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THE GROUNDSWELL, 



and such legislation should be sustained and enforced by the judic 

 iary of the State. 



Resolved, That we will support no man for office who is not in 

 accordance with the sentiments of these resolutions; and that we 

 recommend to the anti-monopolists of this State to nominate sucii 

 candidates for Supreme and Circuit Judges as are pledged to sustain 

 the Constitution and laws of this State in accordance therewith. 



The Convention, with great una 

 nimity, then nominated Hon. Alfred 

 M. Craig, of Knox County, as can 

 didate for the Supreme Judgeship. 

 No pledge was required from Judge 

 Craig, and no questions were asked 

 in respect to his opinions on any 

 subject. His record as a member 

 of the Convention which framed the 

 present Constitution of Illinois was 

 such as to satisfy his supporters that 

 his sentiments were in harmony with 

 their own. He was known to be an 

 able and accomplished lawyer, though not possessing the 

 profound legal knowledge of his opponent. 



In nearly all the judicial districts, farmers candidates 

 were put in nomination for the vacant offices, and in those 

 cases in which there was any opposition there was a degree 

 of bitterness shown which would have been better in place 

 in a partisan political contest. 



THE RESULT AT THE POLLS. 



In nearly every circuit, where the farmers nominated a 

 candidate, they were successful, and the exceptional cases 

 were uniformly in sections where their organization had not 

 been fully perfected. 



Princeton Conven 

 tion Man. 



