The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-05-11
REPUBLICAN RUHPUs.
How the Cook County COnTeEF
eiOn Was Conducted.
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Chicago, 1O.-Intsnse excitement
prevails IN the city over the political
complications growing cut OF the re-
publican primary elections IN Cook I
County on Saturday. TIE contest for
contTo! Of The county Convention was
the hardest ever had il this city, and
has created a good deal of tai bleed.
The Inter OCEAN charges that lrands
were committed by Washburne and
Blaine men At the several polls, and
on the other hand The Tribune alleges
fraud on behalf Of Grant. When the
county convention met st FarWeIl
Hall, to-day, the passions OF
the different partissns had been
so wrought up that spit
took place and two conventions sre
now in session, the result OF when
vas that two sets of delegates were
sent to Springfield. Each OF The
three morning papers, the Tunes,
Tribune and Inter Ocean, have differ
ent figures as to the division OF the
delegates elected to the county COL
ventlon, but all agree that the COM
bined vote for Waehburna and Blaine
is greater than for Grant. The
Inter Ocean claims 81 out of IT'S,
and the Times comedies 67 cut OF
us. 1t is allowed that before
the convention AZ Fsrwell Hall
opened, q committee from the Grant
side. consisting Of Leonard SWEET and
3. S. Tuthill, waited on Hon. c. B.
Farwell, leader of the Blaine-Wasn-
burne forces, and asked that pro
rata representation to the state con-
vention be conceded to the Grant
side, and that Farwell replied he had
never heard of the Grant people con-
ceding anything at any convention,
and as the antl-Grant side vas 10 the
majority he would not consent to a
division of delegates. The chairman
OF the county committee, II. A.
Singer, was kuOTn 10 be q Grant
man, and when he called the con
vention TO order, without waiting iol
him to make any suggestion, q mem
Der arose and nominateS Elliott An
| thon7, q Washburne map, Tor chair
man. Before singer could say aay-
thing there were loud cries troEl al
parts OF the house for Anthony &
take the chair, and amid great NJ
roar Anthony advanced 20 tie stand
and Singer was hustled OF the stage
Several ruahed to the s age, and for 8
moment it looked az if there
would be q general fight, bu
finally como kind Of order vas re
stored and most oithe Grant delegates
withdrew from the hall and proceeded
10 the Palmer House and there
organized a second convention. II il
claimed by the Grant men that Singer
| only wished to ask il it was customary
fer committeeman to select tenn
pOrary chairman, when he vas LAX
| hold of violently and driven from th'
stage. On the other hand, It is sail
in excuse that it was understood TO b
Singers intention TO put a persoi
friendly to the minority il the chair
, but be this, rs it may, it is general
considered that the majority wer
ogerhasty ana arbitrary. They ha
control and could have voted into tn
chair any one the wanted. Grant
friends claim that nothing was lei
then but to withdraw and organic
separately. The fifteenth ward dele
gates. headed by T. @. Ciskker,
Grant man, remained with the Far
well Hall convention. Blaine an
Washburne C0ntesting delegation {
the twelfth ward was admitted to sea
IN the convention, but no o!he
changes were made. This conyen
tion then proceeded 10 appoint
committee to apportion delegates
The state convention on the 18Th inst
which is reported to give Washburn
. IS delegates, and Blaine 81. Tn
Palmer House convention was &C
dressed by Messrs. StorFs, SWEET, Da
Mum, Clough aud others. aite
which it was decided TO send q sol
Grant delegation to Springfield
These two delegations were appointe
during the afternoon. The split
regarded as very significant.
Both conventions, during the after
noon, appointed full delegates
Springfield, that at the Palmer Hous
sending a solid Grant delegation.
ia understood that some overture
toward compounds tonight haV
been made, but the coalition seem
unwilling to yield in any particular
and there seems now no doubt tbs
two delegations from Cook Count
will contest claims for seata in tn
convention.