, 1880-10-16
ILLINOIS.


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Special Dispatch 10 TIE Chicago Tribune.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. Oct 15.-Tlscre Is IN In
tcresting political Incident connected with
the election of Directors OF the Ohio s.
Mississippi Railroad ut Cincinnati y cstcrlay.
One Of the retiring Directors Is Gen. l.. u.
Parsons, tho Democratic candidate for
Lieutenant Governor, and tho alleged
"grcat organizer" who Is managing TINT
party's campaign In this State. lie has been
one OF the Directors since the organization OF
tho Company, and was III great distress when
he learned that he was to be dropped. He
represented to tho leading men of tho road
III tho most agon1zing way tint he was q nlan
"of grent prominence ns q citizen Of this
State,' that tho Company could not spare
him, md, worst OF .allt tint his retirement
would ruin his chances Of election
to tile Lieutenant -G0verliorship by de-
stroylng his reputation among tho
public. Notwithstanding parsonB' vigorous
protests and pltoous appeals the stockholders
elected only "bilslness men," whom they
considered capable Of directing tho affairs Of
tho Company, and exhibited a hearticss tlsre-
gard Ut what tho "great organizer" formed
his "politlcal prospects, !" being evidently OF
the opinion that they Ind no more use for
such M old fogy. This man Parsons Is n
second Bill English on y small scale, and It
is understood here that his scheme for ruiz
ming tho Democratic campaign In this State
Is to attempt to convince tho National
Committee Of the possibility Of carry
Ing Illinois for Hancock by tho ald
of Darnum's mules, and In this way
to obtain sufficient funds to compensate tho
Democratic managers Of this Stato for tho
expenses they hive already incurred. Par
sons Is known to be fully as thrifty as Bill
English, and such scheme rs this would be
90 etnlnertly Characteristic that tho truth of
the report Is generally believed here. This
worthy lnitator Of Dill English Is conduct
Ing the Democratic campaign In this Stuto
upon strictly business principles 1Ie has
stated that book account Is kept of nil the
contributions tn tile Hancock campaign
fund, and thnt this will DO tho solo
guide Of "Prcsident Hancock" In making
mlrnble al,d extremely simple arrangement
! tic best Offices, etc, and the great organizer
stuted emphattcally, ts.ose who contributed
nothing would not be considered Mt all. THIS
improved ctvll-seryIce system worked pretty
| well while the telutled Democracy were
| made to believe tllat thcre was such thing
| III existence as d Hancock boom. but siIco
Indiana has disslpatcl TINT the book has
hnen balanced up, and contributions from
Darnum's Committee are anxl0usly awaited.
| GAI4EsHuRQ.
Bptetut Dspatea to Tia Chicago Tribune.
0ALRsnun0, ILL.,, Oct. 1h-Tho iargcst and
| most enthusiastic political meeting held In
this city for many years took place Tonight,
| Tho Republican Werb Wild With excltelnunt
ovUr tho recent nuWa from I}lllana aud 0llio.
| The businessmen Wcro rcsutyH,l to havp a
monster demonstration, ami their expecta-
tions werc fully realized: The torcllligllt
procession WA a grand atfalr, nearly aIl OF
Of the city participating. It took ovor, MI
Though tliia i entlre city VAS carrying lights.
Az te procession afa's te strestx n' WE HGs
works were blnzlng o', every corner, blatly
OF the ,nnnufact0rfes were represented. The
employees of btown's grsnt ,cor ,cor,-pla1n,teIs 1,tIs
ES5ks pss wsre o out a u t@ syeral 1oFe unae an
who ara employed there viii vote for Han
| cock. Knox College stutlents, to the NUM-
Dor Of nearly 200, Weto, ln line, They made q
VIII Viilassu ussiid for uariield ai,I Att!luf" Thsy
hRsdd headduaart@ers, @ "We viii hing JACK Lee on .
sour apple ttec" Lee Is tlo Dsanosratio ,aSs T.,
Kreas procession Ilsbanded, many going e
the Opera.llouse which was crowded " !th
3,0oo people, TO hear Gen. Green ~ Kannl,
! i!l0 distinguished Eentleahan was introduced
BY The unii. II. Il. Sa,llcrsoil, who stated
that Knox County would give 5000 Nepnb
lean minority In November. Gcn. ltaun
was greetcd With marked applause. His ad
dress was OF \ high character. thoroughly
stalwart antl patriotic. His references " ln-
diana brought tho great gathering to tlolr
feet, willis cheer atter cheer went Up f0l
Garfield AnI Arthur. +.
GOV. CtiL10A AT la ItAnPE.
Special Dt.pateh to Ihs Chtea0o Tribune.
| LA'lIANrE, ILL.,, Oct. lo.-For over week
tic Republicans llaye been making extensive
preparations for the grand rally Of tie dis
irlct here today. tfllelr efforts haze Mn
been III vain. Everything llns beelt u, grant
success. Tho weather has BEEN lovely, ni,t
In l1aspe has seen to-day as 1argea crowd d.
wus syar colgregated here. In the forenool
largu delegations began pouring ln fro.n nj
oySt the tIsaflet, ard " night thete g,, wer.
smks to he masses from tic pavilion II To-