The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-10-26
Political Items.

The Indianapolis Sentinel publishes the names
of thirty negroes who vote dthirty times each
at the late election in that state.
1t was Wendell Philips that wrote from Ga
lena that Grant was owing several old whisky
bills there.
Conkling admits that the result OF the Octo-
Der elections by no means renders the election of
Grant certainty, and adds, "Our hardest work
is yet before u.s.
They are betting on Wall street that Greeley
will carry both Ohio and Indiana in November.
Boss Tweed warmly complimented Grant upon
the result of the Pennsylvania election.
The Raleigh Sentinel. whose office was blown up
by the GRANTEES few nights ago, is being issued
again, but Turner is threatened with assassina.
ton if he does not cease attacking corrupt lead.
ers and bribed judges.
Speaking of Forney's abjoct submission to the
domination of Cameron since Tuesdays election,
the Springfield Republican says, lit would be al.
most waste Of honest emotion to despise him.
Three thousand men are now hammering
away in the Brooklyn navy yards. Only two
vessels are building, but the three thousand men
are kept on hand because their votes are wanted
There is sorrow among the Grant men,
Blanton Duncan has gone to Europe. The ob.
ject of this sudden departure is not known but
the supposition is that he goes direct to France
to put in claim to the throne as the original
Bourbon. Let President Theirs be on his
guard.
Hon. II. G. Kerr was defeated for Congress
man at Large in Indiana by only 146 votes. Mr.
Kerr, it is runored, will contest with view to
showing up some Of the Mortou.Holloway ring
frauds.
The people Of Pennsylvania, since the election,
are cong:atslating themselves that the psrdoned
convict, Yerkes, was not a candidate for govern.
or OF the state, for he would have been elected.
After all We ought to be rather grateful to the
! trio of thleves-Grant, Cameron and Hartranft-
tor not returning larger majority for the
thieves own ticket in Pennsylvania. They could
just as we'll have had hundred thousand as thr
ty thousand majority.
In the Ninth Indiana Congressional District,
Nef, the Liberal candidate, defeat. Shanks by a
| small majority. A township has been found in
| which forty-three Shank tickets were rejected,
because they were not properly printed. This
| means, OF course, that Shanks will get the seat.
Here is q little sum in political arithmetic for
the GRANTEES to cipher upon. Mr.. Grant holds
Pennsylvsuis and Ohio and loses Indiana II
the Democrats and Liberal, thus gain one GU,
of every three States Mr. Grant has Lett, how
much will he be beaten in the electoral yote2
Poor Forney Russell Errett, Cameron 3 man.
ager in Pennsylvania, telegraphs to the pra-i-
dent that J. W. Forney must not he permitted
to stump Pennsylvania for him. There's r ..
signed 10 that the people are tired % f .-a.r .-
will not hear him and he will dsulagc 4a, -...es
he espouses
Charles O'Conor says of Horace Greeley:
"Of transcendent ability, and Of energy m
equaled, there is no room for comparison between
| himself and his rival
The man who speaks thus of the Liberal cav .
didste for President, isn't going to ,l.3v any
insurmountabls straws in the way Of L.. .cc-
| ton.
Notwithstanding the adverse result il lite
elections, the Liberal ranks are uudsmayed, md
ate receiving accessioIs of strength In a card
to the Lacon Qll) Statesman, Judge S. L. Rich.
mond declares his intention to support Greeley.
The Judge has been claimed by the GRANTEES,
and has been coquetted with in the hope that he
would at least declare for O'Conor.
Simon says wig.wag, and straishtway the
vaults Of the United States Treasury open for
the benefit Of Hartranft. Simon says wigwag,
and the doors of the penitentiary open and steps
Yerkss to swear aud vote for Hartranft. Simon
says wig.wag, and forty thousand fraudulent
votes are added to the thieves own ticket Veri.
ly. Simon is q magnificent old scoundrcl.
DR.. Muhlenburg, the United States Collector
of Internal Revenue, at Lancaster Pa, who is
under arrest for an attempt to bribe the election
judge to stuff the ballot box against Buckalew,
is the brother.in.law of Simon Cameron! How
many of Camerons agents succeeded in efforts
like this where his brother.in law failed, it would
be interesting to know.
| Marys little lamb is again on the war path.
1t would be relief to the public if some philan-
thropic individual would convert that sheep into
mutton, Here is the last poetical effusion on
the subject;
Mary had little lamb,
/ She got it from her aunt,
1t was so fond at TAKING things,
She called it U. S. Grant.
| Since Tweed aud O'Brien, ia New York hove