The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-06-07
MEETING OF THE ILLINOIS DEM
OCRATIC STATE CENTRAL
COMMITTEE.
ADOPTION OF AN AMENDMENT
TO THE CALL FOR THE STATE
CONVENTION.
THE CONVENTION TO NOMINATE
CANDIDATES FOR ELECTORS
AND STATE OFFICERS.
THE CONGREGATIONS OF OFFICE
HOLDERS AT PHILADELPHIA.
PRESENT ASPECT OF THE STRUG-
GLE FOR VICE PRESIDENCY.

| ne, ouHc uSSOiu
ance with the call of the chairman, the
democratic state central committee met
here to-day ut IL NJ. There were pres
ent; w. w. Fuller, First district A. NJ.
Harrington, Second district; +. VI. Shan
non, Third district, by proxy, Gen. John
A. McClernand George Edmunds, Jr,
Fourth district; b. w. Scaton, Fifth dis
trict John w. Smith Seventh district;
+. l.. Merritt, Eighth district; A. "A.
Glenn, Ninth district 5. A. Buck master,
Twelfth district; w. ii. Green, Thirteenth
district, by proxy T. +. Bouton; A. &.
Burr, chairman, at large; David Cameron,
at large; ID. A. Gage, at large by proxy
Obediah Jackson.
Absent-Wm. Honley, Sixth district /;
A. T. Hall, Tenth district; j. p. Robin
on, eleventh district.
The committee was called TO order by
the chairman, A. g. Burnand. The busi-
ness was stated to be the proposition to
amend the call already issued for n state
convention on June 20, SO that state
ticket should be nominated at that time.
L. l.. Merritt, Of Sangamon, offered the
following
Resoiced, That the call heretofore issued
by the democratic state central committee
of Illinois for q state convention to be held
on the 10th day Of June, 1872, ut Spring
field, for the purpose Of choosing delegates
to the democratic national convention TO
be held ut Baltimore on the 9th day Of
July prox., be so amended and enlarged
as to include the nomination by said state
convention of electors for president and
vice president, full state ticket and for
the transaction OF all such other matters
as the interest Of the party may require.
Mr.. Fuller, OF Cook, offered substi-
tute, to the effect that the original call be
amended SO rs to add after the statement
of the business before the convention,
land any other business which may prop
erly come before it,
In the discussion which ensued, Mr..
Burr doubted the propriety Of the com.
mittee amending the call, suggesting that
such procedure was unprecedented.
| Mr.. Fuller argued that the selection of
a state ticket and presidential electors be-
fore the convention ut Baltimore had put
national ticket in the field was bad poll
icy. AS 1t was not yet Known who were
to be the candidates OF the democrats, 1t
eouiu no. !et DC ue,efni,neu VINO snouiu
smoke .t soma Iena,h
Mr. Sea,on was of the oninion thu, "a
mt n s,.,. ticle, in tho ao,d on Ina DEN
would lead 10 a canvass unnecessarily long
and ne further argucd that The loncer ths
interval before the ticket was in The aeld
the more strength would be drawn from the
radical party.
Mr.. Merritt, of Sanpamon. in support of
the resolution, argued that the condition Of
politics, and of the party was an emer-
gency which required prompt and efficient
action on the part of the committee and
thal the sooner ticket was put IN the
nuhlicaps "ndorstona Tho in,an , ',ue'a 70,
party.
The discussion from this point WINS in.
formal, but the vote was finally taken on
the resolution and resulted as follows;
Ayes-Perinp,on, Gage. by proxv Cam.
eron, Shannon. by proxv Edmonds
smith Nerrit, Clam RncL m.s,or
NnasRnrr EnIlor Saa,nn
| NJ, yo,;n, w III &C.,
Th;s ,on,ise,, $3.50 ~ p.oA.
LIE sehtIen,aa reasois ,or NOT Young
;ns,rro,;ans 60, NJ, rar 1870 '' ~,
,nws, '''' ''" "e'' 10 'o'-
~ n - n,
10 NON H. " h"rF
Being compelled to be in attendance
upon the Supreme Court on Tuesday, the
4th, have requested T. +. Bouton, Esq,
to act as my proxy, limiting him as to one
matter-that is, he shall favor an amended
call OF state convention SO us to nomin-
ate state ticket. / have burned my ships