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tho mu1o party" Its brave nyowAl Of unoom-

FA0A@0o0AAJ
publican vosora., And ila call, though iasued |
by Democratic State Committoo, din pur-
suaneo Ct tho power voHted III It by thu Dono-'
i cratic = State Convention" will fail to draw |
democrats who know that Democracy 1noans dla- +
loyalty and population. or tloso temperance /
mon mon who hooted 1t tho speech Of hlr. Hesing Ia 7
June ls*t IL there vas Possible doubt Of tho
doubt - removed. aud tho party can nov look
forward with certainty to = complete victory oYor
an Opposition trroco1ieIlably divided. ~ !
hMADNKsa or lD!ooY"
From the Cincinnati Enquirer {{t,dato Dtmocrat3c,
sclvos q State i Domporatio y Central Committee
Of illinois. not at tho Sherman House. ia Ohica.
10 Domesiso party ID tbst s.sts. se'0 70 feas
It HAS tho most nn.D .Demouratie' noesRng that
hhs been hold In tho Wont aince thu 1norcury be-
gan to rlsa last spring. =. !1o mon ofmopoy
o hsye 0a r1 1or o ,vs nas eo1sd @
dresB fow iu Illinois. Il Is asserted In that
State thAt tho farnors outnutnber both tho old !.
Partles by largo majority. But tue farmers !
hare resolved. IN convection, Tor N EXPANSION
ruod Illiuois for dozen years, and the lopub-
'licap party haB passed. resolutions faVorlng an
increase of tho onrrancy. The Domootntio State
Central Committee has boon induced by tho pp-
aRainBt tue Republicans and tho 0raugors. un-
losB 1t can oredp out Into ooulmDn Honse through
ita loosenosa Of phraaeo1ogy. This il sithor
mahneBn or ldiucy, or . mixture Of both. i.
This Central ,committcs Inns 10 CONSTITUENCY
and no aenso.
AZ pNooMMoNLY GOOD 1La1ropM." =. !.
From fAs s.. kout4 Repub!tean {tndepsndenn. !,
ln making this call tho [llliuols Democratic
mako . platform, too,-.n skoreiae OF authority
not antitoly iuAiGabio, for it ia tue provinca Ut
conventions, not that Of commttteaH to draft
platforms. With this oriticlsm made, va do tho
k4AA
an nucommonly good one.-,posscssing \ com
pactness and diroctneHa whioh 30 many Of tho
Western platforms Of this year arc deficient In.
Tho domRnd for " tho restoration Of gold aud
stands in striking contrast With tho vague dec
1arationB ot the Republicans OF tho BanO State,
and will DO accepted ~ ra11ying-ront for ali
persons in tho Wost who aro III favor OF TO-
sumption Of specie payment.
8Goy. Palmer writes to tho Committee slotter,
which Ii hvAluable AppenaaEo TO its platform.
We judge from thus that Coy. Palmer Ia no long
OF Republican he opposoa itspo!tcy on almost
every important point and has made up hiHtnud
to act with tho Democracy In tho present cam
esea to moot sto On Tho sl Of August can maa
ago, either by renomination Of tho Anti -Monop-
oily candidates Or somo other concilintory meaB-
uro, to appropriate the strength Of that moye-
OF carrying tho State, and loaring Senators
Logan and 0gteaby without q Republican con-
stituanoy. -: ...-.- 80.
| From thu itasfanke4 hens {pe,nocrafie).
These plincplca LthDae eunnclated by the lui-
| nois Democratic, State Commttee] arc rounl,
un!osh bY FREQ commerce" is meant absolute free
trade,-tho abandonment Of CuBtom-Housos, mud
II tho stats til satral Committee ,of uhnois mean
| direct taxatkA, to y FREQ .conlmerce," :" NC tako
issue with uarn at once: II they moan tariff
for revenue epl,, then No hca,tily inaoras their
u.
proposed basa OF political doctrine. The State
! Convention that meets pursuant to the call must
| express itself clearly on this point. =.
| While, with the reservation juat discussed, wo
heartily indorso tho Expressed purposes OF the
Comrhittee, 1se muAt say TINT we would lko to
SEQ the Illinois Convention adopt, III it's brevity,
| compactuess, completeness, comprehenslyonosH
! platform put forth Tow days ainco In Chioa-
20 German paper, which reads ns follows;
! ~. Hard money, sans :rhrase;. , i.
| ~. 4 tariff for reyeuuo only;
| "3. Payment Of national debta in honcat
IT, ~, individual lborty." -..~..
| Tho broad, liberal spirit Of tho Illinois Dcu,o-
tciently praised. It showed no AiapoBition.
| no wlah, to rnriyo Dourbonlsm 1t simply
proposca to WELD tho organization which
1t represents as means and nuclcnB for the for.
honest mon Of whateyer past political atlliations
This movement in Illinois promises to be IN rea
harmony with tho Reform party OF Wisconsin.
I ,s IT REMAINS TO lie sEEN."
Front tie Asw lprE Times {RtpubtfcuH}.
'tao Democrats OF Illinois arc Bayed tho tfou
pie Of. getting up platform for tho approaching
campaign by tho foresight OF tho 6tata Commit
tee, which. in cn}ing . Convention for /. 4Gtf
In ADVANCE. On the wloio, tie COMMITTED hal
dono quite al we'll ~ tho Convention conld have
done, and oven better, which is probably tho rea
aon mhY tho COMMITTEES. took tic matter u hand
Ehs platform IL foy hard money, but We doubt il
tho party is, and 1t remains 10 be seen how thu
Convention, which will -be y much moro repre-
sentative body than tho. .Committso Is, will accept
these rsady-mado professions. i,
"NEw AND ArpAAENILY-HoNEsr DEPARTURE
| From. tho Ne,u Fork Ere7iH0 Post {l1cpHbncan,.
Tho II Democrats OF Illinois seem to stand
alone among ail tho 6thto organizations in the
West which aBsurc that name, in proclaimiug, =
creed bearing harmonious relation to democratic
principlcs.~ It ia nhort and good. -
We have previously shown that the nopubi
cans aud so-called farmers" Of Illinois, ii
their public declarations, have fallen far shor
of the demanda OF tho time. The now part,
was oonapicuously at fault, and disappointed
largo number or Republican, and Domoorat
who wcEo tired Of tho old parties aud hope'
for somo positive rofor1n IN tho now. ons
Since its former surrender to tho demagosuo
tho independent meu have boon looklug fo
| m organization that shall deeoryp their sup
port. II in lliinois tho Democratic party
which has go disastrously blundcred almoat ey
orywhoro also, shall accept In earnest tho plat
form Of its State Committee, it will como to toi
rescue. Alr. A. @. Hesing and Mr.. Hermann
Raster aro mentioned as declaring an intention
to support tho Democratic ticket upon this plat
| form. Those gentlemen arc among ths foroinna
Germans In tho West, and hitherto havo don
much to SECURE to the Republican party til
| German vote. Many OF tho Democrats who wer
disposed to break old tics and form now froc
trade aud hard-noney party will also, doubtless
abandon any such intenton and support cordial
" tbis new aud apparently honest departure e
tho old organizations. Whether tho Illinois Dem
ocrats can cariy the State against tho two othe
PARTIES Ii doubtful; but it they honestly adop
mud adhere to tho principles OF this p1atfor1
thoy will deserve to do 80.
: !" 4 FORMIDABLE ELEMENT or oFPoMT1oN."
tfnn, The Tiasbuya ItleQfapA {Repubgtcan}.
Weare always willing to rccogulzo poltica
movements that Heem to !!a to carry weight viii
thom, no mattor whern they may ortginate, o
with whom. In this way only can publ
journal fulfill its duty. In ILLINOIS tho Roput1i
cnns hare held q hait-ana-hhif Convention Do
I vota1 In r1hatartnH Inhn T,awsr and tax.