Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1880 — ILLINOIS DEMOCRACY. [ARTICLE]

ILLINOIS DEMOCRACY.

Tlie State Convention at Springfield —Trumbull for Governor, and Parsons for Lieutenant Governor. The Democratic State Convention of Illinois met in Representative Hall, at Springfield, on the morning of June 10, and, before the close of the day, had completed the work which had called them together, and the majority of the delegates were on their way home. The convention was one of the largest, most harmonious, Lest natured, and most enthusiastic political delegate gathering* *ver assembled in the State of Illinois. The convention was called to order by Hon. T. W. MeNelley, Chairman State Central Committee, who, after the call had been read, nominated Hon. Samuel S. Marshall, of Hamilton, for temporary Chairman. Marshall was unanimously elected, and made a brief speech. Hon. Lyman Trumbull, who had just entered the hall, was loudly called for, and responded. Haus Haerting, of Cook county, was chosen temporary Secretary, with several assistants. Committees on Credentials, Permanent Organization and Resolutions were then appointed, and a recess taken till 2 o’clock. When the convention reassembled, the Committee on Credentials reported all the delegations fully represented and no contests. The Committee on Permanent Organization recommended making the temporary organization permanent, with a Vice President and Secretary from each district. The adopted roll was then called, and the District Conventions reported the following delegates to Cincinnati : First District—Henry F. Sheridan, John R. Hoxie. Second District—Carter H. Harrison, Patrick Howard. Third District—Perry H. Smith, Franklin L. Chase. Fourth District—A. M. Herrington, Joseph Glidden. Fifth District—J. M. Potter, J. M. Stow. Sixth District—Chas. Dunham, B. T. Buford. Seventh District—William Reddick, Andrew Welch. Eighth District—Geo. C. Harrington, Geo. V. Huling. Ninth District—L. W. Ross, L. W. James. Tenth District —J. H. Stewart, 8. B. Montgomery. Eleventh District—Walter E. Carlin, Scott Wike. Twelfth District—Hi M. Vandeveer, William H. Barnes. Thirteenth District—Luther Dearborn, Benj. Howard. Fourteenth District—Wm. A. Day, James W. Craig. Fifteenth District—Wm. M. Garrard, S. L. Whitehead. Sixteenth District—Jacob Fouck, W. S. Foreman. Seventeenth District—Geo. A. BayJe, Seymour F. Wiies. Eighteenth District—AVm. H. Green, Wm. K. Murphy. Nineteenth District—J. M. Crebs, G. B. Hobbit -The committee appointed for that purpose named Melville W. Fuller, of Cook ; Samuel S. Marshall, of Hamilton ; John O. McClernand, of Sangamon, and W. T. Dowdall, of Peoria, as delegates-at-large, which was adopted. W. C. Goudy, of Cook, offered a resolution eulogistic of Horatio Seymour, and instructing the Illinois delegation to Cincinnati to support him for President. The mention of Seymour’s name was greeted with great applause and three cheers. The resolution was referred to the Committee op Resolutions. After these committees reported, nominations for State officers were taken up. Mr. Harland, of Clark, offered a resolution declaring that the convention nominate by acclamation Lyman Trumbull for Governor,’James C. Robinson for Lieutenant Governor, and Gen. J. C. Black for Secretary of State, Gustavus Koerner for Auditor, Samuel G. Marshall for Treasurer, and John M. Palmer for Attorney General. This occasioned great confusion. Harland insisted on his resolution, but it was finally ruled out of order amid great uproar. Harland then nominated Lyman Trumbull, of Chicago, for Governor. Trumbull declined, and nominated Gen. Lewis B. Parsons. Several delegates insisted upon Trumbull accepting, as did Parsons himself, and Trumbull was finally nominated by acclamation, and the State ticket was composed as follows: Lieutenant Governor, Lewis B. Parsons, of Clay ; Secretary of State, John H. Oberly, of Sangamon; Auditor, Louis Starkel, of St. Clair; Treasurer, Thomas Butterworth, of Winnebago; Attorney General, Lawrence Harmon, of Peoria.

The following is the platform adopted : Patriotic duty and interest demand peace and reconciliation through all the land, and we pledge ourselves to the following principles: 1. No tariff for protection. 2. No third term. 3. A substantial reform of the civil service, so that Federal officers shall be the servants of the people, and not of a party. 4. Equal rights to all the States, and no Federal interference with the constitutional functions of States. 5. A constitutional currency of gold and silver, and' of paper convertible into coin. 6. No more land grants to monopolies. 7. The will of the people must be supreme, and majorities must rule under the constitutional methods. No more such frauds as that of 1876 ; no more schemes like that of eight to seven. 8. That laws shall be enacted to protect laborers in the more prompt and certain collection of their wages. The following were selected as electors front districts : Willianf C. Seipp, W. J. Hynes, F. A. Hoffman, Jr., T. B. Coulter, Patrick Stone, J. S. Eckles, B. E. Daily, Lewis.!’’. Feilistzh, J. W. Butler, George Huhn, W. GJSwing, L. F. Hamilton, A. M. Miller, W. M. Bandy, Robert McKinley, John Wescott, J. M. Gill, M. C. Crawford, E. D. Youngblood. At Large—William J. Allen, of Jackson ; James 8. Ewing, of Adams. The following is the State Central Committee : First District—Richard Pendergast Second District—M. B. Bailey. Third District—C. E. Crofts. Fourth District—H. R. Enoch. Fifth District—W. O. Wright. Sixth District—A. K. Truesdale. Seventh District—James R. Walsh. Ninth District—A. M. Brown. Tenth District—Charles H. Whittaker. Eleventh District—J. M. Bush. Twelfth District—'l. W. McNeeley. Tliirteenth District—J. A. Mallory. Fourteenth District—E. A. Barringer. Fifteenth District—W. A. Cochrane. Sixteenth District—Samuel L. Dwight Seventeenth District—G. B. Giiham. Eighteenth District—Thornes F. Bouton. Nineteenth District—M. M. Pool. At Large—T. E. Courtney, J. W. Alexander, Wm. G. Ewing, A. Orendorff, C. D. Hoiles, J. M. Darnell, J. C. Campbell, and W. J. Mize.

A resolution was adopted instructing the delegates to Cincinnati to favor tlie two-thirds rule. Mr. Goudy, of Chicago, then precipitated a lively contest by offering a resolution instructing the delegation to vote as a unit at Cincinnati. After modifying this to apply only to President and Vice President, the Seymour’men succeeded in suspending the rules and passing the resolution by 364 to 283. Speeches were then made by Lyman Trumbull and Gen. Parsons, accepting the nominations, and by Carter H. Harrison. Judge Turnbull’s speech was one of the happiest efforts of his life, and we regret that we have n‘Ot room for a full report of it. He said he had been honored repeatedly by this people, but he had passed the meridian of life. He had made mistakes, perhaps, but had acted wholly, as he believed, for his country’s good. Now he had hoped for quiet. That wish he must forego. The two parties confronting each other now were, to his view, like the Whig and Federal parties of old. Their positions and their views were relatively like those occupied and held by those parties. The Republican party was in favor of a strong and a splendid and an expensive Government. That party passed laws favoring one class as against another. These things were undemocratic and the opposite of those held by the Democratic party. The Democratic party believes in the constitutional currency of the country, gold and silver, as expressed in the constitution itself. It was to prevent the gradual centering of power in the Government that he had taken an interest in the present canvass, but without any thought of looking for aijght higher. They had, nevertheless, seen fit to urge this place upon him. He accepted it at a personal sacrifice to himself. For himself, he felt it would have been better had they selected some younger man ; yet he felt he had no right to set up his individual wishes and opinions against the wishes of those who desired his aid. There were times when, even though a man knows he isjgoing to destruction, he must advance with resolute eye to the cannon’s mouth. “ What is left of me and what I am is at your service.” Three cheers were given for TrwnbuU as he retired.