, 1880-05-13
PREs1P[lEyrrAL. B:
Four State Conventions Held
at the Nqg4h and South
'Yeaterday.
Miohiganf of Course, Adopts
Resolutions Favoring
James g. Blaine.
Vest Virginia 1nstructs for
Blaine and Elects All tho
Delegates.
Florida Adopts Resolutions in Favor
Of the Thid-Term
Issue.
Wisconsin Democrats Elect
Delegates, but Fail to
INSTRUCT.
Seymour Apparently the Choice
Of the Badger State De- :
mocracy.
Illinois Counties Which Selected
Their State Republican Dci-
cgatcs Yesterday.
The Logan Men See Their Folly
and Begin to Weaken
Badly.
4 Proposition to Give Grant q Compll.
mentary Vote and Then With.
draw Him.
Tho Rumor that Mr. SWEET Was to Get Up
Case for the Boltsra.
The Logan Men See Their Folly
and Begin to Weaken
Badly.
4 Proposition to Give Grant Compli.
mentary Vote and Then With.
draw Him.
Tho Rumor that Mr. SWEET Was to Get Up
Case for the Boltera.
MICHIGAN.
THE REPUBLICAN, CONVENTION.

THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
Hp<etat Itspafth to Ths Chteapo Tribune.
nErNo1r, Mich. May 19.-rhc Republican
State Convention accomplished its work to-
day quickly, effectively, and harmonlously,
inside from tho cropping ont of local quar-
rel affecting Wayne County. Capt. T. r.
Allen, Of Ypsllantl, proved n presttitng officer
Ut declslon, tact, ana parliamentary skill
and had the <lfscordant element well II, check.
THE resolutions presented by Prof. Moses
CoEt Tyler, Of Michigan University, pledged
renewed fidelity to tho great md sacred
principles for which. William A. Howard and
ZacharIah Chandler. lived alld died, reiter-
ated a. belief in. =, thh security OF nll'
civil .and POLITICAL {. .Hglits. to all
men, the rule Of .fbn majority as
expressed III an honest ballot, tho necessity
for sound currency, and finally presented
James g. Blaine ns the clI0lco nf the Repub-
leans Of Michigan, and requested tho dele
gutes from t'.ts State to use nlo l'lnpcr means
to secure lis nomination. The resolutions
wcr1 frequently interrupted byapplause, and
when tho choice of 1ifchigatl wns Indicated
for Blaine the widest entl,l,s1am prevailed.
a resolution that Senator Ferry's hume bo
presented for tho Vlce-preside1icy was
adopted without dissent. An aMti.Grant res
D4AtiOu HAo ACCGAfCA WIZ NHENlo F4iA AteoG93
AND 4 TUAluLT SEEMED IMMINENT,
hut tho Chairman nippod 1t lii tic bud, md
tho nntter was promptly tabled. Wllen tho
baj,otlup for first dcjcCat,tat.1argo was pro-
posed, the Wayne County quarrel showed Its
lead. Mini. Thompson, Of this city, Ind.
after l,nrd fight, carried tho county caucus
and been named rs district dcloeatc. lie
came into tho Convention and nominated for
slclegatc-at-large James Mcmillan, the we'll
known car.buiItier. 1t was assertett that tho
litter was Grnnt nun, nut Jug took
III favor OF Blaine. Tho law-and-ortlcr
nto s!Sent q f. hscan ts eaSnty to nv y"} %G
saloonkcepers In their attempts to nu!!lfy
tho Liquor law, supported James F. Joy,
wig Is n9w IN Europe n the interests Of the
Wabash Railroad. McMi llan had majority
S Sa To- Soy anys eeIsG{es soe sans 1a tofd 3 Foa o e
count OF Ills advocacy by Thompson. and ho
was defeated, Joy receiving 40 votes 10 his
05. 1fnrlnony Tpig1,ed supreme after thts,
anl Go3EEes41n9n ,Gonger, Perry llannul',
ELKcrKD III AcCLANAT1oN
as the remaining delegates ut large. Tho
delegates from tllc, varlous, Congressional
districts Rre as follows:- First, .. D. Far
rana, ". g. Thompson. WayMo; Second,, J.
s p HoFh h1a Mo95of e. wls sda II nsnsS&; n1aaS; ls Mos
gan Hates, Jackson; Fourth, 4; II; Morrl-
X0r, Ucrrien; j. ". french, st. Joseph;
Fltth. 4. y. Watson. Kent; J. Ear, Ottawa;
Sixth, J. II. Adams, OMnesee; Chnrlss kpp,
William jei'ny, Maco1nb; EishtI, r. II. Sic:
Ninth, DsIps a. Dlodgctt, Osceola, j. II.
Chandler, lioughton.
sed sf for b@s ssevp pess5y. % Wv" hla
Thompson, Of this c!ty: iio has been &c.
lle Ilas not committed himself. u,~.
TIE str,ggie tor the p"sitGn Of ChslrmG,a
spirited. hut United States Svliator ilenry Il:
this city, BY u vote Of 40 to aal.
The SECRETARY read 2 telegram from Mr..
mtttee, asking t6o 'ccnvention to mise
70? zaossa sa '{ {chqa. asf q be o hun1 s E fhs
National Convention With tho portraits OF
picture 70 :t bo rstar,ieI to Detroit aftsr tic
Convention. Tie Convention resolved to
ratse tho funds and donate wlatsyer surplus
remained above the 8l9o ~ the wives anl
VIC We're 81 latsly I t LOST q on II Pont AK basqass'
Lake Huron, Votes Of thanks wute then
passed to James blcAlilla1l, the retiring Chair
man OF tile State Central Committee, and the
nt1lcors OF the Convention, and tho assembly
THE PLATFORM.
Prof. Moses Colt Tyler, from tho Commit
tee Oh Resolutions reported tho following,
which wete adopted:
kyrst-The Republican party Of Michigan, In
aSq tso shss
haye fallen since our hst Convention. William
4. Howard and zaohartah Chandler. and lu this
city, whore they sleep iii their graves stde by
side, VIZ palcma1y pledN0 tenuwe4 fidelity to tho
great and s4cEu4 principles for Which these nlen
lived and dleu.
Bxco'td-Thoso psinuplos, exact Justice snd
tho security Ut alI civil and political nkhta to
u! men Of whatoyer rpoo or nationality, and tn
nato aud kept acccskibie ~ 0very Giti4un With
nut peril aud Without tntlMidutlol; thb rule of
tho nlA3orfty As Expressed iu Ru honeSt balltt,
honestly cast aud honestly counted; absolute
nirlity 10 all public aud private obligations. \
sound currency ~ the only syaton. that u honcst
and thAt 1ves u thu !abOrl1y iHon fAir Aild Just
protection; aud the authority Vi tho Nation ~
in oppression OF the will Ut tho A1ntiuan people.