The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-08-26

while Chicago has been under the
control OF down state no such con-
tingency has arisen.
(15) BECAUSE nearly every fam
lily down state has relatives or friends
in Chicago For this cause as well
as for market and other financial con-
siderations down state is interested i'll
the we'll being OF Chicago. For these
reasons If for no others down state
has never exercised its powers to
harm Chicago and it will always listen
to the representatives of Chicago's
best interests.
(16) BECAUSE the theory of COM
promise between Senate and House
would fail on matters Of vital prin-
cipie:-for illustration: suppose the
Senate was responsive to the elements
represented in the churches and other
bodies OF good citizens, and the House
was controlled by the spoils politi-
clan there would be no chance for
compromise. One side or the other
would have to be defeated and in
such an arrangement it is not difficult
to forecast the result.
~ BECAUSE under the scheme
proposed the Cook county machine
would control not only the Lower
House but it would have to gain only
ten in the Senate to control there.
There are not more than five and
probably not more than four districts
of the nineteen i'll Cook county in
which there is probability of break
ing down machine control. In addi-
ton to the down state Senators nat
urally affiliated with the Cook county
machine it would have to win by log
rolling methods only five or six more
to control the Senate. 1t is too great
a risk to run.
(18) BECAUSE while it is true
there are often politicians down state
who will sell out their constituents for
personal advantage and who will do
so in the dark yet experience has
demonstrated that it is easier to elm
mate such men down state than III
Chicago through appeal to their con-
stituents The machine can not get
such a grip upon down state voters
as in Chicago. For illustration the
Legislative Voters League published
broadcast that candidate for repre-
sentative from a Chicago district had
been indicted for stealing an automo-
bile. He confessed the theft but new
erthe1ess was elected to the Legisla-
ture Such thing would be impossi-
bic down state because through the
county fairs. farm institutes, teachers
institutes, county conventions, etc,
the personality of members of the
| Legislature are known to nearly
everybody in their districts. OF the
ninety-six down state members OF the
Legislature only six were criticised in
the last report OF the Legislative
Voters League while they more or
less severely censured nearly one
half of the Cook county delegation.
OF course there are some bad down
state legislators due largely to the
minority system OF electing them as
there are some good ones from Cook
county but it is majorities that count.
(Refer to Legislative Voters League
report July. 1920
(19) BECAUSE Senators fro m
widely scattered down state districts
with little or no patronage would have
difficulty i'll defending the state from
the centralized, powerful Cook county
machine having vast resources in pat
ronage at its disposal particularly with
rich fields OF additional patronage to
be created through pending legislation
with endless jobs - experts - high