New-York tribune., 1884-03-23
CHICAGO.
CITY, STATE AND NATIONAL POLITICS
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| CmcAGo March 22.-Dstrict representation
will lead to at least one contest in the National Re-
| publican Convention. Two conventions for the ap
pointment of delegates have been called the
lid Congressional District of Chicago by rival COM
| nIttees Tho disagreement from the redis-
! trcting Of the State under tho new Congressional
| apportonment. One committee claims to hold
over, while the other contends that 1t was legis-
lated out of Office The contest is really betw cen
the Logan and ant-LOgan forces, and az The State
Convention can exercise no jurisdiction over the
matter the National Convention will be called upon
tc decide between the two factions. The district is
| now represented in Congress by Mr. Finerty, and
contains but small proportion of Republicans,
which is possibly the reason why 1t will seek to
make a row i'll the National Convention.
Adyices from various parts of the State indicate
that " Dick" Ogiesby and Carter Harrison will be-
respectively, Tie Republican aud Democratic candi
dates for Governor of Illinois. Reports seem to
agree also that Logan will have the support in the
National Convention of the State delegation and
all the district delegates of Illinois, except from
two or three Chicago districts. where he is en-
countering opposition and may be beaten.
city election occurs IN Chicago on tho second
Tuesday of April when onehalf the members of the
ring has fully prepared for it by packing the cleo
ton boards. In some wards the Republicans have
no Judges of elections Others, judges who Re-
publican in name only and will act in the interest
of the Democrats; and in instance fair represen-
tatIoD. To mako matters worse, ministers and
church-gatherngs beginning to talk about en-
forcing the Sunday laws an agitation which always
drives large number of German voters over TO the
Democrats in local elections. Nothing but family
quarrels eau prevent tho Democrats from carrying
a majority of the wards.
The fast mail trains which Postmaster-General
Gresham has arranged on tho Bu lngton and
Quincy and the Rock Island and Pacific Railroads.
leaving Chicago at o'clock a. ILL.,. have created
something like a boom among tho Chicago morning
ne newsDapers, which now reach the nearer Western
cities in time for the breakfast table, and gam from
twelve to thirty-slx hours in reaching the more dis
tant points. The natural result Is howl from the
newspapers Of the smaller citios to the west of
Chicago: but as the trains make direct connec-
tion with the latest fast mail from New-Iork and
New-Engand, tbs commercial advantages of tho
arrangement arc too important to make the protest
of the country press dangerous.
The Chicago Live Stock Exchange has resolved
that there Is no such disease as contagious pleuro
pneumonia In the United states, foot and mouth
disease In Illinois, Iowa or Kansas and that at no
time within twenty years have the CATTLE hogs aud
sheep OF this country been healthy as now. 1t
has also sent delegation to Washington TO lobby
against all cattle disease Legislation. The sssocia.