, 1880-05-17

rule hs3flost nnu upright mEn whose good will
1t wnnd te worth whlIe for rniroad officials to
get and kerp.
THE FACTS OF THE BOLT CLEARLY
STATED.
Tile address Of thu Committee representing
tie rcgunr Cook County delegates to tho
State Convention, w'icl, llas been prepared
with refere1lce t0 Ills threatened contest by
tho buffers, Is clear, strong. anu convincing
document m Whole, but there Is one por-
t!nn Ut 1t which Is bound to be especially ef-
fectiyc. We refer to that pnrt which consists
Of II plnIs statement of tic facts Of the pre-
linfnary organization, AMI which can be sus-
tni1etl by the evidences Of 800 witnesses IL
necessary.
In order tint tic delegates To tito State
Convention outside of Cook County and the
public generally 1nay bu fully and accurately
Informed III tn Just what occurred previous
10 the bolt, we extract from tho address and
call purtieular attention to the following
passa9es:
4 :neetinE nf all tho Delegates opposc1 to a
h he ny w1 hsd ustof, y fso td G'na rn9e
!tit Ei!lott Anthony, . Wasilhltrne mati, sloul.l
tio,s. anI tii* Met rs ii o;ses et,laaititte,t 10
C',m9iiitte, uhusc duty Il pda to etta tho CSnrealoI
1T tho hunr aptnEn.e.1 for tho Convention to
:!sscNte Sir. Singer, who II understood tu By ~
fs1 q as liz ' ;"e4neess ta oFa e tue s pr IT.
H.,estetl theu I" tnkc tho scnta ssHod to iho1n.
w.!, they dill '' perfect order wns ut onee
Mr., Singer thon called upon tho Sccrctnry OF
the Gn'tnty cnnnllttce to real thc Gull BY yirtnO
Of which tho Convention hui assembled, ,nl this
IN fra
tho tlcles,!,rs sis!ax iii attsntion md mum,
tu!ting lertees order !Mll tho while.
cl,slc duy- -ciccte. ,ielexato rron IN sincon. con-
trstp'l wart! immediately, nroaa In his plnco, IN
cIns9 l,rox!n,sy to tho platforn mn! addressed
Of Illuminating Sir. Anthony as Temporary Chair
min Of tho Cnivcnli0n. und. ut nla,ut tic same
tn 'low,, t't Worth, sitting Immediately ut tue
right ni tho dhur1nnif, arose III s i,lnco md ad.
t'r1sst'l r.; tho Chair Tor THO sa!!e PURPOSE.
OF the call. a.d lpfore Nr: HlnKUr Ind made any
rcmtrks w1lnteyer 10 tho Convention relating to
m}!s Ts}psff eet c"3'f =" te i 1s s1 G'f s z1t a, e e
ajgnfnt Tie Temporary Chairman u Tie Conren-
1'he latter portion OF the sentence WINS ren-
tsu,! tq srss ~ e *','S p!s.sss hS tut @ W
but tho wGris wore Acurl by tho duleRatoa ruxt
~ tho platform, a.n,l by t!luso scatGd un the
Platform, anl by 1aHny In othor parts ot tue
Seysr beforo In tho history OF Cook County,
Me Mllcvc, was Any A.tch thing attempted, md
tcsttal nsa!uAt such act!on, The two dclcgntcs
win! flrst ,tdlresscd tho Chnlr rennne standing
ross. @ a., i WITH ' i'l , scr, With was i Sstincty
halr I,nsnlmltctt Elliott Anthony As Temporary
Chairman. which nomination wis scpo4,ded by
Chairman Mtia requested and urged to at Il 10 u
rne Ihts he refnstd tD 90. t!s'stf'su tlat 10 4a
s r So sst f. tu Ms Gas Gsrxs ..x ns aSs
Fnta In tue Convention, WIN 1s's!! previously, uit
6ntnrp tho Convention wns ca!lutl to nrster, told
Alr. einyGr thnt re wasia nut tlkb tho EhntrlnAn-
ah!t, US he afterwards openly stuffed In tho Con-
Arthur Dixon and Atncr 'ray!ot from the First
Whri. ~. burlington frs'sn tho Third Wnr,t,
and ". J. Campbell, tle!exutu fr'tn tho Tnwli
Of Worth, u!eh III turn g!rtisscd atr. Sinycral.
il6ny ii, yotV. hit lfc utterly rrfusti q, Ia ID.
Flnl!ly, utter st'tiH ton !',n!ltrn of confusion
a,,l m,!se, Mr. Sherman y. ihntl., y reg.'t"rly-
r!Gcteu tlEt&altu frntM ttt Nl'G0ttstGA Wusl, thu
s" EllM,t Antho'sy, wii j;oins scctic.i s; by
y ~ GIis III cc ae @ III: was srle l1y0 y IL ogsf.
waetm!nx majority.
All this, ntlu MDro, occurred betUra tho bolt
took plaee, alr. Anthony took tic position
ut Temporary Chairman, AMI was recognized
/ us such. a Secretary wus elGctGh upoli tho
nomination Ut Arthur Dixon, tlo|eHatv from
tho First Wnnl, mud Cnmln!ttre OH Crelel,-
tials WIS appointed upan motion OF d. v.
rurfHgton, deIegata fram thu Third Ward,
The Secretary prorre.et to cnll the roll, and
"the Gfesenttafs VI Gtl The iutirtla nat! tou,,@s
Tt tic county tecre handed tn tic Secretary,
except those Of Tho Fifth Ward a,!.i thesIolv,.
Of IIulc Parh, aud the sa,no are a,olp in The
ha,.tls Of the Seoreta'u ef tho C1nlrcatto,l.n u
1t WIS atter Nil thla TINT tho Grant delegates,
who Ind creatc.t all tho riot, confusion, mud
Disturbance %hoFe was, balted, under the lead
of Dick Itlth1lls Aud It was atter the bolt
hatl SIT in that Mr., Singer reappcare.i upon
tlo platform md announced that "all The
Grant delegates would meet nt tho 1'atmo'
House,"
ills upon this statement Of naked faeta
! that any contest must be basctl at Springfield
| for thu tauts Gun bo substahtlatea btyplH
aily question.
Perhaps the ,nost t,npnrtnnt circumstance
OF all IL that the nlalno anl WaslIburnu n.e,s
| who weru In a majority Ut ,Aare than two tt
one over the thtnl-tertuers, held CAUCUS h,
the morning before the Convention. ~ L
usual. agreed upon the Hon. Elliott Anthon,
AZ Temporary ChulrIlal,, H,.d 7tottHetl .nr
StHgor, the Ctutrhna,l nf tho County Cum
Mtitcc, u ihetr t94ofcc. Even II 1t had beell
tho psacilce for the County Commlttee'a
Chairman to nanc the Temporary Chairman