, 1876-06-23
POLITICAL.
The Democracy Strutting
It's Brief Hour Be-
fore the Public
Gaze.
Convention at Springfield
Yesterday to Appoint
Delegates to St.
Louis.
Absence of Free Whisky Sorely
constricts the Average
Number Of Pow
vows.
The Most Democratic Rumpus Of
the Day Caused by a Til.
don Man's Folly.
Great Gathering Of the Dis
tinguished Unwashed
at st. Louis,
The Chance Exceedingly Good for
Either Gen. Hancock or
Judge Davis.
Democratic Delegates III Chi
cago on Their Way
to st. Louis.
What Certain Brooklyn En-
tllusiasts Have to Say
for Tilden.
Opposition to Elm in His Own Delcga.
tion--.can Ho Carry New York;
What Certain Brooklyn En-
tl1usiasts Have to Say
for Tilden.
Opposition to Elm in His Own Delcga-
tion--.Can Ho Carry New York;
Organization Of the 5cn1pors.--An Ef-
fort to Reform tho Primarieu,
ILLINOIS DEMOCRACY,
THE CONVENTION,
4 LEADING EPIa0DE,

| Special Dispatch 10 The 7,tbuns.
sfR1S0F1ELn, ILL.,, june 22.-Y'Ilc Democratic
Statc Convention assembled in tho Scuate
Chamber at noun to-dny, mud organized by the
election Of A. G. Burr, as temporary Chairman,
and E. N. Sntvcly, Of Macoupin, aa Temporary
Secretary, who respectively were, upon report Of
the Committee OIL Permanent Organization,
elected to tue same ofllccs for the permanent
organization. Burr WIS the Tillcn mems man.
md In Ills election without opposition they
fancfrd they Ind captured the Convention; but,
scarce had the organization been objected,
Wien, to their own chaErn md to tic
surprise Of the Davis mcn md tile Hendricks
men, the Tildcn phalanx Developed unsuspcctcd
weakness. They had carried, without oppos-
tton, their Eag programmes, devised against the
rag-babytcs by securing the aeloptior Of a rcsu-
luton offered by Dowdnll, Of Peoria, referring
all resolutions on the platform to tile Commit.
tee on Resolutions.
fEHhf II. SMITH NAtTs HIS uOoK ron 4 TARTAR
That done, and while apparently au easy
triumph for Tlldcn was assured, Perry II,
Smith, who has here otllcjated Us Ttden'e ,nan-
aEcr.in-chsct, mud who has been person Of con-
sequence as the supposed representative OF
T!ltcn's bushcl Of fnotey, nskcl leave to read a
dispatch to tue Convention. Ho stated that It
referred to gentleman who might be ca1ttstlate
at st. Louis, md was In reply to a newspaper
article. 1t waa generally known TINT the dis.
pntch was from Manton Marblc, and denied that
T'tdcn either reported or concurTed In tho rcso.
luton Of tho Democratic National Convention
Of 1854, declaring tllc War fur tic UnIon q
failure.
BEFORE Smith coutt read the telegram in qucs-
tion. Gus lIerrtngton sprung to Ills feet, aud,
nu!ltng Up llta sleeves, yclleucntly objected. lie
dlan't ,hi, know wi.at mtght be III thc disratyh
Of Wisconsin, but ho objected to the gc,l.
tlctnan from Wisconsin getting speech made
hy aometlody else bcfore ne CanvcntI3n The H.
denounced an outrags upon The Convcnt!op, /,
might relate to candidate for thu Presidency, but
.ha, n csnStets " d. h p'ef 9 4 here would not isvs
delegate. lletElnstou. with hls voice raised tn
ths 'lsfesst pitch; Sna accompanying bis words
dcnouneo tic attempt Of ths gentleman from % Ein.
cons!n to Introduce Grchrand In the Shape Of a
' tslsf5s fI .s ard y was %;;",kng the Convention
trrrtpsd Will. the objection that tho gentleman
ff1m Wiseonsin wa delegate from Cook County.
neyrs knew that ht lived In iltnuls, Wv"
OIL poR TIN TROUBLED WATERS.
asnsoorGash Of Cook mildly pse1Iug through
Of order va that netrmston was % ..tatnr n otms 4s
facts. and he was proceeding to correct Iieirrton
or, or the fses .. to ths gente!nan from Wlse"nsn
yonr po!ht Of order, Or take your seat"
. Tue Chalf announced that lIAnsborough had tho |
continued: "iou had better take oil your spseta.
/, Smith atkcd leave 10 ask question, bnt, when
lon,s .tatcn'snts were f"lsc. aud hat ilcrrtngtyn
"HS thes'; tno%!a& hsn, e BE- ta!ss
had not ye!ded the noor, md renewed hts hsranEns
moro furlously than evce.
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