, 1876-07-26
~ POLITICAL.
Preliminary Notes Of the
Coming Powwow at
Springfield.
Some of tho Unterrifed and O
Few Of the Decatur Rag.
Worshipors on tho
Ground.
The Proposed Duplex Swa1-
lowing Arrangement Be-
ing Talked Up.
Which Shall Be Tho Barking and
Which the 1Tagging End
Of tho Tickot2
List Of Individuals, Who, Like
the Simple Barkis, Are
Wi11in'.
Tammany Ratification of tho
st. Louis Nominations.
Ratification Meeting Of the Re-
publicans Of the Twelfth
Ward.
Perry H. Smith Irnparts a
Quantity of Useful
Information.
Gossip at Haadquarters.--T Proposed
Union with the Independents.
Ratification Meeting Of the Re-
publicans Of the Twelfth
Ward.
Perry H. Smith 1nparts a
Quantity Of Useful
Information.
Gossip at Headquarters.--The Proposed
Union with the independents.
STATE.
ILLINOIS DEMOCRACY.

srR1Nor1rLp, ILL.,, July o5.-There arc here US
yet nut mere handful Of delegates, Central
commtteemcnt anu managing politicians to Ut
tend tho Democratic Convention and Rccompa-
nying slde-shoTs,-not enough to furnish other
than falnt foreatadowtngs OF the temper and
probable action ot that gathering. A careful
canvass among those now here develops the fact
that there Is not little diversity Of opinion as
to tho programme to bc adopted and carried out
by the Convention. The destlcrutuin, It Is
without dissent conceded, Ia to effect a
coalition With the Decatur Grccnback In
dependents The divergence Of views Is
upon tho mighty conundru1n whether the tail
shall wag tho dog or tho dog the tall, and 1t
,nay require considerable haztnonlzing to solve
1t in anything like satisfactory fashion. Gentle
men who assume to represent the Decatur
movement arc already on tho ground, Innocent
ly strainLng to open wldo thch. mouths to swal-
1s,v tho -s.t ,,.,tnr-;aaa ~ a. c.,.. ,-ht...
~ ,ns ~. t-s "1se e ~ s''' "'"ss' "A'ea 10
~ i1Nc h'u1ner PFepa'eo ="
0ULP DOWN THE WHOLE DECATUR CONCERN
at q single mout1lful. The Democracy Of the
northern mart Of tt,e stat,. 40 far NJ hcro rcn,
-o.....st1. =. .s,,.. t..l,a @ Ao'' ~.
icsensa'' ec.esa'y iaso1aoie TO Tue
inoofsetnent OF tue entire Decatur ticket In
order to get tho Observation-Disclosures vote
for Titlen ELECTORS, a,n1 to payc the way for
rnn1tttona nm Cnnrrrs.,,n,1 ,na IcgfeI,+tro
tickets. It Ia urged that Stewart. The Dccatur
nomtnee for f,orcrnor Ia a rc,tah,c Der,ocr.t
~ 40 rnaa non,acrst ~ :, ,,.a,,.o, y. ,"as. :.
=, - tooo s'1o'a' as % "n'ite' u. 'easI'
tnat iliSe' on tEo same tlckct, Is uycu-ln-t!c-
wool Democrat also, and that substantially the
only the cana1ilntca @'~'
nnv,T C.7I rr,p,.sv,r ru, ,rvo,
noS oA.h htnh@ss+'A - III oEAocH"7s.
But tie Egyptian democracy, as far as 1t has
reached herc, ia dead get nGfn anything except
a strp,cttout ticket" Thcy can't reckon
rn thnt thcv maac onv,hIng mt ot thn,r
ca,,,ao', vii, .,,a Ia,oaa:,a".s ~ u"s ~
eoall''oh VIII tne 4nuepehuehts IN the Aaahes
Legislature, aud their experiences there are re-
ezllcl With disgust. Besides, from tho number
at candidates talked of. thero ure. "a M cn-
,ta,,cnoS nor,esrat f-o, tho r,rthnr' ,ar. -,
y. .a"e..a ~, s,oa1 4'o'a .us 'iol'ns'n ra's VI
think the Democrats are golng to carry the
state, and WIG don't know that the only aght
THE CONTROL or TaH IEoIsLArunE,
50 as to secure tho next United States Senator.
Thus Iicut.Gov. Gtcnn, Sam Marshall, rom
Casey, Josh Alien, Gen. H.. q. 1laci, c1-stato