The Weekly Kansas chief., 1880-05-27
The Illinois Republieans.

Alter lbiee days hard work, and methods
that would disgrace any party, Grants own
State of Illinois has been spontaneously" car
ried for him-that is, her delegation has been
selected and instructed for him. The proceed
ings in Illinois illustrate the desperate strait
to which the third -termers are reduced, and
show conclusively that Grant should not be the
Republican nominee. There was a fearful howl
because the Republicans of Kansas, following
their unbroken custom, appointed the entire
delegation; but in Illinois, where the Grant
people, securing a fraudulent majority by the
most high handed out ages, violated a hitherto
unbroken custom in that State by naming the
delegates for all the Districts, it is all fine and
honorable-in their own estimation. But it is
only a carrying out of Grant tactics which have
prevailed from the beginning, but in a more ill.,
famous manner, TO meet the dire necessities Of
the case.
The control of the Illinois State Convention
depended upon the delegation from Cook Conn
ty, in which the city of Chicago is situated.
The Grant men had entire control of the Coun-
ty Committee and of all the public Offices.
They planned the primary meetings for the ex-
press purpose of carrying the County, and elect
ing the entire County delegation by the County
Convention. This was the plan, as set forth in
the call But in the primaries they were terri
bly, beaten, there being only about onethird of
the Delegates for Grant. When the County
Convention assembled, the Grant men were ont
voted on the very first move. Thereupon, with
out waiting for any Comm ittee on Credentials,
without asking for anythi ng, without allowing
an opportunity to grant CT refuse them pro-
of L. CkoNa al @harh holt ;r
O body, held seperate Conven ntion of their own,
and appointed full Grant delegation to the
State Convention. The regu lar Convention, Of
course, appointed full anti Grant delegation.
The next fight came in the State Conve ntion.
John A. Logan left his seat in the Senate to
take charge of the Grant interests in the Con-
vention. Green B. Raum, Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue, in the face of the imbecile
Hayes Civil Service order, was on hand, and was
m ade President of the Convention. Without
the Co ok County delegation, there was Grant
major ity in the Convention. They voted to ad-
nit aim Ust cne- half the Chicago boilers, claim
ing that this was a fair proportion for the Grant
votes cast at the primaries. This gave Grant
the Convention and then, in the very face of
the Cook County decision, they appointed full
set of delegates to the National Convention, d g.
nying the Blaine men just proportion, accord
ing to their votes, although ten out of the nine
teen Congressional Districts had Blaine major.
tiles, and had selected delegates of their own.
These were ignored, and Grant delegates selec-
ted in their place. The delegates from those
Districts then entered their protest, and refused
to vote on the election of delegates. They have
appointed delegates of their own choosing, with
which they will go to Chicago, and demand ad-
mission. If the bulldOzers have enough votes
to nominate Grant, they will reject these dele
gates; if they have not then twenty of these
fraudulent delegates, forced upon the Districts
by John A. Logan & Co., will be kicked ont,
and the represen tatives of the people admitted.
If there has heretofore been any doubt that
the nomination of Grant would result in de-
feat of the Republican party, there can be none
now. He would even lose the State of Illinois.
When it has come 10 the pass that Repbubli-
cans who have stood by the party and borne the
heat and burden since the birth of the party,
are to be bull-dozed by John A. Logan who was
a rampant Dem ocrat and foul sanderer of the
party until long after the beginning of the war,
for the benefit of Gen. Grant, who was also
Democrat until after he was given a command
in the VI ar, and who voted for Buchanan, who per-
mitted the Rebellion to hatch in his very Cabi-
whether it is worth while keeping up party
that such gang may fatten on public plunder.
There is still good prospect that the sober
sense of the people will triumph; but if not,
then the next President will be Democrat.