The Washington herald., 1914-10-12
Roger SuIIivan's Allies.

The National Popular Government League, or
sanized in Washington, has gone to Chicago to throw
the weight of influence into the Progressive scale
for Raymond Robins for United States Senator. Il
would be reckless as well presumptous to try tc
appraise the weight added to the Progressive scale
by this transfer; but we can commend the transfer
as good commercial movement. Chicago has lone
furnished an excellent market for new and preten.
tious titles for uplift social welfare and reform
movements, especially in the weeks preceding gen.
eral election. The quotations in this hybrid political
market have been more alluring than those in the
wheat pit at war times. They furnish the Hessian
recruits for political battles, and are supposed to
hold isolated bodies of voters from going to
the Sther main armies.
The present situation in Illinois is interesting and
a little peculiar The Democrats have by primary
vote nominated that daring political train robber,
Roger Sullivan, who has for ten years disturbed the
peace dreams of William ]. Bryan, as reminder
that wicSedness has not been banished from the
world or from the Democratic party Notwthstand-
ing Mr. Bryans bilious attacks when Sullivan's name
is mentioned, the President has let be known that
he is regular and will throw the weight of the ad-
ministrations influence to "the political train robber
of 1904.
The Republicans Of Illinois were also of con-
cilatory disposition and nominated for Senator Mr..
Sherman, the present Senator, who in 1912 stood in
the Roosevelt breach to the last minute holding the
vote of Illinois for the colonel, but refusing to jump
the precpice into the Progressive But that
fatal hesitation the edge of the cliff was just as
Objectionable to the colonel as if Sherman had
been his friend So the Progressives have nominated
for Senator Mr. Raymond Robins, of Chicago, whose
political activities in the past have been as the ex-
ponent of Henry Georges single tax theories. Robins
hoe rIs ind IL
that he associated with any political party or
indorsed any political theory accepted by any respec
table number cE people in this country since he
reached the age of responsibility He has always
been now, sitting near the pivot of the political
rail- ready throw the weight of his party to either
side as individual conditions warranted.
What could be more ideal for the National Popu-
lar Government League, in its entrance into national
politics? Senator Owen of Oklahoma, is president
of the league and Roger Sullivan is in need of inde
pendent organizations asylum for the Demo-
Gratis who really believed what Bryan said in 1904
and what Mr.. Hearst and Carter Harrison are still
saying and to prevent these Democrats from crossing
the political dead line and voting for Sherman
Senator Owen is a Democrat of Scotch-Irish and
Indian descent and his loyalty to the Democratic
has never been disturbed by calling the Demo-
cratic candidate train robber. Oklahoma Demo-
Gratis came near nominating for governor real con-
fessed and convicted train robber. The gravitation
of Owens league to Roger Sullivan as nat
ural the turning of the needle to the pole
The listing of several assistant Democrats bear
ing Republican Isbels as associated with Senator
Owen in this enterprise only adds assurance that
Roger Sullivan can count on loyal assistance from
the National Popular Government League for any
service in any place on any pretense he may sug-
gest.