The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-27
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ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC STATE CON-
vENTIoN.
Organisation, Committees, etc

SPRINGFIELD, ILL, July 27.-Demo-
cratic State Convention met this morning
and effected temporary organization
as follows: Temporary president, James
G. Alien. Of Crawford; temporary secre-
taries. r. t. Head, of Hancock, and J. j.
Crowley of Cook, and r. w. Austin.
Reading secretary, j, w. johnson, of
Pike,
Judge Allen, on taking the chair, briefly
addressed the conyention, after which the
following committees were appointed and
names of presidential electors and MEM
bers of state central committee reported,
when recess was taken till one P. NJ
On credentials-lst district, j r Doolittle,
Jr.; I'd, G Carlimore; Sd, Frank Agnew
4th, B Z Fridley; 5th, G A Smith; 9th,
A Seaton; 7th, D P Jones; sth, ( W
Bane; 9th, L Gibbons; lOth,G A Wilson
llth. II G Withers; 18th. j f Snyder;
18th, A Mayfeld; l4th, L B Eldridge;
18th, R B Larmon; 10th, John Thompson; !;
l7th, L G Starkell; 18th, r G Stevens;
10th, W s Cantral.
On permanent organiZation-lst district,
s Kehe; I'd, P G Mcdonald; Sd, w B
Warden; 4th. c Gilbert; 5th, H o
Rogers; 9th, B D Buford; 7th, l. f
Beach; Sth, H L Henry; 9th. S Warner;
10th, l A Boynton; llth,I H Richardson
18th. A McCaskill; 18th, 0 II Wright;
l4th, S II Busey; 18th, } B Briscal;
10th, s l. Bryan; 18th, III Z Doyle; 18th,
+ Brass; 10Th, Z Carroll.
On Resolutions-First District, inc
Forsythe, 2nd. j C Richberg; Sd, 2 c
Judd; 4th, n c Warner: 5th, | Stahl:
9th, B III Trusdel 7th, A l. Newton;
Sth, G Leland; 9th, W f Dowdall; 10Th
j Q Pepper; llth, t NJ McFall; 18th,
H Shaw; 18th. l S Ewing; I4th, G W
Geer: 18th, l B Stephenson; 10th. J !
Phillips; 18th, G H Kerner; 18th, w +
Murphy; l9tn. S S Marshall.
To report electors and central commit
tee at large-First District, John Long
I'd, Daniel Walsh; Sd, NJ W Robinson
4th,W d Sevail; 5th, Nj II Mitchell; 9th
J NJ Brown; 7th, e Scarley; Sth, 4
Gill; 9th, L B Reynolds; lOth.C II Whit
aker; Ilth, NJ Bush; 18th, W s Wyatt
18th, A NJ Miller; 14th,J W Craig: 18th
6 T Gilmore; 10Th, R NJ Ramsey; 18th
A Wetmore; 18th, G W Wall; 10Th, j
Robinson.
EIectors-First District, Thos Hoynt
ID, S S Hayes; Sd, Arno Voss; 4th, I
Caulter; 5th, w T. Green; 9th, j Eel
els; 7th. Geo B Martin; Sth, c '
; Bullock; 9th, L w James; 10th, '
/ Davidson; llth, W G Ewing; 18th; c
e Keyes; 18th, c A Roberts; l4;h, o
Ficklin; 18th, R N Bishop; 10th. J
Phillips; 18th, q . Walker; 18th, j
Q Q johnson; 18th j M Crebs.
: For state central committee-lst di
!. trict, R L Goodell; I'd, Thos E Courtne
n Sd, Thos Shirley; 4th, R Bishop; 5th,
g H Marsh; 9th. ---; 7th, "
i Steele; Sth, J Duff; 9th, W J Davidson
Il 10th, Geo Edmunds, Jr.; llth. j NJ Bus
= ! 18th, H. P. Shumway; 18th, j A Mallor
l4th, ] W Smith; 18th, W A Cochra
10th, l. B Parsons; 18th, Fl G Gilherk
18th, I + BoutJn; 10th, u Loundes.
r AFTERNOON SESSION.
o Hon. j. c. Allen was made permane
8 president and X. J. Crowley secretar
In with E. A. Snively, r. W. Ross. T. ".
Kidd and j. W. johnson assistant secl
IS taries, with nineteen vice presidents, o
from each congressional district.
For electors at large-W. j. Allen,
Jackson, W. F. Coolbaugh, of Cook.
For central committee at large-C.
Mccormick, of Cook, W. r. Murphy,
Is Is Perry, B. W. Burgon, of Morgan, A.
Goddard, of Stephenson, G. D. Hailes,
= Bond, J. B. Mann, of Vermillion.
.rs Miles Kohoe, of Cook, offered reso
ton reciting that the Republican pa
NJ policy of allowing convict labor to col
pete with that Of the honest workingu
= Of the state is detrimental to the interest
society and loathsome competition, a
should be denounced.
Referred to committee cn resolutio
And here the telegraph shut do'
If it was a Republican convention Il
would send a report as long as pap
Y wOuld take IT.