The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-04

The election throughout this state takes
place next Tuesday, November eth. The
Only offices ssto elect are county officers, con
sisting OF County Judge, Clerk, Treasurer
School Commissioner and Surveyor. The
officers possess no political Importance, and
in many if not most of the counties, party
lines will not be rigidly drawn. Indeed, in
about all the strong Republican counties, as
lar Is We have heard, the issue seems to be
between the soldiers and political managers
Those particularly '!oyal'' patriotic gentle
men, who held all the fat county Offices DUR
ing the war, or we're able to pull the wires so
as to put into those Offices whom they pleas
ed, found, on the DISARMAMENT Of the army
a very dangerous and disturbing element Ito
their Schemes) in the returned soldiers.
These came hcme, many with fractured limbs
and damaged constitutions, with all their
business arrangements broken up, and their
friends had the impuicnce to think they had
substantial claims TO fill the little local Offices
upon which the stay-at-home political man
ayers, (who among other things lad manag-
ed to get Mesa into the army and keep them
selves out, had crown fat. But the politicians
couldn't see it in those lamps. You
soldiers" said they, ''had your chance for all
the offices in the army the Offices at home
belong to us And accordingly, We find in
most of the strong republican counties, the
politicians made direct issue with the SOL
diers and in all their conventions beat them
out. The soldiers in most cases appealed
from the conventions to the people and are
running tickets o: their own against the
political shysters and clique managers.
In this county the Republican political
managers, &c, put in nomination the follow
ing ticket, after slaughtering all the soldiers
that had been presented to the convention for
the same offices:
For County ,Judge-P. X. Leland.
Co,nty C2erk-A. B. Moore.
County TreasTer-Wm T. Beck.
School Commissioacr-J. N. Day.
Surreyor-Wm. Fleming
In opposition to this ticket, the soldiers,
combining with the Democrats, will support
the following ticket:
fOr County Jsl!ye--Capt. S. J. Davis.
Comfy Clerks. ". Raymond
County TeasuTey-Capt. Moses Osman,
School Commissioner Capt. W. H. Norton.
.Surreyor-Col D. 7. HIT.
These are all returned soldiers except Mr.
Raymond, whom no soldier wished to dis
place, for the reason, not only that they did
not desire all the offices, but also because
they had always found in Mr. Il. fast friend
and a man who, though too old to 90 to the
war himself, had manifested his patriotism
and intrest in the cause by sending his son.
The candidates above named are all that
are presented to the people of this county at
the approaching election, .'to the best of our
knowledge and belief As a matter Of
course all our sympathies are in favor of the
'democratic, or, soldiers ticket. The can
didates are throughout as good men, and in
one or two cases, better men than those on
the ticket of the Republican political trick
sters and managers. We desire to see the
soldiers succeed, because it will. in many
counties, break up as INSCRIPTIONS gang Of
political hucksters and gamblers as ever
cursed country; and then ii will compel
the soldiers hereafter i'll their superior claims
TO those of the mere politicians, TO be respect