, 1869-12-16
SPRINGFIELD.
Yesterday in the Constitu-.
tiona1 Convention,
Tho 0a1h-ef-0fEice Question Finally
Disposed OF.
Permanent Organization to be
Reached To-Day.
Hitchcock, OF Cook, the Proba.
bic Permanent KsreAI~
deuts
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4 NoT1 1oxwAAu.
Daylight ii iass GAVIN, and ~ nnR hsvs fatr
prospect fos peasnknent ots imitation. All pre-
dltted tna debate On she oath question lasted ua-
n tbs very lsH nomeui oG the Afternoon sesHon.
Ghelastsude Of tho debate today VA Tefy w1de,
and the yieua On both Ndea were expressed In
verg able manner. buh In la,xe humber Of H.
Erances, tho remarks to day were but : repetition
Of these Of JessetdAJ. Judge Skinner wss ex-
exceedingly voiumtnong, aud arXued 1ixo \
thorough. bird and technical lawyer. yeV lew
who afc not Of the s1me profession viii follow
bin tn hts pes.Etss;lfd Ind hatssphsttrS psopo-
ttion1- Nj. Turner, Of Freepots, also discussed
side Of the house. The speech Of tns DAY wss
macs BY HI. Church, OF H4r1. Ha WN Hblected
to terrific croes-n -nre BY the Democratic members,
and generally a1aErred N questions IN Ear1fao.
tory manner. lin view Of the question blended
the teccnicaitres Of AlAvyar and broad eonpre-
henstvenem Of the statesman lila speech
WAS also the last one OF the
DAY, AID MI, BtoWningb substitute came
10 rote, and lwss carried ty majority OF four.
Everybody undafstsnds this Sote to be the test
veto OF the strength Of the parties IN this conven
tons, and. Of courBa, In announcement was
awalted with = good deal OF Interest. Whenever
the name Of Cook County delegste Wa called
there wa1 b1eAthiess silence to hear the auaWes.
Al his speech indicated, Halaes OF Lake, voted in
the negative: so did AediH Ahd ANTHONY. All
tho otheEs voted for tho subatltute. Thul IL dis
posed OF 1t once two vc1ed questionable
cath OF orate AID the question ot eligibility.
FKBAAHKET ORGANIZATION.
To.morruw the convention Will 90 Into Al
election loE ofcers and proceed at once 70 pera-
ncnt organization 1t II not Anticipated thai auJ-
thing more Will be heard Of the ineIEiblify matter
or that any further objections will be tnssrpased
10 Judges RtJtn and Rice taxing their seats. Al
least this Is the Npeot Of AFFAIR." et present. In
fhct tn the abscrce Of at contestants 10 the Eeate
OF these genueuen, there u no recognized wAJ IN
which the matter can ae brought up. Seece, the
last remaining Democratic absentee, Is expected
10 arrive tonight Ut least 90 his friends
are Informed. This viii g.re the Democrats ona
more working member and lhe Independent ezn-
d!date smother vote.
THE c4fpIpArEA
So fur ss the candidates arr concerned, they re-
main ss last informed Jou There Il no earthly
doubs but that Hitchcock NIL be elected. n
everything points that .waJ-eyen more strongly
than At ny previous despatch. 60 lar ~ the bal.
aEce Of the ticket IL concerned thtte II but little
Interest manifested OF ceuEse. there val be con.
siderable excitement u to the appointment OF
comn!ssees but IT Ia Arrtcheraed that this duty
VII be discharged In ve.y iupafua! manner,
and without any particular regard to party; At
least the convention talk this way.
AorrFCl VIEW,
Once pe1msnently oexanixed, and It II TO be
hoped that The partisan strife which has di4Rraced
the opening days Of the convention vii be no moro
see0- One ShioE that Will tend 70 this and will be
the dttappeatauce Of the hungry crowd Of place.
BeeIer1 who are now boring their members to
work In thelr behalf These disposed Of, and
fr,f fnNA at