The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-16
News Items.


Peak,
The New Orleans Picoy'ae says Of Louisi.
ana: Her lands and the sweat and labor
of her sons are mortgaged for forty years To
come to enrich her plundercrs"
Very little difference between pen.knifr
ana congressman. One has Il steel back
and the other "a back steal" that's all-IUt
h0tS J0Hrudl.
Ida Lewis the heroine of Lime Rock, ha,
separated from her husband, William vii
son, on account of non-support. She still re
mains at the lighthouse.
The New York World thus points to the
triple alliance of Grants worshIppers
simon Cameron, the chief of the Pcnnsyl
yania addition, division and silence RIM
Thomas Murphy, the head of the New York
custom House ring; and Mosby, of Virginia
have declared for Grant for a third term
The ring leaders know their man"
Donnan, one Of the Iowa salary. grabbcrs
has found another haven for hiS'n He i
fast placing 1t where it will do the most good
Not long since he placed thousand of il in
a grand piano Now he has put another
thousand in a fine set Of furniture lately or
dcrcd in Dubuque Where he will place"
his other $1,000 we Wot nOt-U,nja1,e Ul,
d!d.
Senator Matt. Carpenter, in defending hi,
congressional record and apologizng for the
increased pay, gave as one of the reasons for
its necessity that it was better to paw mem.
bcrs enough TO permit them to keep their
wives at Washington so that they would MOI
be compelled tC seek Companionship with
the dainty sex among class ofwomen whose
morals are especially Washingtonian. And
now some of his constituents want to know
how that coull affect the back.pay part of the
increase, and are making unpleasant inqui.
rics about it~Er.
Pomcroy, the Kansas corruptionis,, has
virtually confessed his guilt of the charge Of
bribery by Withdrawing a civil suit agains,
Senator York for the recovery of $1,000
This is the amount which York claimed wa,
rendered for his vote last winter, while the
Kansas Senatorial election was pending, bu,
Pomcroy ASSERTED was given to York to BE-
paid to some CthCr man to be used in the Is.
adjustment OF bank at independence.
The Washingon Chr0Hiie is ELOQUENT in
its advocacy o Justice Miller, of Iowa. for
chief justice of.he United State. The adyo.
cacy is explained by the fact that Justice
Miller is tathclin-law of the chief editor and
proprietor Of tie Cdrouicle.
Grace Greenwood put the following oonuH.
drum to Scnoor Carpenter some time ago
but at last accounts had received no answer
d" If it is han for Senator to be gooG
Christian on $4,000 a year, what are a Door
clerks chancs Of salvation at 81 1000
The Committee ofthe United States Senate
on Priyilcgeand Election will meet IN New
York in Octbcr to consider the plan of Sen
ator Mortonwho is chairman Of the commit.
tee for chaning the manner of clecunr PRES
dent The SESSIONS of the committee will
possess muh interest, as the question to be
considcrcdiS one of vital Importance, and
one that is ot likely to rest until brought ,a
some sort a conclusion.
The Dubuque HcIuH thinks il .ranac
that the lgular republican platform should
condemn tc back-pay steal and be IN favor
of the mo who did the stealing. There j.
nothing Wy strange about it. The honest
members the regular republican organi2a
ton are sdisgustcd with the corruption dc
veloped 7 last winters Investigations, ana
with the rowning iniquity Of the salary steal.
that thcoolitical managers are Obliged 60
protest iempty resolutions against the evil
for whic they feel themselves responsible
But deTlding for their bread and butter on
the flaws Of [. :. Grant, they dare not de-
nOuncche men who simply carried out the
plain Nshcs OF the President Thus the,
have tcake middle course and dcnounc.
the std, while they fattcr the man who
Onginad it.
Thc,arc having some trouble about en-
torcinSunday laws at Madison, Wisconsin
and apnc time there was serious danger Ola
riot t later accounts however, some sort
of copromisc was being agreed upon be-
twcclhe authorities and the saloon keeper
and ewcrs.
TT have been having camp meeting
Kantkcc and things have been lively ,hcr,
\ dpatch make, the following mention o..
the lair:
r Methodist camp meeting un@a~ COP
trof Mrs. Van Cot, has nearly dcpopulHtcd
thi;ity. Business is quiet, and our streets
we their Sunday garb An enthusiastic
lar of the fold, 1t the camp meeting on
ycTday related her experience. She j,
alit - years old. In a ~hrill, sharp voice
an under streak of "hOlv junction." ~hr
81 that she chad attended Methodist
crch for tine last thirty years. and three
US ago found Christ 9f = rgrlp ,r.p';u.r