, 1881-02-21
Tie Republican National Convention
of $780,

IL WIZ IEBhElkOCIEN kllht L!G 1scpuoL1Ghu
Nntonnl Convention held In this city laat Juno |
was ono of tho most memorable pvor held In
thls country. Few OF our renders rrnl2e tho |
amount nf lAl,or and tnongy thnt wns expended |
III Inducing tho Convention to hold Its scaslona
III our city; md itwas unty through tho lndefRt-
Liable Efforts Of fow Of our citizens that such
an 'oycnt was brought about. Certain pledges
were mMslo by coultnlttuc. In behalf Of tho cltf.
zciis Of Chicago. 10 tho Republican National
Committee nt Wnshfnaton: which pledges. by
tic nost untfrng efforts, were faithfully cur
reh out, with tho exception at MI agreement on
tho part of tho citizens III Chicago 10 print and
publish specified humber or copies ct full
md nccurnse report OF tho proceedings Of tho
Convention.
At tho Inst meeting Of tho Executive Com.
nittce-of which tho Hon. Jesse Spaldlng ID
Chairman mud Mr.. john H. ,JcfFory Secretary
thu Committee found tlionlsrlveB In n nost
dcpIorabo condition with rcgarl to finances.
Thu llbcrAiity of our citizens hntl heretofore
l,ccn taxed 10 the ut,noat, and tho amount of
money still required was Mbout $2tO0, to pay tho
rrcsrnt indebtedness, and relrcn tha pledges
mns1c In behalf Ut Chicago to tho Republican
KatlonRl Committee. farlons nppeals having
recently been malo for tho purpose OF raising
funds, which appcnla provo unsuccessful, tho
Committee totnd themselves In Il drefni
tlllCMn Repeated Inquiries rAlnu frotu nil
rarts Of tho cuuntry, ls1sin9 why tho pledges
1nn1o by tic cit!zons Of Chicngotu the 1tepublo-
an Natto,lnt Committee at Washington. relative
10 tho publication Of thu proceedings of the
Itopnbcnn Nntlonnl Cnuyontion, worc not
fulfilled. After several conferences, and with nil
hopcs exhausted Of being nbc 10 raise my moro
funds, tho Hon. JeRso Sral'ltnR. Chuirnan, md
Mr.. John u. 1e:Icry. eecrctury, generously
came forward md advanced the necessary
funds to rctlerm all tho pledges mnde by tue
citizens Of ChlcaEo to tho National Committee.
Tho book Of proceedings has bccn published
and sent to tito Nntioun1 Committee ut Washiug-
tuI,. This book is q most valuable one In inal1y
respects. It contalus tho only oIcial report
t0kch stcHoarnphically during tho protraoted
Eess!uus III this great Convention. 1t contnins
tho hr1linnt apcorhes na1o by snMo Of tho 1nnat
eminent orutotB md Stntcanen Ut tho country.
--atno,,g whom, 'nny ho named Prrstdent- elect
GARFIELD, Senators conklng, Logan. Plumb,
1ioar, nnd nthors; nlso the lion. Janes i. Joy.
William T. Frye. q. u. Cotger, Emery 4. atarrs.
Il. w. cnn,pbeIl, Notort Il. Elliott, md othors
1t nlso contains the remarkable dcbnte In regard
to thu unit rule, nnl tho nGtion or tho Convet1-
tiou providing for district representation Iii
all future conventions ut tho party. This 0f
Itself IL of MI cspccni Interest to every lscpub-
llcnn. Thu ynlun!o also ceHtnns tho names Of
NIL Delegates and ntcrnRtcs who woro members
OF tue Convention. With thoIr post-oLllco I'D
slrcss. Anothor grcAs feature of tho book is
tho report Ut tho great Illinois. contest, With
the spirited md exciting appcchoB Ut SGnator
1.ognn, Tho ttun. Eu0ry'A. Storrs. md others.
Tho report nj tho Committee Oil Cradenttals Of
whtch tlo lion. q. D. CanKcr' OF hllch1Ean' WIS
ChAlrnlan' Is also cmbolted IN this book In
short, this book, which contains great variety
{" u IN . s. sn 't
text anl reference books over published.
In order that afcssrs Spatdlng mud Jo[fery may
be partially reimbursed Tor their MunEtlcent llb-
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any otler European Government than SPUN.
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plaoc Without Il serious dcrauRement Of tho
international Bysten now exlstIna, and 1t would