Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-05-22
GRANTS VICTORY.
He Secures Soil De egation from the
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of the Springfield convention on the evenin.
Of the 20th : e..n ~
Springfield, May 21-At hall past z o'clocI
last evening the Republican State Convention
reas.embled. j. c. Spare offered resolution
that Grant be declared the choice of the con
vention for President. A motion to substitute
Washburn was tabled, and by vote Of 338t
to 3O7 Spares resolution was adopted, amids
a scene Of the widest confusion and excite
ment. -..-.-.p
Crosby moved that the various Congressiona
Districts select delegates and alternates to tn.
National Convention, and that they be de.
clared the choice of the Convention. This,
il carried, would have resulted IN the choice
If Blaine delegates liz several d,ssricts. This
lopened the great contest before the conven-
ton.
Senator Logan opposed the motion in a
speech of considerable length, in which lie ad
vocated the right Of the majority Of the con-
vention to send to Chicago Slid delegation
instructed for Grant. He citeo precedent in
Illinois as to unit Instruction. They con"
not expect to secure Grants nomination by
sending delegates opposed to his nomination.
He favored Grant because he believed he
could and would be elected, and declared that
with forty two solid votes from Illinois Grant
| had enough votes to nominate him ON the first
| ballot.
G. w. Thomas of St. Clair, made a strong
l n 49, $50 a. ~.
t,onal Committee invited each Congr sional
district to send two delegates to Chicago.
His district, the Seventeenth, had chosen del
egates who had credentials in their pockets
and proposed to 60 to Chicago and asser: their
rights. He moved to amend Logaus motion
30 that the Convention should imply report
delegates at large.
Gray Of Fulton, said the Ninth district had
elected delegates, having thrty-shree anti
Grant votes to four for him. 1t would crush
out the party to ignore these districts.
Kirhawes of Chicago, said delegates had
been sent from Cook cou.ty on the ground
that they had been elected by Senatorial dis
tric:s. They now proposed to try the sam.
plan in selecting delegates
The previous question was ordered at l
o'clock.
Thomas's amendment to Logan's substitute,
which provided that the committee should
nmply select delegates at large, Was defea ed
by 3O4 ayes to 389 noes.
The roll was called on Logan Substitute,
providing for the appointment by the Chair
Of committee to select district delegates
At large. This was adopted at l o'clock by
3S9 ayes to S04 noes. The Chair immedi-
ately announced the committee, which CON
sisted of 10 Grant men.
A motion to adjourn to 9 A. M. prevailed
at lis.
GRANTS VICTORY YESTERDAY.
The following special dispatch to the APPEAL
was received last night from John K. William
son, of Chicago: 't-h 3d.
Springfield, May 21.-The excitement in
this city during the past twenty-fear hours
has been at fever heat, and even the pres
snt writing, when the question of Grants
supremacy has been definitely settled, nothing
else is discussed but the scenes of the CEN
vention, which has been the most exciting
ever held in the State. The convention met
this morning and the following resolution, in
PRODUCED by John A. Logan, was carried
amid the widest excitement and applause
Resolved, That General U. S. Grant il the
:hoice of the Republican party of Illinois for
The Presidency, and the delegates from this
State are instructed te use all honorable means
% secure his nomination by the Chicago Con-
rention, and to vote as unit for him, and
he said delegation shall have power to ill all
THE BLAINE MEN DEFEATED.
When the question of selecting the Grant
delegates was called the Blaine mel. refused
o vote. This was carried, and motion was
n ade to nominate delegates to Chicago and
tanning State Central Committee. Here q
trong fght was made by the Blaine men
gainst the motion and it was easy to see from :
he speeches made and the almost frantic ef
orts of the Blaine men that they felt that the ,
ght was lost. After considerable debating
ote was reached which stood as follows:
IA to 1921 in favor of the resolution q
ExorrEn sNT IN THE GALLERIES IT,