The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-07-27
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Says Roger c, Sullivan, Who is
Making Complete Canvass For
State Democratic Nomination
WILL COMPLETE CANVASS OF
ILLINOIS in THREE WEEKS
Says He is Still Looking For Organ
lied Opposition to Him But
Fails to Find 1t

Roger C. sullivan returned to
Chicago this morning from Clinton,
where the tenth week of his down
state campaign was closed last Fri
day night. This morning he will
start out again, beginning the week
at Mason City, In Mason county.
The counties canvassed last week
were Dewitt, Ford Grundy Ken
dali, Livingston, LaSalle and Nc
Lean. Those scheduled for next
week are Peoria, Bureau. Mason,
Tazewell. Woodford, Marshall, Put
nam and Stark The trip laid out
IS the hardest one that has yet been
put up to the candidate. with an
average of more than ten stops a
day for four and a half days, and
lot of jumping around that will re
quire him to abandon his automobile
and take trains at half dozen
places. To keep all the engage
ments made it is estimated that Mr.,
Sullivan will have to he travelling,
shaking hands or speaking at least
sixteen hours day, and one or two
days he will have to put in eighteen
hours. A glance at the schedule
indicates that the plan of the cam
paign managers was to have him
meet all the democrats, personally
In the counties covered.
'In one respect. that of the
weathers Mr. Sullivan said upon
his return this morning I'VE had
he hardest week of the down-state
campaign. II was good and hot for
he entiie week But lived up to
my reputation of being a rain
maker, and Yesterday in Dewitt
county we were in the middle Of the
hardest rain that section has had
in a year, as the men with me told
me. But it broke the drought that
threatened the corn crop, and as
Martin J Wade of Iowa says, "a big
corn crop this year is the best Dem
ocratic argument that can be made. /"
1t has been the Republican habit to
blame poor crops, dry weather and
everything else that goes wrong on
the Democrats, hut they will not be
able to make that claim this year,
especially in the territory ! have
been through in the last few weeks,
The prospects in the central and
northern parts of the State are that
the crop will be the heaviest in
years. and Yesterdays rain practi-
cally assured it.
''In respect to my candidacy for
the Democratic nomination for SEN
ator. the week was very good one
indeed. Throughout the week |
was still looking for that organized
opposition to me, but | did not find
II, The down-state campaign Is
but three more weeks to go until |
shall have covered the entire State,
So If that predicted upr sing Of the
people against Roger Sullivan Is Ia
materialize at all, it is about time
for it to do so, There isn't much
territory left for such an uprising
and of what is left know that the
Democrats of very considerable area
are kindly disposed towards me-"
One of the most striking Incl
dents of Mr., Sullivan's entire down
state travels occurred last week.
1t was at Kinsman, little own ii
the southwest corner of Grundy
county. The party arrived there Al
o'clock in the morning, not in
tending to stop more than a minute
or two, but when the principa
street-corner of the village was
reached the whole population of th'
place was gathered there to demand
a speech-men, women and children
of all political faiths. Also every
place of business was closed and tn,
doors locked, including the fiv,
saloons-Kinsman being the oasi
for the thirsty in that part of tn,
state. The speech was delivered.
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