The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-05-22
THE REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.

sltuents in the expressive language OF the par
rot that had the circus with the monkey
We've been having a hell of a time" while
the excitement throughout was of the intcnses
kind, however there was less NOISY efierves
cence on the surface than the fearful commo
ton within would have justified, The pro
grammc of the Grant State committee, that it,
chairman, Long Jones' should call the conven
ton to order, name the temporary officers and
retain control Of the machine until all the ere
Idcntlals of the delegates should be passed up
on was fully carried out, and with much less
squirting than was anticipated. Then call
was made for each congressional district lex
ccpt tie Cook County distriCts) TO name a
member Of the committee on credentials, and
! the call having been made, it resulted that IL
Grant and cight anti-Grant men constituted
the committee, as of course had becd duly Cut
and dried beforehand. Thus tar, however,
there had been no showing of hands to md
cate the relative strength of the opposing fac
tons in the convention, and that there might
| be no further doubt on that score John a. Lo.
gan, who occupied a seat as "A substitute from
jackson county, put in a resolution that all
contesting delegates be required to pledge
! themselves to abide by the decision of the con
vcnlion on their respective claims. The Blaine
| Washburnc delegates, knowing that without
! Cook county the GRANTEES were in the MAORI.
| Is, opposed this resolution, butts vote was fore,
cd and on Il call of the ayes and noes the reso-
luton was adopted by $40 TO 2lS, showing the
Grant majority, exclusive Of Cook county, to
be l0l, 50 that even giving the % delegates
from Cook to the opposition, the thirdtermers
were still ahead
The revelation nj once took all the starch
out Of the Farwcll lIallcrs The o. burly
Bottoms tina; had come there to personate each
the part Of terrific hon, were now found roar
ing as gently as sucking doves. The fact is
that vote, and the committee on credentials
showed Their game was up. Even if all were
admitted the convention was still for Grant
but If half of them, or any in fact, got in they
would be lucky. To talk Of a bolt was non
sense. There was no alternative but to take
what Lord Logan might be graciousy pleased
to give them
At this stage the convention took a recess
until five O'Clock =. NJ, to give the committee
on credentials time to overhaul the Cook coun
ty squabble Their first step in the business
was to ask the Farwcll Hall fellows to make
the pledge to abide by the decision Of the con.
ycntlon on their case as the convention had Dir
rcctcd, and rs the Palmer House fellows had
in fact done before starting for Springfield
Put n skinned eel on a gridiron and though
dead lie will squrm, and so did the Far
we'll llallers tremendously at this demand
but being gwen until . =. VI, to make up their
minds, long before that hour arrived they had
decided witt pious mcekness to accept what
ever the majority might be pleased to Offer
them.
The convention re-asscmblod at five o'clock
but the committee on credentials not being
ready to report Frank Lombard was asked to
sing II song to which he responded with the
inevitable "Old Shady and then a recess was
taken until half past o'clock Az that hour,
on rc-assembling, the credentials committee re
ported the names Of all the delegates except
from Cook and Green counties and asked for
time in regard to these until morning which
was granted and the convention adjourned
to O'Clock Thursday morning
On rc-assemblng next morning, twas found
the committee on credentials was still squabb
ling, but would be ready to report in an hour,
and meantime motion was adopted that when
the report came in but one hour--hal an hour
on each idc-should be allowed for its dlsus
sion. When finally presented the report came
in three shapes first the Grant majority of the
committee presented two propositions one toI
admit 36 Palmer House and no Farwcll Hall
delegates, and the other to admit 30 Palmer
House and So Farwell Hall delegates; and sec.
ondly. the Blaine Washburne minority report |
Jed in favor of seating the whole % Farwcll
Hall delegates. After Il long squabbe by aI
small majority, the convention voted to seat 30
Palmer House or Grant delegates, and So Far
well Hall or anti-Grant delegates and to divide
the Green county delegates. THIS left, accord.
ing to the test vote last evening, a majority OF
20 in favor of Grant. The next row occurred on
motion to declare Grant the choice of the con
yentiOn and this WAS carried by 3S6 to BOT
showing that the Grant majority of79 was still
unbroken.
The nextuproar occurred over Logan's Prop.
osiion to elect the IL delegates to the national
convention IN lot giving Grant all the dele
gates; to which stood opposed Fullcr's motion
that the delegates from each congressional dis
trict name two delegates, and that the delegates
thus appointed be furnished with credentials
by the convention, no matter whether they were
for Blaine, Washburnc or any body else. The
discussion of these conflicting propositions,