Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 23, 1880, Page 2

THE. CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, MAY 93, 188)—SIXTEEN PAGES. :-:.- for him, without counting a singie “doubtful quiring all contestants to go_througn some jubilee, jubilo, jubilum performance an abide by the decis f the Convention was cn ie wediion it went to. the heart of extremely skillful. 4 anany ‘simple-minded delegates, to. whom it seenied but a‘truisu: that a Convention is im- maculate and infallible, if it_ happens to be their Convention. It was addressed to plain men, and caught some of them completely. So when Mr. Storrs said that the proceed- ing before the Committee was in the nature of an arbitration, and that it was folly for any set of men to declare they would not abide by. the result, these same ard-headed delegutes agreed with him. It should be easy to show the ditference between a com- puisory appearance before a packed Com- jnittee and the voluntary submission ofa dispute to a tribunal selected by agreement of the parties. One is in the nature of a trial at law; the other is an arbitration and outside of the law. But the distinction was too fine to be drawn unassisted by some of the gates disposed to_ be fair-minded. They could not even perceive that the Con- vention, like a Court, had the power to en- foree its decrees, and that it was beneath the dignity of 600 men to exact compliance with adecision the punitive force of which could in no way be avoided. © Quite as cunning as the pledge itself was the reply to it of the Farwell Hall delegates. ¢ against the imposition of any pledges aS a condition precedent to the ren- dering of justice, the delegates at the same time agreed to abide by the decision, as they understood it. ‘This worried Mr. Storrs. He fumed and fretted about it; and complained bitterly to the Committee, But the pledge was taken as suflicient by the Committee. It would be difficult to say how the delegates ‘understood it” Probably some from the North Side understood it in one way, and the Test of the delegaition in anentirely different way. But it saved the point, and com- pelled the Committce to go on without any Gatisfaction. The reports of the Com- muittee were of comparatively __ little consequence. The machine had a minority, and was sure of a satisfactory .report, from some inembers; and it was immaterial what the opposition members said, the Grant men were bound to vote in favor of 3 part of the Palmer House delegation, When it was whispered about that HAWES WAS TO SPEAK FOR FARWELL HALL, and Storrs for the Palmer Honse, somebody asked the latter “ Wno, in thename of heaven, is fellow Hawes is?” “You wait a minute and you'll find out that he is a deal of a fel- Jow.? was the response; and sueh proved to be the case. Both speakers made excellent impressions. Storrs was the more adroit in manner, and used choicer language, but Hawes fained the confidence of the house by his evident desire to be fair, and to tell the whole truth. Storrs was not above exciting the prejudices of the country delezates, speaking of the division into Senatoria! districts. as an attempt to break, up the ninety-two solid votes. of Cook though he must have known that the said solid voted, if it ever dd, was long ago 2 ing of the past. Hawes spoke unaitected- ‘Jy, earnestly, and simply, and his argument had much- tw do with scaling down the ma- jority against Cook to the low figure of 38. Before the vote was taken Gen. Hurlbut made the point that as five Senatorial districts from Cook were not contested, the delegates from those districts were entiled to vote. Raum promptly ruled against him. The point was not pressed, posstol ly because Hurl- ut supposed that the delegates so admitted would not be able tu change the result. But the result showed that they would have car- Tied the day and had fifteen votes to spare. An important chance was lost here, The Convention. could hardly have refused so plain a proposition as that uncontested dele- gales were entitled to seats. An appeal from Chair and a vigorous pressing of the uestion might have carried the day against gan. It has been suggested, however, ‘that Report No. 2, which was not debated or voted on at all, had been put in for the pur- pose of contesting the claim of Cook County delegates to seats, and this woula have been ‘urged as a reason for keeping the South and North Sides out. Be this as it may, the formal abandonment of the contestas to four districts, both by the Palmer House attor- neys and by the Committee, showed the utter fraud and imposition of the State Central Committee’s action in excluding the whole delegation from the hall. THE ACTIVE WORK BEGAN ‘Thursday night, when, Cook County having ‘been reaped, the machine was called on to thresh it out, Logan’s speech in support of his proposition to have the delegates ap- pointed by a committee was ingenious and skillful, but not agreeableto listen to. When the gentleman from Jackson really sets in fora great effort he is grandiloquent. He Toars and sings rather than speaks. He puts on his double diapason, as it were, and opens _ his swell, and the effect is that of a brass band in a small room. Egypt was very tumultous over the speech. But the rest of the house didn’t find it so “magnetic.” Adams, Peoria, Boone, Rock Island, Mc- Henry, Ogle, Carroll, and the other great Republican counties which do ‘not ‘enjoy the felicity of State it stitutions. were not so enthusiastic. ‘There was-very speedily a row. Many of the districts had already selected dele- gates. Nearly all cherished their rights. Comparatively few approved at heart of this iniquitous scheme. The opposition had the advantage in the speeches. Raum stated publicly when the disturbance. was over that the opposition had been represented by many more speakers and had occupied twice as much time as Gen. Logan and his solitary talking supporter, Raum was right. The proposition was not one that the supporters of itcould defend openly. ‘They were con- tent to put ir through by the brute vote, and Jeave the people to discuss it afterwards. It ‘was shown by Capt. ‘Thomas, of St. Clair, an adwirable speaker, that the call of the Na- tional Committee uired representation by districts. Mr. Raster, who had obtained a seat in the Adams delegation, showed that ‘the National | Convention — w: similar in form to the National Congress; and that, ‘as no State Legislature has ever undertaken to instruct its members of Congress in the Lower House, but only its Senators, so should no State Convention attempt to inter- fere with the free and true representation of Congressional districts in the National Con- vention. It was publicly stated, both at this , time and the next morning, that THE DISTRICTS HAD ALREADY CHOSEN DEL- EGATES, _and that they would go to Chicago and knock at the door of the National Convention, -whether Logan’s machine put its stamp on them or not. Ten districts will beso repre- sented at Chicago. Their delegates will have credentials in ‘proper forin, and it will be strange if the game so sttepess! ally) played at Springfield is not imitated with some im- provements two weeks hence at Chicago: and this time the odd trick will not go to the Boss of Ilinvis. ‘The din and uproar Thursday night on the making of the first attempt to put on the gag was fearful and indescribable, Nothing that occurred in the Farweil Hall Convention, save the crowding on the platform, was worse than this scene. Raum was powerless. His entreaties to the Convention were piteous. At one time he turned quite pale, and re- marked to a bystander, “Do you think it possible that this is to be the last Republican Conventionin Ilinois?? When assured that it was quite possible, he became still more conciliatory. He assured Mr. Raster that if + a vote could be taken on an appeal from his decision declaring the previous question to be arulein this Convention he would give . two hours additional for discussion. But, as . $oon as the rule had been established, HE COMPLACENTLY YIEUDED, without a protest, to a demand from Jim Burke, 3 loud-mouthed and offensive but typical Palmerite, for the putting of the question. ‘The opposition was by this time exhausted. It was nearly 2 o’clock, and the house prudually quieted down, though the hubbub was still continuous and common to all parts of the room. ‘The resolution was carried, the Committee appointed, and ad- journment was effected, after the most ex- citing session probably ever known ina Re- ‘publivan State Convention in Lilinois. ‘The proceedings Friday morning were but the soda-water whieh properly comes_after anall-nightspree. Jauin had been stiffened- Up, and put everything through under the previous question, refusing to recognize any- dy not designated beforehand by the Boss. The Committee reported ITS LIST OF DELEGATES, appointing Steve Douglas, who is said not even to bea voter in Llinois, to represent the great business section of Chicago. John L. Beveridge, who could notbe elected to the County Convention from his own town, was selected to speak for the German Third Dis- trict, which will vote against Grant if he is ‘nominated, and A. M. Wrisit, the extremely: winsome and popular citizen, and Richard Tuthill, the always independent and fair- Minded politician who does not yearn for any office he can’t get, were chosen for the West Side. lf the delegates saddled on the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Tenth, Thir- teenth, and Seventeenth Districts are as truly misrepresentatives of the people as * these Chicago peatemen: there will be trouble in store for any candidate they nomi- - pate in November. . d When the gas-rule and the lash had done their work, it was found that even the State Central Committee and the Electors were ehosen ona general ticket,—a thing never done before in this or any other State. All of twenty-six comiitteemen known, with two or three exceptions, are servile in- struments of Senator Logan; so he has es- ablished by these means the most perfect machine in the United States, and has trans- formed the Republican party of Illinois, so far as he could, into the Logan party. THE CLDIAX OF THE FARCICAL PROCEED- INGS wags reached when. during the nomination of Auditor, Needles, who has served’ one term most faithfully, was defeated by a cry for the “one-arined soldier,” Swigart, his only cone petitor. Swigart was brought into the hall and mounted on the shoulders of a Sheriff, and Mr. Wentworth flapped the sleeve about to let the delegates see that there was no fraud about the one-armed. All that was needed to complete the circus was a Wax, figger and a hurdy-gurdy. ‘The one-armed gentleman, who turns out by accident to be avery worthy person and entirely compe- tent for the place, was nominated Auditor for the sole reason that he had but one arm. No question of competence or merit was raised. It was only implied that two arms might do well for any oltice but this. one. Until Swigart was brought . into the hall, Needles was far ahead in the balloting, and if the vote had then been declared he would have been elected; but when the changes began noth- ing could stop them. The clap-trap of this performance fitly rounded the most stu- pendous sham of a jponular Convention that ever was known in the State of Illinois. The people were cheated, but their representa- tives in ten districts were firm and resolute in the intention to contest their rights before the National Convention, Telegrams were ived from seventeen States of the Union advising this course. All the District Con- ventions were held in the usual way; and as sure as the sun rises on the 2d of June the seats of the Illinois delegation, or a part of them, will be contested before the National Convention. “” g PUBLIC SENTIMENT. WHAT IS THOUGHT OF LOGAN’S DOINGS. For the purpose of getting an idea of the opinions of the representative men of Chica- go concerning the Convention held last week at Springfield, a reporter called yesterday upon a number of them and asked their yiews, which were fully given. They are as follows: GEORGE C. CLARKE. “What do you think in brief of the Spring- field Convention?” asked the reporter of George C. Glarke, the Well-known insurance man. “JT think It will nominate Grant and elect a Democratic President, and consign John Logan, Don Cameron, and Roscoe Conkling to deserved oblivion. I shall be sorry to see a Democratic President, but if it will end this boss business I would consent to a Democratic Administration for four years, and I know a great many Republicans who feel jus: as I do about it.” “Why do you think it will nominate Grant?” “You know how the Convention was packed at Springfield, and the same thing will be done here. The machine will control everything, and the business will go through with arush. Then the way is clear for a Democratic President.” “Chickens come home to roost,” philo- sophically observed : GEORGE W. COUCH, one of the returned Farwell-Hall people. | “4 man may do a shrewd thing and the peo- ple will admire him. But when he goes be- yond that and does a palpable injustice, a3 the Boss of Ltinois and his Egyptians did in disfranchising the people of ten Congres- sional districts, it is sure to recoil sooner or later and destroy him. Logan knew that it wouldn’tdo any good to instruct district delegate selected in the ordinary way. You might as well instruct a drove of wild. Texas steers not to jump over a fence two rails high. Logan knew it, and, backed by his Egyptians, was powerful enough to over- ride precedent, justice, andeverything. But, as I remarked before, the chickens will come ‘home to roost,” * 8G. SEATON. ~ “There was no doubt,” said S. G. Seaton, of the American Express Company, and one of the Stalwart Republicans of the Twelfth Ward, “that the Logan crowd intended to use every effort in their power, legitimate or otherwise, to send forty-two men to the Chi- cago Convention instructed for Grant. They have done it, and by methods far from legit- imate. It is a matter to be regretted by every honest Republican. I can compare the se- lection of district delegates by the State Con- vention with ‘nothing else than forcin: medicine down the throat of a chil by its parent, The child is in his hands, _ he has the power, and he forces it down, whether the child 1s willing to take it or not. The other side will probably claim that the medicine in this case was good for the child, but I am afraid the results will be serious to the future of the Republican party. Icamein contact with a great many people who are in no manner mixed up with politics —mechanics and that class of people,—and they don’t miss a word of ‘what is going there is to be said on this question, and the general sentiment among that classof peo- ple, as [ find it, is one denunciatory of the action of this Convention at Spring- fi You may say. that this will Ww and it is going to take something more than the soothing words of Storrs or Swett, or the . prestige of the namesof Lincoln and Doug- Jas, to calm the troubled waters.” % “Or the gall of the ‘Gentleman from Ji son??? “Yes. He is the worst of all. This has killed Logan. There’s no doubt about that.” “TI have the welfare of the Republican party at heart,” said - MUBRY NELSON, one of the Stalwarts of the Third Ward,—not the “Third of Jackson County,” but of Chi- cago,—‘* and am only anxious that it should conduct its affairs in such a wa: as to commend itself to the goo sense of the people and to elect its licket.: The great outrage that I think uney irave perpetrated on the Republicans of this State, and all the States for that inatter, is the election of delegates from Democratic counties to a Republican Convention to con- trol it and disfranchise the sentiment of the people in the Republican counties, and to do this under the lead and management of one man,—a ian not elected as a delegate to the Convention, but holding his seat in that body through a proxy from a county in the.south- ern part of the State, I don’t believe the Republicans of this State will put up with it, or that the Republicansof any Republican State will At least, they ought not to. If I. am Rent about that, the nominee of a National Convention chosen by that sort of _manageinent d tactics is very liable to be defeated. Men ike Logan overreach themselves, ‘That is ‘the history of way through. ‘They can run a caucus, corral acrowd, and have everything their own way for a time, They may combine in Penn- sylvania, New York, and Illinois to bring such a crowd -here and run it with the aid of votes from hopelesly Democratic States. But the Republicans of the couniry won't stand: it. And they are pretty likely to fail to con- firm it at the polls, On the contrary, I think that they will defeat it, While Ihave always been a Republican,—I was an Aboli- tionist, and have been a Republican'when it cost something to be a Republican,—and have ulways vol the _ party except in 1872, when I voted for a great deal better Republican than Gran race Greeley—I have now got to the point where I will not vote the Republican ticket simply because it is the Republican ticket, unless it represents the decency, honesty, and integriy ty of the country. I will-not vote it provided Tecan find any particle of decency, honesty, and integrity in the Democratic ticket or in any other ticket. 1 will go back on the Re- publican party or any other party before I will go. back on myself and my sense of right and Wrong, and I have the faith to believe that the honest Republicans of this State will repudiate the'action of this Convention and spew it out as one of the shameful re- sults of this Boss system in politics.” GEORGE F. CONE, with James wilde: Jr., & Co., thought the Grantites sprung their scheme on the Con- vention and captured it by‘means of bull- dozing on the part of the machine politicians, JOHN V. LE MOYNE. .“How do you look upon the Springfield Convention?” “think it was a fair representation of the Republican party. The ‘machine men con- trol it; they controlled that Convention, and they ate going to have control of the Chicago Convention,” the very competent incumbent, - on. They are reading all , off, but I tell you it is very -strong, | oliticians ot this sort all the, ticket: “Do you think the rank and file will in- dorse the conduct of Logan ?” S." “ How is that?” be Because they haven’t independence enough to go outside of he Republican party, When it comes to the pinch they will not only vote the straight Republican ticket, but stick to John A. Logan and his way of tramp- ing over them, and stay in the party.” Vill Grant be elected ? “Yam not prepared to say. It depends upon the better element of the Republican party whether he can be or not; but I don’t lieve there is independence enough in the Republican party to forsake a nominee, no matter who he may be. In my opinion, Gen. Grant is the most objectionable possible can- didate the Republicans could selec haven’t for some time thought it possible for them to make so good a nomination as Wash- burne. ‘The contest has been be tween -twq machine men—Blaine and Grant. As such both are equally objectiona- ble; and the contest between two machine men for the nomination will leave as a sec- ond choice the other machine man if the par- tisans of one cannot succeed with their own. The only question new is whether the Demo- erats will be fools enough to go in the wake of Logun’s Convention and nominate Tilden. As against Grant,’if they nominate a man that will represent an honest Government, they will, in my opinion, get cnouRh Repub- Jican votes to carry the necessary Northern States to elect their candidate. The Ameri- can peonl by asserting their independence can smash the machine.” - - MARTIN HOWARD. oo look upon the Springfteld ‘a 4 will be the effect?” “Evil, as it always-is when a man bull- dozes things through in that way. The feel- ing is so bicter that imen will not get over it.” * Suppose Grant is nominated ?? “In my opinion he will be defeated.” “Could rhe Republicans carry Cook Coun- ty and Illinois? - “T.don’t know about the State, but I feel confident every Democrat would be elected in Chicago. I wouldn’t take a nomination.” CHARLEY CAMERON. _ “Tthink the Grant men are sincere and honest. -If the Nineteenth District appoint two Grant delegates, why can’t they just as well select two from the First, and save the people in the First the trouble ?” “Do you think the Republicans will in- dorse Logan’s little game ?” . “Tdon’t know. They ought not to do it?” “Would you like to see Grant nomi- nated 2? é i f; “Certainly. It will put the election right into the hands of the Democrats. ‘That is what we want,—what we have been hoping for. But Lam afraid the Convention won’t nominate Grant.” 2 “What show will the Democracy have in “They will get every office.” ALD. CULLERTON. ‘What do you think of the State Conven- n? ' “T think it was well handled.” “Will the Republicans indorse Logan’s way of doing things?” “They ought to, The delegates repre- sented them,” “Do you think Logan did right ?” “Exactly. If I had been in his place I would have done the same.” ERNEST PRUSSING. “Tdon’t want to talk about the Conven- tion, or say what will result from it, but I know quite a_ number ot Remiblleans on fie: fore Bide. es, will probably not vote for Grant. Washburne would garry this county, but that Grant can is questionable; it depends upon who the Democrats put up.” ¥. 4. WINSTON. “Tt was an exhibition of wachine politics which was never equaled.” eZ * Will the Republicans indorse its work?” “The machine men will Idon’t see how the independent Republicans can.” _ “Would you be glad to see Grant nom- inated 2” ? “T have always been in favor of his nom- ination.” “Can any Democrat defeat him 2”? “Tdon’t think Tilden can. He is a bigger fraud than Grant, and the purpose of some of our worst fellows is to nominate him. All the corruptionists on our side want Tilden nominated.” - “What of Seymour?” 3 “Tthink he can beat. Grant, He is our best man.” a: JOHN T. M’AULEY. “The majority seemed to have its way?”” ei Be ygu approve of Logan’s conduct?” es. “You are a Grant man aed “Yes, “Why ?” “Because I believe he is the strongest man that can be put up.” “You think the Republicans generally will say. ‘amen? to the action of the Convention?” *T see no reason why we should not.” “Do you think Grant can be elected 2” “ We may have hard work to pull through, and therefore must put up our best man. That is Grant.” “You believe in machine politics ” sliieen know what you mean by machine polities. “Nine districts doing the work of nine- teen, against the protest of ten of them.” “Well, Lam satisfied Republicans cannot be whipped in.” “ Do you think it was right to ignore the precedent of allowing the Congressional districts to choose delegates to the National Convention?” * 1 don’t know much about the machinery of aConvention. I know it is the custom in other States toudopt the unit rule, and don’t know why Llinois shouldn’t do it.” “You are delighted at_ Logan’s success?” - “I don’t credit the victory to him. The majority telt as he did. He was the leader.” HENRY W. KING. “Tt seems to me that the action of the Springfield Convention in disregarding the Tights of the ininority will not be ratified by the thoughtful people. I think if Gen. Grant is to be nominated by such means it will be very dificult to elect nim; that the conservative people will not support a man nominated in i sway. Ihave great hopes that Gen. Grant will . not be nominated, but that some man will be taken up, like Washburne or Edinunds, who. is wholly free from objection, and who can not only poll the party vote, but will com- mand a large vote which is non-partisan.” E. G, KEITH. . “The effect, so farasI have heard since my return, is the rousing of a good deal of indignation.” 7 “ Will the Republicans indorse the action of the Convention 2” “Ihave heard but very few indorse it;, none except those who are strong partisans of Grant.” _ “AVhat will be the result?” “That remains to be seen, Wait until the Notional Convention meee a ae 3rant_ is nominate lo you think everybody will fall into line?” 7 “Thave heard a good many Republicans say they would not vote for him.” “Did the Grant men you have talked with indorse Logan’s manipulation of things?” “T have heard no candid man indorse it. All said it was sharp practice.” “What seems to be the feeling among the Republicans ?” “TI heard some say that there ougnt to bea an indignation meeting, in order that there pale bean expression regarding the mat- er. “What do they say of the Farwell-Hail delegation 2” - “They indorse its course, and say it was a wise one.” COL. L. H. DAVIS, “T think it is very unfortunate for the Re- publican party.” “Will the Detter class of Republicans in- dorse the action of the Convention ?” “No. ‘Chey certainly cannot.” “Why not?” Soe “The sentiment of the party is not'in favor of machine politics. There is no question about that. The party is made up of a class of men who are more liable to rebel at the dictation of the machine than the rank and file of any other party that ever existea.” ‘Has Logan hurt himself 2” “It don’t seem possible to me that he has strpogthened es Position” “Suppose Grant is nominated, won’t all thg Republicans tall into Hine?” on : “That depends upon who is nominated b; the other fade If ‘Tilden is put up Grant will beat him; but, if.such a man as David Davis is nominated, there would be very graye doubt of his success.” “ Will Cook County go for Grant?” “IT think the success of the ticket here would be placed in jeopardy. I would hest- tate about accepting a place on 1t.”” ere talk have you heard about the mat- “Not much; but what I haye heard was porttively, antagonistic to the Ring rale at 1S id and its conduct toward Cook Coun : 2 RENE som a SXIGRE AOC : é Grant well enoug! ut I don’t like the crowd that he bas around im? Bid “Do you approv Logan’s @. at Sprin; aed? nat sd “*T do not.” Per eae “What will be its effect?” fz “J£ Grant wins he will win. 4 ee ut the Republicans indorse suth con- uct ? mF “Can you think of anything a publi man can do that the people won’t indorse?? H. D. COLYTN, “Do you think the Republicans will stand tab aurtot thing ?? iP 10. “You think they will fall into line?” “They must.” . “ “What is youropinion of the Convention » anyhow ?? re tad “Tt was the most masterly managed affair! that was ever known in the State.” i it Sand you think the party will indorse ; “i Veg. “And all vote for Grant if he is nom- inated 2” abayt such things, but ~ Yes. They talk j abvays find some excuse for supporting their an, “Can Grant be elected 2” : “Yes, unless Seymour is nominated. £ think he can beat anybody.” a THE JUSTICES. Justice Demars said he was positively ashamed of the action of the Convention, and is of the opinion that it will not be sus- tained at Chicago. . Y Justice Summerfield thought Jf was not right to do away with an established prece- dent and refuse to allow eaoh district to name the men to represent it as Electors, He is. satisfied with Cullam, - Justice ummer thought that the Couven- tion could have been inanaged better by the . anti-Grant inen, but said that their selfish in-* terests were too manifest to the Convention, : hurting them materially. Cullom was a first- class man, : Justice Prindeyille said the nomination of Grant would bea good thing for the Demo- crats, as Grant was a weak candidate. Cuief Clerk Gleason, of the Probate Court, said that Grant was not his man, though he should support him if nominated. He did not dislike Grant, but thought him a weak candidate. From what he had heard he did not think the forty-two Hlinois delegates would be allowed to sit in the Chicago Con- vention. E. P. Hail, who did not go to Springfield because defeated in his ward, is overjoyed at the action of the Convention, and thinks that Ulysses is the coming man. ACARD FROM THE HON. C, B. FARWELL. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, May 21.—To the Republicans of IUinois: By the personal and desperate exer- ions of Senator Logun, of. tho Comnilssioner of Internal Revenue und bis Collectors, by dis- graceful interference of National orfigiuls ia rimaries and county conventions, Gen. Grant 118 apparently carried Llinols by the contermpt- ible mujority of 38,.with Cook County unrepre- sented. If the whole #2 of Couk had been admitted, the vote would have been df nzuinst Grant. If tho uncontested dolegutes from Cook ‘had been allowed to yote, there would have been 18 majority agiinst’ Grant. The Convention was packed from its or- ganization. The Chairmun wus ordered to recoz- nize ouly certain persuns. Debate was cut olf, parliamentary law neglected or overruled as the exigency required. What is so meagre a major- ity iu_his own State worth to Gen. Grant? ‘The anti-Grant districts have appointed district del- egates and will present them at Chicugo. Logan and Garcelon stand us the political burglars of the time, and Logan's crime agilust liberty will in the end bring him .no more spoil than was won by Garcelon. C. B. FARWELL. THE GERMANS. BOSS LOGAN. Tilinota Staats-Zettung, May 22, The result of the Republican State Conven- tion at Springfield may be summed up in a few words: The Republican party of Illinois has ceased to exist as a union of free, self- thinking men, and has become the private property of Mr. Logan. The means by which this was brought about have been told in’ sufficient detail else- where, They consist af shameless perjury, incredible boldness, the whipping-in of all those poor creatures who find their food in the Federal crib, andauseof the nostextreme parliamentary measures of force by which a free expression of opinion is suppressed. But with a people who wonder at success be- fore all other things, and ask little after the honor or the morality of the means through which it has been obtained, this will not hurt Mr. Logan much. Logan has won a greater victory than Cameron and Conkling did in their States. But how? The ques- tion does not trouble thé majority of English- speaking American politicians, since their feelings of honor and right are as rudimen- tary us is in man that appendage by the ab- sence of which he is distinguished from other mannnals, That which Logan carried through in Springfield isthe dogma of his infallivility. e has annihilated all the customs and the methods by which Republican party members. are accustomed to do anything. Le, the Boss, makes one of his willless creatures Chairman of the Convention. This Chairman names at Logan’s bidding a committee con- sisting of nineteen men of straw, who have to noininate not merely the representatives of the State and of the nineteen Con- gressional districts in the National Convention, but also the State Central Committee of the party, and the men thus nominated by Logan are confirmed by the Cohvention at a sign from the master without a moment’s debate being perinitted. By this the Convention sunk to the lowest level of that French Parliament which Louis XTY. with a riding-whip in his hand ordered to register his decrees. Logan is henceforth sole ruler, Pupe, dictator, un- bounded possessor of. the Republican party of Illinois. ‘The only pity is that he does not possess the power to force all ihose who are not satisfied with his infallivility to remain in the party. There is no way to check emi- gration from Boss Logan’s kingdom. An examination oi-all the votes which were had in the Conventiogi shows the following: Had the ninety-two legal representatives of Cook County not been excluded by a coup d'état from the temporary organization | of the Convention, Logan—thatis, Grant— would not have had a inajority, for in none -of the votes which can be taken as a test did | the Logan-Grant majority exceed eizhty-five, | and it would therefore have been converted into a minority of seven by the ninety-two votes of Coak County. On one of these votes, : and that the most important one,—the ques- tion of the admission of the representatives of Cook County,—the majority was only thirty-eight. Therefore, the Grant majority was from the beginning one taken by violence. And ; this robbery was evidently planned, in all its details, on the 9th of May. The bolt of the fifty-eight Grant serfs from the County Con- vention was a predetermined thing,—a fraud planned and executed for the purpose of ex- cluding the ninety-two yotes from Cook County from the preliminary organization of the State Convention. Logan and iis slaves knew on the 9th of May that they would be in a minority if the ninety-two delegates of Cook County weat into the Convention. Hence the | act of Violence, hence the contests, based on infamous perjury, in which they so far overdid things " that they manufactured statements apparently sworn to, in which it | was declared that over 500 fraudulent votes had been cast in a certain ward, while as a ; matter of fact the whole number did not ex- ceed 300, They were in so much of a hurry with this perjury that they did not take time to investigate how many votes had been cast. 4 The reader knows’ how Boss Logan, in or- der to keep up the appearance of an honest compromise, let in fifty-six of the legally- elected delegates and thirty-six of those who were not elected—Grant serfs. These -thirty- ; six stolen and cheated votes gave him the majority which he needed to carry through his coup d'état, Yet even then it was toler- close. ' abl, ‘or when they conie to vote on the ques- tion whether the forty-two delegates of the ' State of Llinois shold be selected by the; nineteen straw men, the vote was 37434 for and 3183¢ against. If we subtract now from these yeas the thirty-six stolen votes, and add ' the same nuinber of: lega! votes. to the nays, the vote would have been 33334 for Logan anc 3544 against him; or, in other words, a majority of 16 againstthe measure. One can now sve how near the knife was to the throat of the master of Ilinois, and how he was | Conventjor founty ‘eould not. sand delegates for ‘ongressional- districts, sinea two other tounties, Lake an ju Page, belongs to two of these districts, Haq they attempt- ed to do it they would, since their own ore- dentials had not been confirmed py the State Convention, have had no standing betore the National Convention. This _ ion, which, was a prerequisit to an appeal to the Na- tional Convention, could be secured for the First and Third Congressional Districts only by the entrance into the Convention of the fifty-six logal delegates of Cook -County. For that reason, and for that reason only, did they accept the compromise. ‘The result of this, and of the ynderstand- ing arrjved at between all the friends of a} elaine and Blaine, is that sixigen dele gates chosen from eight Congressjonal dis- triets of Tlinois. will contest the seats of many of Logan’s creatures in th n. This is far mere than Cook County With its: ninety-two delezates could have done for itself, It will be necessary to wait to see the result of the appeal. . If force and fraud are trumps in the National Con- vention, all right. ‘Then let the triumvirate, with the help of-thetr white and black negroes, nominate their Grant. But will not be long before they’ learn the differance be- tween a nomination and an elections - LOGAN AND THE GERMANS. Se Minois Stuats-Zeituny, 2 2. Among the. delegate: of the Republican party, of Illinois chosen at Spon field: by ogan to the Republican National Conven- tion there ave no Germans. As alternates, Logan let in_two—Baumgarten, of Cook County, and Pfeifor, of St Clair, Nor did Logan allow any Germans on the State Cen- tral Coin nittes, whigh has charge of the campaign. Among the Presidentiut Electors selegted by Loggn there ig but one.German who can be called a representative German only to the extent'that he represents one by the name of George Schneider, Itis trus that Logan was graciously pleased taallow the uomination of a Goran for State Treasurer, -Grant, was a third-term man, And angther born in Germiiny. but who caine here when a child,—Mr. Sweigert,—iz nominated for An- ditor, ut this does not compensate for the exclusion by Logan of the Germans of, Illi- nois from the National Convention of the Republican party, and from eodperation in the shaping of the future history of the country. = ae In ave respect this exclusion is a great honar for the Germans. Logan has evident- ly become conyinced that there are no Logan slaves among the Germans. I, J. RADISH. Night before last there was at the house of Mr. Ernest Hess, No. 603 North La‘ Salle street, a party to celebrate the wedding of a son. After supper, the gentlemen present began talking avout's subject which is now agitating all minds,—the Presidential elec- tion,—and very naturally a vote was taken. Thera were 1i for Washburne, 6 for Grant, 1 for Hayes, and three ballots were blank. “Onc of the gentlemen was exceedingly irri- tated at this result, and reproached the com- pany for the fact that among so many culti- vated and decent men only one, he himself, had been grateful enough to duly acknowledge the present excellent Adminis- tration of Mr. Hayes, and to express the wish that it might continue for four years more. This gentleman was Mr. L. J. Kadish, a Bohemian, who was apparently chosen by Logan as the representative of his many (1) countrymen living in the Third Congres- sional District as a member of the National Convention. As soon as he Jearns of his elec- tion he will doubtless become azealous Grant man. THE HOTELS. ABOUT THE HOTELS YESTERDAY the talk was altogether upon the result of the State Convention, and, whatever Chicago People may think, all outsiders seem to agree that Logan acted most unfairly, and that the result of the gag-ruleand bulldozing cannot but prove disastrous to Grant. ‘Said one New York man at the Grand Pacific: “Conkling never went so far in our State, or acted so tyrandically as did John A. Logan at Springfield. I know that such work cannot but turn Grant’s friends against hin.” The rooms of the Blaine headquarters are still open, but there was but littleanimationshown in them. dim Beardsley, of Rock Island, was free in his denunciation of the management of the Convention at Springfield, and he ex- pressed a decided ovinion as to Logan and his followers. Everyone seemed to feel that agrievious injury had been done to the ma- jority of the people of thé State of Illinois, who really do not want Grant for President. ait the Palmer House. the National Rep ub- lican Committee has not yet gotten'into order, Secretary Keogh is busy look ing after the Exposition Building. Don Cameron and Levi P. Morton, of Philadelphia, will arrive here to-morrow or Tuesday morning, and Conkling will arrive in a day or twoaf rn. A conference of these three gentlemen. wiil no doubt be held in regard to the contested dele- gations from the State of Illinois. It -is claimed by Secretary Keogh, of the National Comunittee, that the call for the State Con- ventions did not order the selection of dele- gates by Congressional districts, put gave tha basis of representation,—two from each Congressional district,—but left it to the States in what manner these delegates should. bechosen. The conference of the trio will no doubt result in a plan by which the noin- ination of Grant will be attempted to be forced through in Chicago. The program is to be arranged for the temporary organization, Committee on Credentials, etc. However, the National Comunittee members are not all partisans; a majority of them are known to be anti-third term, and hence they will insist upon fair play. John C. New, of Indiqua, another member of the National Committee, arrived at the Palmer House last evening. He is to remain until aftar the Convention. He refused to talk polities to a TIBuNE reporter and said: “The quarrels of the Republican party in Iilinois I have nothing whatever to do with and I refuse to express any opinion -at all upon the subject.?” Chauncy- I. Filley of St. Lonis, will, arrive to-morrow morning. They will look to the finishing arrangements in ‘the Convention Hall. John A. Logan and A: M. Jones re- turned to the Palmer yesterday. Logan was pretty well exhausted, but he received numerous callers during the day. He de- clined to say anything. Long John was beside himself with glee, and all he had to say was “I knew exactly how it would be,” and knew we could fix em.” The National Republican Committee hold a full meeting next Monday morning at 10 o’clock, to slecide upon the distribution of tickets, In regard to the giv- ing out of tickets, Mr. New says, despite the reports to the contrary, they shall be fairly iven out, regardless of friends of candi- lates. Chicago’ will be provided for first, and each State delegation will receive its pro rata share each day. No one member of the 7 ‘ational Committee will have control of the IN GENERAL, GRANT’S STRENGTH. HOW HE WILL FAIL ON FIRST BALLOT. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Wasuinoton, D. C.,: May 22.—The action ofthe Illinois Convention and the conse- quences likely to follow from it are the prin- cipal topics of political discussion. The Grant men are surprised at the confidence that the anti-Grant men express in the belief that Gen. Grant’s nomination {s not only not assured, but that his defeat at Chicago is probable, and that the manner in which the Springfield Convention was manipulated will greatly contribute to the defeat of the Grant combination. The arguments used by the anti-Grant people are very strong, and the tacts to which they refer in support of ‘these arguments are apparently in- controvertable. ‘he anti-Grant men still boldly challenge the members of the bull- dozing Senatorial Syndicate to show where the ex-President can secure within a hun- dred votes of enough to nominate him on the first ballot, and the earnest Republicans |- who are opposing the third-term movement able to sav anne. '@ his power only by this coup As for the determination of the legal repre- sentatives of Cook County to accept this so- called compromise, a word may be said for the benefit of those Judges, some of them | silly, others malicious, who find in thisa humiliation or desertion of their colors. soon as Logan’s plans were apparent nothing was left to the overpowered minority || -than an appeal to the National Convention, and this could not depend on an‘examination of the legality of county, priner: elections, -since counties arenot politi cal nat its of which «it can take cognizance. But Congressional tricts do constijute such units, since the call for'the sending of delegated fo the Na- ‘delegates phal be sear by each Coparessional Ff e sant by: eressional } district, The ninety-two delegates of Cook ; point with significance to the fact far Gen. Grant's friends have nat obra for him a single vote from.a frea State be- tween the Allegheny Mountains and the Pa- cific Ocean, except from Illinois. Even con- ceding the solid vote of New York, Pennsyl- aan and Illinois to Grant, the ex-Presi- WOULD THEN HAVE IN but 170 votes to secure a nomination an the first ballot, and he would be compelled to obtain 209 of the 276 votes of the Southern States. The anti-Grant men claim that they already have secured much -more-than half of the Sonthern yotes, . Blaine’s “friends in-, Sist that 60 of the Southern yotes are certain | werhaps because he, Ifke - delegate, while Sherman's friends make post “Potomac and Ohio Rivers, Give Grpnt -ane. half of the Southern votes, with the solid delegations of New York, Pennsyl- yania,.and Illinois, and. by the figuring here , he’still-will lack seventy votes of a nomina- tion on the first ballot.. Deduct from New | Y¥ork'the thirteen Blaine and the two Sher- | man votes, which Grant certainly will not re- j ceive on the first ballot, and from the Penn- | sylvania delegation the nineteen meg. who xty-cight more | Angmination and Gen. Grant will lack yotes, ora total of 189 votes on the first ballot, ie = AS EVERY.VOTH:TAREN. 3} from the solid vote of Pennaylvania ang Naw York counts two aguinst Grant on first bal- lot, the 34 votes whiclf he is certain to lose in New York and Pennsylvania make 68 votes | to be added to the 70 which he lacks for the | fist ballot. Indeed, a careful revision of the ; ists of delegates already elected, which -has been madg here yesterday and to-day by per- gons wi have the best means of inform: tlon, makes it appear absolutely certain that, while Grantis ahead, he lacks a majority, and that it will not ,be* possible aor him to get that majority among & ‘delegates still. remaining to ba elected. | Not counting Colorado, Louisiana, or Idaho, which-have to elect twenty-four delegates, & judicial- examination of the returns shows the following result: 5 F Grant, 200 Votes ; 89 short of a majority, _ Blaine, 977, which is 102 short of a major ity, a 2 Sherman has 106 votes, Edmunds 38, Wash- burne 15, and Windom 10. : Al ‘These totals differ widely from the esti- macs of the different candidates, byt they have been obtained after careful exain{ina- tion, and in many instagces are based upon | the personal assurances of tha delegates themselves. : DON CAMERON MAKES THE FOLLOWING the first ballot Mississippi. 2} Louisinon #:|Kentuoky, 3.| Napraska. Territories. Virginia. North Carolina. South Caroling. a K Even by Don Camerun’s own estimates it appears that outside of New York, Pennsyl- Vania, and Illinois he does not elaim that; Grant has more than 4 haff-dozen votes in all | the Repyblican States, and it would be very } difficult for Don Cameron to find all his Grant | votes ip some of the Siates he has named. * "Lhe Secretary of the Blaina Club estimates the Blaine vote on the frst ballot at_323, pro- vided the unit rule is net enforced in| Penn: sylvania, in which “event he would. give Blaine the whole 38 votes, or a total. of 359. | ‘The Blaine estimate for Grant, on_the first ballot, is 262; fur Sherman, 94; for Edmunds, 32; and for Washburne, WU. VERY POSITIVE OPINIONS 5 are expressed here by those -familiar with the workings of Republican National Con- ventions that the forty-two votes of Hinois will not be cast solid for Grant, ‘These opinions are based upon -two facts: first, the precedents-of National Conventions; second, the fact that the anti-Grant party has control of the temporary: organizdtion at Chicago. At Cincinnati the question of ad- mitting district sdulegates was decided -in favor of the districts. The Temporary Chair- man of the Chicago Convention is to ba ap- pointed by the National Committee; and not y Don Cameron, who is now Chalrman of His functions will cease when the Convention shall have been called: to ordér. The Temporary -Chai! man designated by the Republican National Committee will then take charge of the Convention until a Permanent Chairman iselected. ‘The National Committee is by.a large majority anti-Grant, The Biaine men, indeed, claim that it, is bya large majority enthusiastic in his favor, and that conse- quently —~ ‘ THE TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN in the organization will be pratty, certain to sce that the precedents at least of the Natjon- al Convention as to disputed delegations are followed. ‘[hese same .men are confident that the twenty anti-Grant votes in the State of Iilinois wiil be counted, .on, the-final vote, - aud not the solid forty-two-Grant votes mage: at Springfield. eRe: Brie a + Ex-Senator Reuben E. Fenton js here fora few days, on his way to Chicago. Referring to the result at Springfield, be said that it by no means settled the question of Grant's nomination. On the contrary, he.thought Grant would ‘certainly not be nominated. “The issue at Chicago,” said Fenton, “isa graye one.’ Many think that upon the nom- nation will depend the success, possibly the life, of the Republican | party, and for’ that reason the momination of Grant seems im- possible.” the Committee. NEW YORK. GERMANS REBELLING. Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, New Yoru, May 22.—The greatest feeling manifested here in relation tothe high-hand- éd-doings at Springfield is among the Ger- mans. They not only express themselves openly in private, but in public have already condemned the determined intention of the leaders, as shown in the Conventions in New York, Pennsylvania, and Ilinols, to force the nomination of Gen. Grant upon the Republican party. The German Republicans of this State call upon the National Convention to halt and-consicyr well before it risks by guch-a nomination the loss of a large number of German votes, and thereby the loss of the State of New York and of other States otherivise sure to the Re- publicon party. In a resolution addressed | to. the -Nationgl Convention. delegates, the Senpan Republican State Committee say: ‘@ are convinced there are Republi - dates enough whose nomination would be cauirs alent to their election. We consider a third term.in theory bad, and in practice dangerous and we fitid in’ the second Administration ‘ of Gen. Grant reasons’ enough not to wish to see him elected again. Thersfore. we beg of the Convention in Chicago to consider carefully the opposition that has been emphat- ically proniinced in many States,and not to force thousands of good Republicans 10 sacrifice thelr votes to their conviction or to be obliged noun 1 THE CONVENTION may well consider before it throws awa) German vote in such a State as New York by nominating Grant. Without that vote he could not carry the State even aguinst ‘Til- den, with the Kelly bolt to help him, -to say nothing of all the Repubtican votes not Ger- man which Grant would not secure. -I have heard at least. twenty Republicans of good standing and of Tocal influence say since the outcome*of the force-will illinois, that it now looked as if ae would) be shoved’ upon the _ peo- ple through — the Convention, but they would liketo see the chance for his election, since he certainly could not carry’ this State to egin with, and’ a gentleman who had been in conversation with Mr. Curtis probably the tiveclaim to an equal, number south of nef Rl they will bolt him utte are openly committed against 2 third? term, | Si estimate of Grant's strength at Chicago on | I | usurpation of power by ‘| politigians by which, under our pr Pwork for -him with enthusiasm’ ‘top ert that if ho gets the’ nomination : kes it through such efforts of his allesg . Ti assert that a candidate nominate! ry manner sould make even stal theta Tear jlichig'n a coubrl Sta : ion and actual defection. ‘T ever, haye hopes that such nue action as was taken in Hlinals will so dis” gust decent Republicans irom gther Stary inthe National Convention at’ Chicazo as to make it impossible to nominate “S # candidate who will certainly provoke ‘ sthrni of qpposition in his own party. ae is the en! comfort they derive from ovinstivl| Ganvention. Thi Washbuj b sentient is developing rapidly in thissuee , shauld it be faund i to te, a inate Mr. Blaine, Mr. Washburne will pa bly get the solid vate of Michigan, which will certainly not vote to sustain the unig “rule in the National Convention, ‘ NOTES. +... INDIGNANT GERMANS. > Apeoial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribund, = Orrawa, Ill, May 22—The results of the State Convention have not tended to cement the Republican party of this city, many, espe sath Germans, declaring their intentigg 9 bolt the ticket rather than support Grant r President. The nomin ie Govomer gives Salsa of Calton ST. LOUIS PRIMARIES. £ Stp: . May 22,—Demi c arte 1 HS eption of Gloster ve ant jon, to be held at Maherly. on. held in this city this afternoon The returns so far in—about and to-night. ‘Thi one-half f the'wards—indicafe that the city len delega- art Ri throngesie? will sentl'a pretty strong anti-Tildi tion. A good many county conventions were also held to-tay, returns’ from some forty of which show that the majority in them will be for Tilden. Quinion is divided as ta how the State Convention will stand, soma claiming it for, and others against, Tilden, 4 ew county delegations are tnstruetad butit nit! is impassible to stata the ‘result deft and the complexion of the Convention will not after that body meats, 2°... HE MACHINE 1¥ POLITics. Ever¥one knaws. what it is. If a few unscrupulous resent tem of fovernment; they are engbled to tis. tate to the people whom they shall vote for for poxernmental ones, ‘ The National machige is run on lican: le by three Mase serene is eron, Cqnkling, Logan. “Controlling? the three great States of the Union, without whose Electoral votes the Republican. party cannot elect a President, they have qeari; reached that pitch of power whigh wilt 4nable thein to snap their fingers at the populgy wil and elget as Preajdent whomsoeyer theys] agree upon. i They have now combined ta“ elést' Gen, Grant’ To break their power {s a patrioti¢ duty, Jt bas seemed, and doesaeem;tou, = acy of Senator Blaine. who that the candidac 21 has,qppesed, and is opposing, single-handed iy this gombination, is the only power at hand to "ofeak i r. Washburne,, grand man though he is sitg in his tent and: hurrahs-for Grapi None of the ather ‘candiuiateg hava any réal strength.. ” : tea Rena candidate acceptable to the Civil-Servica Reformers cannot be paminated. ray i folty for the opponents ‘of Grant in Convention to divide their styengthion- =; dozen. different candidates. It will-enabla =. Conkling, and Cameron, and Logan:-agil to gictate the Ronin ation. Sit Blane leads in ie Convention: Let the anti-thi unite on him.— Alliance, queens on --GRANTS DECLINE. 4 1876:].would-not accept the nominat : for the third term, except end arene stances not. likols to, atlie- 1879.—If thera shall be a general ire for my nomination, {may give my consent. _1880.—My enemies shall not drive me'from the field.—Alliance. col. ETHAN ALLEN SENDS “ANOTHER List + OF REPUBLICANS. WHO :WU-L. Nog, vores FOR-GEN, GRANT-IP HE: 13. NOMINATED. __To the-Ellitor of the New York Tribune, New York, May 18.—I send you herewith another list at 500 names af Rogd-sburdy, Re. publicans, who certify that they wilt i ta! for U.S. Grant.for. President. Ehogla 1 De nominated at Chicago. I have--knewled, of at least 1,000 more names aire jaced upan gther papers not yet handed in, Yau can esi verify the genuineness of these lists by the’ Directory, or by selecting afew names at random and having thein visited by one of your reporters. Of course, .T have not personally obtained these names, Py inex ave. all been abtajned-pi hv persons, aid there can be pd - “tre'tHat they are all they purport f0 bes" can'it be possidle that sane and faithfal rey resentatives at Chicago, who wish, the to triumph in November, will assist in fore ing upon the party a nominee so phjectian® ble that thausands resolve in advanée, a5 it these lists, that they will not vote for him? Very truly yours, ETHAN “2 CASUALTIES. ¢! Fl DESTRUCTIVE. RAIN-STO TS Spectal Dispatch ta The Chicigo Tribuad, ; “ConvsaBus, Ga, May 22—From: Friday Qa.m.to Saturday at. 5 a. m., nine *nipetyrtwo-hundredths. inches of, ‘eight and a half falling’ in*tep hogrgt the'railroads broken. No trains arti departed'to-day. A through fretghta commodation train from Macon to Montgome —¢ ery last night ran into Schatulga Creek, on the Southwestern’ Road, nine miles east of this place. Engineer John T. Wade, Fire- ‘man Joe Schalfer, “wood-passers_ Taylor and Joseph’ Brewn_ were Killed al white, and from” Macon. The’ engiié. eleven ‘cars were wrecked. A conal train is repairing the break from here ta the ageldent. ; Girard Grack bridge was. Hea -away. ‘The low lands submerged. : likely damaged. Much Cte wilh vo be replanted, ‘The river rose. fifteen, two ho morrow." Zhe roe ay, Be ara A TERRIBLE FALL. ©:)/ : Spectat Dispatch to The Crteago Tribuas ” ; : Se. Louis, May: 2.—Three-young bind | girls from the Blind Asylum, ‘corner of ‘Twentieth and Morgan streets, had a terribla adventure this morning. They started the jnstifution for a walk, and had reschet the intersection of Eighth and St. Ghazles streets, at the southeast corner of whigh the foundations “of a larga building are being dug. The excavation is fully twenty deep and extends out to the curbstone, {7 Sightless giris, unconscious of the and.before any one could warn them, walked over the edge of the hole, and, shi loudly, were precipitated ‘to the botta! The workmen who witnessed the a fall rushed to the girls’ assistance, did all ip their pawerto aid them. | All three, wens found to be injured, though no one of them is.expected to die. irs KILLED BY A LOCOMOTIVE». _ Spectal Dispatch to The sepeeeer CHamraiey, IIL, May 21—A man tained John Early, who is said to have relatives liying in Newark, N. J., came to. this.city yesterday. from Savoy and got on & He started for home about inidnight, walk treigutuitun discovered a man ying. iscovered & mai x the track at 4:30 this morning: and whistled si represented the teeling of that emingnt publican as weil. as himself when fe sai to-day that things Had perhaps come to the pass that three such men as Conkling, Cameron, and Logan could dictate the uomination of a Republican- Presidential candidate, but not to the pass yet, thank Heaven, that they could ‘also dictate to the masses of the people, when the question got to them, for whom they should vote. Ex- nde ittenhoefer, e leader ‘of the Germans here, says plainly-of the: third- term business and the, Germans, that. an overwhelming number of them will afd ‘in stamping out thé heresy if necessary, by, as- sisting in the defeat of Grant at the polls ‘here is no compromise with them. s MICHIGAN. 1 ogee WHAT IS THOUGHT OF THE ILLINOIS CONVEN- ION. a fe Bpectal Dispatch to The Chtcaoo - Grawp Rapims, Mich., May The Te sult of the Llinois State Convention has been the general’ theme Vof. con- versation among -both Republicans -and Democrats here. The latter rejoice over it as adding greatly to their chances of success. Many -of the former’ are | accept a nomination outspoken in their indignation, an ter in their denunciations of ahe actin ed Logan..and hig delegates... Many. of the prominent working Republicans of. this city | ava asserted that should Grant, recejve.and gained by such ; they would not support the ticket." Men who | four Weeks ago annoiinced that they could, Chester, i i toawaken him, but he was too druak to move. The pilot mashed his skull so that tp | dled this morning. The man proved ® DROWNED. sou te He has no friends here. ‘Myaipms,:Tenn., May 22—Willlam<?. Avery, ‘Representative from thig district in Congress for’ two terms prior to the Wat, =f was drowned this afternoon by the apqzlng = E: of, a boat at Ten-Mile Bayou, Arkansig uilles west of - this city. ceased-had: from. liere yesterday with a party, ‘of gentle men on a fishing-excursion. Tho remaias have been recovered. 3 ee 7: : BURNED TO DEATH: 3 Caesrervitte, Ont. May 2.—Two | persons naméd Strader tost their lives, burning of their houselast night "7 ° Lockuaves, Pa. May 2.—The residence of Mrs. Balser. Friedler burned tis wnorning: 8h ‘The remains of Mrs. Friedler were foun’ the ruins. ‘There are suspiclons of m Fobbery, ‘and arson. _ a OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS... °: Monrreat; May 23—Arrived, the jardine ian, froui Liverpool. BALTimoge, May '22.—Arrived, the New oan, May 23 ‘the Vader (EW .Yoi 93.—Arri the 7 land: from ‘Antwerp. relved, : ents Eoxpox, May-2.—The Canada, Kotte dain, and’ Viola, from New York, and Lond Chiel, fro: 1 iy from Liverpool, a