The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-06-23

lie committee appointed 10 HOIiinatt
officers for the convention, reported as
follows:
john MooRE, of Mclean CO., Presi
dent; VIM. Byrne, of La Sale co., an,
DR.. Hale, of Kane co., Vice Presidents
1A.nd Hugh Il. hickey. of Cook co., anC
VIM. II. Burgess, of Boone CO., Secreta
ries.
5 l., Which grepor! was accepted by the
convenFon,sand the officers took ,he.
seats. -
The committee on contested election
Of delegates from Lake county, reported
the following resolution
Resolved, That John Bracken, A. Pat.
terson, Richard Murphy, and John Ian
dergan be admitted as delegates to this
convention. Which was adopted.
Resolved, That the rules and regula.
lions adopted by the late senate of the
stale of Illinois, be adopted by this con
vention, for the government Of its delib.
erations.
Mr.. c. C. Van Horn, from the VIII
county delegation, presented certain reso.
lnlions adopted by the viii county con.
vention, which were read.
On motion of II. l.. Stewart,
| Resolved, That committee of one
from each county represented in this con
venilon, be appointed by the chair, to
draft resolutions expressive of the sense
of Ibis convention, and that the resolutions
from the Viii county convention be re.
lcrred to that committee.
The following gentlemen were appoin-
tcd-Messrs. II. l.. Stewart, of Cook CO.,
]. i. Loop, of Boone CO.. ID. G.. Sails
bury, of Bureau CO., C.. S. Cotton, of De
Kalb co., J. Nj. Warren, of Du Page co.,
b. McGrath, Of Grundy CO., ]. Court
wright, of IroQuois CO., T.. E. Harvey, Of
Kane co., j. w. Chapman, of Kendall
co.. l., Kimball, of La Sale CO., A. Me-
MILAN, Of Livingston CO., Nj. l.. Covill,
of Mclean co., w. NJ. Jackson, of Nc.
Henry co., w. +, Little, of Wall co.,
DR.. r. Murphy, Of Lake co., moved
the adoption of certain resolutions, which
on motion were laid on the table.
\ On motion of w. B. Egan, of Cook CO..
Resolved, That the convention do now
proceed to vote, uiUd cOce for candi
date for congress from the 4th congress
ional district, each member voting AS his
name is called by the secretary.
The names of the following persons
were presented to the convention as can
didatcs for nomination, viz: John Went
worth Of Cook, Isaac N. Arnold, O.
Cook, David l.. Gregg, Of VIII.
A communication from John Pearson
declining to be candidate, was read by
the chair.
Mr.. Garrett, of Cook, Withdrew tho
name of Isaac N. Arnold, as candidate
stating it to be at the request Of Mr.. Ar
mold.
Mr.. Cartwright, Of Iro1uois, with
drew the name of David l.. Gregg. sta
ting it 10 be at the request Of Mr.. Gregg
The convention then proceeded to voi(
for candidate.
, JOHN WENTWORTH, Of Cook county
having received ffty-eigh, votes, which
was majority Of all the votes cast, wa.
declared duly nominated as the democrat
ic candidate to represent the fourth con
gressonal district of the state of Illinois
in the congress of the United States.
, Thercommittee appointed to draft rcso
: lutions, by their chairman, Mr.. Stewart
reported the following:
!. The committee appointed TO draft reso
= lutlons expressive of the views and wish
es Of this convention, submit the follow
: ing report.
Resolved, That we fully approve of III,
general principles contained in the reso
lutidns adopted by the VIII county con
venlicr, which were referred to this com
D mitiee. and that in general they contain
c the sentiments Of this convention.
: That it is the view of this convention
that the will of the majority should in al
r cases govern, tina. there should he no ex
= elusive privileges, and tina, the only ,ru
= governmental policy is that which mete
out equal and exact justice 10 all men.
e That we are opposed TO national ban
d Of any description, and TO any kind Of
# tariff, which is more than suiIicien, to de
fray the expenses Of a jus. and economi
l. cal administration of the government.
:, That we have looked in vain for an
d of the reforms which the wings promise
us previous 10 the election Of 1870; all
n that alter fair trial Of two full years, dr
0 ring which they had a large minority {
II ST. branches Of congress, we see Nnotl
- change our views Of old fashiopc