The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-30
the ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC
STATE Committee,

Ssasts "
STATE COMMITTEE,
WHO Were Present !
Mr.. cCormick's Address.
A State Convention Called for August
18th.
All Opponents Of the Republican Party In
vited.
CHICAGO, July 29.-In response to the
call by Cyrus II. Mccormick, Chairman of
the Democratic State Central Committee,
issued some three weeks ago, that body
convened at the Sherman House this morn.
ing.
The Committee was called to order by
Mr.. Mccormick, and Il. L. Merritt was
chosen Secretary. The following were
present:
S. Kimberly.
Third District Theo. Sctintz.
Fifth District-Wi liam o, Wright.
Seventh District james G. Elwood.
Eighth District-W. X Cook.
Ninth District-C. II. Mccormick, proxy OF W. i.
Dowdali.
Tenth District-Thomas b. Cabeen.
Eleventh DIstrict-T. IL. Redmond, proxy OF A.
A. Glenn.
Twelfth District E. L. Merritt,
Fourteenth District Il. B. Buck, proxy OF Jas.R.
Cunningham.
seventeenth DIstrict-E. A. snively, proxy of S.
B Wilcox.
/ Fiyhtpantb nfst,je, w II Npep
Nineteenth District-Chas. Carroll.
At Large-C. III. Mccormick and James c. Robin
son.
On motion, all members Of the Demo
cratic Liberal Executive Committee OF
1872 in the city we're invited to attend the
meeting of the committee,
A committee of seven, consisting OF
Messrs. Green, Hoyne, Cook. Schintz, Mer.
rift, Matteson and Mccormick, was APP
pointed to draft headings for the call of a
convention.
M'CORMICK's ADDRESS.
Mr.. Mccormick then read his address,
as follows:
GENTLEMEN: As Chairman of the Dem
Ocratic State Central Committee, | have
deemed it my duty to call you together for
the consideration OF important questions
upon which action should not longer be de,
layed, in connection with the interests OF
our party and the country.
An election for State, congressional,
legislative and county officers is approach
ing, and the preferences of party, in ac-
cordance with established usage, must be
ascertained. On the leading political ques.
tons of the day, it is necessary that an
expression Of opinion be made, and that
.nnnart ~ notin, h, pouu,nl boz tho ltn
mocracy and others disposed to cooperate
with them in the present important crisis
in the couutry's history. The election,
to take place the ensuing fall may be coni-
paratively unimportant in itself; but, in
order to succeed in the next Presidential
contest, two years hence, and then wrest
the government from the hands Of the
present INSCRIPTIONS party leaders, it is
necessary that this election be carried by
the Democracy.
Without amy feeling of undue attach.
ment to the Democratic party, as a politi-
cal organization, and while willing, myself,
to accept that agency, by whatever name
it might be called, which will, in the most
successful manner, accomplish the mOmen-
tous result sought for, it is undeniable that
the Democratic party still remains the
most formidable opponent of Republican
misrule aud | submit that it must yet be
chosen by the American people as the hon
ored instrument for the accomplishment Of
the reforms demanded by the people,
through the downfall OF that great cnns,i-
sutton detying and centralizing power
the Republican party.
Since we last met as a committee, gen
tlemen, we have witnessed the redemption
of Ohio and Indiana from the hands of the
spniler, and the affairs of these Western
States are administers by Democratic
Governors. In our sister State of Wiscon-
| sin Republicanism has been overthrown,
while from all the Western States, and
from some Of the Eastern, indications
daily reach US that a brighter and better
day is already beginning to dawn, These
results have, in other sections of the Union,
infused fresh zeal into the minds of the
Democracy, and led them to engage with
renewed courage and increased confidence
in the struggle for victory. In illinois, as
representatives OF our party, our duty Is
plain. We must maintain our Organiza
ii N, and resist any attempt that may be
made to impair its efficiency.
We meet, gentlemen, not merely for the
purpose OF calling n convention of the par
Tyr to discuss the question of eXpodi
ency as to calling "A conventional is our
duty, as guardians of that tried, honored
and nUw vigorous organization, the Nation
al Democratic party, to call the conven-
ton. There could be no propriety in our
failure to call it. 1t is not only due to the
Democracy of Illinois, but to the Democ
racy Of the nation, to call a convention at
this time that Justice may be done to the
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