The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-06-23
RIVAL REPUBLICANS.

GLE CONVENTION, BREAK UP IN A FIERCI
ROW, AND END IN TWO DELEGATIONS \,
THE CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.
Nearly all the Republican precincts dele
gates OF the county were present at the cour
house yesterday morning about nine o'clock
in accordance with the call of the Republi
can county central committee. From one
precinct no delegates were present
because no primaries had Teen held, and
from several others, rs is known, double
delegations were present. The Damron
delegates were all on one side Gf the house
and the Thomas delegates on the other.
The latter, it could be seen at glance, were
much Ill the majority and coun-
ted among their numbers several
the delegates who had been selected by
Damrons faction in the primaries, but
who had not been instructed and made use
Of this liberty to desert the side winch
selected them. 1t was evident from the
beginning that bad feeling between the
two parties existed, aud would not be
easily overcome.
Chairman Z. N, Hughes called the meet
ing To order about 1873 o'clock. Clerk
| Murphy read the call of the Central com
mittce, Immediately after Secretary Mur.
nj hul hn onlI q Al,
mittee, Mr.. W. T. Scott nominated Mr. Jno.
A Reeve as permanent chairman of the
meeting. Mayor Thistlewood moved to
substitute the name of DIR. Maxey for that
Of Reeve. Before the motion or substitute
could be put, MI j NJ Damrou asked the
chair to decide who of those present were
entitled TO vote upon the motion
before the house, claiming that the chair
had rlght to decide upon this point Mr..
Thistewood denied this, and held that il
was for the convention to select a commit.
tee on credentials whose duty it would be
to examine into the certificates of the sew
eral delegations and report upon them.
He read from Cushing's manual which
said, distinctly, that such questions were to
be determined "after the temporary aud
before the permanent, organization.
Mayor Thlstlewood also read from Cushing
the duties OF temporary chairman which
dld not include the power to pass upon the
credentials of the delegates present Messrs.
Scott and Bird were also drawn into the
discussion, and each made some very good
passes, which were loudly applauied by
their respective supporters. BY this time
the enthusiasm was very great, bordering
at times upon violence. Col McKeaig
made conciiatory speech which had
soothing effect; he was followed again by
Mr.. Scott who was called to order by Mr..
Comings, who said he had tried several
times to get the floor, but had always been
compelled to surrender to Mr.. Scott. He |
wished to know how often Mr.. Scott |
was entitled to the floor. |
The chair decided Mr.. Scott in order, |
and Mr.. Comings took an appeal from the |
decision, which was not put to the house be- |
cause, as Mr.. Scott said, there was as yet no !
one present who was known to be qualified |
to vote. Judge Bird then got the floor, |
but was called to order by Mr.. Scott and |
Others On the ground that he was not del |
egate. A general, excited quarrel took |
place at this point, in which number Of |
loud voices took part, and which was
with cries Of "usurpers," "put |
them down. "kick them out" from both |
sides of the house. The question was final
ly called for, and the chair decided that
the delegates "lrom the contested precincts
were entitled to vote, but that those pro-
tested against should not vote" This de-
csion was puzzler to the Thomas side of
the house. But few understood what il
meant and inquiries were made by many
Tor explanations which were not given.
What people could not understand was the
difference between contested and protested,
Dul evidently the Damronites knew exactly
what it meant, for they were entirely sat
SIZED with the decision. The excitement
which followed this decision cannot be
described. Half the convention rose to their
eet and crowded around the charman's
icsk, every one demanding, in
\ loud voice, what it meant
N the hight of the excitement Mayor This.
lewood mounted table, and after appeal.
ng from the decision of the chair, which
notion the chair Ignored, he put the mo. ,
ion himself and the chairs decision was
oudly voted down by the Thomasites. 9
More confusion ensued, during which n &
physical contest seemed very iminent The I
Fbomasites elected Dr. Maxey as temporary a
hartman, who took his seat beside Mr. {
hughes in spite of the efforts of Damron