, 1876-07-28

ct, It waa too much crow At one meal, and
when somebody moved that 3. H. Smith he per-
was promptly voted down, and Smiths eio-
qucnce was incontlnently bottled Up. Gtcnn's
nomination, which WIS made unanimous on tho
first ballot, served to somewhat mollIfy the out
ssasey .s esss .s s
catns ticket waa Ilooted down. In.
deed, rensurcd by the defeat OF
one Of tho Decatur candidates, Plckrcll, for
xheu The nominations for Secretary Of State
were called, ard said: 1--WE have nominated
Liberal Democrat fcr Governor, ami Demo-
cratic reformcf for Lieutenant Governor. Now
Tho!nton, Of Fulton. Bat Tic s Decatur inde:
pcnlents demanded more. ]. e. Campbell. OF
L. salte, arose and urged that having swallow
Cd the lead Of the Dccatt1r ticket, they
md he nominated nj ] lfestcn @ a. IT, tne peeatus @ % %eandl
date for Secretary Of State, and after spirited
lallotlng, ~ which Thornton ran far ahead,
Tlorneon, the first stratgat Democrat On the
ticket, WINS unantnously nominated
Then nominations for Auditor Of State being
In order, Tom Ifnync rose ard sald lie didn't
know that he Was here to fatlfy tllc nominations
e other sonysntoa ton H. IT, ca1d trast J1n
nomination On ! platform 30 hostile to the
principles ofthe Democratic party, he could not
mud would not vote for bin. Ilo nominated
John e contskey; Ths Dsea:ur arsen1'a:k ,,:
through With hurrah:. Tom Merritt, Of
Marion, who Is devoted personal friend Of
1iiae's, moved the nomination Of the latter by
reclamation, and on that demanded the previous
tho Cook County delegation. Frank Agncw
spEang TO his feet, and began shouting and ges-
JOIN Forsyth, ]; ). Kearney, ]. I. isichberg.
end shouting and gesi,caIstlng hercely, whiio
yclls Of " sit down, !" ORDER" drowned al that
tho several orators were trying to Say. This
Chair refused to hear anybody until everybody
MAS seated and order lrcstorcd. That dono
Frank Agnew got the floor and
suLLENLT WITHDREW co.E1sKET's NAMH
On the ground that the Convention, had plainly
made up It's mind not to recognize the Irish
eefn wh1e
Kotnc recognition Of the irish Democracy, whct.
was relied upon to du tho hard fighting, but It
was all In vain: The Decatur grecnbackers hal
1ad tasto Of blood and went inr Contsicy, and
candidate on III Decatur Ticket, by accla,na-
tfon. As to the acclamutlon business, however,
a(tcr Stewards nomination the matter Of MAX
Ing nominations BY reclamation
WAS DONE IL 1 PECULIAR MANNER
The several candidates would b. put IN
nomination. Then some onc would move to
make the nomination Of one Of the candidates
unanimous. When the question would be
and tic Chair would declare the nominee
elected, and amid confusion move to the next
business, The nominees, defeated without
| form, With their heads of, would equfrm few
| good grace. Never was the slaughter SO CON-
pletc and the victims Of It are loud in complaint
against the heroic method Of the Granger
Chairman Of tho Convention.
| ThEABuREH.
I n 1tfrn mn tim neT1oarnfa *oatr
to reject AapcE, tho Decatur nominee for staic
Treasurer, but Instead they nut on their ticket
State scnator Gund!ach, of Clinton, 4 Liberal
Republican. liz is congressman Sparks man.
IIc ctaIms he nominated SPARKS aud then clect-
| cd him. It was 10 reward fhia Dutchu1an that
Bparks, who is q most excellent specimen Of the
itRh.toncd, ycry-soft-nonoy Democrat, left his
Convention. ''''"'~ ''''" ''~' 'f'~' ~''''
g ArroRNK1.aKSsHAL.
There was breeze whou tho nominations for
Attorncy-Geoeral wcro. boihg male. Josslyn,
Of Kane, who had boon PIT Il nomination, rSss
Cock County WI Was % soine II To- beat lin. sad Il M ho
would Withdraw and nut do 90 much speech
making ior the ticket thls time. Hi reference
twenty ycars awokc The old Coprcrhcads
again, and hia speech was chccrcd Justify.
! CONVICT LAHon. :.
There nus slght breeze raised OYER ths mi
wherein that eminent toiler, Mica Kehoe, and
t!on. presented their solemn protest against
toilsrs xli 6e starred @ 70 aea,h I r. few 91. n,
1srcnt trados are not kept n absolutc tdlencss.
ittsc, aud, On their instruction, i. s. Marshall,
the Chnirn'an. moyrd tho nrcYlous oucstion,,