, 1880-08-12

fAN t1"4lkJs
tnake3 and from NIL points camo the E,.rno nc
count,-the party solid and united.
Tho meeting was ileld to map out the pre-"
l!ninnrlcs IT tho cainpaigh A great deal
wns done looking To thorough organization.
There were present members Ms follows:
Robert 1}eli, Mount Carroll; John W. 1IunI.
S:3prlngflcld; ". +. Calhoun, Clinton; n. y.
SsmG e"4ss IT, swt wfnn mi H. T. l. Syas "y11r sSfiatsa; Sisaeo;
Al {.;da:, n: J9nes WnTren; J. NJ llsnrdsley 1s9ek
Al1ister' QYgawka; i; J. Isarrc, whitehall;
III. ark Stn Ns",:o VearSSsttGwn; SstsS ;I. JGes o Il
i: Tanner, l.oaEsyiIle; Daniel Hogan,
Mound CITY; and Th0mas W. Scott, Fa!r-
ilsld' ns 1,,';;, AM the following eaaH'iaates
candidate for Col'g1ess from the Tenth Dis-
Sfi!ate ;4a, lrG tte F,orty-secgni Alntt9on) Df
date for State .Antlltor; Julies SicCartney,
catldidnlc fnr Attorney. General; 4. d. DE.
Ment, Of Dixon, Gantlltlate for Secretary Of
State; Gnl; C!ark E. Cur, Of tialesbnEK; and
4. III. Jones, tlle Chairman, called tle
MEETING to order, and Dan Shepard acted rs
Secrotary., Tho llrst matter wlilcl. .came up
related to the conduct of tho catnpaian; This
tho candidates took part. The matter Of
holding meetings, their management, etc,
was also well considered. No action was
taken upon the tnotle Of conducting TIC cal.l-
agreed upon aiI sides that meetings. were n
necessity, and with them plenty OF action
aili l.oncyt work.
The following, Endorsement Of Col. Clark
III sainc. was atIopted By u ufSuniiiio'is Si III vote:
Rts9trtd, Tint wu corgrntulntn tho Republic.
ans u Maine upon 81, tho II fagt nf their having ~
eis ,ao ~ IiaK u ense, ono u III
Views md Craftsmanship wo oil have tho highest
regard and respect
The matter OF holding meetings was again
adoption Of tho following series Of rcsolu-
tlOns:
Res1ced, That at least one general rally 10
held in each Conversational district, and thit tho
Ut Tho Stnto Central Committeeman, who viii be
aase of the County Gcntral Gtom,nittess, aud pc.
IesoIreI, Thtt each member OF this Commit
teo bc rss1ucstcd to push forwarl tho orgnu!zas.:
Old the County Committed il providing speeches
i ntsoIred, That tho stato Central Committee
IN County Committees and Of tho various Cur
Held and Arthur clubs that they encourage the
ss aa oI n
throughout tho State.
Iiesayeti, Tint i copy Of these resolutions 70
CornHlitteo) % be IH aelt 10 thv Chairman Of zach
County Ccntrul Committee.
Judge Hanback,, Of Kansas was permitted
to GONE before tho C9tnIl!ttee with propo-
lie represents tho Kansas Flanlbcaux Club,
composed Of eighty well-lrlllcd young lllct1
equipped with torches Of a peculiar design.
liz proposes that they shall come Into llli-
nois a,'ti ut ass,eei1ings Siy,e; their sxhibi;
shoW Oft their tlanlbeaux. Tho Judge gave
nn exhibition OF tlio turell. The matter was
discussed at considerable length, and re-
S,Ge to o Exsctlye and m the
a resolution wns ad0litetl instructlng tho
Secretary to write 4 circular letter to each nf
tho Illinois Republican Stnte Presidential
tElIsctors: questioning them Us to te!r eleEl,
give details Iii full. Tits matter, tho Col,-
/ Mlttce thought, was one Ut tho Einvcat and
Of tho utmost Importance. mud parties WHO
should happGn u De DISQUALIFIED should noti-
fy tho Committee Ut once. III order tlat there
| ilay be no legal Qlibbles OF troubles here
after, when It Is too lute.-
The Committee then heard reports from
tho various districts, which were In the main
lit: !. ii. Dcardslcy reported for the Sixth
District that it WINS g00l for from t,O00 to
| 1000 Mnjnrtty. Every county In the district
was Republican, and tho Greenbackcrs were
coming back. ms wero those who Ind seeded
| IN 1872. Thomas Henderson was the candi-
.tate for Congress, md ho WIS sure Of cleo
! ton.
tlf ifom MS At esst 50 70 @ WlIan' Ig Gu
lem, Ut 0ttnwa, was the candidate for Coil-
gress, who had been nomlnntctl tho tay be-
f1re on the lid ballot Amos Savage, of
Il tAbnk
George d. Swift and Gen. II. II. Thomas
was being done In Chicago and vicinity ln
tH Hrom ho GTsaflfSian TSst siqct there was report
that Merc was no doubt of Col. siarsii's eiec-
tton; The district Is well organized.
The tEiglltl. and EHth \; Ill.,, Districts wore rc
poTfh' The EeSent u @ s md fwtf % Districts sent In
gpotl accounts OF themselves.
District, saitt that \. e: Stevenson would
SHIFT, WIS the ni,n WHO would 10 It.
Mr, Thompson. Of Champaign, speaking
for tho Fourteenth District. sa!d. that, they
were quilting back nearly ali tle Grecnbaek-
srs; AT: Lothrop w.s aes1I ~ tpdt dme Ia.ks
tilg Domocrats. There WIS no doubt about
In tho Fifteenth District tllo Republicans
~. he'd detcrniS to sappors A. y E"fsyIa;e,
hnd Col. Fltlur mid John T. Eden ln tho
field.
The Sixteenth District would return ". A.
]. SPARKS, as the district WIS Donrbontzed
ERypt, tlIouEI, solldly Democratic, had in
1t ln1liy Republicans who, tllis year, wore
cnthuslastlc a,Nl up Gnd doing:
LII tho Eighteenth District, Dan HoRnn re-
ported Tint Tie Republicans st00l !. gond
show Of success. The Dclnocrats had I!ade
weak Congressional nomination. They
first selected John l1gIlnsa1l, hut finding. hln
too weak thoy took him OIL md put on 1Inrt-
zull III his stead. As uellmal .was nominated
over llartzell IN convention, tlB ut,iust lIar-
inony does not prevail, John II. Thomas,
present sncmbor, Inns been rcnolnlnated BY
Tie Hepubllcans.
In the Nineteenth District tie Republicans
stood but Iitttu show, md L. ". Towlshond,
D.MlocIat, wnNl4 bc returned to Congress.
The Cpilmftted adjourned subject to tho
call Of tilB Chairman.
special psrateA to 7hs CAftaco 1rtbpnt.
AulsoltA. ILL.,, Aug. ll,-At tho Republican
town cnucus ttrtlay tor tho election of dele