, 1876-08-18
eKvEx7H ri.L1xols DISTRICT.

SEVENTH IittSOts DISTRICT.
orrsw4. H., Xus. ls..Entfi III lie ie'!"s ssar 1871
the aeyeHth Congressional District, com posed
Of tic tp,tntics of I.aSaltc, Will, uruuly, xnl
Kendall, uniformly elected lsep1hllras fsnp.re-
minority nves Julius Avery was a,bls. in ISL
Frnnkltn Corwin VIVA elected t,r a majority Of
4,91b votes orer g, d. a. Parks, the caniidnfc Of
the Liber7ll Hepu''lseans and Democrats Two
years or, Alexander Camnl,ell defeated Mr..
by anbtnatton Of eausrs, rl,trf among which
were Mr.. CorTsns sickness and inability to make
tAnrass, want Of "tganixattoll arising froin
Svcreonifdcntr, anil fafllsc to realize the
asnoug. Republicans ut that tint, anil to a
light Republican vote. As the year was
disastrous to Republican candidates generally,
In both State md milton. Mr.. Campbell would
probably have hetn clcrtcd without these, to
hin, favorable conditions, btst his small tnntort-
" would hnvc given no cnmfort to the nelloc-
Fary, or hop~ of subsequent vtciory. A good
nomination ind hard wors Will rrt rcve the dis
sster and put the scvcuth back Into the column
Of Republican districts,
The Republican Congressional Convention
that Convention l.asatle ttrsnty will hare II
Delegates, Wtll ia. and tirundy and kcndail 5
a choice, 81. Grunly's ayc delegates havc been
.l1eeen atlsl instructed for George lfaycs, eItnr
Of the Morris IkraM. Wtl's thirteen delegates
arc unf1,Ht ructtai. The delegates ot ketn,alI
and 1.nSalle Counties Will be selcr1ed IN the
18th aid 3Al, respectively.
In addition ~ Gen. uaJrs, thh nan.cs Of the
fn1iowing gentlemen viii be before the Morris
Convention: The Hon. Elmer Baldwin, c1-
State Senator, Farm Ridge: Charles blanchard,
Cullen, oditor Of the Ottawa R<pnblcau; tbo
Hon. acot1.c $. Eldridge, Ottawa toanbcr Of tsic
Constitutional Convention Of 1870; Col. Rnlph
Plumb, Rtrestor; Joseph Smith, Jr., Piano. The
na'ne Of Senator Marsh,ll, Of Wfll County, h
also mentioned, hut It Is understood that the
Republicans Of TINT couuty ars oyrtse tu taking
The risks OF creating, Sal.'pcy In lhs Senatorial
District, mid will mt, therefore, pt>zsnt bits
1tat,o TO Tho Convention. The gentlemen
and, With the exrcrtion OF Cnl. llstn',, hove
scti1ely participated in previous campaigns. Col
Plumb wax member Of the CONSTRUCTION Com
pany of the Fox River Railroad and IN intercRt-
cd purity III its lease to tic c.. 3. & z. Il H.
Con,pany, which, In case of hts nomination,
would give hia competition u large number Of
Republican rutcs In Kendall aud portions Of
I.aSailc Counties. His friends clat1n that this
loss would be oitsrt BY gains frntn the Dcmfc-
n.cy In tie mining ;owns Of strcntor and
popular On account Of t.ls l,irEc property
interests In The coal tn.nfs, IL the event OF Ills
nomination the Democracy expect an easF VT
tory, and will pit aganst him une Of tte following
!E1'lfA HtHlttlIHl: y. W. AT1HhtI1H1E bT VIII
INN Rctllick, OF Lasalic County: ". 5. Hrooka,
Of VIII; Or 7. 4. Armstrong. OF t;rnmty. Should
any other Republican thur Plumb lk: nominated,
the opposition Will ngain take up Alexander
Campbell, the only MIN .apablc of pulling the
full Democratic vote who has any strength, real
or imaginary, aiming Republicans.
Will Eool nosnlncr and Organization, The
Republicans will carry The district by u majority
nnf less than 2,tW. 4 pnot nomination ri, thu
18th will SEM! Campbell, the "ras-baby dclu-
siontst," buck to tic fcut ilc now ills.