The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-12

back against the wall, aud making q more
respectable space around the speaker.
Just before the thickest Of the row com.
menced, Mr.. IL. I'll. White attempted to
say something Co quen the disturbance.
But at this moment Mr.. A. G. Hesing
grabbed Mr.. White By the collar. and
roughly threw him one side. which was
the signal for the free and easy fight.
Then, after some order had been restored.
followed the appointments of the Commit"
tee on Credentials. Mr.. Elliott Anthony,
the Chairman of the convention, with an
indecent favorftism and an obvious. par
TALLY. by this apparent disregard of the
Grant delegates. thoroughly Disguised
them. Thereupon Dick Tathill arose in
bis place and made vigorous but unsuc-
cessful calls upon the attention OF this
model Cd Chairman of convention: he
continued to shout ''Mr. Chairman until
he was hoarse, and his face was as red as
n damask rose. But this modern st. An
thonv kent his eyes land esrs) entirely
elosed to the ap peals of the Grant dele-
rates. as his sanity namesake had to the
hires of the Archtempter This stulfIfy
inc course so nettled Tuthlll. Leonard
SWEET, and other prominent stalwarts that
they hoisted the ex City attorney on
chair, from which coign of vantage he con
tinued to yell at the Chairman. but, owing
to the surrounding crowd. his voice was
not audible at distance of ten feet from
where he stood.
Thus, finding that the Anthonian sys-
tenn was to de6antly ignore the claims of
the Grant men to fair play and impartial
treatment, Mr.. Tuthill called upon the
faithful TO withdraw from the convention,
and Mr.. Singer advanced to the front OF
the platform and adjourned the convention
TO the Palmer House, and Tuthilfs cali
was understood more by the speaker q
gestures than by his voice, and was at
once adopted by the Grant men, who arose
and left the hall in disgust.
The Farwell Hall meeting then pro-
ceeded to elect delegates, and after great
deal of wrangling over delegations. the
determination being to ignore tho Grams
men in all respects, full anti Grant set
of delegates were selected.
In the meantime the club room OF the
Palmer House was filed and the sisles
and every available place occupied.by q
throng of determined ones and the meet
ing regularly called to order by chairman
Singer, and full set of Grant delegates
chosen to the state convention at Spring
field. The result of the split can have but
one ending the creation Of a breach in the
ranks of the Republican party of Illinois
which will require a long time to heal, and
however the affair may terminate at
Springfield. the i'll feeling already en-
gendered will be continued and will lose
thousands of votes to the successful wing
OF the party. All in all the Republi-
cans of Cook county Illinois. have achiev-
ed record which will make Insignificant
in com parison the most turbulent conven-
tons ever held by any party. north, east.
0 ,uth or west. 1t was a most disgraceful
affair, and will cling to the party for many
years to come. The Inter Ocean is the
leading stalwart Republican paper Of the
state. and 10 not alone in its condemnation
either, the Chicago Times, being equally
severe, and CHASING the con vention as a
disgrace to Chicago and an insult to every
citizen of the state. Truly the di3sension
in the Republican camp in growing in in
| tensity each day.