The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-04-19
4 Temperance Triumph

y temperance Irlumph.
! We congratulate tho friend, Of temperance and
all those concerned for the reputation our place
/ upon the substantial temperance triumph which
was achieved in this town last Saturday To
those unacquamtcd with the circumstances Of tbs
victory, it will be necessary to premise tina, NJ
1 the election FIR town trustees las, May in this
town, ths question o! license or no license was
I presented at the polls, ana the license men triun-
phed by the election Of board in favor Of grant
ing licenses; and thi, board in accordance with
the principle, upon which they were elected. wen,
on and granted license. to all the saoceri.s which
applied But the time for which this board wa,
elected WAS about to expire and 80 were tie Il.
censes 1t had granted and as the new license law
went into effect on the l7th inst. the only clauc.
OF their licenses from the present board Only
two Of the present board, however, were willing
to grant new licenses, against two members who
opposed all further licensing The board there.
fore stood 'i|7: bu. there was = vacancy Of one
member in the board, and now they conceived the
notable plan Of submitting the question of license
N no license fer the coming wear at once to the
people by ordering an election to 6 the vacancy
IN question. In the handbiIl calling tins election,
It was distinctly stated that if the people decided
III favor OF licenses, they would be granted for am
indefinite period, at 800 each per annum. So
there could be 10 misunderstanding on the sub.
iect The friends Of temperance, however saw
50 many reasons arising out Of the change Of cir
curnstmcc- again-. granting licenses Mt this time
that, fearing they might not be sufficiently I'm.
dcrstood, they called a meeting Of the people" nj
the court house on Thursday evening before the
election TO discuss the question OF granting ccns
ca. The meeting was well attended Levi Hills
Esq, presided, and Mr. Geo Grow acted as secre.
tary. After a full and pretty spirited discussion,
III which Mr. Holli,ter, Mr. Richardson. and others
against, aud Mr. Glover in favor Of licenses took
plrt the meeting by nearly unanimous vote
cane 90 he following resolution:
. EsIoiyod, that Ne regard the proposition. -ub.
mited by the board of trustees uf TIN, town. to
( grant licenses on the part Of the town of Ottawa,
I W was Nhc' a. u l''lh''b'l 10 commit an uc',
which, If approved by the people would be to
them dIsrepuisbs aud degrading
The ant.cense portion of the meeting also put
IN nomination the senior editor Of this paper to be
their standard bearer at the election
But notwithstanding the decided pr,pondcr
ance against them at the meeting, the license par.
ty were no, di.hsartencd They put III nomina.
lion Mr.. Richard Thorue, one of our most popular
citizens, rs their candidate, and on Saturday con
tested every foot of ground with an energy and
determination worthy Of a better cause The close
of the polls in tie evening exhibited, however, the
following to them disastrous result:
For W. Osman, mo license) al
r. Thorue llicense ll6
We are rejoiced at THIS result particularly. BE-.
cause IN our view to grant licenses at this time
would be nothing less than an attempt to cvade
the law passed by the last legislature, a step
which would he beneath Tho lgnty of any people
in their sovereign capacity Whatever may be
our opinion of the law itself lot us not, for dccen
ccncys sake in body eyade a law which we had
a hand in enacting We cannot imagine anything
more calculated to make Us blush to be called n
citizen Of Ottawa. than would have been an ex.
preston on the part of our people in favor ofgran
ting licenses last Saturday.
A. to the compliment paid US Individually, in
eeyating Us to the honorable and disnitied post Of
alderman We of course appreciate it hugely, see.
Ing tho contest turned purely upon principle, aud
We were elected expressly to do nothing, aud re
main in Office just Il days. We have, however,
with view OF supporting the dignity Of the Of
fec while we arc IN, ordered our tailor to effect h
suitable enlargement Of our wnlstband- and il the
people should happily have any thing To do for us
in the NOR. peculiar line Of an alderman, we shall
cndeavor to exercise the same wisdom in the dis
charge ofour duties that they have manifested in
electing US
SMALL forArors, dc--Ihc Peru Democrat
bath in its extra aud tho paper, omIts Ottawa in
It's report Of the resolution Of the Directors Of the
Chicago and Rock Island Railroad nstructng the
Executive Committee to purchase lots for depots,
DC This is and exceedingly small business and
mean in proportion We should not have been
surprised at any thing Of the kind in llolbrook's
paper but we had considered the Democrat above
piece Of business 50 miuu TO-