The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-09-13
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION,


delegations were in attendance from all TIT
towns but two or three. The large attend
ance, considering the few offices to be dispos
ed of, indicated that the party just now, fol
some reason, must have pretty big scare on
and in the course of the proceedings severa
incidents occurred to develOpe what the scare
is about.
After making Mr.Burwell, of Seneca, chair
man, and appointing committee on creden
tials. the Hon Frank Corwin was introduced
10 make n speech Frank was in a position to
feel good. His seat in congress safe for two
years, his monthly salary stipend of $685. C
reaching him regularly each month, what was
10 prevent his being happy? But Frank was
not happy. Instead of one of those confident
,xultant harrangues he was wont to give MS
on such occasions he got down low on the
stool of humiliation and repentance. The
substance of his speech was, depreciation OF
The assaults of the farmers on the sins of the
republican party, full confession OF those
sins, but very fervent procstatons Of pcni-
tence and purposes of amendment hereafter.
and land steals, fearful plunderings by the
railroad and tariff monopoliSts and all sorts
OF corruption in high places, and all under
republican rule; but the party would purify
itself "Scc," said brother Corwin, here are
all the drafts for my salary as congressman
under the grab law | have not drawn my
money on one Of them, but keep them safely
in my pocket | may never draw that mo-.
ney--ahl for intend to advocate a repeal Of
the salary grab lawm Great sensation)
Then, before proceeding to make nomina-
tons, the committee on resolutions were call
ed upon to report Charley Blanchard had
worked on those resolutions a week, and he
was ready to produce them any time. He
mounted the stand and read them with an en-.
phasis and ntonation that would have done
honor to u reading clerk at Washington. The
resolutions are the shcercst Buncombe. They
claim for the republican party the credit for
every thing good that has happened through.
out the world in the last Is years and though
admitting that official corruption, rapacity
and unfaithtuness' have crept into the public
service to an alarming extent, contend that
such things are unavoidable. There is the
usual "fapdoodlc" about being in favor off
cheap transportation, equal rights" and dis
position Of the offices among "all classes Ga
hit at the farmers,) and a very wishy-washy
resolution ON the tariff question, about rather
taxing the Injuries than the nccessares Of
life. In the resolution condcmnng the sala-
~ grab, Mr. Hart, of Earlvillc, desired to in
cludc "a condemnation of the increased pay
voted to the president rs well as to the
members of congress, but the amendment was
voted down.
Then the nominations were made.
Cha,. $. Miller, of La Sale, was nominated
Cor county judge without opposition.
On clerk there was a sharp fight between
McCalcb, Stockslagcr and lIerrick, Stocksla
ger lcadlngon the first ballot, but the lIerrick
men went over to McCacb and the onearm-
cd soldier WAS laid out,
Our old friend Geo. \. True, of Waltham |
was nominated for treasurer without serious
|opposlion and Mr. Williams, of course, for
school commissioner. We say "of course, " |
but Mr. John lloycy had doubts about it, |
Mr.. Williams had been nominated by the I'm
dependents last week, and he wanted to
know which party he belonged to, Mr. VIII |
| iams explained He was republican and
meant TO stick to the party but AS the Office was
not a political one, he was open to nomina.
Iiion b. any re.noc;ab!c body of men
Orcoursr We have not a word to say against |
i rhe men whom the convention nominated |
f'Thcy are just as good but not better men for
81 Ehe Offices than those nominated last week. |
I I'VE Shall urge the electors of the county toi
vote again,, the republican ticket for very
j iGcrcnl than personal reasons That there
Is something of vastly more importance than
mcrc personal preference involved was shown
planly enough by She deep interest taken in
&bOth the conventions recently held here.
kThat something is not matter OF gucsswork
b involves the simple question, Shall the 50.
allied autimOnopDly movement of the west
-ihc strike against the domination and the
corruption of the old parties, and in favor Of
a reorganization ct parties on a higher
{and better bu-i, fail: If the Independent or
fNew Party movement at this election should
&arry any considerable proportion OF the To-.
:. bal election, in Illinois and throughout the
Eycst they can have thing, pretty much their
&Dwn way next year: but if the farmers allow
EhcmSclyc~ again To- De creased and swallow
H. by the republican party their anti-monop.
x5ly movement will, by Christmas, he %, dead