Congress And The Convention.

It cannot be alleged that members of Congress are exercising an undue influence on the Convention. Among the five hundred or more delegates chosen, there are only six members whose name appear in the list, to wit: Senators JAMES F. SIMMONS of Rhode Island, and PRESTON KING of N. Y.; and Messrs. ABRAHAM [sic] B. OLIN, of N. Y., THADDEUS STEVENS of Pa., THOMAS CORWIN of Ohio, and ELI THAYER of Mass., the latter representing the State of Oregon.

—Five members of the National Republican Committee are also members of the Convention, all of them being delegates at large from their respective States, to wit: GIDEON WELLES of Conn., JAMES T. SHERMAN of N. J., ALFRED CALDWELL of Virginia, THOMAS SPOONER of Ohio, and NORMAN B. JUDD, of Ill.

SOURCE: “Congress And The Convention,” The Press and Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, Tuesday, May 15, 1860, p. 1, col. 2