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
wranging, adjourned, as intmatcd in on
last, without transacting any business bcyonC
the adoption of a few unimportant resolutions
The wrangle was over a motion to appon
committee to call convention to nominate
an independent farmers ticket, and as might
have been foreseen, there were republican
politicians enough foisted into the conven
ton to break it up in row rather than allow
such a resolution to pass. There are three OF
four candidates contending for the nomna
ton of the Republican County Convention
for County Clerk, and each of these had
secured The county to get his friends into the
farmers convention to prevent any movement
by that body that might endanger the success
Of the republican ticket this fall The Otta
wa RebEblican talks Of "trcksters" in the
convention. The only "trlckstcrs" 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 l. becoming so general throughout the
west
The Influence, activity and managing and
iactious skill oftheSe gentlemen ought to have
been iorcscen, and no attempt made to wrcst
the county association from its ordinary pur
poses to take hand in the new party move.
ment. While the County Farmers Associa.
tions generally, where the counties are thor
oughly organized and the delegates represent
live active societies, are an admirable means
to give impctuS to the Independent move
mcnt IN t2Tor OF political reform, they are not
in county Nike La Sale, where less than
lali the t0Whc are organized, and the socic.
ties generally are torpid, TO be relied upon TO ;
lead OF in 80 important movement.
The " New Party movement is not an af
fair exclusively of the farmers Itisamovc
ment that challenges the support of The
PEOPLE of all classes, grades and OCCUPATIONS
'''o '''"' '---~'i' - INC primal fact
mat neither Of the two great political parties
now in existence is TO be trusted TO bring
about those reforms in, our. state and national
government, 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. Jts principles, as held by Il
the great majority are honorable cOnscrya. d.
tive, just and conducive to the best roycrp. y
mcnt, and the masses of the party are patro. f.
one ana honest; but ii is controlled by leaders ,r
many of whom are selfish demagogucs, and .,
not II few corrupt and unreliable. Where they 81
have attained power and place, they have too
often dlsgraccd those who placed them there,
by dabbllng in disreputablc jobs and salary OF
grabs with all the eagerneSs of the radicals &C
themselves. No persuasion will ever induce OF
the farmers ana other patriotic reiormers of NJ
The day 10 link their fortunes with the demo is
ratio party To accomplish the ends they aim fa
a.. ho
Turning to the Republican party, the pros. 81
,.cct is still more hopeless Can the farmers IN,
.cok for reform in railroad cNtortion to the
Il thors of the Pacific RaIlrorj iniUuitv, TINT
paradise of the monopoists, " here they bclped -,
k1IASelves 20 SiOOD,D00 of tlc peoples cash y,
md 3O,OOJOOO of acres Of the government ,,i
anGS besides Or to the authors Of numcr In
"a other monstrOus railroad land grabs, by hi
Niiqil two-thrds of the entire public domain hi
rave gone into the hands of the rzilroad mo N,
government finance system, 10y which eonsol.
dated capital has been enabled 10 Law its
,rongaardsp on our entire legislative system, M,
I'd made tie nitcd States Treasury the vas ca,
al of Wall street? Or 10 the authors OF the 90,
resent tariff laws by which the iron nasters. uo
nc cotton, salt, lumb Der and shoe leather rjpns -
= "'"'' PcVy "ohopoI'cs, are tho
na6led to rob the people of a sum estimated tn,
y that great political economist, Commits NO.;
oner Hcls, at SjO0000,00 year: The re %
ubic2n party, in their local conventions and o,.
.!say pass eloquent resolutions civ,
gainsi rulrCE1 cNtOrtiOn and treasury steals o.
enerally; trt'Tc look in vain 10 their press ..I,
'aders' meAhoFs Of congress or high govern
tent officials for promises of relief from rob ,
cries OF the pihe.ings of the treasury rings hi,
nd Wall street bank monopolists and public tia,
underers. la siiOr-, the entire system of the hoy
publican party u one 10 foster MONOPOLY Ton,
ID paicrnalism, ana j. the exact opposite of cor,
at S'''n u '"cA government, freedom wit
ON restriction, and equal rights which is
e basis of the modern demand for reform.
our little local republican politicians mis- r
&c nightly il they imagine they can i'm In,
de the new party movement in his county :, N
On imagined capture " Of the farmers and
nvention. They are just as big fools as the in :,
mocrau would be TO calculate on securing
success of their party by capturing tie TT
arIAers' Association" The new party ns n
vement is something away above and be. Fan
~ the control OF any petty machinery and Len