The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-09-05
Business Man Wanted.


tain Weaknesses in his opponent
the practice of striving for election
hy directing calumny against an OPP
Donent. magnifying his faults and
assailing his good name in an at
tempt to turn public opinion against
him is a deplorable one and IN
varlably is an indication of lack OF
confidence. Indeed. we must admire
the candidate whose resourcefulness
and power of diseernment has
brought TO the attention of tho peo
Pile certain glaring faults IN mis- OPP
pcnent. still it would be decidedly
imprudent to elect a man who has
based all or the majority of his
campaign on such tactics, who has
lacked tho stamina, the backbone
the courage to fight a part Of the
battle on personal qualifications.
And it Is because we think that
the personal qualifications Of Roger
c. Sullivan constitute the best rea-
son why he should be elected as q
nominee for United States Senator
that we intend to show how the
mans record from boyhood MP to
the present time, makes him the best
man in the State Of Illinois to care
for the States business In Con grass
and why one of the foremost bus
ness men in the country should be
chosen for that Office,
He was born at Belyidere Boone
County, Illinois, 81 years ago, :hcI
second son in a large family. iisI
father died while he was a lad sol
he was called on early to help his
mother take care of brothers and
sisters. For a time he worked nc a
farm boy for eight dollars 4 month.
He later worked In the West side
railway shora at a dollar and a
quarter a day. He took interest In
politics and be~an ATTENDING ccn-
ventions. In 1900 ne was elected
probate clerk Of Cook county AND
served with credit. He was rccoE- |
nized as a young man OF marked
ability He formed tire Ogden Ges
company together with Others,
which afterwards consolidated With
the PEOPLES LIGHT and Gas Cam
pany. To-day he is recognized esl
one OF the really 'ccessful business
men in Chicago tie Is practically
owner and prefldent Of tie Sawyer
Tiscnit COMPANY
And now. after davoting many
years to the Interests Of other can
didates for other offices. he comTaI
hefere the people himself \ candl-
date . big business man. prepared
to help care for the hiG business Of
the United States aud Of Illinois II
the Senate
He has not been forced into tho
contest; he is not respond'ng to
''insistent demands from all parts
of the state" He believes that tho
i,onor of representing Illinois IN
the United States Senate is great
enough for any mans ambition and
the opportunity it offers for credit
able public service Is, in itself, SAT-
ficient reward,
This is the first timn that the
PEOPLE Of Illinois have had the full
measure Of say as to who She" q
represent them in tho Senate. TIE
vote by the people for United States
Senator Is no longer advisory t. the
legislature. The people now direct
ly nominate and elect, and in tn
the first year Of this new system,
Mr. Sullivan submits his candida y
TO the judgment of the Democratic
electorate.
Mr.. Sullivan is endorsed BY the
people, by the administration and
by his own record. In the campaieu
OF 1900 he contributed and raised q
campaign for the election of Bryan
He repeated this in 1908. in 1912
through his personal influence, hc
contributed $4,000 tor the election
of President Wilson.
He has been financial hacker
IF the Democratic party in Illinois
for the last % years. throg all 1t.
victories and its adyersities. ~
has been very active in the interests
of Southern Illinois ard has used al
the influence that he could bring L
lear to aid this part of the state.
The appropriation of s250.00t
for the building of levaes her
would never have passed the legis
lature If it had not been for Mr.
Sullivan's intereession. But vhel
a committee of Cairo citizens wen
to Springfield. they had with then
a lesaer of introduction to the lead
ing aembers and the chairman tn
Appropriations Committee of tn
House and Senate That Is the rea
SOD why Cairo has adequate foo
protection today. He afterward
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