The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-09-04
FUSION IN ILLINOIS.
Meeting Of the Greenback and
Autobiography State
Convention.
Nebraska Republicans and Michigan
Prohibitionists Nominate
Tickets.
Greenbackers of Wisconsin and
Texas Meet and Choose
Candidates.

The Greenhack Anil Monopoly Sate
Convention Of Illinois was held nj Bloom
ington IN the 2Tth of August. A. j.
Strccter was elected Chairman, and l..
Eaton was made Secretary
At tile ontseta Committee on Resolutions
WAS appointed aud reported the following.
State OF Illinois. In convention assembled, do
indorsc and rcaitirm the platform OF principles
adopted In national convention NJ Indianapolis.
MAY ~, 1881. and pledge ourselves TO uSe every
honorable cndcayor to elest our standard
bearers Hntlcr and West, for the Presidency
and Vice Presidency.
4 motion was made to proceed to the
nomination of candidates for State officers.
To this IN amendment was offered hy Full
lenwidcr that the question be referred to
the State Central Committee. This pro-
dnced II good deal If confusion. during
which proposition was made for fusion
with either If the old parties on the electoral
ticket. but NIL the motions We're laid upon
the table, and the electoral ticket WIS nuni-
mated. Then the old question of fusion
was brought mp again by l.. III. baldwin.
who moved to refer the question of With
drawing il portion Of the electors and fusion
with tn Democratic party to the State Gen.
trail Committee. An amendment Wis Of
fered demanding not less than eleven But
Ter electors on the fusion ticket.
After further discussion Judge Barber
offered M amendment to the motion pro-
viding for fusion which declared TINT no
less than seven electors be accepted us The
basis of trade, aud that WIS adopted hy II
vote of 52 to 81. The effect of this
amendment is to allow the State Commit
tee to withdraw Ill ths electors except
seven and put on Democratic electors.
provided the Democratic committee will
place the seven Butler electors on their
ticket
This question having been settled. an
other effort was made to refer the matter of
putting State Peoples party ticket i'll the
field to the State Central Committee, hut
that was defeated. and the following we're
put in nomination: Governor, Jesse Ilar-
per, Of Dansille; Lieutenant Governor. II.
Of State, +. H. Baldwin. of Joliet. State
Auditor, Z. +. Reeves. of Elsin: Attorney
General. John Nj. Given. of Etln.ham;
State Treasurer, j. Il. Clark, If Chicago.
Following is the electoral ticket nam-
mated, one from each Congressional dis
trict and two Mt large:
First District-John Hickey.
Second-E. c. Callahan.
Third-Soren Peterson.
Fourth William Floto.
seventh Simon Elliott.
Eighth Francis NJ. Plumb.
Ninth--C. {. StIawn.
Tenth-Joseph $. Barnnm.
Eleventh.. ID. Bennett.
Twelfth-Fmnk Nj. Grimes.
Thirteenth NJ. Miller.
Fourteenth James Freeman.
Fifteenth Emil III. Langham.
Sixteenth Henry Nanderwater.
Seventeenth-Benj.F +. Banning.
Tho electors in the Fifth. Sixth. Eight
ecnth Nineteenth. and Twentieth Districts
1 viii be named by the State Centml Com-
mlttee.
/ :. L. Norton, Of Chicago. and @. w.
Barnard, Of kankakee, are clectors-at-
/ large
The following State Central Committee
was elected: J. B. Clark, j. NJ. Foley. Is.
W. Geodhne, William W. Weaver. all oi
Chicago: John j. Pratt. Of Cambridge
William Watkins. of Joliet: 4. II. Wiley, oi
Gibson: W. 4. Randolph. of Canton; A. j.
Streeter. of New Windsor; I. 5. Knowles
of Petersburg; Y. Waters. of Bloomington
| C. s. Fenton. of Dansille. Brooks Barlow
Of Robinson: J. II. White. Of Shelhyville
II. i. Ro,herford. Of kinmundy, and j. j
| Evans, Of Mount Vernon.