The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-05-21

s,.,xcrIrlp, ILL.,, May l9.-Tbe first
$50 the GRANTEES did this morning was
J" ,ske upon themselves The right TO pass
roon the right OF the Cook county deiega,
I'm 10 seats in the Convention. ana uecidea
,h,i the regular as wei as tue bogus ue'e-
~s,es should be excluded from the moo.
curing the temporary ORGANIZATION ana
Uw, mn 10 the gallery, whence they
could look down upon a contest III
.hSch they were deeply interested, but
hitch they were not to be permitted
rsr,icinate. At the same time they
'nowed the galleries 10 be crowded
80 before noon, So that the regular dele
N''es couId not find room even there. After
r. cancuscs the Blaine ana Washburne
ren from Cook county attempted TO gain
aSmission. but were pcremptorily refused
~ courtesy even OF seats on the noor, rs
- decided last night. Mr.. Green H..
ps,m Commjssioner Of internal Revenue.
90. mode temporary chairman, and Dan.
Sbeosrd. another OF LogaG'S NEST staunch
hiends. temporary secretary. As soon as
,he temporary chairman had finished his
,srcsome speoch atieniion was directed by
~ 81 the western delegates 10 the TACT
~, q norton OF the seats were vacant,
wsle 20 contrary to all preceGents 0y un-
nr9rrsnted. usurpcd functions OF the
credentials Committee. and he moved
Thai the Cook-county delegates be admitted
This led 10 a spirited debate, IN whic0 the
Grant representatives, defended the acuon
of The committee. General Logan SAID nc
wanted peace, and rhat no word should
dron from his lips calculated 10 produce
Sisses. The first thing 10 do was 10 call the
voi and know who were members OF the
convention. They should not call The
corn,ies in which there were contests. He
nrocloimcd that he desired peace. He urged
] that Inc roll be called. 1t so happened that
60 or two Of the COok-county delegates
trom FarwclI Hall, neltled by the palpable
,ulldozing tactics OF the Logan crowd,
and who had managed to get into the ball,
e.ted the privilege Of speaking, but
y,Ils Of Put lin QUIT" "Not a dele
.ale!" &c, soon caused them TO suoside.
Attest VOTE.
After a long and bitter wrangle. the Com
mi,,ce on Credentials was called, and then
came 4 test vote on the question OF ADJOURN
mont. in which the Grant men bowed 349
or,inst the motion 10 24S for it-a majority
~ 1O1 for the thiid-termerS. But II - not
certain that they can muster as many
~, the repOrt OF the Committee on
credentials. With the admission OF the
rioc,v.fwo regular DELEGATES from Cook
me onfi.Grani men would probably have
a.m,U majority, bot the machine VIII aG-
nit enough OF the bogus delegates to retain
their mower. They will also probably
admit the Grant delegates from Greene
county, which is a contested county. Be
fore the Convention adjourned Logan
succeeded in pushing through 4 resolution
10 this effect THAT all contes'ing delega-
lions TO this Convention shall pledge them
selves to accept and abide by the decision OF
This Convention in relation to this contest
O. decision Pre- cedent 10 having their
claims 10 seats in the Convention consider
cd" This Of course meant that the Cook
county acknowledgements must pledge
Themselves BODY and soul 10 the Grant
machine. and this Of curse they
practically refused to do before the
Committee on Credentials at IFS meet
inc a little later by asking time to con-
1 slider the matter. The Committee on Gre
dentials. c imposed Of one delegate from
each Of the congressional districts, stood 8
To : against the admission OF the Farwell or
regular body. This action of the temporary
oreapization j. now the real question at
is>ne. and which will be the turning point
in the whole Convention. 1t now looks as
though the Blaine and Washbdrne men viii
not submit TO this summary application OF
The ~poiltical macbine-Screws, and when the
committee at its meeting amended the reso-
luton Of Logan 20 that 1t provided that
the committee would not consider the
claims Of any cnntesting delegations until
they have complied with the resolutions
adonied by the State Convention, the stub
born opposition OF the anti-Ihird-termers be-
came more than ever apparent, and they de-
clared their intention 10 resist any such
arbitrary proceedings. The C0ok-county
regulars beld out, and at the evening session
the Committee on Credentials made its re-
port favoring all the delegations except
those from Cook and Greene counties, which
carry ninety-siX delegates. 1t is thought
that there will be a lively row tomorrow, anC
the question now is how many will 20 on
with the Cook-county delegation, which re
fuses TO bow to Logan's dictation.
The Convention was called to order by
Mr.. A.. NJ. Jones, chairman OF the Stat
Central Committee, and the proceeding!
were opened With prayer by the Rev. w
Nourse, who said, in conclusion "W
Dray that no mistake NAV be made or tba
our political opponents may get into powel
in our mistakes. We Thank Thee that there
are 20 many good men from whom to sc
lect."
ObhNi LIN
along" Jones spoke briefly, saying tina
the Republicans had reason to be proud q
their success in this state, and hefet certan
that whatever this Convention should DO In
Republicans Of the State would heartily en-
dorse. Mr.. Jones then nominated Gener'
Green b. Raum, Commissioner OF lnternS
Revenue, as temporary chairman. NO othe
nomination being made, General Raum wa
unanimously elected. 81,
General Raum's remarks were frequent
interrupted by applause. When he men
toned the name Of John Sherman Their
was considerable applause, which wa
greatly increased when be spoke OF senate
Blaine. But when Grants name was hnalI
mentioned there was an outbuTst OF al
plause that lasted several minutes and wa
renewed again and again.
Dr. Robbins, of Adams, moved TO adm
all members OF both c~oDtending delegation
from Cook county who had been asSlgne
seats in the galleries 10 seats on the floor.
After some debate Mr.. Bull, OF II
Sale, offered q resolution as o substi
tOte providing that all congressional dis
tricls but The first tbree-in which Their
are c0ntestS-be called and name one mem
Der OF the Committee on Credentials.
motion 10 table both motions and resoiu
ton was defeated by division, the vote be
ing taken by rising. Further debate fol
loved, General John A. Logan, A. Nj
Jones, and j. X. Edsail making short ad
dresses. Louis Shafner, OF Cook, asked Il
be heard one moment. Much confusion
followed, loud calls being made for tn
previous question, and a motion made 4
aHaatan 10 A ID C .n outA,