, 1880-05-30

John x. Logan cannot compel the citizens o
Illinois to do his bidding. and also say tia
C0nkltng, Cameron, and Logan cannon con
troll the Republican party of the Unitet
States. &C. W.
ILLINOIS,.
TIE CHIEF ISSUE BEFORE TIE chicago
| CONVENTION.
| To the Editor Of Tie Chicago Tribune
RIVERSIDE, ILL.,, May o0.-The issue before
the Republican party is distinctly whether o.
not it will support a candidate for Presiden
for a third term. This is the bone Of conten
tion, the cause of strife within the camp
Upon the correct settlement of this issut
! depends the veal or wo Of the Republican
party,-a party which for twenty odd years
has lent Its best efforts in much nobler coll
tests. There is ITO avoiding this point, alo
setting it aside with contemptuous ridicule.
| # there is any sentiment about it on either
side it is such sentiment as has resolved
| itself into prejulfce,-su a prejudice as
has resolved itself into a principle. And, If
the principle oil either side is honest the
| principle OH the other is dishonest. # it is
| right on principle that Gen. Grant deserves
| and should have n third term and as many
more as he likes of the highest office III the
world, then it Is wrong OIL principle
that he should not Is there any
| other way OF looking at it? And
if tha men who are urging the third term are
honest and fair men, then those who are op-
posed are not. II Logan, Conl1ling, Cam
eron, Carpenter, Babcock, and all the "old
crowd' are model American leaders,-if they,
with the filth Of political chicanery bedrag-
Cling the skirts Of their garments and the
smut Of priyateimmorality besnlrching their
forellcads, are proper supporters of ca1ld-
date and gO0u leaders for earnest mell, then
follow them to tile bitter end.
On the eve OF in important Convention,
where the delegates attend Us sort Ut
tribunal of physicians to administer a dose
to the party which will either kill or cure,
consider the means by which it con.
yelled, its purpose, and its probable political
effect. The nltans OF conycning have been
varied. 1n Massachusetts and so1ne other
States delegates have been rightly chosen in
dictation; in other States delegates have been
chosen in the separate districts, sanctioned
By State Conventions, and left free to express
their own choice thereafter; III other States
the mode has been similar to the last, with
been Instructed to vote fOr certain cantli-
dates; and in other Statcs-Kansas and lii
nois-the district choice has been ignored,
and delegates to represent them III the great
NCAtSLtiCA "EAE aPEUtItttt Ut EUlulullLCES
Of the State Conventions. Iii Kansas, the
convention was almost unanimously anti
Grant; but in Illinois the division was close,
and the fraudulent majority was =, in
fStesat er Of the ssss sSRTede1 It. F0e%ng ajsogg f
delegates to the Chicago Convention,
attention is called to the fact recognized in
al reports now before us, that, in al eases in
the Northern States where the choice has
been left to the individual districts and the
fffn01f&E rHn%t1t f1HA bnnn lft frna and
uninstructcd, the choice has been unanimous
against tl1irdterlnisn; whereas, in all cases,
with the only exception of Kansas (Which Is
altl,Grallt Ant by an immense majority. where
claimed, bnl]dozed, whipped, and outgeller-
aled, anu the voice Of the people slmothered
and drowned amid the coarse and hired hnr-
rahs for the Senatorial Triumvirate, the
Grnnt.
The purpose Of the Convention is thor
oughIy understood, and we will pass OIL !
to Il brief consideration Of the result. The |
great issue before the Convention is the third
Is the issue now agitating the vast mind Of |
the Republican party. Upon the decision Of |
this issue hangs by y thread its very exist
ence, The old questions Of the War have
and accomplished results Of the grand ofd
Republican party are as true and established
rs heretofore; there is no quarrel upon these
things; but now that it is attempted to f.ssten
upon the party the dead weight Of a repug-
or JON the independent ranks and organize
this viii be the reI,lt forced m i npon
us. And il the Senatorial Triulnvirate get
1rant'wi1l be :nominated; otherwise not. Iii
either case, a once proud and honored name
las passed into ignominy and contempt.
THE FIFTH DISTRICT.
To the Editor Of The Chicago Tribune
SANDWICH, ILL.,. May 29.-The inclosed
clippings from the Sandwich Gazette, strong
'llnt Republican paper, and the Malta Mftti,
Stalwart Republican paper, show the state
II feeling in this county toward Grant P.
Malta DE Ka,D Co., ofatl {1,ep.).
John m J.. a; Logan secured victory for Gen;
e satisfactory to him? Let us look ut the st,i-
tion ,ta, =, The First, Second. Third Fourth, and
er Republican districts III the Stute-6ud In
Convention by counties spoken in no un1ncan-
aK words against the :. third term" and each by
ttcnd the Republican State Convention TO carry
ut their wishes, and represent them on this :
Mow Nv have Az ttey been heaaa7
hem voice, or even right TO be heard in thnt
onvention. Their rights have been trampcd |
ght to representation has been denied them,
nd have been compelled to convene in thclr: |
nparute Congressional Conventions, in or !
er to. secure their rights, have appoint
their own representatives to attend !
'e Sationa Republican Conyention, to bo held
chiSsago tst in Jnne next WI! Cen Grant con
residential office tho = third term = It viii be
pngrcssonal Distrtct-hus by his friends been ! T
str.lnchscd. and sent out of II Republican 8
Dnyent1n without s. Fig
le Republican vote, have placed that tried md r