The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-02
MEETING TODAY
OF REPUBLICANS
COUNTY CONVENTION TO NoMi
NATE CANDIDATE FOR
COMMISSIONER.
INSURGENTS" ON HAND
To Demand That Party Shall Endorse
Nominee of Late Primary
DR.. Cause Likely to
Be Named.

n mere Is likely TO be something o
{ a skirmish at the Republican count
convention today. although only
: icounty commissioner is TO be nomi
mated, and ordinarily this does no
call forth much of a contest. But til
is an of year" when party lines cal
not be so tightly drawn as in presi
Dental years, and local issues ant
personal or faetional differences arr
more likely to manifest themselves
effectively. between and within The
Iparties. There are no issues of gen
eral public concern between tht
parties in this contest; but there are
lsome marked personal differences in
the ranks of the predominant party
which became apparent in the pre-
jcinct conventions yesterday and will
probably break forth in a more con
centrated and formidable manner at
the convention today.
The fight seems to be between what
Is commonly understood to be the or
/ ganization represented by the county
| central committee with w Fl. Wood
chairman. and an "insurgent" force
i led by Sheriff Davis. 1t has existed
/ for some time and showed itself some
/ months ago at the primary election
/ in which Arthur T. Sans was nomi.
mated as the party candidate for com
missioner over Peter Saup and others.
Sans was the sheriff's favorite and
his nomination was the result OF
compromise between, the two factions.
But the notification of the primary
law by the supreme court of the state
'nullified Sans candidacy as well, and
hence the necessity of another nomi-
nation to place candidate in tile
field for the election next month.
Sheriff Davis and his insurgents"
feel that, as Sans goth the nomination
at the primary election. he ought to
have the nomination from the conven-
tion today but as in the case of Sen
ator Hopkins in the state at large, SO
mere and now-the primary election
doesn't count. and the convention to-
day will exercise its will without re.
gard to the action Of some months
ago, which as will he contended BY
some was a forced action. anyway.
That there will be at least three
candidates before the convention to.
day Is apparent from the precinct con
ventions yesterday in this city. the
results OF which are given below.
Peter Saup was endorsed by the Re |
pubiicans of his own precinct, the |
Second, with five delegates: Mr.. Sans |
received the endorsement of the |
First and Fourt precincts with total
OF y delegates, DR.. Cause. the pres
ent commissioner received the en-
dorsement of the Sixth precinct with |
is delegates. while the delegates of |
the remaining four precincts in the
city were not instructed, comprising
"a all told. Not enough of the coun-
try precincts had been heard from
last evening to permit any definite
estimate as to how they would stand.
Thebes gave its six delegates to
Sans, Sandusky and Tamms with )
delegates each, probably did the
same; but the other country precincts
are likely to be divided between Sans
and Cause.
1t was understood last evening that
the "a uninstructed delegates, or a
very large majority of them. would
be controlled by the party organiza.
ton and would be against the lin.
candidate in the conven.
ton today 1t is not likely that anvil
of them will be for Mr. Saup, because
he is from the city and the fact that
the city has already two members on Is
the county board who hold over. is II
probably the only strong influence r.
against Mr.. Saup. VINO is generally II
conceded to be an excellent man for II
the position who would run a strong q
race, The organization delegates q
VIII therefore be for Or. Cause and il {
IS believed that he will be nominated G
on first or second Ballot. The 5t nm. tr
instructed delegates with the 1s in. tt
for him would give him Y ID
lacking only of a majority and ii is r
thought that Mr.. Saups five will go
TO the DR.. when they see there is G
no chance for their favorite, in p,
preference to supporting Sans fer Is
whom they have no liking.
Yesterdays Conventions. II
There was little excitement at the
conventions yesterday. No one who
lid not know that conventions were
70 be held would have noticed anv.
.hing unusual, yet there was a lot Of
luiet caucussing done, which found
expression in the conventions later.
The delegates named in the several a.
slty precincts. and their instructions a
we're as follows:
FIRST Cairo-Delegates were in.
;tructed for Arthur Sans for county
commissioner. The delegates are as
ollows: c. V, Neff, Edward Maley.
Iohn F. Rector, P A. Doud. Henry
Jones, F. Thalmueller. lobe Mul.
lin, Arthur Williams, James B. Gil.
more. They nominated Henry A
Jones and James B. Gilmore for ius.
ice of the peace and p Doud AMI