, 1880-05-23
PUBIIC SENTIMENT.

oninions of the representative men of Chica
70 concerning the Convention held last weel
at Springfield, reporter called yesterda!
upon number of them and asked thell
views, which were fully given. They are q:
follows:
GEORGE c. CLARKE.
"What do you think In brief Of the Spring
field Convention ?" asked the reporter O.
George C. Clarke, the Wellknown insurance
man.
II think 1t will nominate Grant and elec1
Democratic President and consign John
Logan, Don Cameron, and Roscoe Conkling
to deserved oblivion. I shall be sorry to see
a Democratic President, but if it will enc
this boss business I would consent to
Democratic Administration for four years
and know great many Republicans who
feel jus; as I do about It"
"1Vhy do you think it will nominate
Grant?"
.You know how the Convention was
packed at Springfield, and the same thing
will be done here. The machine will control
everything, and the business will so through
with rush. Then the way is clear for a
Democratic President
''Chickens come home to roost," philo'
Soph1ca1ly observed
GEORGE W. COUCH,
one Of the returned FarWell-Hall people.
"a man may do shrewd thing and the peo-
pie will admire him. But when he goes be-
yond that and does palpable injustice, as
the Boss Of Illinois and his Egyptians did in
disfranchising the people of ten Congress
sional districts, it is sure to recoil sooner or
later and destroy him. Logan knew that it
wouldn't do any good to Instruct district
delegates selected in the ordinary way. You
might as we'll instruct q drove Of wild. Texas
steers not to jump over a fence two rails
high. Logan knew it, and, backed by his
Egyptians, was powerful enough to over
ride precedent Justice, and everything. But,
as remarked before, the chickens will come
home to r00st"
8. g. sEAToN.
"There was no doubt, said S. G. Seaton,
of the American Express Company, and one
Ward, .'that the Logan crowd intended to
use every effort in their power, legitimate or
otherwise, to send fort;-two men to the Chi
cago Convention instructed for Grant. They
have done 1t, and by methods far from legir-
innate: t is a matter to be regretted BY every
lection Of district delegates by the State Con-
yention with nothing else than forcing
medicine down the throat Of a child
by its parent: The child is in
5d M p 4ana aTss # davn be n6sbet has the The c RGMeF
willing to take it or not. The other side will
probably claim that the medicine in this case
was good for the child, but l am afraid the
results will be serious to the future Of the
Republican party. came In contact with a
mixed up With politics, mechanics and that
% Of What Ha Gs' IS going On. They are reading ali
there is to be said on this question, and the
general sentiment among that class of peo-
PIE, as find III, it, Is one denunfiatory nc Of Of
field. You may say that this will
wear off, but tell you it is very strong,
and it is going to take something more than
the soothing words Of Storrs or SWEET, or the
prestige of the names OF Lincoln and Doug
las, to calm the troubled waters"
'ss0r the gall Of the Gentleman from Jack
aYes. He is the worst of ALL. This has
killed Logan; There's no doubt about that. -
p" l have the welfare of the Republican
party at heart" said
MCRRY NELSON,
one of the Stalwarts of the Third Ward,-not
the Third Of Jackson County," but Of CHI
cago,-'' and am only anxious that it should
conduct its affairs III such way
as to commend itself to. the good
sense Of the people and to elect its
they ir,ve perpetratcd Oh the Republicans of
this State, and all the States for that matter,
is the election Of delegates from Democratic
counties to Republican Convention to con-
troll it and iistranchise the sentiment Of the
this under the lead and management of one
man,-a man not elected rs delegate to the
Conventions but holding his seat In that body
through proxy from county in the south
ern part Of the State. don't believe the
it, OF that the Republicans Of any Republican
TO- If l. am tight about that,
the nominee Of a National Convention
chosen BY that y: : sort Of I adqaaag management
Hike Logan overreach themselves. That is
Ythe history Of politicians Of this sort all the
way through. They can run caucus, corral
acrowd, and have everything their own way
for time; They may co1bine in Penn
s',cii sa crowd here and run run it With the aid q
votes from hopelesly Democratic States. But
the Republicans of the country won't stand
it. And they are pretty likely to fail to con-
firm it At the p9llIs On the ;yc9n yfco9ntFary, l
always @ T been a Republican, was an Aboii-
zionist, and have been Republican when it
have always voted the party ticket
except In lSss, when voted Tor great deal
GreeIey-i have now got to the point where
/ will not vote the Republican ticket simply
because it is the Republican ticket, unless it
represents the deceucy, honesty, and integri,,
ty OF the country. J. will not vote it provided
can find any particle of decency, honesty,
and integrity in the Democratic ticket or in
any other ticket l will 20 back on the Re-
publican party or any other party before |
will go back on myself and my sense Of right
and wrong, and have the faith TO believe
that the honest Republicans. Of this State
will repudiate the action Of this Convention
and spew it out as one of the shameful re-
suits Of this Boss system in politics."
GEORGE F. CONE,
with James Wilde, Jr., & Co., thought the
GRANTEES sprung their scheme on the Con-
yention and captured it by means Of bull
doing on the part Of the machine politicians
JOHN Y. LIE MOYNE.
How do you look upon tha Springfield
II think it was fair representation of the
Republican party. The machine men con-
troll It; they controlled that Convention, and
they are going to have contzol OF the Chicago