A small, possibly doomed, but significant revolt against Mayor Richard Daley is being staged in Illinois by dissident Democrats. The movement's unofficial leader: State Treasurer Adlai Stevenson III, who last month helped found a legislative study group in the state capital of Springfield. The group's aim is to end the feudal system of Democratic party politics within the state and to broaden participation in policymaking. To give the group the aura of legitimacy, Stevenson asked Hubert Humphrey to drop by and confer the blessing of his titular party leadership.
This infuriated Daley, and...
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