Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-11
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. TWO CONVENTIONS Held by the Cook County
 Republicans. GRANT AHD ANTK.GRANT Two Delegations to the Slate
 Convention. Blaine and Washburne Men Act Together fin Opposition
 fO Grant.
GRANT AHD ANTI-GRANT
Blaine and Washburne Men
POLITIGAL

1 Illinois RepabIEcans-The Cook Coun. ty yCOnventiOn-The Grant qen Leave i and Hold a Separate COnventiOn-The 1 Bia1ne and WaShburne Factions Act
 fu COncert-Two Sets of Delegates i Elected.
 CHICAGO, May1O-Great importance attach
 cd to the Cook county convention, held to-
 day, as indicating the complexion of the State
 delegation to the National convention and thus fixing Grants chances for the Presidential
 nomination. The Blaine and Washburne factions met in conference this morning and 1 decided to elect Elliott Anthony chairman of
 the convention and to work together Mr. Sing
 CT, chairman of the county committee, called the convention to order, and in accordance | with the programme MT. Anthony was elect ed temporary chairman, although there were vigorous protests from Grant men and much confusion. The Grant men proposed MT Stock
 man for chairman and declared him elected, but MT. Anthony proceeded to name the con-
 mittee on credentials despite the protests R. s. FarWel declared that the committee on credentials had been regularly appointed He
 was called to order by the chair. Prominent
 on the platform and about the hall were
 c. B. Farwell, A. c. Hesing, E. D. FIlkins
 and their followers arranging matters to their
 own satisfaction, and there were shouts above
 the din to shoot Singer, Hillsinger & Go. MT.
 Anthony ordered Lieut.. Byrnes to clear the
 aisles and preserve order, whereupon Mir.
 Singer jumped on the platform and declared
 the convention adjourned to the club rooms at
 the Palmer House. The announcement was
 greeted with vociferous applause. MT. An
 thony made no move to have Singer elected
 from the platform, but awaited the results
 The Grant men then quietly left the hall and
 a motion was adopted to exclude from the
 platform all but the officers of the convention
 and reporters. After the Grant men had left
 the hall it was discovered that they had laft
 their credentials with the committee, and Mir.
 Roberts instructed the committee to keep
 them and under no ircumstances to give them up.
 After the Grant men had gone out the Blaine Washburne crowd stood about the hall In groups and discussed the situation. Chair man Anthony finally called them to order and the committee on credentials retired. The credentials of the Fifth and Twelfth wards
 were called for, but none were forth coming. Somebody suggested that they had gone to the Palmer House. At 11:4O 8.
 n. the committee came in and their report was accepted. The temporary organization was made permanent. A motion to have Q committee of three from each Senatorial dis trict appointed to select delegates to the Springfield convention was adopted and the committee were named. The chair announced that it stood 514 for Blaine and 5OJ for Wash burne and for Grant. Upon molten the committee was instructed to select 56 Wash burne and 34 Blaine delegates. The commit tee then retired to make their selection. At 2:15 o'clock the committee returned and re- ported delegates by Senatorial districts, which report was unanimously adopted. Mr. Fay Tor and Chairman Anthony spoke of the al legged illegal manner in which the Grant men tried to capture the convention. The chair man was given vote of thanks for his firm ness in keeping the floor against the enemy. The convention. then adjourned at o'clock.
 The Grant convention was called to order in | the club room of the Palmer House by Chair | man Singer, of the county committee, who | said they were driven from the place where l the notice originally required the convention | to be held, and he hoped they would transact | their business quietly and go home. Leonard | Swett remarked, Evidently this year the l Yszoo river runs up hill Daughter and | applause.) It has come into town with the | spring rain, bringing all it's filth and mire ,snd left nothing behind but a shot gun. We had to leave the convention on account | of riot, and whatever we do we ought to do | regularly and quietly, like Rspu blicans.' | Alderman Amos C. Throop was made tempo rary chairman. He proposed to stick to the | Republican party as lopg as there was 8 de- | cent man in it, but he did not like the crowd l over there at Farwell Hall. (Laughter) W. 1 k. Page was made temporary secretary. MT. | Barker moved that the wards be called and | delegates take their places. After the dele | gates had been seated committee on cre- l dentials was appointed, during their absence | short speeches were delivered by | Hon. John Wentworth, Stephen A. Doug | lass, Leonard Sweet and others. committee l on credentials reported the list of delegates. | The temporary organization wes made perma- | nent, after which 92 delegates to the State | were selected by Senatorial dis | tricts, being the full quota of the county. | Hon. John Wentworth made @ speech, in | which he declared there stould be no pardon | for Hesing or his companions He said the | people of Illinois would not stand by and al- l low any antagonist of the ex-President to | come to his very home and make war against l him. On motion the convention adjourned | with three ringing cheers for Grant. A Grecnback Fiasco-A Convention |