The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-12

proceed to nominate a candidate tor goy-
ernor; second, that committee of fifteen
be appointed by the chair and announced
in future, which shall be constituted with
power with reference to the remainder Of
the ticket as may seem to them proper.
lie then proposed that John Kelly be
nominated by acclamation. The nominal
tion was promptly seconded, with the
expression that if John Kelly should be
elected New York would never have had
more honast, capable, or more faithful
governor. The nomination Of Kelly for
governor was made unanimous by q rising
vote, with great enthusiasm.
John Kelly being called for was received
with three times three cheers. He thanked
the convention for the compliment paid
him. He. regarded it as a compliment
coming from the heart and not from the
lip. He didn't expect to be elected gov
ernor, but he did expect to defeat a man
who had committed great outrage upon
the people Of New York. He expected to
convince Gov. Robinson after he has
retired to private life that he has commit
ted great wrong upon the people not only
of New York but of the state, He had
surrounded himself with a bad class of
people who were using him for bad pur-
poses. He hoped he would be able to see
a great wrong he perpctrated on the 18th
of March last when he resorted to the
plans Of midnight assassin and burglary to
secure possession of a public Office. Kelly
then reviewed the circumstances of getting
possession Of the office of county clerk of
New York. This being the way Lucius
Robinson discharged the duty of his Office,
is it, he asked, not time that he be remov-
ed? Cries of yes! yes! He related
other incidents of like choracter in which
the governor had taken part. He said it
might be asked why he laid these griev-
ances before this assent mblage. 1t was
because they were grievances which
affected the very foundation of govern
ment and unless they were redressed, uu-
less they were resisted. the foundation
would be undermined and the government
destroyed. Let the convention and those
connected with it take the consequences of
the defeat of the party. He hoped those
who heard him would go to the polls with
full determination that no such man as
Lucius Robinson shall be perpetuated in
Office. He said that the convention was
in fact nothing more than caucus and
hoped the judgment Of the people would
not be swayed by its action, 1t was anus
ing to him to see number of little men
employed on the canals and in state Offices
running about this city endeavoring to
sway the judgment of delegates, In 1878,
he said, it will be recolleeted that there
were tut FIVE counties in the state which
gave Democratic majorities and these men
ought to know that this year it would be
as much as the party could do to get a
majority In the state, even with union and
harmony prevailing. He promised that il
New ork the usual Democratic majority
would be secured. A voice-"We vii
vote tor you outside of the CITY," Now, be
said, | accept this nomination cheers
and will do all | can, and Tammany Hal
will do all it can and it can do much foI
the election of cur county ticket. promise
you we shall elect it from top to bottom
These men who have attempted to tyran
nlze over you will be beaten 10000, anC
they ought to be beaten ard forced to give
place to men of Judgment. When MIN
compoops undertake to lead the party
they always lead it to defeat. They ough
to be beaten, because the party might b.
purified, and it was time to change tht
head of the government of the state, an(
he hoped that in the near future they
would meet again and the party would b,
vlvifed again and rise like phoenix t,
new life and power.
Dorshelmer's S proposition for commit
tee of fifteen to decide whether full tick
ct should be nominated was adopted am
the conversion adjourned Sl1ae de.