, 1864-04-13
REPUBLICAN, CONVENTION.
Election Of Delegates TO The Republican Cnloa
Judicial Con1eution---Hon' Corydo7
Beelulta Cnanlueusly -
Recommended.
III. CITY Conrcntion-C. A. Reno fol
Police ColnEnissloucr,

Police Commissioners.
The Republican UnIon Conventions for the ao
pointmcnt OF delegates 10 the Judicial Convention
to be held in June next for the nomination Of .
candidate for Judge Of the Supreme Court for th.
Third Grand Diyfsfon OF The State Of Illinois, ant
for the selection Of candidate to be supported bJ
the Republican Union voters Of tho city for Pol,ce
Commissioner at the ensuing Charter election wert
hold IN the Circuit Court room yesterday afternoon
| . COUNTY CONVENTION. -.
The County Judicial Convention was called to
order By Perkins Bass, and ". II. Bradley, Clerk o
the United States Circuit Court, w&s chosen Presi
| dent Of the Convention.
The President oHaaking his eeat, thanked the
Convention for tie honor conferred, and referred
TO the great responsibility devolvlng On the Con.
| ventiou- he hoped that tho delegates selected
] would be men who would feel that on their nomI.
nation depended the highest interests Of the State
". L. Church and Walter s. Frazer were ap-
| pointed Secretaries.
On motion Off. N. M5bard, = committee Of i've
on Credentials appointed BY the ehslr consist.
| Ing Of Messrs. Il. n. HibbArd, 1ra Scott, c. l.,
| Jenks, J. Il. Reca, and 4. Il Dolton.
The committee reported the following as entitled
to seats In the Convention, the delegates taking
| their placcs as called:
FmsT WAnD.-Wm. F. Tucker, Jno. Went worth,
| George C. Bates. John Summcrdeld, Norman VIII
lIamt, j.. Frank Wentworth. lsaas Paaum, :: ".
Rceltz, j. G. Knickerbocker, Fred. ]cnsch.
D; noSatd, ga,ia @ Bweli q AZ kehn, @ As91; Hea: a
| Robert Fergus, 1saac Mar1, Philip Becker.
Tn1Rp Wins lB. Perry. 9. g: Wicker, G: b.
caaEc Tn.sns He e Far
Fornru WANp.-Wm. Hopkins, Geo. H. Low,
Geo: Anderson, Thos: Nicolea, Jas. Turner, chas.
| N. culbertson, John II. Cloush.
! WAHn- Rof{nnt 1nAenh Petit
six1n W4IsD-Alhcd Pardoe, Geo. ". Losier,
sErxAn WAaD.-Gco. i. Yonng. Charles Lod-
ding, G.. r. Chandler, VIM. IL: Haase, George
E1cn1a WAnn.-John Mollier, r. N. euillora,
N1sTu WAnn-A. D. cook, G. P. Randall, sam,l
@ @Aec9tte5. Geo: +; Letz, y. 8: frazier, George
Tss11WAnn.-wm;W ;;.1n'.-wm;W y. Fsrwen. silas P: crnmb,
asst 1saae nq;mfs Joan F. 1FwIn Hep5y rEvs:.
| Stephenson. 4 Wc1npls and J. .. Humphrey.
-; ElEEsTu WAEn.Ss. !. Russel, B. u. Bruins,
c, ". Boyineton. E. 1. 1lin. ~ " A''~' ~
Franz He,t:neer. Hermann Fslsen.hs', is,dor 10:
THIl;1zES1n WAno.-Char1cs F. PECK, Conrad
Folz. Jacob Lancr. Jacob Reich
FoCE1EENzu WAnp.-Ferd Pnnker, John Mcrke,
Carl Goebe, Ludwig ZniElcr, Tntz Fri1lmann,
FIFTEENTH WAnp.-1ra Scott, George n. cush-
Ing: AndtcT nd Nelson, John ttssting, M ] G. Grant,
| Peterson.
s1xTEEsTu wAnD,-N.K. Fairbank, 4. ". King,
". T. Bradley. H. 4. kautfm1nn, J. S. Mcintyre, J.
Woodbridge, j., Adam Baicr'c, .Alonzo Harvey,
| JAS 1. Shark, Jr., G. B. Ltndaman, Daniel Good
| VIII, Jr-
The report was adopted.
Hon. G. C. Bates npred that Committee Of
I rfne member. be appointed to nominate twenty
| ,Jn1o1 11,A J~1 III, ~.
held in this city On the eth day Of the present
| month. Carried.
| The Chair appointed as such nominating Com
mittee, Norman Williams, junior, {. r. Chandler,
7. b. Brown, E. L. Akin, Henry IT.. King, James
P. Root, A. II. Dolton, Hon. George c. Bates. and
| II. Kcnnscott.
! Hon. John Wentworth in behalf OF the City
| Central Committee, asked the delegates to nom
inatc candidate for Police Commissioner, az soou
as the business Of the County Convention be nn
| ished. he would move that without change o.
officers in tho Convention, the delegates he re
1uested to prepare their ballots for = candidate
| who must be . resident Of the West Division.
well that the delegates ffom the West Division
should retire to ag7ee upon man whom the,
The West Division delegates retired IN pursuane,
The nominating Committee returned md Pre-
Eented the following as their nomination. whac.
.@**@0A"'| ~ASAe~ y
the Convention.
Ife following towns were represented:
HSae FazlNiamss = aGpa hoot n 1 n HibD.r
Gasrsagon-s. II. Kinssiey, a. c. Bneklaw, J
aae9sten-A. II. Dalton, John Il 1ansing, A
6. GutEi1.
1r;and-John =. Jsctson ). Il. Merrick.
Haee ingLH. kenn1cott, II. ScoTil1c, Chss. Hu
euain, Geo. Strong;
the Bar as wsii >. Tic Convention, said he was
certain be should be but echoing the sentiment O
gns IN as cz ss6a aa "a
didate selected, In another Light, onlsasas being
well qualified Tor the position. 1t was TtrJ prop.
paee ont os the @ ne ahca a tie people Tese b,oEen
up into political parties; but even II the question
were to be determined on the ground Of fidelity to
vile treaeheT3 to the Uaon vas % he g badset5's adj I'll
; black cockade- of another. The gentleman whose
uame was embodied in the resolutions be WAS
stout 70 present, would be found to be well qaah-
dtd. He offered thu following:
Rea2red, That while we recognize the work
Sn4 lea ases of shoz ~; whose
JudGe Of the Supreme Court ip other counties; yet
Te naw R.eqt I'D IesPsst,nl.E urge for thst pos-
Ills sbllity ann large experience in the 1sw Is
known to and acknowledged BY the people OF the
His int rTity Of character aud loyal derot'on to
the Onion. the Government sna the meas ures .ol
the Administration from the beginning Of the rebel.
lion t. the present d9e, euttle him TO ths respect
thy 10 retain the commission so ~lily bestowed by
our noble Governor Richard Yates. I.
The speaker could truly ssy that he had from the
drst moment he wae admitted to the noble brother
hood Of the Bar, been struck by the high know1-
edge and profound ability exhibited by Corydon
Bcckwith, who seemed TO him to have been created
hy Almighty God for pure and impartial Judge,
and be wss cure that the lawyers Of this city and
State. and the country in general would agree with
him tlat Nj. Beckwith had no superior. If an equal
within the litalts Ct this great county It bad been
n M aa a1 bat s7e
1t would not III the least degree operate in his
mind. Tnose who thought that Gordon Beckwith
did not Know him. The speaker could testify that
from the commencement Of the war. down TO this
se hsa nsea ,h oy i
the whirlpool Of political strife, but the speaker
could beas fall testimony. That from the first mo-
nent That the gun Was turned on Fort SCEter and
tic dng Of our rouatry, be had both in sea=on and
ont Of ecasou given his taleuts and energies and
influence 10 10 the lurthcrancc Of the interests ot
the cou,mission Co1ydoa Bcczwith holds from the
Governor Of lllIEois-that glorious ton Of Ken.
e qe hs n05
| wLo could Eas1say? lie wns certain the Tesola-
tions wou:d Sc adopted By the unanimous voice Of
the Judicial Convention, reported the following:
r. VI. uousb, Wm. a. Bradley,
j. i. Jonce, Juha r Chaplin,
Ira y. Aunn, W l.. Church,
Geo. Datca, WHIT Dexter,
! Perkins Bass, j. Rehm.
| Jas.-I. Stark IT,, Julius Hoscpthal,
Mu1ry>iScl6opr u. ). Hammond,
A. u. Dalton, J.p. Root.
! Join L. Hancock, n. 4. FArbank,
J. Henry MuAlke, ]. H. Alien,
Julian s. Rnmsey, = John l.. Wilson,
| Joseph &edin, .sr S. y. kingsley, -
s. 4. Irwin.
4, Garrison then moved that the delegation have
power to fill vacancies IN lis ranks, IL any OCCUR
| tins Eas carried, and :" >
| The Convention adjourned.
\ CIT CONTENTION.
Immediately aiteE the adjournment Of the in
dic1ol Convention. the City Convention va:
called to order. The of1cars Of the former
| on melton Of Hon. John Wentworth, wers
selected to preside over the deliberations 0
y this. The delegates Of the Wcst Division
who had retired to aeree upon candidate for Po
lice Commissioner, returned and presented tht
name OF c. H. Reno az their choice.
ME. Wentworth mosed to 60 into ballot for Po
! lice Commissioner
be mnde unanimous.
Mr. Wentworth Withdrew his motion, and th'
motion Of III. Perry prevailed.
Mr. Bates mored the appointment OF City Cen
tral Committee, the delegation Of each Ward
naming the member for the Ward.
The motion prevailed, and the following Wers
selected:
4 Ward Ward.
2d-s. C. Blake. 10th-Geo. Himrod.
ad-G II Rnrry 11fh-S I. Russell.