, 1880-05-23
TIE GERMANS.

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The result OF the Republican State Conven-
tion at Springfield may be summed up in a
few words: The Republican party of Illinois
has ceased to exist as union OF free, self
thinking men, and has become the private
property of Mr.. Logan.
The means BY which this was brought
about have been told In sufficient detail else
where, They consist Of shameless perjury,
incredible boldness, the Whipping-in of all
those poor creatures who find their food in
the Federal crib, and use Of the most extreme
parliamentary measures of force by which
free expression Of opinion is suppressed.
But with people who wonder at success be-
fore all other things, and ask little after the
honor or the morality Of the means through
which it hns been obtained, this will not
hurt Mr. Logan much. Logan has won
greater victory than Cameron and Conkling
did in their States. But how? The qucs-
tion does not trouble the majority of English
speaking American politicians, since their
feelings OF honor and right are rs rudi1nen-
tary US is in man that appendage by the ab-
sence Of which he is distinguished from
other mammals.
That WHICH Logan carried through in
Springfield is the dogma Of Ills infalliDllity.
He has annihilated all the customs and the
methods by which Republican party members
are accustomed to do anything. lie, the
Boss, makes one of his wil!!sss creatures
names at Losan's bidding committee CON
to nominate not merely the representatives
Of the State and of the nineteen Con-
gressional districts in the National
Gentfai Committee nSf a'of o2 he e psftS s45s
and the men thus nominated BY Logan are
confirmed by the C0nyention at Il sign from
the master without moments debate being
permitted. By this the Convention sunk to
the t. lowest 2 ieyel Of t1Ss French Parllament
hand ordered to register his DEGREES. Logan
is henceforth sole ruler, Pope, dictator, UNI
bounded possessor Of the Republican party
Of Illinois. The only pity is that he does not
tee , tG G[ss ~ 1ose q who are
in the party. There is no way to check emf
grafton from Boss Lcgan's kingdom.
An examination ofsall the votes which we're
had in the Conventio;i shows the following:
Of Ad cef he cday ne bs bssga cxedaa by
coup d'9tat from the temporary organization
of the Convention, Logan-tlat is, Grant
would not have had majority, for In none
of the votes which can be taken as test did
the Logan-Grant majority exceed eighty-fiye,
and it would therefore have been converted
into minority Of seven by the ninety-two
votes Of Cook County. On one OF these votes,
and that the most important one,-the Ques-
ton Of the admission OF the representatives
ct t,t C; Cook Cou nty,-the majority was only
Therefore, the Grant majority was from
the beginning one taken by violence. And
this robbery, was evidently planned, in all its
details, on the 9th of May. The bolt of the
Vsntop ae sSs mime ii thnga fsaad 9S
planned and executed for the purpose of ex-
Guiding the ninety-two votes from Cook
Gounty from the preliminary organization of
The State C Gonyention ot9 ii t1gan gnd iS saves
2 z minority if the ninety-two delegates of Cook
County went into the Convention. Hence the
act Of violence, hence the contests, based on
infamous niaA1;, perjury, II Which they So faT
was declared that over 800 fraudulent votes
had been cast III certain ward, while as !;
matter Of fact the whole number did not ex-
ceed 800: They were in 50 much Of hurry !
e to nTesse as how 'nay many aa votes lad
been cast.
The reader knows how Boss Logan, in Or
der to keep up the appearance OF an honest
compromise, let III tif!y-six OF the legally
were not elected--Grant serfs. These thirty 1
six stolen and cheated votes gave him the
majority which he needed to carry through
his coup d'etat. Yet even then it was toler-
duly CLOSE.
For when they come to vote on the ques-
ton whether the forty-two delegates of the I
State OF Illinois shold be selected by the /
nineteen straw men, the vote was 374>5 for
and 31819 against. II we subtract now from
these yeas the thfrty-six stolen votes, and add !
the same number Of iega! votes to the nays, 1
the vote would have been 33S3115z for Logan and
33544h against him: or, in other words, a
majority of l6 against the measure. One can
now See how near the knife was to the throat |
Of the master Of Illinois. and how he was
able to save his power only BY this coup
As for the determination Of the legal repre- |
Of Cook County. to accept this So
called compromise, word may be said for |
the benefit Of those Judges, some OF them i
silly, Others malicious, WHO find in this |
humiliation or desertiou Of their colors.
As soon as Lognn's plans were apparent |
nothing was left to the Oyerpowered minority i
than ail appeal to the National Convention, !
and this could not depend on an. examination |
Of the legality Of county primary elections, |
since counties are not political units Of which
It can take cognizance. But Congressional
districts do constitute SUCH units, since the
call for the sending Of delegates to the Ma
Eonal Convention expressly states that two
delegates shall be sent by each Congressional i
diStflEt. Vh8 nina[Y-tWD deleRnteS OF Cook i