The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-09-16
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CON.
VENTION.
A PrOtracted S4uabble.
Slaughter OF the InnOcents.

Slaughter OF the InnOcents.
The republican hen of this county, afoee
protracted incubation, has produced her an
nual breod, and, considering the fact that her
eggs were badly added and OF more than av-
erage inferiority, the wonder is that she
Matched anything. Nevertheless her incu-
baton has resulted in brood OF as sorry look
ing chicks rs ever neaped or scratched for
grub!
TO drop the figure, the republican county
convention met at Ottawa on Tuesday to
make its nominations for the county fail cleo
ton. The thing came to order at 9 p. n, and
George Radcliffe, Esq, formerly of the Repub-
ican, gentleman of excellent social qualities,
was made chairman, and Nc Donald Of La
Sale, and Kellogg of Ottawa, we're made Sec
retaries. The proper credential committe was
appointed, who, after due deliberatien, re-
ported delegates from each of the several town.
ships, save Utica and Waltham. John L.
Clark, from the former town, was voted in, and
no one appearing from Walthsm, that strictly
bucohc neighborhood was unrepresented.
A man or back seat moved to appoint per.
manent officers. Chair ruled that motion out
-ofoYder, and back seat subsidized.
Burwell, of Manlius, moved that the tenn
porary officers be permanent, which, after
some gruntiag, was voted.
Radcliffe made brief speech of thanks for
the honor, Sc. He said "there has beenno time
in the history of the republican party of this
county VIXEN there was more need of s,armo-
nious action than now, and We must unite,
and lay aside our preferences and feeling, and
end our family quarrels. We have lately had
serious warning that we must unite in order
to succeed at the next election, and this is
more necessary since next year is the pres-
dental eectioa.''
E. c. Lewis and Geo. H. Rugg were slung
in to fill couple Of gaps in the Ottawa dele.
cation.
Burwell Of Manlius offered an iron-clad.
copper-bottomcd, frescoed and steel plated
resolution, that all candidates for treasurer
ton and pledge themselves to abide by its &c.
clslon, and in default thereof that their names
be stricken from the list of candidates an d all
votes cast for them to be thrown out and for
nought esteemed!' or words Of similar i'm.
port Some one on the opposite side of the
house pronounced the resolution mot only
discourteous, but an insultw aud it was ia.
bled.
Burwcll-'if this is to be the programme
/ have few more to offer but not all of the
same sort. Here he drew forth handful of
manuscript and started to read Whereas"
OF apparently interminable length, depth,
breadth and thickness, when COL Moore came
an with an extinguisker in the way of mo.
ton to deter all resolutions until after the
nominations. A Burwell man moved to table
Noore's motion. Lost vocifcrously, and
Moore's motion carried.
The convention then went to business. viz, !:
ballOting for Treasurer. On the ilrst-infor-
mal-ballo. the vote stood Harris 9; Shep.
herd 81: Bowman 20: Stout II Clark g:
Caldwell 81; Black 3; Pussy IL Miller, zone
armed soldier" put in nomination bya friend
as SUCK as Is usual in republican conventions
received nothing Total vote l23 necessary
to u choice, g. Col. Moore promptly dis
claimed having voted for himself.
The formal ballo,ings, which we're taken
amid great excitement and disorder, and oy
Cupied from 3 to O'Clock p. m, were rs fol.
lows: