, 1880-04-15
CHICAGO.
VIIA~3NN
kNTI~UfkANT JsEPEDL10AN9.

Twelfth-Warders held m Informal meeting
last evening at tie residence Of Mr. T. S. Al
bright, No. TVS West Monroe street, for the
PURPOSE at taking steps to lnsuro the iio'a-
inntiun of a Presidential candidate other thau
ex-rrcsfdent u. 8. Grant. Among those
present were Mcssrs. II. II. Rice, ". K Sul-
l1va,,, Homer Gnlpil,, W. II. Dcebe, Aid ].
r. 1iawteigh, D. l.. llongh. j. W. Fehald.
Col. Whitney, s. S. Galalper, @. Nc1scomb.
Alexander White, Il. +. Williams, W. II.
French, j. l.. Parish, f. B. Baldwin, I. 10y
son, ]. F. Lawrence. II. L. Plnney, Frank
,Colcgar, ". AtcCarthncy, W. S. Fox. T. s.
". il. Wakeiiell.
The meeting was called to. order by Col.
, Whitney, wl,o said TINT rs object was, per
to sraSs wsfa % pre
| encc for tho next President OF tho. United
States, on which Question he IL. .nn,1 1nders@tgoa @
there was sms ys'on, S,9nHft tne' 10"
would unite together OH some solid bnsls.
His idea was TINT the Republican party. llcet!-
cd this fall to put forward Its strongest lnnl.
thMat M Mthho III Rep1blIcaa candidate, T. be success;
| ful, must cnrry New York. 1t was n gootl
! thing for them to come together anu consult
| about, rs the very life Of the Nation was H.
On. melton, Col. ?. i. 1Iough was calletl to
tho chair, and Mr.. W. II. Heebo was appointed
sfmS5e'S1y m & ses snf nsst'bpE pEsng called upon for
fcw remarks. said tint. whItever TIC object ut
the ineotlng, he supposed there was M one thing
t Ts at II ws5 mt ntts tyas e hnnSi that ws
Gen. Grant for third term. They might
}lavc personal preferences outside OF Gen.
Grant; his .spersonnl choices WIS for Mr..
OF tho Republicans mentioned as cnlMlklMtes,
with the sngle exception named. We might,
n fact, prefer some @ Of these to alr Wash;
hnfne irola the 1act ht t1I9t Ketsfnav ia' t
and a vote given to him might sin,py, DO Il
vote in disguise for Gr'ut. II Mi. WISH
R"fas sas fSi'e u Gen. nut as 0@ss a sss
spsaker's Judgment, ls !, ha Yoala , d., ar already I
ye secured @ o n 9atTonh s ha od d iIls ioa GnGs ~
holder postion. Tle matter of the third term
WIS ono Of censccnce with good many
who, 9ltnonElt they a!,l not feas ttpt Grant
mt want tn establlsll n. precede,it feeling
that # would be = v!ery, .iangcra2ts legacy tn
Ss efiI;ren. flo % stao tFelI of ihaos @ ; vas "vcr
wtleliutngiy for l5iuine, not nny III tho rural
is'r!cs M but I'LL Y 't. the y ety. l!e 6eIiesed to- t'at
Grant in the Conysntl9n, to which the NortI
side would send Wnshburne delegates, mil
tito West Side Blaine Delegates; at any rate,
there WINS ample reason for !Hpins TINT 'they
third tefn'.
AID. 1lANr.E1o1r
moved that the Chair appoint Il committee Of
SIX Twelfth Ward Republicans to seleet del
cgatcs to the State CuliventfoN.-half Of them
to , be ns'nEporters' respectively Of WasE'hurl'e
Tho motion WIS carrle,i, and the Chair Sc
lected MS such Committee Mcssrs. ": II.
Deehe, i. 4; Jenkins, n1M Alexan.ler White
1Iessfs j, j. Everett, j. F. Lawrence, ai,l J.
I. ltawletgh Us representing the Nlntne Ill
In the debate which preceded the pnssagu
sof tho RESOLUTION Mr. Gar,lner said that hc
thought the nctinn WIS n little premature.
and TINT preparing u ticket 20 sooll wnslitl
iye the Grant net ci'aticc e .ctarfe thsir
delegates names upon 1t, thoy would Stlg-
delegates electcI. Ife l,al know, very great
tion in wEicii tho nt'1lts Of TUG delegates to
10 voted. for were announced onlya few
minutes heforo tho opcnlng OF tho pulls.s
olon vas e 1as rSars ' tsRst to 10 % t. iss
sented nt the opening of the pulls.
Atl; GaltlNe!T Sall !,1 that thls YIN EoluE tno
, Nj. Ingalls, did not feel Ike Joining in aay
erusatle aHainst tirant or any other ot tho
epHh'lSsst Ssat ennntes nm - M hsts wmn t
there was q good deal OF truth IN the w.
peftlon which Ind heen made, TINT thu tight
between Grnnt mud blaine hMl been stD
scEim9n's,,s tl.atat the EsIoai q. cG,nseth'e nv, n
oir. White said that 1t would b. wolt to
work up sentiment II thy ward, go TINT they
at tho primary. III ills belief, the success Of
Gen. Grnnt meant tha dnteat Of tho lscpnl,-
llcan party. In, thu lentllng Eastern eil!ea,
neail,st fcn Grant was itakias tlsilnlt s!Iape,
mid Antl.trant AKs0eiatinia were lelnl;;
formed, IL this city the public sentiment
is ees sssnxt ssaes Gs &s s e ss ssosy uys ST.
III. Lawrence s:il,l hu ,al never attempted!
TO Disguise his sentiments, Which always ha
see fifteen Blaine Delegates frn1,t thu Twelfth
Ward WIN would hold w their hands. fol
h Fst 4s, 4a ,."r a"l al 1o ths !, ,ts H.
Twelfth War,l. aHtl ii,ui coriv 10 10 tl,e coi on
cli.slon that Gel. Gra,t llad glxal l.inl,3
irss, s s5sw t., mSn,, ,|,, VIZ s,a, Tei,l do % s.
to them. liz hai learned, loo; tiiat 'Nasll
barne had great Manyy frle'ds,-a follow
lug Of Kgcat !rHpectabllty. both aS tn sizt
combine xgaI!sI lieii. NrNnt, aIlIl II woi,iI d
well, II Wns],burNe ,,rn WErg elected tltlt
kates, to see that HlAilt, alul not GrANt,
WAS rAEiil SECOND CHOICE.
Mr. K.stM said tlut 1t WIS trne IN ono sells.
Of tbs word tint to A,lA Nr. Jenkins wcr'
Wasfbur1le l.lei,. They wero for Washburn
tirst Elmuntls second, nlAl Garfield third
and aK betWes!! DAine ulM tirnnt they wcr1
for H!aila All the time. llu l,,okel npnl
,Grant's Mulptnulon as likely 10 destroy th
purity, aAl lib would npp0se Grants ilatile u
lung ~ II WIS In tho Convention.
Mt. Whitney aall tl,at for personal III.
pulltEoAi rcas0ns lle wus for WusAb,Irnuiarst
tlIutiy lte WIS for tho nominee Ut tho Gil
cago Convention. lie believed Waslrburn
was the .aost pnpuEar mai. that could h
naulutl t0tlay. liz would mt bay nllytllInI
against uratt's. Nlafue's, Ell,nunls, Or Cur
neld's lspubllca.nisln. but yg.t he pre
lerred Washburna tn them, I'LL. Ills sue
C0r OF the Germans fu, Paris 81
cured him tue support OF that fotcigl
element. with ,.wliDnl (ir1nt WIS NtI
popular. His gallant conduct III saving uu
Cathulie priests from the Commune co,l,
rnenllnd him To tho ueou1u of that rt.lttinlI