The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-03-16
len SMALL AND
LOR|M[R ADDRESS
BIG CROWD HERE
Largest Audience Of Present Cam
paign Hears Speakers It
Court House
PATIER PREsInEs AT MEETING
Initiative, Referendum and Recall
Denounced Is an Evil to Rep
resenta.ive Government
PATIER PRESIDEs AT MEETING
By SIDNEY R. STANARD,
EDIT0P. DUQU0IN HERALD.

EUl1Ur. UuuuulN HERALD.
United States Senator Wm. Lori.
mer OF Chicago and Shnator Len
Small OF kankakec, addressed the
largest political meeting held In
Cairo in many years at the court
house last evening. Mr.. Small who
is a candidate for the Republican
nomination for Governor OF Illinois,
and Senator Lorimer, accompanied
by Chester W. Church Of Chicago,
candidate for Secretary of State, and
several Southern Illinois Republi-
cans arrived here on special train
from Carbondale, about Z o'clock.
After an informal reception at the
Halliday Hotel where they were
greeted by large number of local
Republicans they were .taken to the
eourtshbuse in automobiles,
Z When they arrived at the court
room they found an audience OF
from five 10 six hundred people wait
ing FOR them. Chas o. Patier who
was chairman OF the meeting intro
duced the speakers. He spoke OF Mr..
Small aa one of the leading Repab-
leans of the state and made some
very complimentary remarks regard
ing Senator Lorimer.
Mr. Small spoke in part as fol.
lows
AS your chairman has stated am
Q candidate for the Republican
nomination for governor OF lllinoiii.
Like most men who have spent the
greater part of their lives on the
farm have never had time to pre-
pare myself for public speaker, but
las the governor OF Illinois is its ex-
ecutive officer, | do not think it
necessary that he be an orator or
even D. Cook county States Attorney.
Should | be elected governor it will
be my policy to give the people Of
Illinois the best, business administra-
.tion possible, and ! believe that my
years of experience as. farmer and
business man and my career in public
life will be of great value to me in
doing so.
This is the most important CAM
paign held In Illinois since the Civil
war, because at present the very
foundations Of our government are
In danger" Mr. Small then declared
himself against the initiative, refer
endum and recall. He scored Gov.
Deneen for allowing this doctrine
which he styled as Soclalistic to be
placed in the last state platform. lie
also charged that Gov Deneen was
owned and controlled. body and soul
by the trust press of Chicago. He
spoke OF the four illegal and fake
primary laws which he said Deneen
had caused to be placed on the statute
books, not TO allow the people more
power, but to give the trust press
more power and keep himself In Of
fee for life. Senator Small charged
Gov. Deneen with great extraya-
gance in his administration and
quoted figures showing that the state
expenses have nearly doubled under
Deneen.
Senator Lorimer was then intro
duced, and after he had scored De-
neen, Walter Clyde Jones and the
Chicago trust press, in language
which brought the house down In
wild applause, he launched into his
address on the initiative, referendum
and recall For two hours he care
fully and eloquently explained these
propositions, and presented many
convincing arguments against them.
His speech seemed to have the hearty
approval of his large audience, and
time and time again he was loudly
applauded and eheered,
Senator Small Is very optimistic
over. his campaign especially ini the
southern part of the state. Thurs
day he and the Senator spoke at
Nashville. Chester and Murphysboro,
and yesterday at Marion and Car
bondaie before coming here. AK
each of these meetings exceptionally