New-York tribune., 1872-05-25
THE REFORM CANVASS.
THE WORK IN ILLINOIS.

PAIGN PLANs-wuAT THE ADMINISTRATION
MEN PROPOSE. ,,
1FRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT oFTIlB TRIBUNE
CHICAGO, May 19-Looking at the politicai
s,tuaton from carefully chosen and impartial poh'
view IL is impossible not to perceive that the
inaucurated at Cincinnati is going forward ia 'n "1,
borhood more vigorously than even its au.ho,9 ooev
have anticipated. 1t is evident that M M -. on
Is the only one among the candidates at Oln0in 80
whom the rival factions represented tpero - ,ho,
heen united-csrtainly the only one Ior ""', 80
would have gone TO work with any su' i,nr, 80
now animates them. The only consiuel ' ,, -,
er likely TO fly the track ON account % Ny -
nation was IN, Chicago Tribune. which Woulu ha'e ooo
~ n''''On ion nv ITS warm preference for Trun-
tu ga az old-time antagonsm 10 Greeley on IaIIn
issues. but which, fortunately was sufheen'y ID S
est in the Reform cause TO sink these other coh'u
ations II came very gracefully at once TOT Greoles
and without any editorial shrugs or ahcms wentio "oiA
I'm his advocacy Also after little neShsJn' @ yn the iU
Rrown So far as yOur correspondent can SdIn, .io
splendid phaanx OF public men ana @ me Cincinnati
Convention and who went tmthSr Win S.oS W o fonDd
the side OF Greeley, ana leenJ lenHJ la f,iTiv cnened
into the campaign soon as IL shdu 10 'l4.l host
irbeso men include as you are aware the very pcst
oeraI Of Which onr state whether considered IN It's
political material aspects is nlde up AZ At,nds head
and sb0m ders above any man whom tho Adulnsuat%I M %
Is able to muster lbs Ts fhe % fact that four years
ago he was sought after as candidate by ihe hepaIC
% snbt after: and that having been elected, he has,
unlike the other gentleman, increased the popuar re-
badedness ana the honesty Of his admins
ration Though very bold executive, THROWING MN,
srf often atwar the path OF folly which legislators anu
local a1thortes viii take on every possible OCCASION
Gov. Palmer las never by any OF tsese aGaS 9or
against himself any large measure OF pSptai oboos en-
except ia one casc-that growing out OF the caa9s III
Chicago and the unwarranted employment OF leoela!!
military authority IN me rsu1pon ul G ~, hos now
affairs, and the breeze which that suTreu up nus oM W
died away and almost everybody Is now CAIN enough 10
see that the dd but his plain duy IN ie case
The action OF the Il sl1ture last Mlnter 70 tne se
feet places him right on the record ana c0mls sIFc
majority o. The members Of that body TO MS support IN
he should come before me people again. anu 'o
military occupation issue should be raised
GENERALS IN THE CAMPAIGN
After Palmer, the LIST come several members OF the
state Administration, including the Hon. Washington
Bushnell, Attorney -General the Hon. Edward Rummel'
Secretary OF state tha Hon. Newton Batoman, superin-
tor1crt ~ Public distraction and eX-Licutenant-Gov-
erro. Korncr one Of the three Railroad Commissioners
having I'm charge tho entire railroad interest Of the state
Tbenco;nc e Hon. Jesse X Dubois, exAudOr OF state
the Hon O. II. Miner, do. the Hon. o. NJ Hatch, ex-
Secretary Of State the Hon VIM Bross ex Leutenant-
Governor; The Hon. VIM. Butler, eX-state Treasurer;
many retire members OF the bench, including the Hou.
Van H. Higgins and the Hon. J.. H. Gus Of Chlcag0 t1e
Hon. j. Y. Eustace OF Dixon, the Hon samue - faIks
a. LOGAN County ana the Hon. John Olney OF CAIRO
numerous members dncludng Ch1s., dltchcock, esq
most able and dignided BODY ever assembled IN Illinois
and which LAS the credit OF bestoWng upon limos tOy
popular approyaD the best constitution enjoyed by any
Z S.te ~ ~, & & Of this or bat Ggb public office that the
Administration organs here have snCeied at the prefix
"Ex" and attempted to fasten the stigma Of Sore
head" upon the movement. This will not do. however,
Tor ON the contrary these gentlemen have passed be-
yOnd the point Of political ambition, and have settled
oi public affairs They the very men whom INC
people would select If called upon to choose by ballet
their representatives in any matter requiring sOund
Judgment aud Identification with the popular interests
Inc same may said OF the Chicago business men Who
have publicly avOwed their sympathy with this move
ment. among them j. ". Preston, repeatedly CHOSEN
now filling that ofioei Murray Nelson ana j; b., +.
Hutchinson large operators on ChahSs, ana PiOOayiy
ll
administered he worlds charity TO CmcaeO WIZ sucH
marvellous .ccptaDty 10 both donors and recipients
RECRUITS
This is the kind OF men-Repubhcans all-who ident-
fed themselves with the Cincinnati movement before
the Convention took place. They are al, so FAR as heard
FROM satisfied with the result Of that gathering, and
ioning heartily in the hurrah for Greeley This might
be cNpe,: perhaps. Now, them there any
cruis since the choce Of the Cincinnati Convention was
sunouuced2 IN the first place. there IS the entire Demo
cratic party of this neghbOrhoOd This is. Of course,
figure o. speech for there must be bunker Democrats
who wilnot accept ANYTHING but one OF their own TX
permit such ncOnerui'y as the mixing OF angels ana
hH1tlt L,o. s 7. W ~ Iicn s,0 TINS which fbongR
on o Wednesday and q Friday willing to acknowledge
the practrablity Of eectng Greeley and Of the Demo
cratic party : supporting lin, IS nevertheless, during
tn most oil the week, disposed 10 sneer at MIN IN
The Times does claim 10 represent The Democratic
parry du organ 1t also true that te ONCE Oh mat
JaDer daily bescged by sound old Democrats
iwhcelhor cs Of the party in old campaigns who urge
II
rather lau consolidated regiments, it is true, but still
the possible recruits the moral effect OF
their action goes. These are, first, the disafIcced Re
pulIcaLs Who cautiously awaited the result OF the
iazdrduus expedition 70 Cincinnati before coming ont
from party which they loved for its honorable record
and glorious associations and secondly stray RepuD
hcan here aud there, whose haired OF the Democracy
would have kept him hudded in the ranks of the
"straieht" organization, with a suter for captain
End mere camp followers cOrpOras but whose old
time admiration the Editor Of his TRIBUNE, and his
Od-timc aspiration that some party would some time
have the courage and the wisdom 10 nominate that man
fealty, and drawn him " out Of that crowd"
WHAT Is DOING.
The campaign has not yet been organized, stn less
commenced The Liberal Republicans Of Illinois have
as yet no Central Committee and will not have until
after the Philadelphia Convention shall have gone
through empty FORMS and placed Its cutandlried
candidate tie field. For the purpose Of organizing
this Committee and fixing basis Of local organization
Convention is announced TO be held at Springfield,
the2sh OF June. There have been meetings yet,
except few spontaneous gatherings to ratfy the nomi
nations ri Cincinnati or these tho most important
that at Dixon. the 4h instant which was addressed
by Judge Eustace, and others; ,,, ,,
But few means OF Judging the popular feeling having
been developed yet perhaps the best index Is the
Chicago daily press The Tribune stands unqWn0edly Tor
CreeIev and Brown me Nes tDemOcratic) is enthusi-
timOre Conventions; The Times independent DemOcTatl
viii undoubtedly support Greeley il he is accepted at
baltimore; The Union German and Democratc) will do
the ZANE The Stats Zettg QepuDllean) ls with me
Ta,nI me MIR Osqn Ihe Post and Erenin1 Mail for
the Pnadelphia nominee, be he Tom, Dick or Harry.
Out OF Chicago the daily Democratic journals are unan.
imous 10 the opinion that Greeley and Brown is the pest
ticket for their party while the Republican press Is for
the regular Republican nominee Among the Republican
weekcs there about dozen which have INDICATED
him or admiration for Greeley OF the sxty-seven
Democratic papers the State, The Register at Spring
field only four which signify that they Will not
willingly accept Greeley and Brown.
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