, 1880-05-31
THE ILLINOIS CASE.

THE DlSfNAEClilHED piHrit1Cr5 SrATKNEST or
THE FACTS-lfiiltl:s5 Ia>UkED FOR flltlN THE
KATlUSAf CnSyESTlDH.
10 the Ehltur VI Tie Chicago Tribune.
Cl1IcAut,, May ;M,-Thu city IL liiIug up with
delegates nsll strangers. Give mt aI,acc for II
few words tn thcn about tho Outrage pcrt,utrat-
I'd by John LtHnn nsil bis huiltlozcrs un the anti-
Gr,lnt maturity Of tho people of llllnuts.
The tirnntItcs In Cook County bnltc.i III ntl-
vMnce, giving rs tho sole retstn Of tho net the
alleged fAci ttlt It WIS tic purpose nf tho anti
tIfrtl-tcrfherH to send. by virtue If their twN
thirds nlnJoriy. solid anti Grant delegation to
Springfield. THIN tho Cook Cnunty bpttcrs pro-
cccleL to choose ntl cntfru delegation Of 1lnr.y
two tn tho stlto Convention, dcsMardlng thur
admission to tic exclusion Of tho entire regulAr
delegation. FatlIng In TINT, they ins|stcd up,n
tho sentng Ut Cook County delegates Ii, tho rt.tlo
Ut tho urart and nntf-Unnt vote ut tho prI1llu-
r1cs. III ths ntt1mrt th6y succeeded, wheleupn,l
they Immediately announced thnir purpose to
usfrnnchise ten Congressional districts by rG-
ftssllly IL tho Blaine alll WnshburnG tnntortlcs
In those districts tho right to i,sIsne their lelo-
g.tcs to tho Nationill Convention.
II, Il score Of eutl,ltos tho thl1l-tcr1lars hltl
DISTINGUISHED tho minority by forciny solid Grsnt
delegations to tho Btute Convention. III Cook
County. hclng III u minority OF less ttu,n uru-
third, they bOltetl, dcnunncing tho nnti.
minority fortts alleged putpe,sc to do precisely
whit tito Grunt maturity bud tione in every iii
stance wheT0 It possessed tho power. Aud In
tho stutc Convention, to emp tho climn1, they
relsscr!Gtl sr thu right vi tino lutorily to grab
everything With 1boy hid dchadA M tho East Of
Cook County, Ii word; the taotlta apd logic
% Of the TOR ststS c5s ~ REtjaa vi toS
%'..!. eas ,,,,u tut which was writing III tho cook
co,,n,v Couyuution aguin oecniao I,su' IN .ao
&u-.t, '-.-e,
state Convention. When It - ......-. -.
cred !. tliat tho Grunt innturiues III furry
counties wctn instructed to duny to tho
Logan; that tho Grunt mlaorlty. In Cook County
were instructed by 0eu Ltxan to leilnul rop-
resentatloa. aud. upon tctuK refused, to bot;
and that tho StAt0 Convention wns ur1tnrel BY
Gen. Lugnn to disfranehlso ten Congressional
districts, ,-whun " IL co,lsdercd that these three
propositions elnanAted frGn ono lunls 1t will hu
admitted that tho structure Of ttnt nuns brain
Mssst bt,, to gly tho lctIst, peculiar.
| WoiI, tho ilspablcan purity Ut Illinois lies
M,,,nl and bleeding ut tho feet Ut Gen. l1,gur,.
llu IL It's muster. Whit will tlu do with III lie hs
been on tho wur-path: his bolt IL A,luruod witt,
soalpa, scalpB takon III lilo nlnc OF Con-, Grant,
| III tho lin1uu Ut tho spontaneous n,uvclacnt
in suplNIrt dr the ox-Prrs!dent's cantlttlncy fur
II third term t,f tho lrrsidcheyl Thu EIM,ntn.,u-
o.la movement bus wDn III Illinois. bHt ut whit
fearfui costi At whnt u eost Ut timc-t,onnrptl
party preeetIcrts, ut what coat Ut ai-fccling
In tho pnrty rt,tiks; at tshRt cost Of bulldoxlng
1rtekory; 1T tho cost ot q causccRs lolt In c00a
6ojy IL tho stuto Colyol,tlon nt tho cost Of d!a:
trunchlstng tnbrp thnR hHlf tho Congressional
dsts'etsa r. tug stasS! Ths y!9toEy M for asat u
nilvnce to u silonce which nr,lnces .lcfcat, d.
scr wnss oatsa t t satao Nasoa F'ca y
uo; ~ fl%t pow9r tue snt,a'%se;ne kspHSl.
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