The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-27
Last Nights Dispatches.
Don't Want Grant In Theirs.


CHICAGO. May 26.-In response to tn
call for an anti Grant meeting. issued b.
, the ninety two delegates OF the Farwe
Ball convention to Springfield. abou
5, 600 persons, including a large numbe
of ladies gained admission to Centra
Music FL all tonight, the hall being com
,, pletely filed long before the beginning o
the speaking, and it being announced tina
the same speakers would also be presen
at an overflow meeting 10 Farwell hall
that hall was also filed by some 2,0O(
people. Lieut.. Gov. Shuman called th;
Music H all mseting TO order and 10 a bri t
speech nominated Hon. Fl. w. King chair
man. The first speaker of the evening
was Kirk Hawes, who was received with
three cheers and proceeded to narrate the
wrongs which the Farwell Hall delegates
to Springfield had suffered. He was fire
quently interrupted by applause. which
was at times most enthusiastic and pro.
lopged.
Hawes was applauded most heartily
when he alluded to the certainty of the
case by the contestants from Illinois being
pressed on the consideration OF the nation
al convention; when he alluded to the
future overthrow of the corrupt machine,
and when. while according to Grant the
great fame of militia chieftain, he declar-
| ed him failure as president,
He was followed by Col. A. N. Water
| man. A. Gregory, Gen, Kueffner of St.
Clair. and Herman Raster,
The following was adopted:
The Republican citizens of Cook county,
10 mass meeting assembled, desire to call
the attention of their fellow Republicans
and of the national convention soon to
meet at Chicago to the following state
ment:
l. The Republican primary elections
held in Cook county on May resulted in
an overwhelming victory of the com bined
opponents of the third term of Gen.
Grant. The ninety-two delegates OF Cook
county to the state convention joined with
the Anti-Grant delegates appointed by the
other counties OF the state would have q
decided majority OF the state convention
and would have sent to the national con-
vention four delegates at large and twenty
district delegates opposed to q third term.
thus casting majority of 1.-THE forty-two
votes of Illinois against the nomination of
Gen. Grant
2. Of the majority thus fairly and
honestly obtained the anti-third term
Republicans of Cook county have been
most foully robbed by bold and criminal
scheme intended to talsify the will of tbs
people and forge the vote Of Illinois in the
national convention. In its prosecution.
with the aid of almost the entire federal
patronage In this state, the majority of the
state convention was changed into one
friendly to Grant. by forcibly keeping out
the ninety-two rightfully chosen delegates
of Cook county, until the entire organise
ton had been concentrated IN the hands of
one man who assumes to be boss and
absolute ruler of Illinois, and by finally
excluding thirty-six members of the
delegation,
8. The record shows that on every one
Of the test votes taken in convention pre-
vious TO the alleged final settlement of the
alleged Cook county contest, the supper
ters OF the third term would have been iD
minority if the ninety two delegates had
been permitted to vote in accordance with
the uDmistakable sentiments of their con-
stitueuts.
Be il therefore understood, that the
denial of their right representation to
be Republicans OF Cook county By the
ttate convention and the outrageous
methods d. oes bring it sunder the des-
potic control OF the machine. absolve us |
and all other Republicans from sill |
allegiance to that convention and that
10 achine, and from all responsibility for |
any of their acts or transactions; and we
warmly com mand the appeal by the nat. |
tioDal delegates of the disfranchised dis |
tricts of Illinois to the confidently expected |
justice and the overthrow OF the boss rule, |
which otherwise will assurediy lead TO |
disaster aud ruin. and We will present to |
the national convention Que protest against |
the admission TO that body of those who |
wouId usurp the places OF the rightful dis |
trict delegates from Illinois, and also |
against the admission OF the pretended |
delegates at large from this state selected |
by the fraudulent members of the state |
secured by tricks and frauds |
hitherto unknown to the Republican party |
and that while earnestly desiring the suc~
Cess OF the Republican party 10 this years |
Presidential election, deeming the triumph |
OF the Republican cause eSsentlal to the well |
fare of the country the firm establish |
ment of justice to all, and the preserva-
ton Of public faith and the promotion of |
general prosperity, the Republicans of |
Cook county unsparlngly denou1ce and |
will uafilnchingly oppose the consumma
lion of the great political crime which has
been committed against them and tbs
other dsfranchised Republicans of THE
state. that they will not blind themselves
10 the fact that by dishonesty foisting |
upon Tue party CGuQlQBIo tuS
people do not desire, the machine is en- |
the success of the Republican |
party aud courting its defeat at the polls |
in Novemb Ger.
The reading of the document was fre. |
queDtIy interrupted by the audience, as
we're the speeches, bat always by applause |
which came from all parts of the house |
The audicaoc WAS evidently ut one miud. |
The same was true of the Farweil Hall |
meeting. where Gen. Hurlburt, Elliot |
Anthony and others spoke. Gen. L. N |
Bates presided. There was no disturb
apee of any kind at either Weetiug. and |
the audience was com posed largely of the |
middle classes and business men.
Among TO days arrivals are Hon. Wm |
Dennison and Warner nj Bateman. of
Ohio. Gov. Foster will be here in the |
morning They are at the Grand Pacific,
where Ohio has very elegant headquar-
ters,