The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-02-28
pExocRATIc NATIONAL CONVENTION.

4 Inc NATIONAL IOLumlttcc Vi Tic lcuioCiAsi
party met at Washington City on Monday,
and, after warm contest, in which Chicago,
st. Louis and Cincinnati were the chief rivals,
decided IN favor Of Cincinnati as the place
for holding the next Democratic National
Conven ton, and fixed Tuesday, June 22d, as
the time. II is admitted that the choice OF
| Cincinnati is in the interest of no particular
candidate, the friends and opponents Of Til
den, Bayard Hancock, Thurman, &c, being
alike favorable to the location. The choice OF
Cincinnati was made chiefly because it is
nearer the centre Of the population of the
whole country than Chicago and is more &C.
ccssble to the south.
The call, rs finally agreed upon by the com.
mittce, is in the following terms:
The National Democratic committee, hav-
ing met in the city of Washington on the Esd
of February, $780, has appointed Tuesday the
22d day of June next, at noon, as the time,
and chosen the city of Cincinnati as the place
of holding the National Democratic COnven.
ton. Each state is entitled to representation
therein equal to double the number of its
Senators and Representatives IN the Congress
Oh tlt lulu;u INldltS. All iJculOCIutlC, toii-
scrvative and other citizens of the United
States, irrespective of past political associa-
tons or differences who can unite with us in
an effort for pure, economical and constitu-
tional government, are cordially invited to
join US IN sending delegates to the convcn.
ton.
At the last National Democratic convention,
held in the city of st, LOUIS IN 1875, the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted:
RcsOiced, That the states be requested to ian
struct their delegates TO the National Demo-
cratic Convention to be held in 1880, whether
it be desirable tC continue the twO-thrris rule
longer in force in the National convention,
and that the National committee insert such
request in the call for the next convention
W. ii. BARNuM, Chairman.
FREDERICK o. PRINCE, Secretary.
As to the twothirds rule, thus submitted to
the various state conventions for considera-
ton, while Illinois had serious reason to com.
plain of it IN 1856 for defeating the Romlna-
ton of Stephen A. Douglas, and mainly for
that reason has always felt unfriendly towards
il, our impressions ust now would be tavora
Bile TO its maintenance. The principal objec
ton to ii formerly was that it placed it in the
power of the south to defeat any favorlte can
dltate of the north. The south has no such
purpose or desire now. At the same time it
may occur that the west shall find it highly
important to hold the same power to prevent
an unacceptable candidate being imposed
upon it by the south and east Our i'm
preston Is that the Illinois convention will
favor the retention of the two.thirds rule.
As to the probable outcome of the conven-
ton at Cincinnati it is difficult at this stage Of
the matter to speculate, Doubtless the choice
of that body will be largely influenced by the
choice of the Republican convention at Chi
cago, TO be held II days earlier. If Grant isl
nominated, good policy on the part of the
Democrats would dictate the nomination
against him of some strong civilian, like Gov.
seymour or Judge Church, from the east, orr
David Davis, Hendricks or English, from the
west; while if the Republicans nominate
Blaine, the Democrats might find it cxpedi-
ent to gratiry the soldier element and nom.
mate Gen. Hancock. Among the dark
horses" such names occur as those of JustlceI
Field, of California, Hugh J. Jewett, &c. 1T
seems to have been generally understood at
Washington that Tllden Is out of the contest
He may interest himself in behalf of some
friend, but the feud between him and Kelly
in New York, renders his nomination out off
the question This we think the Democracy
of the whole country can rely upon, that the
m of thn elaborated N tbD Cincinnati |
vention will go untrammeled by instructions
and with the single purpose to nominate THE
NAN who will be strongest before the people
and most likely to win the race.