Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-05-30
Cook County Convention.

Pursuant to the call of the Cook county
democra committee, the delegates from
the seq eral precincts and, wards, met ,in
convention at the Court House. in the city
Of Chicago, on thursday, May 18th. 1913,
at 10 O'Clock, A. Nj for the purpose OF
selecting Is delegates to attend the Con!
gressional Convention, 10 be held at OF.
tawa ON the 6h Of June.
The convention was called to order by
WIN. R. Green, Esq, who nofiiila,ed
Col Joseph Filkins. as president OF the
convention. d. M. Bradley and Lemuel
Brown, Esq. were chosen secretaries. -
On motion of VIM. Ftemrning, three
tellers were appointed to receive and e1.
anime credentials, viz: VIM. FIemmipg,
Thos. Hoyne and Geo. Manierre, who
reported the following delegates as enti.
tied to their seats: " t'--I
First Ware. w R Green. T Hoyne,,
D MBrsdtey, p Coffee, Weller, &
Manierre, v ABoSEsSx>- -. ~.
Second Ward. &C L THogan, Pom.
NJ Casey, P Keely, Samuel Asst.
Ge,zler, o Rose. 80
Third ward.--W B Egan; Chas Tss!I
lor. P Herman. - se..ft..S9t]
Fourth Ward.-John Murphy ;ThSssss
Lonergan. james Summers. 's
Fifth 'WRrd.--A Hines, Jacob SaufSe,N
John Gainof: - - E {, $50
Sixth Ward. M Divers emi6g :.
P OMalIey, NJ Mcdonald, Sizes Lane,
w Gallagher. .-'.
Mouroe Precirct.--N Sherman ii
Everett. E B Sutherland. t;...r
Summit. Doyle. Cavie, 7, Hogan.
Cross Point.-Pe,er Ellis, B Horton,
a Clifford. I'm
Darlington --H WiIlmarth. A Miller.
Thornlon.--W Young. G w Morris.
Chicago Precinct M n Kimball,
Major Noble. -.
Athens.-DC Holden, L Brown II
Bacon.
Blue Islands, Rexford, S Jones.
York M A Powell Mark Crandall
Salt Creek. Bradwell, J Alien, NJ
Sutherland.
Lake. shrigIey, A Brown. D Boyd
Lyons Kerr, B Witt, an,
Des Piaines.-J. Filkins, Jas Parker,
Hanerer.--John Hill, 4 LeashermaD,
D Kinghofp.
Brldgport.--John O'Neal. o Dougherty
On motion, the convention proceeded
to ballot for delegates to the COMPRESSION.
al Convention. The convention being
full. sixty seven votes were cast, of which
the following named persons received
fort six each, and were declared to be
elected: ,,...
Thomas Hoyne, Joseph Filkins, WB
Snowhook, John Sbriglee. Micheal Dant.
ny. David VI Bradley. Walter r Greene. .
Eli B Williams, Thomas 'Bradwell, N
Sherman.J j Everett, Daniel III Gleeson,
James Mnchie, A Lea herman, Sauier..
On motion, The above delegates were
unanimously declared duly chosen. 80
Mr.. Manierre introduced the following
resolutions. and moved their adoption
which were carried by a large majority. "a
Resolved, Fiat the Democracy ofthis'
county are now as ever considerably, hos. p
tile to a National Bank and high Tariff,
as funded on principles essentially anti
Republican and tending in their results
to the injury and oppression oeibe.psoPle;
that they recognize in the Sub Treasury,
The true principle Of the Constitution, and
from the manner in which the govern,
ment moneys have been collected, Kept.
and disbursed during The period which il !
has been IN operation. they are satisfied
that it is the safest and bes. regulated !
system which has been established by
Congress; that hostility to The extension
of human slaveryis now and ever has
been one Of the principles of the Demo-
cratic creed, and that 10 abandon Il al The,
present crisis would be crime against