The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-15
TWOCONV[NT|ONS
ARE LOOKED FOR
WHEr DEMOCRATS MEET NEXT
WEr| TO NAME PREslDEN-
TiAL ELECTORS.
COOK COUNTY "SpLII"
With Roger Sullivan Commanding tns
Resulars--iIIinois viii Be in
Lime Light at Denver
Convention.
Special to The Bulletin.

Special TO The Bulletin.
/ Springfield, III. April IA III sesms
probable that there viii be tvs
I Democratic state conventions here On
tho 23rd the regular convention.
dominated absolutely by Roger G.
ls.iliyan, and y saceders" convention
controlled By the anti-sullivan Damo
Gratis. This II the result OF tho out
come OF the fight IN the party ill
Cook county, where Sullivan has S.
cured a solid delegation to the state
convention. II is true that the Cook
county delegates arc ostenslbly for
Bryan. but tho are sullivan mon
first, and tho Bryanites are not salts
/ fed N,.h the outlook. Aceordfnsslg
| .Aote VIII be a eontestng delegation
from Cook county and perhaps from
other counties in the state and 1t IL
said to be the purpose OF the Brva
men If their claims are net reeas-
nized and their delegates seated
| (Which they will not be.D to wafk
cut OF the convention, go To another
| assembly hall, and hold q convent on
of their own. In this "rump con,
yention delegates to the national cen.
yention at Denver will be chosen
Then, armed with credentials thus
secured, the Bryan delegates will 70
~ Denver and demand admission
This coup, Il is said, has been
| definitely decided upon by the BRYAN
men, and is the logical sequence ~
the victory Of Roger Sullivan in
/ Cook cpunty--a victory that gars
him absolute control OF the state cor
Isention, Witfs0ut bolt, while tfn
tiational delegates will be Instructed
for Bryan, they will all be Sullivan
men and whiio they whould obsy
their Instructions for one ballot. they
might desert the peerless leader
for another candidate If tempting
opportunity were presented This is
exactly what Mr. Bryan feared n,ipAt
happen when peace overtnres wore
made some time ago. II is what he
ad In his mind here at Springfi III
when, speaking before the Stat Ed
Grafton of Bryan clubs. he declared
that he wanted only his friends on
the national deiegation-t that ne
wanted no more fights with busi-
whackers"
In view Of these developments.
Roger Sullivan undoubtedly viii make
fight to rem1in on the national com.
Tittee from Illinois. II Is said that
If honorable and satisfactory peace
terms coud have been secured SOM
time ago, he would gladly have re-
tired from tho committee: but wiki
Bryan and his followers in Illinois
clamoring for his scalp, he will he
forced to fight back The battle prom.
ises to rival that of 1904. when Nh
Bryan himself took the floor In the
national convention and "aayed"
Roger Sullivan and John F. Hopkins
Ii the national convention should seat
the Bryan delegation. OF course Sulil-
van will retire from the national com.
II !ttee and Cgrter Harrison will have
won a signal victory as leader of The
Democratic party in Chicago. But.
as the Sullivan convention VIII have
the advantage Of being regular" {.
Is probable that the Sullivan Ie!c-
gates viii be recognized at Denver,
and in that event Carter Harrison IS
likely TO have hard work to get even
a gallery seat in the convention.
The plan to instruct for Bryan VII
no doubt be abandoned by the Suli-
vanites il the Bryan leaders carry out
their purpose TO hold a "rump~ con
vention. Dyedin-the-wool antiBryan
men will be put on the national dele
CATION. and they will vote soii,lly
against BRYAN il they should be "a
ed. Thus, in view of the recent moye-
ment to hand the nomination to Cos.
Johnson of Minnesota. gives the
Democratic row in Illinois. which is
tD culminate here next week. national
Importance. If the Johnson move
nient grows rapidly between now and
next July, the loss of the Illinois dele
cation might mean. defeat of Bryan
and the nomination Of Johnson.
hence the Illinois fight is likely to af-
feet the fortunes of the Democratic
party in the entire nation
The last of the Republican congress
sionaI district conventions is that of
the Thirteenth district. To he held at
Freeport on THURSDAY Of this week
II will name Cannon delegates TO the
national convention. The Taft move.
ment has not been successful in ILL
nois except in the First congressional
district where instructions were So
cured for Taft. On the first hallct
In the national cenveation the vote
o. the Illinois delegation win stand:
Cannon 50. Taft ?. II It transpires
that Cannon cannot be nominated
probably a large number of the Ilh-
uois delegates will 10 to Taft