Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-05-27
The Illinois Trouble.

The Illinois republican state convention.
| after a three DAYS session, elected a solid
delegation of AZ TO Chicago. and Instructed
them to vote as unit for Grant. Nine con
gressional districts having Blaine W ashb,irn
malorities. demanded the right to select
their own delegates under the cali which in
I vites each congressional district TO send two
1 delegates but the convention by a vote Of
3s9 TO 3Oi refused to allow this Thereupon
the nine districts protested. and met sepa-
rately and elected eighteen delegates who
will contest the seats Of the eighteen elected
from these districts by the convention.
| The steps which led to this unfortunate
result are these 1t became evident two
| weeks ago that whoever secured the 81 dele
| gates to the state convention from Cook
county lmainly Chioagol would control the
convention. This led to an unusuall, large
vote at the caucuses TO select delegates TO
the county convention. and resulted in the
/ Grant men carving three wards. and the
ti-Grani men four wards of Chicago with
/ the rural districts attached. The Grant men
finding that they were beaten, proposed that
they be allowed to designate the delegates
from the wards which they had carried.
claiming that this had been the usage. This
proposition was rejected on the ground that
the Gran, men had nowhere allowed a Iii
vision Of delegates by townships in counties
which they had carried. Thercupon the
Grant delegates withdrew from the regular
convention. and held separate convention
and elected delegates. The regular convcn-
ton elected 81 delegates.
When the state convention met on We'd
nesday at Springfield, II was found that the
Grant men had a majority. setting aside the
Cook and Green county delegates; and that
the Blame " aShburn men would have ma
joriiy including the regular delegates from
these counties. The state committee. being
controlled by the Grant men, refused to al
low the delegates from these two counties 70
go upon the floor. and thus secured the or
gauiEation of the convention and settlement
Of contested seats in their own inicrest--ad-
hitting 10 Grant and 80 anti-Grant men
from Cook county. This was done l., a
small majority.
Having done this. the convention thus
made up pnder the lead Of senator Logan.
voted to take on, Of the hands Of nine dis
trirt> III which there were anii-Gtani major
iiics. the right to select their own delegates.
and TO elect II delegates whom these dis
tric;s did not want, oiwlihsianding the call
for the Chicago convention distinctly invites
the republicans Of each congressional dis
the; 20 send two delegates.
What makes this proceeding all the more
unjust, j. the tact that a majority Of the con-
'cniion a. elected hy the people b, couniics
was opposed Ia Grant Bui hv keeping ou,
the 81 aHil-Grsui delegates from Cook cnun-
~ on a mere subisTiugc, until the convention
was organized. the Grant men we're able to
divide this delegation on the plea that they
had earned three 81 the seven ward. IA Cook
county. Having secured a majority 81 the
convention on the plea OF allowing the ward.
OF Chicago separate repre- >Cutattnn, the Grant
men at once turned round and deprived the
Congressional distrscts 81 thu ri.hi 10 cleo,
their own delegates under the call Of the
convention.
II j. certain tina; such proceedings AZ these
are entirely improper IN republican con
HcniInn called ior she purpose uf asecftainiug
the wi,hc- % the republican SutcI>. Thc
Chicago convention cannot receive J. dele
gates elected "a ;hss manner from mine dis
trlois O.: ILLINOIS. without weakening. any
nomination il ma, make. II The convention
should follow "a, the programme OF logan.
CouAi.us AID t.lnrToa. adopt the unit rule
and register the so.id voice 81 Illinois. Ncw
York and Pcnn., Wanna Tor Grant or any
body else AMI thereby nominate hlin. u =
needless 20 -, the result uouid he unfur-
iunaic FOX all concerned.
The ohjco; Of National CONVENTION = to
secure far expression Of OPINION from the
republicans q even state, and from every
congregational distinct. a., 20 ho snail b. the /
nominee. The republican. 10 each s;ais arr
expected 10 send four dciss aics a. large rrp-
Fcscnilug their ,icss. and the republicans
IN zach Congressional district two delegate.
representing them. The drclsinn OF d con
NeHilun thus selected. Vii bc accepted /
e,envhere hy republicans But the ~urN /
Of y delegate, from H,uus,is ana ~ from /
New York. and 4. from Illinois, clccird
b, small maJor,', IN state conventions. |
= hlie scores Of districts have declared Tor /
other men. and arr protesting against ha,-
ing ,helr votes counted against their wishes I
Will never give satisfaction 10 the rrpab.i-
can part, ~ LCtr,ston JGursal.