The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-07-06
The s tate Ticket.

In placing at the heal of our columns the
eral republicans last week at Springfield, it
Is proper that we should say word in leier-
ence to the men whose e elton We thus ill.,
dictate our purpose to advocate.
The ticket, ~ our readers are aware, is made
up alternately OF democrats and republicans
1t is headed by GustaE us KGrner, liberal
republican, Of St. C'air county. He is q Ger
man 10y BIRTH but has resided IN this country
nearly 40 years BY profession " lawyer, IN
lS4j he WAS appointed judge Of the I'd Judi
Gal Circuit, and rs such was one OF the asso-
cia,c justices Of the Supreme Court, In 1852
he Was elected Lieutenant Governor on the
ticket with GOV. Mat,son. and Was one Of
the best presiding officers The scna,, ever had.
In the Kansas Nebraska excitement of 1854 he
became Il republican, and in 1861 was uppoin.
ted by President Lincoln minister to Span, a
position h.. filled with honor to himself and
credit to his country. He was never partisan
enough to cling to what his Judgment tod
bin was wrong, whence his detection from
the republlcanism of to-day was natural and
inevitable He is a statesman and II scholar,
and having served the state IN high official pc,
sitions for nearly thirty Gears with ability and
fidelity, 1t was appropri that he be placed
in nomination for the FIRST office IN the gilt of
the people OF this state.
Gen. John {. Black, Of Champaign county.
the nominee for Lieutenant Governor, is Il de-
mocrat, and one of the most eloquent orators
in the West. lie was a brave soldier in the
war for the preservation OF the Union and is
immensely, ular in the south eastern por-
ton of the late.
Edward Eummell, Of Peoria. the candidate for
Secretary OF State, is well known TO the people.
lie is the pr ,ent incumbent of that office, hav-
ing been elected by the republican party in 1865
He was among the first to establish the liberal
cause, and his unanimous nomination by the
conventions o.. Wednesday, is an Indication OF
his popularity with the people. Mr., Rummell
Is a native OF Germany.
For Auditor, Daniel OHa,ra, u present Clerk
OF the Criminal Court of Chicago, was nominated
lie Is a warm.hotrted Irisnman, and n Democrat
OF the true metal. His qualifications for the
Office are undoubted and his high character for
personal integrit! will cause thousand to vote
the ticket lie WAS the best man tina. could
have been named Tor the position
Charles II. Lamphier, nominee for State Treas.
Urer, is too well kuown to the people of Illinois
to require an introduction from us, A. editor
of the state Hegit,c the leading Democratic
paper of Illinois, l. n the confidence Of every
Democrat in the 5 He is homes, and cana.
bic, and will ,ecelv, the hearty support of Dem,
ocrats and Liberal Lepublicans.
Lawrence Weldon, Of B!oomn gtln, tho nomi.
nee for Attorney General, is a Liberal Ropubli.
can, and lawyer of ability. He was u. s.
Attorney for Southern Illinois under President
Lincoln, and will sweep the central portion Of
the State.
OF Mr.. Smith, the nominee for Supreme Clerk
Of this grand division, know little except
that he is an attorney Chicago, n Liberal
Republican, and well zen Of by all who
know him.