, 1876-06-24

The delegates hnyr al gtnle lone, nevertheless
the "eu,nt II III tfr h,llrb,n hangs rolti1' inc
Cnritol still, In comparison with tho late Hs-
puhl1cnu State Convention, ihs Nourbonlc ex-
hll{.ton was stale nna tlAt. There VIVA notice.
Ahlc lack OF enthusiasm, or anythinS aRlh 10
hopcfulncs.. Ex-Congress1san Albert u. burr,
wlu prcaitlcs!, made ono Of his fnppieat foref-
stc dtsnlays, and eignaty faiicd to cnthuso tho
"rump" organization.
rurnr vnnE TWO CHARACTERISTIC INCIDENTS
Of the session which escaped general notlce,
The pAssaBc-nt-artns between Gus licrrli1gtan
nnd Perry II. Smith at anu time threatened THO
harmony Of tho proceedings, aul for swh1lo tao
r,,ral delegates divided thcis eympathles pe-
tween the twu conlbatants. When Hcfrington
arose and demonstrated positively anM H,,aI' llsE.
thrustiilg b!n,sclf unlnvltc.l upon tn: ConVeh,
tiou," there was loud atltl shrcrc applause anu
Wien licsrington ktcnturlously f'f"gihltmeH tilat
lie "sil mt know tlt gentleman tsin't,l pssiI
aud uiti lbaltl.hcadel 1>enncrnts fG1t TINT lef-
rngson was the guardian angel oi tlo Dctnoc-
racy.
of tba aucry dtspnatinn lay in the faet TINT for
twenty years taus Harrington, Perry i. Smith,
and Frcl Winston have btcn Inv, rnisFoa', nllu
inls,y partners, political ehutns, anu ht'ol eon-
pan!olisl II WAS not TIL niter tlc In,sem.an
LEARNED that tho fight between Hcfr'ngton nliA
Smith wns only eham one, gotten up to hcln
T!ldrn hy CONSUMING tho time Of the Ionyct'-
ton While IliGn's cslllssarscs WsIe 9sttnP I'LL ~. u.
their work on tho COMMITTEES which wns then
engaged In selecting Delegates Tor the state Ut
fhc other incident wa. when Dovslall, ,ctlitor of
Peoria Democrat, put M rls'inlat1 flnca nseis
III, TO strike out the mime 0f Fred .N!lstoh Us
delegate nnl insert that Of
". ". 0'nRlEN. ...-,
The Dowdall-Pcnrla. 1r!nh alliance "as s1leleli-
ed IN sight, yet during the twsntS-iollr honsa
accomplish tic suyccss Of O'Brten than In any
other unc direction, Dowdail and Ills fricltas
h,.,l been circulating a'nnng delegates, saying
that II was necessary fur tho salvation OF
that II sent there he would 1c to the st. Lnliss
Convention wat Bob 1ngersoll was to tlle Ct1l-
THE onAron, moi, CHAMPION.
ts,nii Ingersoll nud Ind alwnye v,!r,qulthc'l the
latter Iii ttcirlcgal contests, and that no 11a1i
~ Illinois, or IN the nat9n, was t!'s suprf1nr u,
elu9ucncc gf btl oDrlc, On Tic l,,a vote ,t'1 to
snivcly, Of Carlinvile, alone Voted fur u Brlen'
The personnel OF the Convention shows f the
same Old mob. Tom Merritt mud Alask sheri-
dan, Aid Con,!sKcy xand saasafras liayes, luck
oltt Wash Armstrong, Lew l.oss, Ben Pretty
man of tic Pckin Whisky Ring, AL unscsupu-
ious locni bourbon na,,!cd DUc I3artun, and
Terry uf D:ny!llc, tic holter sam Muultnn and
George WuuuiinE Of Shclhy,-thc satne old, Oh
"rDwhI Tie delegates represent
THE AtENAGE n0UAHoS DEMOCRACY.
ncl,cr gusAI l,ur bad, and lattr classification
uiArts tI.cu this: Davis !, Tlltlcn, y, l!e'nt.
rirs TO- and tl.u rest for Dnultttlc, nr the hlncs
hurxr, There Is ul1,sinlant eyh!encc that uvcr
t1D0,OO0 was in Springfield III tlr l'aftls 0t
lurrisn parties tn l,S nscsl IN manipulating delc-
gates, ulId not dultnr Ut It wMsd dsbtrsch. The
illinois Dourbons uverscarttl themselves for
pnrc, md will regret to thc!r dying day that
they'll let this golden opportunity slip.