The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-09-09
THE u. 8. ID.


m-n,s of the several candidates now in the
| field: and in order to get ut their true
| sentiments they send members OF the Y. ). ID.
] to them. some of whom had been democrats.
| and some republicans, from the time they
! Joined this organization. After comparing
notes vouT committee reports the facts as
near as they could ascertain them, as fol-
! lows:
The republican candidate for county clerk
was so deaf that it was difficult 10 converse
with him. and your committee are fearful
that they NAV NOT truly set forth his views in
thi. report. II there should be any inaccur-
acies, they hope that the candidate will set
the public right through the columns of the
public press.--and of course all other candi-
dates will have the same opportunity. Your
committee are we'll aware that relying upon
the reports IF other. there may be great dan
ger of mistake. Your committee be. leave,
in this connection. to say. that those persons
who have insinuated that the deafness OF the
Colonel was not Sufficient to Justify him in
rcsiruing his commission in the army do him
a great injustice. Your committee think his
excuse was good one and that it would be
equally as good ii he desired to avail himself
of il To excuse him from serving his country
as clerk of the county court.
This candidate had no objection to the
| negro voting. but he was decidedly opposed
| to making this question n test % republican,
ISM In his opinion, any man who was op-
posed to slive:y in the territories was a good
republican As that was the last platform
the party had made in this county, it must
remain ir force till some other one was made,
of course In some few instances, in con-
versation with democrats, he expressed
doubts whether the negro had sufficient in
telisence to vote unler>tandingly.
In conversation with those who were hol-
ders of bonds, he was decidedly opposed TO
taxing them 70. that kind of patriotism, and
said EN- phaticallv that it would DE in violation
of the pghted faith of this governments do
so. In conversation with labOrlng people.
he said that taxation certainly ought to be in
proportion TO a mans property. aud that II
was not fair that rich men should put a
large share of their property into bonds and
thus escape taxation to large extent. Your
committee learned, however. that the sacriti
ces he had made in the se::ice of his country
had been invested mainly in government
bonds. From ali the circumstances. they re.
port that this candidate is against taxing
the bonds He was in favor of taxing agrI.
culture and commerce for the benefit OF
manufacturers also in favor of III" present
banking scheme He said the North would
never have suppressed the rebellion with
on; the United States bank. He WIS loud
in his profession of love for the laboring
classes. indeed, Your committee reSpectlulIy
repeat that he was loud in everything. He
! said that he had once been a lahOrer him.
self and that formerly he had pounded anvil,
as vigorously as he had since pounded pull
| pits thar no man had better right or a
! stronger desire than he had - obtain the
votes of the laboring class. Ii it had necn
as respectable to pound anvils as to pound
pulpirS and hold Offices, he would never have
CHI nged his busine 5.
On the subject of shortening the p-oba
ton of foreigners, not having distinctly heard
! and understood tn. connections IN which the
| word was used. he said he was for probation
| that il was one of the tenetS of his church
! and speaking of reli ion generally, he dwell
| upou the subject at great length, giving a
| full history OF his r-ligious expericuce: and
in this connection he spoke OF the La Sale
| Press stud horses. jacks. one Fredeuburg
and tho Iugrattude OF the officers OF the l0irh
and showed us a list of .he Methodist voters
| ia the county. Your committee noticed on
| the list names of Il con>iiera bic number o'
members of the u. :. ID. When yo,
/ committee succeeded in stopping him, and
| calling his attention to the point, he said he
was for the whole OF the resolution about the
! foreigners except the wore! shortening" bat
| he said he thought sucn matters ought moi
to he logged into politics.
| Your committee found great difficulty in
asceItainiug v hat the views ofthe republcar
! candidate for treasurer were. He said the
| principles ofrh- republican party were known
! 10 every body, and that he was ioc all thu
principles of the party. Ii any one va:
| ignorant what they were. it could easily IL,
ascertainei bv looking back far ep0ngh and
reading the platforms. He seemed 20 he tol
all the charges ~ the resolutions of the L. S
| ID. and against all the specifications.
He was the decided friend of the laborer
The negro, the foreigner, and soldier, and ad
vocatc of equal taxation. He was not full,
| prepared to sav. however, ~hether it woulc
lie proper to nave the negro n voter in TIN:
state. but was willing to acquiesce in his vo
ing elsewhere. On the question of the pro
baton of the foreigner. h. said he thought h'
was for it. but was not prepared 10 say how
long it should be. He said his ancestor.
were foreigners and that he WIS one of III,
best friends they had and would not be OF
! Tended If they voted for him. He said b,
would have been glad TO have been for taXin.
the government bonds, but he could not con
scieutiously 90 for it. He was in favor of
protective tariff, and of the l. $ Bankin:
scheme. He said that nothing but the tea
of receiving great bodily harm prevente,
him from being II soldier. That. il he coul,
have made as much in the army as at HON,
and been as safe, he certainly would have
gone to the war That all his sympathie
were with the soldiers that he had requisite,
Il great many people to do something TO
the Sanitary and Christian Commissions, anC
had made good many speeches urging 9th
or people to 90 10 the army. and tina: If h
was elected treasurer he would do all he
could TO keep up the credit Of the county an,
town bonds. some of which yet remained il
the hands of the defenders of their country
Your committee asked him if he would b,
willing to have the state assume them, anC
he replied that he did not know.
The Republican candidate for school super
intendent was for the universal salvation o
all mankind, and for universal suffrage
nong all vino were well eno Ugh edlca;ed
! How he could consi Ter man fit to 90 t.
heaven who was not fit to go to the polls and
vote, he did not explain to the satisfaction al
The committee. His reasons for not going
to the war were substantially the same n:
those of the candidate for treasurer. He wa
for all TIE resolutions about foreigners with the
exception that he desired IA slight change il
phraseolo.v. and suggested that the wore
shortening should be changed to the wore
frightening. He was for protective tariff
the National banking scheme; against tax
ing the bonds but generally in favor of the
laborer, the foreigner soldier, and equality o
taxation. He said he was happy to run OF
the same ticket with brother Moore, but was
sorry to have the latter deny him the priv.
eye of being intimate with him after this life
| was over.
The county Judge seemed TO stand very
nearly on every plank of the U. S. ID. plat
form. Being very honest man. ne said he
had some scrupeS about taxi0g the bonds
The principle of taxing them was right, he
said, but it looked like a want of faith to tax
them. He said, however, that he would sell