The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-08-01
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A call appears in our cc Wa.5 lHy for
orthe 'yndcf eaael 4 rim Party
OF this congressional d!siria' flee commit
tee calling this convcniou cant into cXi i,
ence two years ago in tins way The g m,
Gratis OF his congressional -iri'l ny ~,
q convention 10 meet al Nor,i, =, ,.,, NJ
August, 1872. On the same q lit, co,,
venton was called to nee .,{,.,,,..,,, ,,r,g,.
by the Liberal Bepubi' a,<n qhn rworop
ventions having me- ,,n,,,l,;.ti,.,, o,(.,, ON.
tered into betwec' A.. ,,.,t..,,.. ,,,;,,
y, Wv W. W. les into ,nc, ana The domination
", W '''s f'arls, ol 3oliet, rs Fire nominee of
w." 4ni'cd parties for congress. And that
>avcntlon, having effected suoh union Of the
1.-TWO parties, appointed ne committee, whose
names are attached to the call published to-
day, as a central congressional district com
mittcc Of the new or ;hs "lndepcnden! Libcr-
al Reform Party" with power to perfect It's
organization in the district, call future CON
yentions, sc The committee is the only one,
representing parties opposed to the republi-
can party, in cX s,encc IN the district author
| lied TO call such Il convention.
II is true that, since tnat committee was ap
pointed, the &nti-monopoly movement has
sprung into being a1dlhr Decatur and Spring
field conventions vc been held, putting q
different phase upon the organization of par
ties from that existing in 1872. But the
difference is very little more than in name.
4 ,T> ,f
exactly with the Independents of 1874 in aim
and principle, and both are agreed with equal
heartiness in their opposition to republi.
canism. They stand together againstrepubli-
canism on the great questions OF tariifretorm,
revenue reform, interference with the local
governments Of the southern rtatcs, and in de
handing that the business Of manufacturing
paper money for the people shall be run by
the government and not in the interest and
for the sole profit Of the the national bank
monopoly.
There is no reason, therefore, why all 0p-
ponents Of the republican party in this dis
trct may not heartily unite in scccnding the
call of this congressional convention, sending
delegates to it, and taking care that good
man is put in nomination, whom all car
heartily sappjit. Tic republican candidate
in this district will be Frank Corwin. Be
sides that he is in no sense strong man, or
such rs the district ought TO have in congress,
he Is with the body Of the republican party
in opposing any effective movement in con
gress in favor of tariff or revenue reform, en-.
dorses the Louisiana and similar outrages in
the treatment of .he south, and is pledged
with the balance Of his party 10 the mainten,
ancc of currency monopoly in the hands ofI
the national bank olgarchy
AS in this congressional district, so in Ia
Sale county, there is no democratic comsuit.
tee in existence, but IN lieu of it coiGgattee
of the same independent Reform party of
1872 We hope, therefore, that this commit
tee will make no delay to call county con
vcntion to appoint delegates to this congress
ional convention at Morris, and t, take such
other steps as may be deemed advisable 10
effect a thorough organization Ia this county
of all the elements of opposition " republi-
canism into one live, earnest party.