The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-03-22
The Temperance Meeting ON Thursday
Evening.

is passing in our city, We attended the adj
journcd temperance meeting at the court
house on Thursday evening. The object Of
the meeting appears to have been to hear the
report Of sundry committees previously ap-
pointed, and then to manufacture thunder
generally to operate upon the approaching
city election.
Mr.. Force, chairman of the committee 10
draft constitution for u Carson League
in Ottawa, reported the constitution Of ST.
n;lar association in New York, which, with
sundry verbal alterations to adapt it to this
city, was adopted 1T will be found in
another column The plan is simply to or
game joint sto,E company, with / 1000
shares Of 500 each, the shareholders to be
/ liable TO an assessment upon their stock of
not over 81 per annum upon each share, to
deiray the expenses Of the league. The
/ concern to be managed by board Of dircc.
tors, who are to cxpcnd the funds they may
/ levy on the members in enforcing the Otta.
wa prohibitory ordinance. The process by
which the ordinance is to be enforced, and
manner in which the funds raised are to be
expended, was not explained. , committee
Of three was appointed to solicit subscrip-
tons Of stock, to report at meeting next
Thursday evening, when the officers of the
League are to be elected.
| Mr.. Schlosscr, from the committee to
wait upon the city council, and TO ask them
on behalf the temperance men in Ottawa to
withdraw the licenses to the druggists to sell
liquor, and to establish a city agency for
that purpose, reported, that the committee
had presented their petition, were respect
fully heard by the council, and that a com.
mit,ec had boon appointed by that body to
( take the matter in hand, with what result,
he was uniformed.
Mr.. True, a member Of the council being
present, was called upon for further inior.
nation. lie stated that the first part Of the
petition had been partially acccded to. The
council had revoked all the licenses Of the
druggists except one-that Of DR.. Near
thur, he having been the only one who had
not violated the spirit Of the city ord.
nance; but that the council had deemed il
incxpedient TO establish city agency, being
ayerse to the c!ty's cmbarkng in the traffic.
On motion, the action Of the city council
was approved "
The meeting, thus far exceedingly dry,
now came to halt, and was on the point Of
adOurning without accomplishing anything
in the way Of thunder, when Mr. Grow, the
secretary, arose, and offered resolution
declaring, in substance, that the temperance
men, at the approaching city election, will
accept no issue except that Of temperance
and prohibition.
Mr.. Schlosser supported the resolution
it was the right ground and he regretted
that, from remarks that had been made al
the meeting two weeks ago, the impression
had gone abroad, that the temperance party
intended to mix up politics with the issue,
and make a fight as well on Nebraska" as
whiskey. lie declared that under the cir.
cumstances, strongly anti Nebraska as he
was, he would prefer to support Nebraska
man for mayor, only so lie was right on
Temperance.
Mr. Cogswe'l was next called out. he
said great deal more than we can now give
the heads Of. lie approved the resolution,
, and then, yerging from the question, de.
Tended his speech at the former meeting,
which had been the subject Of much ccnsurc
outside. lie denied that lac had said word
about Ncbraska-then pitched into Mr. See.
rotary Grow on account Of the notice in the
papers calling the present meeting, and
finally got up question u yeracity between
himself and Mr.. SchlosScr, in which we
think Mr. Schlosscr in his reply, rather got
the better Of him.
Mr.. Grow was next called out, and after
defending himself against the assaults of
Mr.. Cogswell, mounted the Free Tra,i,r as
paper which was doing the cause Of tempe.
rance much injury 10y attacking the prohibi.
tory ordinance, and the movements Of the
temperance men.
Thcrcupon the eIitor Of the mid Free
7rader was vocifcrously called for lie said
he was still in doubt whether he could claim
to belong to the meeting. He was gratificd
to find, however, by the tone this evening,
that the friends Of the city ordinance had
come down very considerably from the posi-
ton they had assumed week ago, and con.
cluded to drop "Nebraska" in their issuc.-
With all duisrcnce, however, he must say
he was still unable to See what good was TO
be accomplished by making the city ordi.
nance the sole issue at the approaching cleo.
ton. lie knew Of no party in Ottawa that
proposed to repeal that ordinance. In this
view, he was Of opinion the democrats Of
Ottawa would nominate their own candidate
for mayor without reference to his particular
views on temperance and if good man, ra.
thcr thought he would be elected
Mr.. Bassett closed the entertainment Of the
evening by attacking the "sophisms" Of the
last speaker. lie thought the temperance
question was the all.important issue in our
city election, and could see no object to be
gained by raising u political issue.
The meeting then adjourned to meet again
next Thursday evening.
FOREIGN MINISTERS IN WASHINGTON.
very clever correspondent of the Louisville
Courier, writing from Washington, says Of
the foreign ministers:
Yonder, with four dapplc bob.taed grays,
is the turnout Of Aimonte, the Mexican
Minister lie drives at faster gate, and
lives at higher rate than any of the foreign
Ministers. Soon we see a dashing brace of
bays, with light uncovered wagon. In
front, holding the reins, is evidently the pro.
prietor Of the establishment, while behind
him sits the footman. That is Mr. Cramp.
ton, the British Minister about whose recall
we have heard so much through the news.
papers. lie lives in the adjoining city of