National Republican., 1880-05-19
ACTIVITY IN POLITICS.
Preparations for the Conventions to
be Held To- day.
Crowds Gathering for the Springfield Con
vcntion - Everybody Sanguine Mr..
Washburne Asks His Friends to
support Grant - Green II.
Raum TO be Tempo
rary Chairman.
Crowds Gathering Mt Springfield.

CHICAGO May 1S.--A special dispatch to the
Ne,rs from Springfield H.. says that the state cap.
tal is crowded. with politicians and delegates to the
state convention. All the hotels ars full, and II Is
expected that the afternoon trains will increase tie
crowd so That tomorrow not less than 1000
strangers, Including delegates, will be present In
Tho city. Many will DC forced tO accommodate
themselves with chairs in the hotels aud the floors
Of private houses, The partsans Of Grant, Of
Blaine and of WGshburnc are busy this morning
distributing documents and canyHssiug county
nyitgatcs on the admission OF rival delegations
from COOK county over which the great iisht in
Tie convention centres.
The Bhllnc-W -Washburno fuction are emphatic in
asserting that II the convention refuses to scat all
lheir delegates they will rise In body and organ
re convention IN another room; and they claim
10 nave asSiirances from many county delegates
that they win not leave the convention alone.
The Suic R,giacr, Il democratic paper, after
a review OF the Held from which it
gives lhe organization OF tile convention u
the Grant party thinks that II only II part of the
Grant delegation be admitted on the report OF the
cOmmillco OF crodtntinis. the Bl0ine- -Washburne
melton VIII submit and make fight against ins,ruc.
d9As ior The delegation voting unit Tor Grtiu.
The Cook county Grant delegates held q caucus
this morning and expressed Indignation ut the
threat Of tio anu.Grunt delegation to leave the
convention II their whole claims were not con-
Ceded, and further resolved TO stand by the action
OF lhc convention In reference 70 their own claim,
whatever 1t may be.
Tho city Getting Lively.
'A'i''"fiIsbi ili"t may lo'--lcIcBNles anu NlSlt-
ors 10 the state convention pouring in on every
train Matters have boon decidedly lively about
the various hotels and headquarters to-day, The
Cook county difficulty continues to be the main
topic of discussion, It being generally understood
mat that must iirst br settled but the outlook for
peaceful solution is not very promising.
MR.. wAsHBURNE's EMPHATIC STAND.
|, The following dispatch has been received. and II
Is IN the hands of the Hon. r. II. Mcclellan. of
Gnlchp. who is now at the 81. Nicholas hotel in
ms chy. and who vouchcs for the authenticity of
the dhpatCh
PORTLAND Me-, May II, 1850
Hon. H. II. Mcclellan, Guisnd.
Too unwcll TO attend to anything but express to
all my friends my earnest hope that they will sup
port uehcral Grant. j. b. WAsHBURNE.
HON. GREEN d. RAUM TO DE TEMPORARY
CHAIRMAN.
sPsINGfELD, I'LL, May 1s.-At q meeting of the
state central committee tonight Hon. Green b.
Raum was selected for temporary chairman OF The
convention. 1t was resolved not t. admit the con-
testing delegations tn the floor of the hall. Tho
Blaine and WaShburne men held conference to-
night aud agreed 10 unite in the convention. The
Grant party claim 10 have majority of all tho del
cgates.