and
Whereas, 1t is all important, with
a view to success in November, that
in accordance with Mr.. Bryan's eX-
pressed declaration there be full
expression of democratic opinion in
the state convention in the election
of delegates to the national conven-
ton; therefore,
Resolved, That the county commit
tees be and are hereby respectfully
requested to call county convention
|cf democrats in each county in the
state for the purpose of selecting del
egates to the democratic state con-
vention.
"ADLAI E. STEVENSON,
President Illinois Federation
of Bryan Clubs.
JAMES F. ODONNELL,
Secretary.
CARTER H. HARRISON,
EDWARD F. DUNNE,
''MILLARD F. DUNLAP,
EDGAR l.. MASTERS,
ROBERT l.. BURKE,
"W. l.. O'CONNELL,
walter WATSON,
"R 'MAGOON BARNES,
ALFRED ORENDORFF,
JOHN w. YANTIS,
Executive Committee.
TRUMAN PLANTZ,
Fourteenth District.
81. H. DE WOLF,
Fifteenth District.
LOUIS FITZHENRY,
Seventeenth District.
&c. ]. MULLIKEN,
Eighteenth District.
FRANK ORR,
Twentieth District.
&c M. LECRONE,
sr-Ss - s-.'Twenty-third District. ~,.s
Members Democratic State Central
Committee of Illinois,"
The Springfield Register maintains:
This request is reasonable, democratic
and right, and should be granted and
followed by every democratic county
committee in the state. 1t is made
in good faith and with a desire that
every democrat should have a choice
in choosing the delegates which rep.
resent the party in state convention
''The policy which should control in
democratic politics is to get as close
to the people as possible. The repub.
lican party is controlled in its party
machinery by bosses, many of them
Iself-constituted and all of them arbi
| file of that party is growing restive
under boss dictation. The democratic
party in this state can appeal to these
| for support if it shows itself deter
mined in it's party policy to get close
to the people
| hClc 10 IOOIi lOi uCloCldtiC
sionary work in Illinois, and the ap
peal of the executive committee oi
the State Federation of Bryan Clubs
printed above to do effective service
for the cause.
| "The names of the democrats signed
to the request, headed as they are by
ex-Vice President Adlai e. Stevenson
must carry with them the assurance
to the democratic county committees
OF the state that it is important In
the present campaign to refrain from
any semblance of arbitrary action il
the selection of delegates to the state
convention. These delegates should
| in every case be selectd by demo
Gratis assembled in county conven
tions."
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