, 1869-12-14
SPaaea|FElH
Assembling Of the, Illinois
State Constitutional
Convention.

0NAFRAkAV4~
Much Hranglins over Tho Chsice
Of Temporary 0flcers.
The independently Suoeeea~ n
Eleoting Their 0andidate' for
Temporary Chairman: =.
An Effort to be Made to Pefmn-
nently Organize To-naT.
Candidates for the Various oGces and
Their Prospects.
Special Dtspateh to The chicaG hanA
srxpurt l. Dee
MfuRAhT oEolx KAT
At ta1t the plurnnet hna to ca ns.sae, = ID
We IRE ppw heyond the netessts Of eFefultt3ou.
The convention has been temporarily a:xant1ed,
and It can b ye1J readily fo1e4oen wtn x1u bo
tho permanent oneer1 But tne lonT agony hAa
not beeu paEsed without x1eAs tI.nala&squ- IA III
concerned. Were to Bend yuu IN detan Tia
vorf1nks of the past tweuty.'our hour, II would
c1teod this despatch far bs5cnd III reasonable
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The great Nd1culry III through the cy.ns Just
paired has been On AccoanI OF the Independents.
OF tho hfteen elected on THU basis, perhaps bur
four could b truly relied upon n such and these
were Republicans without exception. Al the No.
called independent Democrats hsse been Ia ~
full unison and harmony with the rest Of their
party II Tbs most bitter partt1an could With.
THE oE1szg,
Ny tst despatch informed Jou that Anthony, Of
Cook, hsd been put forward on tho part Of eoUe
Of the Independents, and that the nomination VIA
fully endorsed hr the Demncfzt2- The frss uues TO
kick against this movement were members Of the
Cook County delegation, who had pledged them.
seiEes TO import Hitchcock. Upon learning Of the
cool manner IN which aoue Of the ranke4t Demo
Gratis had proceeded 10 arrange the balRnce Of the
70 called Independent ticket, tho opposition from
this quarter became very Intense. and tnen It WIS
dizcose1ed that eome Of the Southern Democrats
wera rampant and refused positively To support
Httcheotk, ,whaserer might b the consequences.
As IN e4tly hour this morning, and Nhilo the Re-
publlcans were In Caucus u the Capitol matters
seain looked moso sqnally. II poaaihle taan eTtr.
1t required al the tndusnces that the Democratic
leaders could bring 10 bear 10 prevent IN open
outbreak. Perhaps thls would have never been
accomplished but foe the tAcs that tout Demo-
cratic members had not Jet zr14Ied, and that the
TWO Hatoes were aaid to be IN c1uco1 With the He
pnhlicans- Then It Wes fumnred fhAk Anthony
was weakening. and that Underwood EA& in farl
harmony With h18 pArtJ. Al tnese things had tho
edtct Of keeping tho rebe1llous Democrats IN the
ttaces. Tue manner IN which th!ngs nuctuA&ed
throughout the morning hours Is b.
yunt al pztcedent This moment and
one mln K ened 10 hold In his ta1d the deattn1ea
o: the convention. Then he would be tog9ed
a1d followed and interviewed until he committed
hlnstM. Then there wunid Be N outbreak sone-
where else, and souoe other Independent would
mt = little cooking. While tnere wAs thfs sen-
sation in Democratic circles, the Republicans
were cot less Active. Tha inter called eaacua
It o'clock IN the morning, which MAJ held Ii the
Library Room OF the Capitol This Wal attended
By ill TIC Republicans. and By H2incs, Of Cook,
Hasnss, Of Lake, and Aedul. Of tae Chicago de'e-
| Est,on.
R. np1L AsD 1m rRH1prTcY.
Tte!stter gentleman vent tnere for the puE-
| poae Of verbally declining TIN nomination for the
! Presidency, which had been rendered HIN ; fcH
days prev.oua, He told the czucua sh4t, heaidee
h1a phyEcal reasons for declining, he MAI atsured
beyond tho possibility Of doubt, that he coald
] not b elected. BE could count upon hut The
votea Of two Independents, vhtresa
tKice thai uumber would be required
To elect niu- There we,o areat
many stirring speeches made The bu1deus
Ct which were that the Republicans could not &c.
ceps Of III. Medtll6 dec1tnAten, and that he nua,
take the nomination. There Wete izrge nnmbes
Of influential members OF tha party nom al pa,ra
Of the Stats preaent IN tho csacus, Who also In.
| Ettoa th1t NF- Aedl1l should Aodde uy sne Ntanes
Of tho caocaA Tnst Eentteman then ssated thai
| he had expressed his opinion and could kay n
| more. Tho ca1cua then preceded 10 ! us1lot
when 1t was found that MI. Mednl had ag1t. III
Republican nomination for tht Preddency, nj
this without dissenting tote.
QIruBllcAE NoAxA11oNa,
The following slate Waa al1o arranged fqf tAs
balauce Of the officers: Secretary, E. wazatsup
Of Alton; Assiitant Secretaries, J. Il. AdAt, "
Hubba,d; Doosteeper, J. 8, LAshrop :!Asastaatz
Gustavus Wetz.ax. We EugIlsa: Postmaster
Wal made ny committees from tho TWO parties
aftef It WA ascertatoed that two aeta Of ticket
were tn tho neid. for holding meeting Of dele
gHte1 at O'Clock In the afternoon. In II
meantime the De:uocraa had been IN oon1tAa
teieg1zpnic communication with their aosen
member, and had learned the e1xct Tine rf thel
atrtral, and 10 offered no opposition To the AkseM
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/ Ana,f nour ar..r tnr ,,ma snocInts1 n,v.,
which the delegates had got together IN The ante
room, the door1 OF the HAll Of Representative
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| ,o,nr II ,ook hnt ysv -,r.nr. ~ ~. -.
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! AAte7 W e%1stt Aae41 seAts' "oea = sJsseu af nu
clustering atd pessnoezng VA commenced
~h h{rh6 hos ebAt 10 hAA }$A-
.u'ea ~, ptopany, oefSt n~a 10 equa "a tni
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Ioefc VA anout An equal Response be