The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-15
FIGHT EXPECTED
WHEN DELEGATES
ARE ELECTED
Both Parties to Choose Men. for
National ention, This
Week
CLARK GETS DELEGATION
Speaker to Have Vote Of s.
Democrats at Bahi-
more
CLARK GETS DELEGATION

Chicago, H., April 1t-lllinois
delegates to the national conventions
will be elected during next week.
| Each party win name fifty-eight
delegates, two from each of the
twenty-five congressional districts
and eight at large
The Republican district delegates
will be named in congressional con-
ventions on Wednesday. In districts
controlled by Roosevelt men the
delegates will be instructed for
Roosevelt in accordance with the
preferential primary vote. In dis
tricts carried by Roosevelt but with
Taft leaders in control of the party
machinery, the delegates may go un-
instructed, but with the understand
ing that the primary vote is binding.
The Fifth District, the only district
in the state carried by Taft, will be
instructed for the president.
The congressional conventions
will be composed OF delegates named
in the county conventions9omorrow
In addition to the naming of presi-
dental delegates the congressional
conventions will nominate presi-
Dental elector for each district.
No Democratic Conventions.
The Democrats will hold no con-
gressional conventions, but will
name all the presidential delegates
in the state convention at Peoria on
| Friday. In the state convention
two presidential delegates will be
named from each district and eight
will be selected at large. .....
The eight Republican delegates at
large will be named in the Republi-
can State Convention Friday at
Springfield, If the Roosevelt lead
ers are in control of the convention
they will instruct them for Roosel
velt. If the political leaders friend
ly to Taft have their way the dele
gates will go uninstructed, but prac-
tically pledged to Roosevelt.
! The Democratic delegates will be
instructed for Champ Clark Every
district in the state was carried by
the Speaker over Woodrow Wilson
in the preferential primary vote,
and, accordingly, all the fifty-eight
delegates will go to Clark. 1T is prob
able that the instructions will be
phrased in such a way as to leave|
the delegates free to go to another
candidate after the first ballot in
case of deadlock
Excitement Expected.
| Both state conventions are eX-l
pected to be full of excitement
Fight are likely to deyelop In both
parties Gov. Deneen will be in con-
troll of the Republicans convention.
but his friends, some OF whom are
with Roosevelt and others with Taft,
are expected to start row among
themselves over the naming of the
| delegates at large, Governor De-
neen up to date has taken no hand
in the present campaign.
The Roosevelt men will insist that
tno one, no matter how prominent in
the party, shall be made a delegate
lat large unless his sympathies, as
well as his vote, are with Roosevelt.
This would mean that Representa-
tive Joseph G. Cannon, who, in form.
er years. has been delegate-at-
large, would be denied the honor at
this convention. Representative
William B. Mckinley, the national
Taft manager, also will be ineligi-
Bile under the Roosevelt rule. 4
The Roosevelt leaders will make
fight on this same proposition I'M
the congressional conventions. They
do not want Frank l.. Smith, Illinois
Taft manager, who proposes to go as
Roosevelt delegate from the Sew
enteenth District, or any other Taft
man on, the delegation, even though
he promises faithfully to vote for
Roosevelt The Roosevelt men are
anxious to control the party machin-,
cry and elect the national commit
teeman. 1t fs because of the fact