The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-15
DISCORD CROPS
 OUT IN RANKS REPUBLICANS

ing by a mere thread, the bond which ties Republication in the State of H. linois will receive it's real test in the election next November.
 Beneath the surface of an apparent ly united party lie the smouldering coals of discord ready to be poked into a flame which might blaze again with the fury that marked the primary cleo tion just held in this State.
 The breach which has united the knot of unity in the ranks of Illinois I Republicans dates back to the period shortly before the election which placed Governor Len Small at the helm of the G. o, P, ranks in this state.
 It started when Mayor William Hale Thompson, of Chicago, with his dele gates at the Republican National Con- vention bolted the Chicago meeting and swung away from Frank o. Low den, who was in the nomination cir cle for President. Since then the party has been skating on thin ice which has been marked by several breaks.
 After the election Governor Small and his administration went through a stormy session of the Legislature marked by charges from his Republi- can opponents and Democrats that the administration was attempting to force through it's legislative program by ex- change of patronage.
 SEVERAL MEASURES DEFEATED
 In the closing days of the Legisla- ture several of the Governors legls- lative measures were sent to defeat. The governor then cut off numerous appropriations made to departmental chiefs. including the $700,000 appro- priation to Attorney-General Brun- dage to be used in the enforcement of the State Prohibition act.
 Then came the retaliatoIy steps ot the Governors Republican enemies. Attorney-General Brundage started a Grand Jury investigation of the treas ury terms of Governor Small and Lieu tenant-G Governor Sterling.
 Indictments followed this investiga- ton, including the one on which the Governor now is being tried at WaulEe- gan for alleged conspiracy to defraud the state of several hundred thOus- and dollars in interest money.
 During the stormy campaigns which marked the recent primary the two Re publican factions fought desperately for the nominations of their candidates to the Legislature. The opposing fac tion to the Governor was out in the open with threats of seeking his i'm peachment and they were striving for the necessary votes in the State Sen ate.
 Both sides claim victory in the pri- mary The question now arises as to whether the losing factions in the re- I selves with the party nominee or. throw their strength behind the Demo- cratic candidate.
 At the State convention held here in April the work of the State admins tration was endorsed but without spe-1 cific mention of any official. Plans for the convention meeting and it's organ ization were threshed out before the delegates took their seats in the hall.
 UNCERTAINTY PREVAILED
 An awkward air of uncertainty per vaded the convention hall while the were cut short, officers named, plat form resolutions adopted and the con- vention adjourned after being in ses- sion less than an hour.
 It was evident that harmony was there only in the open. Leaders in the party, however, predict that the Republicans will take their united strength to the polls next November. During the time transpiring, however, the Governors trial is going on, the result of which will have great bear ing on the party's future.
 Meanwhile the Democratic donkey" has his ears in the air, taking in the news of Republican dissension and anxiously expecting to unleash raul cous bray that will rattle the copper covered dome of the Copitol here with such fury it will be heard in all cor ners of the United States. 1 WRITES ESSAY WHILE