The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-07-27
The Convention on Tuesday,

@AS SOnSCALAOll OiA l uCSlldy.
Tuesday was notable day in the political
history OF La Sale county. On that day three
conventions, representing three different lo.
htical parties-the democratic, the liberal re-
publican and the labor unlon--mct in Ottawa
to nominate candidates for county offices. As
the three parties cordially unite in the COM
mon cause ofopposition to the present corrupt
administration, and in support of the election
OF Greeley and Brown, there was no reason
why the three should not unite in the support
OF the same candidates for local officers. Re
garding the matter in that light, the different
conventions had no sooner met than overtures
were passed from one to the other for a union
upon common ticket. The prelimnaries of
such union or fusion were finally arranged
upon the basis that the democratic and liberal
republican conventions should etch select q
committee of fifteen, and the labor union con-
vention committee Of nine, the three com.
mittees to meet in conference AID agree upon
and present to the separate conventions for
approval a common ticket for all. The com
mittees were duly appointed and met, and af
ter somewhat protracfed session presented
the following ticket:
For SeDator--Charles Hegeer
Representatves--G. w. Armstrong, WIN.
Cogswell.
Sheril--Danlel Blake.
Circuit Clcrk-M Il. Maloney.
Recorder-C. II. r. Thomas
County Attorney-J w. Duncan.
Coroner-Dr. }. NJ. Boyle.
In the committee, the liberal republicans
asked for but one candidate, the senator, and
were satisfied by taking Mr.. Hegeler The
labor union menlaskel for but one candidate
"a representative they were satisfied
with Mr.. CogsweIl. The other candidates
were democrats
The ticket 'l1ns made up was promptly APP
proved by the liberal republican and the la
Dor union conventions; but IN the democratic
convention it met with storm of opposition.
There Is no doub, but the democrats expected
the nomination OF II. X. Boyle, Esq, for sena-
tor, and felt disappointed at his being dropped
to make place for Mr.. Heccler; and yet, as
the liberal republicans had asked for but that
one Office, 3 ma ority OF the convention, on
coming toa vote, was found ready, for the
sake of harmony, I" yield it. Then there were
at least three prominent caudidntcS for sher.
if before the democratic rn,v"ution-Blake,
Donlevy and nyrnv and tor the last two TO
be choked cf Ni'huut even a vote, by the ac.
ton OF n committee. was not 10 be thought of.
The convent NJ therefore decided not to ap.
prove OF The nomination OF the conference com.
mittee for sheriff, ou to proceed to ballot for
candidate. TIL" ballot, however, showed a
majority over all IN the convention in favor of
the conference candiaate-Mr. Blake-upon
which the entire ticket, as presented by the
conference committee, was adopted, with the
exception that, as Mr., Maloncy had declined
to accept the nomination for circuit clerk, and
DIR. Boyle that for coroner, the name of ]. I,
Montgomery was substituted for the former
and tina, Of DR.. ]. J. Finley for the latter.
We have presented these facts here at some
length although they appear in the otiicia
proceedings Of the conventions elsewhere, t.
emphasize the tact that the ticket presented
by the conventions on Tuesday, whatever oh
.jections may be made to one or two individ
uals upon it, was fairly and honomby nomin
ated, and ought in good faith, to he supported