Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-11

The boom for Roger G. Sullivan for
Senator is growing larger and strong.
er every day ana he Is gaining friends
every hour. A brief sketch of his
career shows him to be self.made
man.
Roger &. Sullivan was born at Bel.
videre. Boone County, Illinois. fifty.
three years ago, the second son in a
large family. His father died while
Roger was lad. so he was called on
early to help his mother take care of
brothers and sisters. He was a farm
boy at IS month; worker wher.
ever work was to be had. Believing
opportunities were better In Chicago.
he went there in 1879 and found work
In the old West Side Railway shops
ut $1.25 a day. He took some interest
In politics, like many young men
about him. and soon began attending
conventions. In 1890 he was elected
Probate Clerk of Cook County and
served with credit.
On retiring from Office Mr.. Sullivan
became connected with gas COM
pany and later with an electric com.
pany, both Of which industries were
then In their infancy. His business
ability attracted the attention of other
active men and he soon became q man
Of influence and power. Az the city
grew he grew. He branched out into
various enterprises, and It Is remark.
ed that every undertaking with which
he became connected was successful
Turning to manufacturing some years
go. he acquired the Sawyer Biscuit
Company Of Chicago and has devel.
Oped II into one of the largest manu-.
featuring enterprises Of its kind In the
Middle West. II Is worthy Of note
that the Sawyer COmpanys plant Is
considered a model. not only In equip
ment and facilities for production, but
In equipment and facilities for the
comfort. convenience and general wei.
fare Of employees.
Mr.. Sullivan was member Of the
Democratic State Central Committee
for sixteen years. He was a delegate
to the National Conventions of 1892.
National Committeeman from 1904 to
1912.
Mr.. Sullivan married Helen M.
Quinlan In 1885. They have one son.
BOetius, who, after graduating from
Yale. took the law course at Harvard.
and Is now practicing law In Chicago;
four daughters. Mrs. Mary c. Wolf,
Mrs. Helen McAvoy, Mrs. Frances
Cummings and Miss Virginia Sulli.
van: and three grandchildren. The
family home Is at 1854 Washington
boulevard.
Frank ID. COmerford has some ad.
mirers after all. An exchange says:
Railroad and labor men In Calhoun
County are crying for Frank d. Com
erford." As Calhoun Is the one coun,
| ty In Illinois that hasn't mile OF
railroad within its borders, the rail
road and labor men" down there must
take Frank for railroad tie.
Former Governor Deneen Ia said tC
be preparing to enter the United
States senatorship race as full
fiedged candidate.
The United Order OF Stiffs, as the
Anti-Sullivan "Bryan-Wilson League
Is best known, is at 1t again. It's three
members have crawled out of the dog
kennel to announce that the league
is going to take a referendum vote t.
pick man who will run against Sui
Ivan. The United Order of Stiffs
who have never been able to get more
than handful Of people to come II
out of the wet on rainy day to one
of their meetings, are again talkinf
big. Here Is what one of the u. O. s
Is quoted as saying in daily paper
"The plan Is to proceed for the mex
six or eight weeks to sign up $4,000
members on a straightaway platform
Of opposition to the nomination O
Roger G. Sullivan.
EARLY In May state convention Il
to be held in Springfield, at which
all prospective and announced candi
dates will present their claims, tn,
idea being to have an organized dele
cation present from each of the 10.
counties of the state.
"The state convention will not picl
the leagues candidate, but considera
ton will be given to what this Stif
said Is the biggest business confront
ing the league--the capture of thu
Democratic state committee and thu
nomination Of known anti.Sullivai
Democrats in sufficient numbers I,
control the Democratic organization
of the next Illinois legislature.
after that will come the referen