The Nation - News from June 15, 1986

Illinois Democratic leaders used a technicality to bar lieutenant governor nominee and Lyndon LaRouche supporter Mark Fairchild from entering the party’s convention at Springfield. State Sen. Patrick Welch turned away Fairchild and about 10 other LaRouche supporters from the convention hall door because they did not have proper credentials, although a judge had ruled that the LaRouche candidates could attend the convention because it was a public event. Welch said Fairchild could watch the convention on closed-circuit television from tents outside the hall set up for overflow crowds.