The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-29
Friday, May 20, 1874.
The Illinois Republ,can Convention.

The two Republican organs in st. Louis
view the approaching Illinois State ne
publican convention from two dlnerent
positions, and the effect is divertlng' Inc
point Of intersection of the two INES OF
vision is the currency question. One or
gan wants the convention to indorse the
initiation views of the Illinois Senators,
Logan and Oglesby, and the other wants
il 10 do nothing of the kind, since to in
dorse the currency views of the Illinois
Republican Senators would be to disap-
prove the currency views of Republican
President. The st. Louis Democrat re-
marks: ..
Notwithstanding the claims so noisily
made, that the Republicans of Illinois do
not sustain their Senator's it appears that
the Western agents and organs of Eastern
interests think it peculiarly necessary to
preach frequent sermons to the Republi-
cans of Illinois, lest they should fall in
to the dreadful heresy of asking
some relief for Western interests. We
Judge that the contractionists are not quite
so sure of Illinois as they would like to be.
But if they will only cast their eyes north
ward, southwark, eastward, or even west
ward they will find adjoining Illinois other
States in which the missionary of contrac
ton will find ample scope for any labors, or
even martyrdom, which he may be dispos
ed to endure
There is in these words faint hint Of a
powerful and controlling imitation element
in the West and South, which Senators
Morton, Logan and Oglesby, may resolve
to appeal to in certain unnamed contingen-
cies, and which, if called into existence,
will make the West field of martyrdom
to any specie payment presidential candi-
date. The suggestion is little vague, but
it is as strong as Senator Mortons organ
could be expected to make it at a time when
Senator Morton himself declines to say
more. The st. Louis Gl0be on the other
hand, says:
People are looking with a great deal of
interest to the Republican State Conyen-
ton, which meets in Springfield, Ills, on
the 18th of June. 1t will be the first i'm
pOrtant political gathering since the Presi-
u6UJ NGJO Oh tue lnHaJlOn Oil. IL Is not
to be expected that the platform will de
clare one way or the other respecting this
particular measure, which is now a thing
Of the past. We are only concerned t.
see that the convention is not used by rab,
I'd inhationists who have personal ends Il
serve, ~ TIE presentation ~ presidential
candidates, ON an issue which is distastelul
TO Republicans in every State in the Union.
Nobody wants declaration in favor OF
contraction, but it is the duty of every
good Republican to keep the party clear of
all squintings toward initiation.
The Illinois convention to meet on the
18th of June,wi be a curiouSly and close
ly watched body, and it is possible it may
bring forth a disturbance The friends of
President Grant and the friends Of Senator
Morton are both watching it with an ankle
ty that is suggestive, The former want it
to give the currency question the go-by as
"a thing Of the past = but the latter see
and feel that to do this, is to make the In
diana Senator "a thing of the past, too
At this moment, Senator Morton is un
horsed and the question with his friends
is; Shall the Northwest, with Illinois IN
the lead, put his foot in the stirrup again
We shall see.