The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-12-30
the PEOPLE MOVING ON The
C0HsPIRATORs.
Mass Convention of Rock ISL
and County.
A Large Attendance at the
Court House.
Patriotic and Sound Res
buttons.
ELOQUENT SPEECHES AND GREAT EN-
THusIAsG.
A Good List of Delegates to the State
Convention
A Good List of Delegates to the State
Convention.

call OF the democratic county c0mm1Cteo.
The meeting was called to order by j. s. |
Drake, chairman of the county committee,
who read the call as published in The
ARGUS. and explained that the number of
delegates for this county should be in
stead of as announced in the call.
Oc motion of Frank Lucas, of Rock ISL
and. Thos Kerr, of Milan, was chosen
president and Capt. August Timm, of
Moline, secretary.
On motion of Vim. Beardslee, of Moline,
the chair was authorized to appoint CON-
mittee of to select delegates to attend the
state convention.
Tie char announced the following per-
sons as the committee: VIM. Beardslee,
of Moline; J, A. Boyer, OF Rock Island;
g. r. Wells, of Hampton; Madison
Bowles, of Yuma; and j. Mosenfelder, OF
Rock Island.
On motion of j. S. Drake, the chair was
authorized to appoint committee of on
resolutions.
The chair named j, s. Drake, of Rock
Island; S. r. Heagy, Hampton; Aug.
Huesing, Rock Island; Thos. Lees. Coal
Valley; Ezra Smith, Moline.
While the committee were at work there
were loud calls for NJ, M, Corbett, Esq,
of Rock Island, who made short speech.
during which he referred to the distracted
condition of the country, appealing to the
patriotism of the people, irrespective OF
party; there was danger ahead and unless
some prompt measures were taken by the
people to give effect to the voice of the
majority Of the voters of the country the in
fanny proposed by the administration
leaders would be consummated, He said
that he believed that the majority of the
conservative Republicans of the country
did not differ with the Democrats in sus-
tanning the rights Of the people; that
Saml, j. Tilden was legally elected by an
overwhelming majority and that he be-
lieved that the patriotic elements of the
opposite party would JOIN the Democrats
IN securing his Inauguration. Mr.. Corbett
continued in the same strain for some time
and at times his remarks we're eloquent
and forcible. He appealed to all to
sustain the right as against the schemes
of reasonable conspirators of the Chandler
Morton stripe whose prime object was
their own avarice and who cared nothing
for the real interests of the people but
only for partisan greed and self aggrandize
ment. At the close of his remarks the
speaker was loudly applauded. His
speech was fine effort, full of good sound
sense and devoid of violent or revolutionary
language. 1t was an appeal to the judg-
ment and not the passions of bis hearers
At the conclusion of Mr. Corbett's re-
marks, the committee appointed to select
delegates to Springfield reported the fol-
lowing names:
Thos. Lees, of Coal Valley,
Eugene Lewis, of Moline.
Ezra Smith, of Moline.
j. s. Drake, Of Rock Island.
Thomas Kerr, of Black Hawk.
Daniel EdgiDgton. of Edgington.
Henry Saddoris, of Coe.
The report of the committee was adopt
ed without dissent.
The committee On resolutions reported
the following as the unanimous sense of
the committee. Mr. j. s. Drake, chair
man of the committee, prefaced the re-
port with few remarks defining the in
tention of the language of the resolutions.
He also outlined the sentiment of the
committee and believed that the resolu
tons echoed the feelings Of the people
all over the country; that while
he did not favor war, he felt
that any attempt to force an illegal
president on the people would be met
by as sturdy resistance as was the attempi
of King George to Cypress the American
colonies in the days of the revolution, The
speaker was loudly applauded. At the
conclusion of Mr.. brakes remarks the re
port of the committee was unanimously
adopted as follows:
Resolutions.
WHEREAS, At. the recent presidential
election, Tilden and Hendricks received
203 electoral votes to l66 for Hayes anC
Wheeler; and
4 WHEREAS, Tilden and Hendricks re
ceived 4,305,007 votes, against 4,044 49,
for Hayes and Wheeler; and
WHEREAS, Twenty states cast thei
electoral votes for Tilden and Hendricks
against eighteen states for Hayes anC
t Wheeler: and
WHEREAS, Nine out of the Or:gina
Thirteen States voted for Tilden and Hen
bricks, and only four for Hayes anC
Wheeler; and
/ WHEREAS, It is plainly apparent tC
every candid and unprejudiced mind tina
Tilden and Hendricks are the choice of tn,
president and vice president; Therefore b,
it
RESOLVED, That it is the imperative dut,
of both houses of congress to tax,
measures to secure the peacable induction
into Office of the persons elected by th,
! ballots actually cast for president and vic'
president.
Resolued, That we fully indorse the posi-
/ ton Of President Lincoln, 10 his message
/ to congress. dated Feby S, 1865, wherein
! he said that ''the two houses of congress
convened under the 18th article of tn,
constitution, hare complete poaoer to ea
''cJatde from counting all electoral cote
deemed By them to be illegal.
II ReSOLved, That we indorse the words o
President Grant to Gen. Sherman, viz
Ito ensure entire quiet and a peaceabl
count of the ballots actually cast" i
South Carolina, Florida and Louis
lana. and should there be an
grounds OF suspicion of fraudulent count
: ION either side, it should be reported an
t denounced at once;;'' and that the eour
:. try cannot afford to have the resuI
. tainted by suspicion of illegal or falls
returns" and that mo man worthy {
THE Office of President should be willin
e ITO hold it if counted in or placed there
fraud.
Resotued, That the action of the return
/ ing boards in Florida and Louisiana; an
d the statements of certain leaders of the r.
Z publican party and of certain leading Repul
t lican newspapers; and the refusal of Viz
e President Ferry TO give a full and ia
statement of his intentions in regard /
the electoral returns, are indications of
,e conspiracy on the part of the administr
v ton to defraud the people of their ju
D. rights and subvert the ballot box to tt
nurnoses of a cnrrunt dynasty.