The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-06-11
ROGER sullivan
DIFFERENT MAN
Than FOES SAY
Writer Who Failed to Get Any
thing OH Him" Now His
w friend.
J. C. HAMMOND TELLS
OF CANDIDATES FITNESS
One Time Sought TO Show Him Up
as Boss But Found Charge
False.

J. c. Hammond, formerly of Hi
nois, a newspaper writer, who was
prominently identified with the
press department OF the Democratic
National Committee at the national
ieadquarters in New York city due
ing the last presidential election,
and who had charge of John Pur-
roy Mitohell's press bureau IN
Mayor MitcheAs campaign; writes
the following article on Roger
Sullivan and the Illinois Senator
ship" for the June number of the
National Monthly;
1t was twenty years ago when !
received my first instructions from
a city editor to get something on
Sullivan"
The only thing Il succeeded in
getting on Roger c. Sullivan was
courteous treatment
Perhaps a score of pclsonal
friends have advised me to say
nothing one way o. the other about
Mr.. Sullivan. Cne critical friend
wanted to now what good It would
do and confessed that | had no
answer.
Why shoMd l. a resident Of tho
state OF New York interfere in the
senatorial contest in Ellinois? L
have but one reason and that is it
is my code that we should make
our position plain IN these days OF
revolutionary politics.
ono OF the highest officials in
WASHINGTON. iG talking to me re
Gently said.
81 like Roger Sullivan personally.
We are very good friends but
don't think he should run for the
United states senate. This is a
time when we are doing away with
bosses and fear he does not under
stand this"
"You are a strong advocate o.
the direct pl imar!es. sullivan has
a perfect right to go before the peo
pie. They are the ones to decide
whether they want MIN or not,
That was my reply and that's
the argument | still think holds
good.
1t fell to my lot as former
newspaper man int Chicago TO h
employed on papers thGt were
against Sullivan politically. | have
spent many weeks ir a conscien-
tious effort to unearth something
tangible against him. | never Sc
cured the slightest point and
don't know any one else who eves'
did. We called him boss" and he
let it so at that.
Even in the time OF my most bit
ter trades, written as an automatt'
machine fer politically oNposed news
paper proprietcrs, was always
given what is SO essential in these
tays---a square deal by Mr.. Sulli-
van. | was given my jrst 2ropor-
tion of the real news auA II Wai
given to me in a friendly enieit.
In my humble opinion think
Roger Sullivan is one of the mos.
misunderstood men in this cpntry.
l venture to say that the majorty
of people who do not know him ar
Of the opinion that he is a political
ward-heeler in education and en-,
vironment Instead MIR Sullivan is
ore of the bost read and best in
formed men | know In this coun-
try.
Recently I had a friend wao was
contemplating starting an adyertls-
ing agency. Mr.. sullivan was go
inc to loan him the money. | hap
pened 10 suggest to my friend that
Mr.. Sullivan might be accused OF
getting around the limitation CT
the senatorial campaign fund.
When this point was brought to his
attention. Mr.. Sullivan said that
perhaps this might be used agains,
him, but it would not be true and
having given his word he was still
willing TO loan the money. 1t Is
hardly necessary to say that he was
not called upon to finance the ad-
Vertising agency.
| happen to be an admirer oi
Normen Hapgood. I told him thi1
incident and others about Mr.. Sui