The Cairo bulletin., 1914-08-17
His Automobile Speedometer Regis
ters 10,466 Miles In The Three
Months
300 CITIES, TOWNS AND
VILLAGES WERE VISITED
Made As Many As Dozen Speeches
Day-Shook Hands With
100000 People

Roger c. Sullivan's systematic
campaign of the down-state counties
for the democratic nomination for
United States Senator has been com.
pleted. Mr.. Sullivan came to Chi
cago from Rockford Saturday morn
ing TO get ready for the opening OF
his Cook county campaign tonight
for which two meetings have been
arranged, the first at Occidental
hall in the Thirteenth ward. and the
second at Social Turner hall in the
Twenty-fourth ward.
The tour that WIS wound up in
Rockford on Friday night was the
most remarkable that has ever been
made by any candidate for any
statewide office in Illinois. 1t be
gan on the 1tth of May and ended
on the 14th of August Every week
of that time Mr.. Sullivan was out in
the country cities, towns and vii
lages for five days in the week, aud
several weeks he put in six days a
week Tie made his canvass almost
entirely by automobile, and the
speedometer registered 10, ,466 miles
Travelled in the three months lie
kept the schedules up for him with
virtually the same regard for time
that the schedules of an express
train are kept And ali of the ap-
pontments made for him only one
was broken, and that was on account
OF storm.
with the exception of Lake county
(Which will be given day later on
Mr. Sullivan covered th4 entire
state. He visited on m average
about twelve cities, towns and viii
lagos a day, or grand total OF 500
in the three months. lie made as
high as a dozen speeches day: he
ma, shook hands and talked to
more than 100000 people
There was no slowing IN in his
campaign from the time 1t began
r'nlil II ended. Rather, the last week
was the fastest and hardest of any
he put in He did not lose a day or
an hour from either illness or wear
mess, and he finished. If anything,
in better health than he was when
he started the big tour.
II am going to carry Illinois for
the nomination for United States
Senator" Mr.. Sullivan said upon his
return yesterday, land I am going
TO carry it by a big majority. | be-
lieve | will get majority of all the
votes cast for candidates for senator
in each congressional district in the
state outside of Chicago ! believe
that | will get plurality Of til
votes in each and every county in
the state, outside of Cook.
"In Cook county, which includes
Chicago, believe | will have a plu.
rality of at least 100000 votes over
any other aspirant for the nomina-
ticn
81 am not speaking without infor
nation. have been over this state,
all of It. and | feel that know the
sentiment of the people, and how
the great majority of the voters will
vote. ! have visited virtually every
city and town, and a few hundreds
of the villages of the state. | have
met the voters and of all classes and
conditions. have talked with hun
dreds and thousands: | have been
pledged the support of even tens OF
thousands, | have not talked to
them in vain, for have learned
how they feel, and what they intend
to do on primary day.
Many counties | will carry by g
vote that will be two, three, tour
or even five times as large as any
other candidate will get. To my
mind there are few close counties in
the state.
II made the sort of campaign !
did by well-considered design. The
people of the state have been hear.