The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-05-20
POLITICAL.
ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN CONVENTION


Spring feld ILL.,, May lS,-At meeting
of the State Central committee last night,
Hon. Green b. Raum, was selected for tenn
porary chairman of the State convention. Ii
was resolved not to admit the contesting del
egations to the floor Of the hall. The Blaine
and Washburne men held conference and
yreed to act as unit in the convention.
The Grant party claim majority of all the
delegates. The Grant delegates held large
caucus last night Robert I. Lincoln pre-
sided and Stephen A. Douglass, jr., acted
Ms secretary. On the cali of counties eighty
five county delegations responded. A
committee OF FIVE was appointed to prepare
programme for action TO be taken by an
adjourned meeting to be held this morning.
Hon II. FL. Mcclellan, of Galena, was called
on, and read dispatch received by him from
Hon. Il. B. Washburne, urging his friends to
support Gen. Grant, saying he had come here
to present the dispatch in person to the dele
gates In accordance with Washbume's wishes.
Speeches were made by Emery A. Storrs,
Senator Logan, Chauney !. Filley, Stephen
A. Douglas, Jr., and Leonard SWEET which
were received with great enthusiasm. Sena-
now had $3.50 votes, and that the AZ votes OF
Illinois will nominate him on the first ballot.
Grant, he said, ought to have the AZ votes OF
Illinois solid. Ii Blaine should have ma
iority Of the convention to-day the Senator
said be would move to give him every vote
The meeting adjourned amid cheers 70.
Grant.
The Republican convention was called Il
order t noon by A. Nj. Jones, Chairman o.
the State committee, who spoke briefly
Green B. Raum, Commissioner of lnterna
Revenue, was elected temporary chairman
He said the Presidential question was thrown
into the background by the interest in thu
nomination for Governor. The bitterness OF
this question was likely to end in dangerou
schism in the Republican party of this State
and thus enda' ger the supremacy OF tina
party IN the State and nation; therefore, Il
the two sets of delegates from Cook count,
contestants could not safely rely on right
eous decision by the six hundred delegate
holding the undoubted statutes.
In conclusion General Raum said the con
ventoD should send delegates to the Nation
al convention who would agree to supper
the nominee, be it Sherman, Blaine or GRAM
The was his conception of the duties of tn
hour Several reasons relative 10 the cor
test among the Cook county delegates wer
then offered and discussed. Snafiner,of Cool
asked to be heard one moment Confusio
followed. Loud calls were made for the pro
vious question, and motion wa, made to &c
liourn 10 4 p m. General Logan asked leav
10 introduces resolution, and after conside
able confusion the resolution was read rs 10
lows:
Resolved, That all contrasting delegation
to this convention shall pledge themselve
to accept and abide by the decision of tn
convention. A motion was made to pos
pone action on the resolution until fou
o'clock, when G. +" Wright, of Boone, an
a member of the Blaine delegation, insiste
on his motion 10 adjourn. The motion I
adi,u was defeated and motion to tabl
the resolution was voted down. The reso
luton was then adopted and the conventio
then adjourned III til 8 o'clock.
Before the opening of the convention tn
Cook county Blaine delegation proceeded i
la BODY to the convention and d
manded their seats. The door-keepe
refused them admission. They then returne
to the Senate chamber, \ committee wa
appointed to confer with the temporar
chairman as to the authority for their non
u lmittauce. The anti-Grant delegation fror
Cook county pre- scented their credential
to the committee on credentials, but the
were informed that they must pledge them
selves to abide b. the decision the conyen
ton before they could be received. Tim
| for CONSULTATION was granted.