Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-05-21
illinois Republicans 10y s:-o

HiA!Hois kseI.!i5:tcaG5 iov s.-ar.
The Illinois republican oo1voa.io1 ;ts,.,;.
decided. b. vote of SAL to eel, 10 adm;,
delegates from Cook couu'y Sc & a;pe.Ws.t
burnc AID sc Grant delegates, when ,be foI,,-
lag resol luton vas adopt d-3S6 ia 2o-,
the result greeted With tremendous on,I, od
Resolved, That Gcacrsl U. :. Crause
lIlnois. is the choice ct this copvert;',' q
Pfelldent OF the United Sta,es,' N''u '''
a motion 10 substitute tho name Of I D
Washburnc was lost. A motion was mtI - -, D.
tho VARIOUS congressional districts scI,c. d. ga'
gates aod alterr aes to tho uatioual co1vo, Ie>
aud that said delegates and alteruates In W.
olsred tho choice ofihis convention. This w.. ",
have resulted 10 the choic, Of Blaiso tclf", uO
10 several dlstrc 8. aud cpeaed tho crtat 90.
test before tho c1Lvsuticn. Tho mc,joo W.,
strongly opposed ty Senator logan and Es.
Inc roll was called on Logsns subs,i,utr -.
Vldlng Tor The appointment by tho chai, .,
committee TO solec. district delegates an Tn,
estss at larpe. This was adopted Ut o'cIcrs n.y.
659 ayes TO ;')l nsys. The cbair immeIis,sn
announced tho commltto>, which coasis:nI >,
nineteen Grant mon. a motion t, adj, m.n, ~
q. m prevailed at Is o m
AT to days session on motion OF Gcacr,l L..
gal resol luton was adopted du2larjny t;rra-L
Grant TO DC tho choice Of tho ccny,n,;,a :,
President ''
Them. Il. CONFERENCE AND THE Coyosr,
BlsHor QUEsTlON-At the ST. son ol,LeG.,.
oral Conlercno Of tho Nj. f. Church, ia rje,,
natl yesterday the question OF tho ,l,c.i,nA,
bishop OF African descent. wao taken M
Dr.. Smart, of Michigan. mnye.. thu ADAM,
OF thu report presented Inst Tuesday hy ~
committee on tic cpnG Ipacy, ca th, rr-n,I
that it was Tor thu bcs. interests ct lhre.lrJ
church 10 clrcs o1l0tcd bisho,. ,hai H.
church tai novpr lost in tho rsst ruI won,.
not looso in iuturo by actoralng 10 the col,r.,,
membership every right which brlnngrI 10 pyny
other class. A cllorad bishop wculi have s,,,i.
or lotllcnc1 With ha race than Gao al ill.,. ah,I.,
raca.
DR.. "A. Wheeler presented report ui t.,
minority, sIgord by ihirly'nna msnbcrs ,i Ii,
committee, to tho itsct that a. mary bsa1n,
had bsen citCicd as wUfc necessary. H. .up.
ported tho report by the arsnmant th.: H.,
present Hort Ia elect a c1!0rad bishop va, q
movement towards diocesan cpisoopacG, md
')~arda an ln!ctioitc ino;n,s, 10 the Eri.tnosl
Church
Dc. Weniwirth read lung pii,Gr IN supyon
OF tho minority report. IN which he charged
that the cClGrcl mcmb.sa Il thu c,nier,,c,
would not have thought nI askicE fer Il hlsh..
OF African descent had it nnl hcrn FIR the l.,
tctlcrencc OF C rtain a2it,!cra OF the C.uc,>,,p
lac,.
Rov. Mr.. L,wil. o,!orcd. malo spec, IN
opposltiou to tho o. c lou ct a colnrel bish,;.
claiming that The elections having pss'cd the
was nothi0g for tho colNrcd people to DO tn I,
wait.
Mr.. Graham Bill, coloretl, n Icy dctsln
from Louisiana. donounocd Mr.. Liai,al ia,
tor 10 the Gus, Of tho oolorcd members of tn,
ohuich. lilo md his brethren wanted q c,l1r,l
bishop because a man OF their owo r.cl cluhi
s9mpathiz, with ihem. Tho Methodist c1urc'i
10 tho South now lacked the ri, C pal lever ii
its progress.
DR.. Lanahan said tina. tli'rtqnts, Tor -
orcd bishop was accompanied by threat that
10 case tho rrG1o3t wal not grancd the co.otrI
people would abandon tho church The Nrhn
dist Episcopal Chnroh is not to DO terrified hy
any such threat. lilo moved tho Indefinite pos.
poncment of tho whole sutjrc'. and his moli,a
was carriod-yeas 229, nays l5J.
The spirit which aouated the Arcoraei!cS 70
10y aside their brains temporarily 10 order TIA;
khov ioh III, ko 10 ILL, a.