, 1876-09-25
Andrew Sliltnlnn's 1'lnfn Talk to
the Democracy of Leo
County.
Ben Harrison's Enthusiastic Re-
ception in Indiana.
Con. Fitzpatrick Full Of Hope Over tho
Hoosier State.
Keeping Down Importing...Tlo 1nde.
pendent yotc..-New York, Etc.
Delegates from Lake to the First Con.
gro:sional 0onvontion--Looal
Notes.
FOURTH ILLINOIS DISTRICT.

FOURTH ILLINOIS DISTRICT.
co1trLETR HISTORY OF TIE Tlornt.E THERE.
Steeiai Inre+pandenee uf Yhr Tribune.
RocHfonp, H., Sept. @I-The dozcn different
accounts thut have appeared III the Chicago
papers In respect to the lIur!but-faillrop Con.
grcssional fight has induced your Rockford cor
respondent to mike s,,rh Inquiries In WlnDe-
tago, AfeIIcnry, anl noonc Counties rs eNnLle
him 10 place before the reallcrs of TIE TRIBUNE
a tolcrabtc aectr.te mud impartial settug-
forth OF thu light from thu beginning tu tic
present stage. For six years tho friends OF Mr..
william I.at'lrop, ot Rockford WHO were co'lil-
dent Of his integrity and conycrsant with his
ability, have luokc1 upon lin rs suitable man
to represent tho Fourth Dlotrlctin Congress, und
to this end ut every clcetiun they have worked
fairly md honestly. III tllls work they have
always met the opposition (as they have done
this Year, Of thu iuuchtne politicians. First
fru1n tic hcnchtncn of JDhn F. Farnsworth,
who ycnr after gear said: "GentlcMcE, II you
will nominato nc this time will step On ono
side next election" Dut, like ST. Patrick's to-
morrow, Farnsworth's "ncxt election" never
camo until 1872, wllcn lIe was
At LAST Thrown OVERHEARD,
and Gen. 8. A. Ifurlbut was nominated. At
that time Alr, Lathrop was n calditlatc, anil his
friends voted ~ times fur him, until it was al'-
parent ho could nut bc nominated. The tcnson
fur this was simply that Latllrop said then, Us
he saws totInv, TINT he will Acycr make n
pr0tniAe Of public patronage to living aoul;
neither will he obtAln sent In Congress by
corrupt bargaining or In any Other than an
honorable AMI upright lHaniicr. Ilnrlhut At
tll!s time WIS working for John +: Farnswortl',
ns nppcarcd from letter written from Hurihat
to Na1nswortlt expressing deep regret that, iu
spite of hss lahors, Bonle. County ha.l elected
inE resolutions committing them nga,nst you"
Taruswurtlll III this famous letter lIirllat In
formed Faruswortl, that "lilldrl,p and Wilson
aro ior eujc. Buy them Il you ran" The tici-
rest res Of Of hts iifc to to '
HK1LLrso vEsMrs,''
meaning Gen. Fuller, lIillr,,p, n1,I others, who
Ind worked to secure tho election Of Latbrop
delegates. This is merely given for the pirposc:
from Mr. Latirop, Who positively refused TO do
Il single dlsl,oiornblo thing to gain tho
honor. tn this wny Gen. IIurlbut was GLADLY
taken in place Of Farnsworth, whom the peoplo
Tiat Nj, Ilurlbut lAa mntie m efficient nu,nl,cr
Of Congress-, lis enemies Will not tlcny; but, for
ali tllt, he Is charged With having always tdcnt-
fled himself With thu worst element uf Ills par
ty, and not with tic Reform side OF tho ltouse.
hoping fnr the bust, again nominated Mr.. llllrl-
but In 1911, wien, to t!ielr aAtontBhment, they
f,r1 In had tnat fbr rnrty h. MH1 ynt In fbnU5-
trttt ouu WI M liz nf tn riaros nl,l
FnmrtF nstrlrt thnt ind rrilci ri, its IL 0t,lj
majority. scrnn,b,ei into CanrrcssT A. with 'ua-
iorItv II lGtXl over Tic Democratic yantlt!utr,
mi f,,nt ~. f,n ortuo1lv lnst Kama nn IlcKnli,
M,ntins s ~ md Mr. r,1nt. vry nemr insnv Sriirnrv
~'""N'''' 'A> rME n1:Ar. QUESTION.
shorn of ali yerDIagc, the question with
i,snrt l wus w, ann,y inn thIs: IT'S t safs to F;n a
.aan who thus redueetl tho malorityl" Thu
1, ry,f1
i,ad stnxe awoy fIoIu tlIs nos' aooncr thai, vote
for iiufl!,at, es,ne to tho frunt' and agaln put
In lila however. thcy were, It IS claimed, un-
fairly headed Of By llurllat, @ whose . friends + rs
District Eonycnt!on nluI,ths before the Couycn-
tion wan cuiicd, which is 4 phasc ot tho case that
tito 1;em,hlican Central Committee ind better
cnnstirr' n. viii m thc subseo,lcnt uniortunate
tlcvstm',nrnts' littiu jIrik was rUttcp
in II Hnsne Co,nty hTtwccn IfiiIrun
nrtl 1inr,hl,t' whtrh enIeJl in six delegates H.
INK apnoiptcd to convention t:at iiSd never
h.9.,, trraii.]- Whcn tin Convention was called
thsv fo,,,,I ton u,a,,y Delegates Ind bceu cIcet-
cI.' md thnn foii.,wcI dIsnuto as TO who