The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-23
IKE NEW PARTY MOVEMENT


city on Friday Of last week, after half day
wrangling, adjourned, as ntimatcd in on
last, without ransactng any business bcyon
the adoption ola few unimportant resolution
The wrangle was over a motion TO appoin
committee to call convention TO nominal
an independent farmers ticket, and. as nigh
have been iorcseen, there were republican
politicians enough toistcd into the Conven
ton to break il up in row rather than ALLOW
such a resolution to pass There are three o
four candidates cOntending for the nomina
ton OF the Republican County Convention
for County Clerk, and each of these haC
secured Tie county to get his friends into the
farmers convention toprevcnt any movement
by that body that might cndanger the success
Of the republican ticket this fall The Otta-
wa Rebnbl{ca@ talks Of "trickscrs in the
convention The only "trIckstcrs were these
republican candidates, and their trick was
TO stock the convention so as to prevent any
action favorable to the new party movement,
which Is becoming SO general throughout the
west.
The Influence, activity and managing and
lactIous skill oithcsc gentlemen ought to have
been forcscen, and no attempt made to wrest
the county association from its ordinary pur.
poses, to take II hand in the new party move.
ment. While the County Farmers Associa
tons generally, where the counties are thor
oughly organized and the delegates represent
live, active societies, are an admirable means |
bn inln
meht IN iaFor OF political reform they are not |
IN county Like La Sale, where less than
nan The t0wh1 are organized, and the socic.
ties generally are torpid TO be relied upon to
lead OF in 50 important a movement.
The " New Party" movement is not an az |
fair exclusively Of the farmers. 1t isamovc.
mcnt that challenges the support of The
PEOPLE OF all classes, grades and occupations
...v "'"' ,--.,aio primal fact !
that neither Of The two great political parties |
now in existence is to be trusted TO bring
about those reforms in ourstatc and national
governments which the welfare of the people
and the very safety Of our Institutions abso
lutcly demand. There is no need of blinking
or conCcaling it, the democratic party is
practically dead its principles, as held by
the great majority are honorable, conscrya.
ave, Just and conducive TO the best govern ,
mcnt and the masses of the party are patro +
otto and honest: but is controlled by leaders
many OF whom are selfish demagogucs, and o
not airw corrupt and unreliable Where they
have attained power and place, they have too
often disgraccd those who placed them there.
by dabblng in disrcputablc jobs and salary o
grabs with all the eagerness of the radicnIs c
themselves No persuasion will ever induce o
the farmers and other patriotic retormers of "
The day 10 link their fortunes with the demo. is
cratic party to accomplish she ends they aim IA
st. D.
Turning TO the Republican party, the pros. s.
tect Is still more hopeless Can the farmers II,
Look for reform in railroad cEtortion to the
al thors Of the Pacific Railrofd iniuuitv, that
paradise Of the monOpolists, " here they helped -,
themselves To Si0G00,J00 of tllc peoples cash, y
and @OUOOOOO of acres Of the government -
LANDS beSidcSy Or to the authors of numcr :,
ous other monstrous railroad land grabs, by h
whlqa two-thirds of the entire public domain h
nave gone into the hands of the railroad mo !,
lopo.iftsE Or 10 the authors ID the present nj
Zoverrmcn, finance system, by which eonso!
datcG capita! has been enabled 10 Law It's
trong grasp on our entire legislative system, n,
md made TIE United States Treasury the vas .,
al OF Wall street? Or TO the authors az tl.c ce
present tariff laws by which the iron masters. u,
hc cotton salt lumber and shoe leather rims. >,
md thCEsand other petty monopolics, are .b.
nabled to rob the people of a sum estimated To-
y that great political economist, Commits NO
Toner "clS, at 100000, 900 years The re- o.
publican par'y, in their local conventions and On,
gatherings, I.ay pass eloquent resolutions al,
gainst raIlTCG1 cXtOrtion and treasury steals o.
generally. lrtTc look in vain 10 their pres .,.l
eaders, meabcF1 Of congress or high govern
ncnt officials for promises of relief from rot. ,
eries, OF the pihe.ings of the treasury rings hi,
,'u van street D]hK moh"poilsts and public ito
lunderers. Ia siiu7- the entire system of the h
publican party Is one TO foster MONOPOLY ,o.
nd patcrnaism, ana i the exact opposite of on,
nat system Of local government freedom =, :,
ON restriction, and equal rights which is 49,.
e basis of the modern demand for reform.
Our little local republican politicians mis- 7
Ike nightly j. they imagine they can i'm in,
de the new party movement in his county Sal
On imagined capture Of the farmers and
invention. They are just as big fools as the in ,
would be TO calculate on securing
2 success Of their party by Capturing the T
farmers Association The new party IL
,ycment is something away above and be Far
nd the control Of any petty machinery and Lee