The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-07-27
Three Parties Meet in Separate
Conventions and Melt into One.
A Common Ticket Nomina.
ted for All.
Everybody aarmonizing for oreelev
and Brown
The Democratic Convention.

The convention was called to order by VIM.
Osman, chairman Of the central committee, who
presented John s. Armstrong for temporary
Chairman. J. 1. Montgomery and J. w. Dun.
| can were respectively appointed secretary and
assistant secretary.
On motion, Messrs. Vaughey, Reynolds and
Milligsn were appointed committee on creden.
tials.
The report of the committee on credentials
showed that full delegations were present from
all the towns except Groveland, Troy Grove and
Ophir. The two latter were then filed from
delegates present. according to the following
motion, and the report of the committee on Gre
dentials was accepted.
j. W. Browne moved the towns not represent
ed be admitted to representation by democrats
from those towns. Carried
The temporary officers of the convention were.
on motion made permanent
Lorenzo Leland moved the adoption OF the
following:
IhSoted, That q committee of one from each
town, to be selected by each town, be appointed
to appoint committee Of nine delegates, as a
| committee of conference to meet with like
committee from the Liberal Republican and La
Dor Union conventions.
Alex 'aughey opposed the adoption of the
resolution, claiming that the Liberal Republi.
cans had taken the turkey and given the buz.
zard. He did not propose 70 vote for tck.,
which had been cut and dried for two weeks
As the democrats were the larger BODY. thew
were entitled to fuller representation than a
nice little committee of nine, and he proposed
the committee should be composed OF the town
delegations in full.
Hon. e. ". Armstrong said the committee
would emily have TO agree upon the general
terms.
j. ". Browne questioned If Mr.. yaughey IN
dsrstood the resolution. The object Of ,Ae com
mittee was TO reduce the cumbersomeae,s OF the
convention.
q. 5. Wedgewood moved to amend By making
the committee 70 consist oi fifteen members.
W. r. Milligar supported the resolution It
was expected that fusion nominations woull -
made, and this could only be done by commit
| tee of conference
Lorenzo Leland accented the amendment.
which was carried amid loud cheers.
Capt. VIM Cogsweli reported tina. 4. commit
tee OF nine was in waiting for conference from
the Labor Union convention.
The following Commute. OF conference Was
submitted and accepted;
W Browne, Geo 5 Wedgewood, C A Fer
guson, G B LsGd, J Crooker, W r Mi,liyau,
NJ HOLSTER, Alex Vaughey, Daniel Mason,
George Bedford Ransom Palmer, f S Abbott,
N Donnagho, G w Armstrong and Elias
Trumbo.
Messrs. TiIlson. Evans and Abbott were ap-
pointed committee TO inform the Liberal Re.
publican and Labor Union conventions that the
Democratic committee was ready for conference
Lorenzo Leland moved the appointment of
committee of nine to attend the congressional
convention, but the motion was, after some lit
| tie discussion, withdrawn.
Hon. W. Bushnell, state attorney general, in
| response to loud calls. took the stand and sub
| stantially said, He confessed il was strange for
him to address Democratic county convention,
but he WAS no longer republican OF the old
stamp He had had the mental power and
stamina to tear the Grant collar from his neck.
the party of reform. Cheers He was pre-
pared to assume all the consequences of this
change, and he cared not what was said of his
position, as what no had done had been done
honestly and from deep.seated convictions, and
he was determined to stand by them. 1t had
been said that he was q recent convert to this
, movement, whereas the fact was that as far back
a. September, 1870. Gov. Palmer and others,
who constituted the brain of the Republican
party in Illinois, had inaugurated q reform
movement. He BushnelD had pledged himself
to support that party; he had faithfully re.
deemed those pledges, for which, as he Ind ex-
pected, he had been vilIifed. Neither Gov.
Palmer nor himself, having once put their hands
to the pillow, would turn back. 1t has been said,
Bushnell, you're y traitor" If he were trai.
tor. then Gov Palmer WIS a traitor also. II has
been further asserted that he and Gov Palmer
ought 10 resign. I" which he replied that they
Gov. Palmer. f"li"w"r,' r.presente, the brain
aud heart OF the l''inoir republicans, M we'll as
their every successful element. Were he TO re-
sign, he would he recreant to the party and
principles he represented and professed. PEG.
pie had no right to call for our designations
They might an we'll ask Judge Davis and all
the administration plunderers to resign He
would not resign. he cared not for tho per
diem or the perquisities of his Office, but no
would remain In the republican party Just as
lOug M the administration proved recreaot IN