, 1880-11-07

we're 10 the least danger OF being declared IN
eligible Ia case the contest became close one
Equal care has been taken in other states m to
you'd be certain 70 take the advantage Of them
II It promised to lead to anything. out IN ho
otner State. perhaps, was the Work OF Plrsa
Ing the Electoral ticket carried on lnore
quietly and at the same time right under ,t tne
nose Of the adversary than it was here In ILL.,
nois. The fact that 1t was done did not get out M
Electors vi ho went through the ''purEng proc
ess might under Rebel Drtgadler Congress,h have
otherwise been declured Ineligible. thero IS no
quietly nipped iii the bud, and the last resort OF
a beaten party dismissed from the range OF pos
sibiiitics
Chairman Of the Etate Central Committee, very
quietly summoned to this CITY every last one of
the rwenty-one Electors. for tne purpose u
taking the necessary steps in the matter in case
my OF them occupied positions which might
afford the smallest ,pretext fog the game
save one-Nr. Ethelbort Calinha1,. Of Crawford
County, who WIS unable to be present. but who
cent In the most convincing proof OF BITS entire
Elcc.or and to hare his vote tell In the Electoral
College Like auother meeting during the inte
campaign, when the Western branch ut the Ma
leaders in every school district In Indiarn. and
nobody ever dreamed of what they wert, doing,
this cunvocation OF the Presidential Electors
Was one Of the
MOST SECRET GATHERINGS
ever held in this or. any other city. The
place of meeting was Room II Of the Grand
Pacific Hotel. large room Immediately
south Of the iadies' ordinary. ,Eow twcnty-one
men, to say nothing of tho towering form Ct
"Long" jones and two or three others who
have been conspicuous about the hotel Tor
months, ever got into that room. remained there
for three sUld hours. and gt't nut, UTain without
being trapped by the ubi1nitnss jt'urnallst in
search Of stray item is cApfaln.solc only I'll the
theory that they resorted To such unusual modes
md possible holes Ia the ceilings traps in tho
floor. The full particulars, or course, Invent
got out yet. Anu probably never will. but enough
show th.t This very quiet and very seG9ht ses-
sion was about rs interesting ns 1t could well be-
nlade. The sS'steni Of ca techtstug was thorough
rack and asked nut only whether he now held
auy office OF any sort, but whether he had ever
held any, and had failed u dissolve the otlice-.
towards Offices Of profit on!y, but embraced
those If trust and honor, and every other
conceivable sort The upshot Of It all
ors purscd: ~ themseives IVES of the De Office st' Of
Town Supervisors by rcsignlng on the spot,
and five or six.others Lost no time in unmakIng
we're all drawn up in proper form, mailed to the
GosernUr, and the meeting adjourned.
- hnr s the ovetfoppi1g piece ct caution was yet
','g o aas "s tho m , Inc
rh, State Central Committee from one Of the
sriscst of the - wise Men of the Enst, advising
him that the Democratic throwng-uut scheme,
II It was ever resorted to. contemplated a
move on Electors who held oven SO much
as the office OF Bunk President
or Bank Director, and warning him to sec that
none Ut that class st.NAl on guard. Now, 1t so
happened that tue Presidential Elcctor in tho
First Congressional District was Ar. Genrye
Schneider. President If tho N,.tionai Bunk Of
Illinois, and very little time was lost in acquaint
Ing him with the contents Of tho aforesaid reIc-
ert..n; Mr. Schneider unprecedented the position,
and In the twinksing of an eye made OUT tho
proper paper Informing the Bank Directors that
their President he could no longer be.
One OF the rather amusing incidents of the
meeting grew out 81 the catechisine "a which
oae Of the Electors from this city was subjected.
de had held hut one public office in his life. uid
reiihQushcd that two Or three years agu; but,
lest any possible point shuuld be made on him
by far-rcHctug utd hairsptittiug conyoca-
non ut Rebel DriKad!ers, he boldly u1s1e clean
breast Of tho awful secret that. in ,rlth and In
Iced, he actually held 1T that very moment the
ohce of church-trusteeI What Is more, he uf-
ferel 70 resign then and there If rc rest should
consider i necessary. 1t goes without saying
hat they didn't. and the church in question Is
% be congratulated on his sticking.