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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-11-13

Gov. Iilden was elected iovcrnOr Of New
York last year by over $4,000 majority. II Is
doubtful, as we 60 TO press, whether seward
has not been elected Secretary of State, and
Spinner, greeHback, Comptroller. The 80.
coo majority for the contractlonists Is wiped
out there; the Legislature is republican and
the state officers are dOubtiul.-Chlcdgo R'
dHStridt Age.
1t Is easy enough, perhaps, to understand
the motive, but not so easy to see the sense OF
the systematic lying of both the radical
press and the associate press dispatches in
reference to the late elections. Instead OF its
being doubtful as we goto press" Qour days
after the election,) /; was perfectly well
known, Though the New York Times and
Chicago Inter- Ocealt persisted in asserting the
contrary that Seward was beaten from 49,
600 to 20,C0J for secretary of state in New
York, and that "greenback Spinner was
beaten $4,000. 1t might also have been as
well known 10 the Age that the only reason
why the democrats failed to carry New York
by their last years majority of $4,000 was,
that they were so torn up by local feuds In
New York city that the democratic majority
there was cut down to 10000 instead of being
fifty or sixty thousand, as it was last year,
and will again be at the presidential election.
In fact, the only state in which at this falls
election the democrats stood on square hard
money platform, is the only state in which
they have held their own since last year.
BY the same apparently preconcerted plan
of lying, Hartranft was reported for week
after the election to have been elected by 20,
600 to 10000 majority in Pennsylvania, when,
in point Of fact, his majority is less than TO-.
600 the fraudulent votes he got in Philadel-
phia.
SO Wisconsin was proclaimed to have gone
Overwhelmingly republican, when the re-
turns show that the democrats have carried
the state, electlng all their officers except
Governor, and he, if defeated, is clearly de.
feated by fraud, for his election is claimed
on majority of some 2,G00 in his favor in
Burnett, Polk, Barrow and Trempeleu coun.
ties, which, so far from being able to give
such majority honestly, have all together
less than 1000 population.
Last year the democracy were helped in
Massachusetts by a union with the anti pro-
and IN few western states by a
union with the antimonopolists and grangers
and in the absence Of such combinations this
year have apparently fallen behind; but on
coming down to the real facts of the case, 1t
is found that they have nowhere failed to hold
their own except where they compromised
their principles TO catch votes (as they vain
ly caTculateD by fooling with the paper
money delusion.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-11-13

The Hon. Henry Wilson, Vice President of
the U. s., had very severe attack OF illness
at Washington on Wednesday. He was al
the capital, and not feeling well, took warm
bath, after which he sat down in BARRIERS
chair to be shaved. While thus seated he be,
came unconscious, having something resem.
bling stroke Of apoplexy. He was brought
around'' again after while and no appre.
tensions are felt of any serious result at pres
ent, though it is considered doubtful whether
the Vice President will ever again recover
sufficiently to be fit for active work.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-11-13

The Ottawa Republican goes good way
beyond the truth in saying the FREE TRADER
"retracts' its
unjust and false charges against the Re-
corder, County Clerk and Circuit Clerk, for
pocketng fees not accounted for to the Board
of Supervisors 1t takes all this back and
goes so far as TO say that their acts are with
in the law, and legitimate and proper. OF
course it never meant to be understood as
charging anything wrong against these gen.
tlemen and they should not have taken them
(sicD "seriously,"as theywere not so intended.
The FREE TRADER has certainly taken
nothing "back" of what it SAID about pocket
ing certain fees or perqulsites on the part OF
some of our county officials, for what it had
SAID on that subject is VIGOROUSLY and unde-
niaDly true The FREE TRADER only denied
that it had accused the said officers, in peck
citing these perquisltes, Of violating law, or
even doing what might not be legitimate and
proper. We can only say, that we have not
looked up the law on the subject but if we
are to understand from the persistence with
which the Ottawa Republican returns to the
subject that the officials in question desire
to have 1t further ventilated, we have no
doubt the Supervisors in January can be i'll
duccd to take it up and give it 2thorough
oyerhaulIng.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-11-13
KNoW.NOTHINGIsM REVISED.

The comments OF some Of the English
journals on President Grants Des Moines
speech are not little amusing. They labor
under the delusion that Grant is very pious
purtanical, popery-hating Protestant, who
lies awake all night thinking of the spiritual
interests of forty millions of Americans and
going into raptures over his Des Moines ut
terance, they predict that he will be the cham
pon of professionalism IN the new world. Ii
would some what surprise these Journalists to
learn exactly what sort of man Grant is,
and to be informed also, that the Des Moines
speech was the hatch ofhis chaplain, the pous
Newman, who assured the president that the
"no-popery" dodge was working wonders IN
Ohio, and was very good one at any time to
play in radical politics.
While, however, the Des Moines utterance
was concocted for immediate effect IN Ohio,
there are many indications that the revival
of Know othingism, of which II is the ini'
tei,ive step, is fully determined on as one of
the elements to be lugged by the radical par.
ty into the next presidential contest. The
howl against foreigners and Catholics did
good service not only in Ohio, but was drag.
ged IN effectively in many of the more benght.
ed districts of New York and Pennsylvania,
and was even made to do service in the recent
Chicago city election. Radical republican,
ism, in its essence, after all, is puritanism,
In the eyes Of the high priests of the party,
Grants contessors, like Newman, Tiffany,
Simpson and Paine, when you say German,
you say infidel atheist, materialist, totally
depraved; and when you say 1rIshman, you
say panlst, worshipper of idols, heather,
Nothing, IN the estimation of these politico-
religious iricksters, would give radcalism a
surer hold or The protestant masses than to put
all foreigners under the political ban, and it is
also, as the ST. Louis Times forcibly remarks,
exactly "ihe idea of the religious civilization
which has produced Henry Ward Beecher
and the political slang. whangers who lent to
the civil war the bulk of its ferocity and cor,
ruDtiOnn
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-11-13

Cramps" would soon become scarce or
better behaved if every house they visit had
lady in It like Mrs. Hall, near Plano. A
tramp stopped and begged for something to
eat. Mrs. Hall, who was alone at home, gave
it to him. He then demanded money, threat.
ening to kill her If she refused to hand over.
She set the dog on him. The dog caught the
tramp by the hand; then made spring AMI
caught HIM by the throat Meantime Mrs.
Hall seized an iron rake and so belabored
the scoundrel that he was glad TO seek an
exit through the door which was locked and
secured against any further intrusion.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-11-13
Runaways

are active this week. On saturday night
team started on Columbus street and ran down
Madison smashing things generally. On wed
nesday couple Of gents drove out oil Esah
barn, and, in turning too short corner, "eio
quickly emptied into the street gutter Inc an
imal was instantly checked, and neither hul'
further than a bruised arm On Thursday a lit
tie before FIVE in the afternoon the team OF MT.
Moore, son Of Vim. Moore, started from IN rom
of Mr.. COUGHS harness shop, having been irigh'
ened in some way, probably by falling horse
collar, and ran down Main street, toward the FOX
river bridge. In passing NJ. stefel's they ran
into horse and buggy tied there, turning 'ne
buggy almost on top OF the horse oo.h lnJu,rns
Fam were soon stopped, but not till
aT,er they had enptled the carriage OF Us con-
,ants as well as breaking it badly. Nobody was
hrr,. hut one of Mr. Moores colt had leg
badly scratched,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-11-13

LOUIS Tunes insists that the revelations must
involve the destruction of the republican
party. II o. E. Babcock is guilty, then it
asserts the Republican National Committee
is guilty of using the same funds for extern
sive electioneering purposes ana "even Grant
himself is in danger of impeachment for
guilty knowledge Of the frauds" But the
Times, which has been suspected OF not being
unfrlendlY to the ring itself, may say this by
way Of soaring Bristow and the rest, so that
they may be induced to let up on the prose
cution that has now broken out atresh so iuri-
ously under the impulse of these new revela-
tions. Nevertheless, if Babcock Is really
caught, heavy suspicion Of Grant Is unavoid-
able That his own private secretary, his
daily and nightly companion, henchman and
purse holder, should have gone INTO this con
spiracy and Grant himself know nothing
about 1t is surely inconceivable and thing
nobody can be made to believe.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-11-13

Few railroads in this state have had more
disastrous financial history than the Rock.
ford, Rock Island and st. Louis The usual
process of plundering the people along the
line by inducing them to "vo,e" subscrip-
tons of stock and then forfeiting the stock by
mortgages was resorted TO, and then to exc
the thing out some money was borrowed of
German capitalists and also sunk The road
was finally sold for a song and gobbled by
the Chicago and Northwestern, which, hav
ing got it for nothing, can probably afford to
run IT,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-11-13

Here is an item of interest to tea drinkers.
Under recent act of paliament English mer-
chants are forbidden to import any tea
which, upon analysis, shall be found mixed
with other substances, so rs to render it unfit
for human food The penalty being foteit
ure of the tea, the British tea importers have
counternanded all their orders TO China and
Japan for green tea, and the trade in that
poisonous article, unfit for human food
will be brought to America and other less
sCrupulous countries.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-11-13

One of the first victims of the whisky ring
prosecutions in st. Louis was John A. Joyce,
revenue agent, who now pines in the peni.
tertiary, but who, according to the represen.
tations of the contessing dlstillers, is very
much needed on the witness stand Accord
ing to the dlstillers,-
Joyce came to them after the ring was in
full organization and working order and SAID.
casey has got to be let into this thing there
is no help for it. He knows what's going on,
and hells to pay if he isn't let in" Five
thousand dollars was demanded as hush mon.
ey, and weekly stipend afterward, Joyce un-
dertaking TO forward the money to its destin.
alton. A while after Joyce came to Fitzroy
and others in CONSERVATION and exclaimed,
"Dent has found out what Casey's getting, and
swears he'll blow on us If we don't take him
IN. Everything's gone to the devil" So the
dlstillers raised another $4,000, and increased
the assessment for Dents benefit. Afterward,
on JOyce's representations, Babcock and Or
Vile Grant were made beneticiaries In the
same way. As these heavy assessments were
made, the dstllers increased the amount Of
crooked whisky until at one time s Fer cent.
of their manufactures were escaping the reve-
nue.. From time to time Joyce showed let
tiers, and some of these were the same anony-
nous kilograms now under consideration,
explaining that they were from Dent, Bah
cock, or one Of the others, and assuring the
st. Louis members of the ring that with these
powerful friends at court, they were all right.
There is no positive evidence, therefore, thus
far, to implicate these relatives of the presi-
dent. regulations are in Joyce's hands.
The friends of Babcock, however, insist
that 1t is not necessary to connect him with
the whisky ring to account for his accumHlat-
ing fortune in five years of $250,oeO on a
salary of $4,000 year, as he "keeps but one
servant girl IN his family"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-11-13

There is no use contending against tho inc.
vtablc. The Beecher scandal Is to be revived,
with all the horrors that the word implies.
Not only is the congregations, association of
New York about to take it up, with view
to fixing the status of Mr.. Beeeher In that
communion; but another investigation is
prec,pi,ated by the action of Plymouth church
itself, which recently voted to strike the
name of Mrs. Moulton from the roll of mem
bership Mrs. Moulton appeared at the meet
ing on Friday evening OF last week and de
mandcd 10 know why that was done at
was done, she WAS blandiy told, ION account
of your continued absence from the meetings
of the church. my absence" said she, ais
an enforc d one, and is caused by the crime
of adultery committed by Henry Ward Beech.
er, pastor of this church, with enc of his par
ishioners, which know to be fact through
Mr.. Beecher's confessions TO me and through
confessions of Mrs. Tilton, and through con.
elusive evidence of the crime from other
sources. appear before the church in loyal
obedience 10 a summons which | have re
ceved, and hereby declare my disposition
and my desire TO discharge all the duties de
volving on me rs a member that are consis
tent with my knowledge of the adultery Of the
pastor and his false swearing with regard ,C
it, So there is nothing left for the church
to do but 10 investigate these charges of Mrs
Moulton and see whether these things be so
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-11-13
THE CHICAGO ELECTION,

The combination which beat Hesing, how
ever good their motives, rssorted to somewhat
dlsreputable means by which to accomplish
their ends. The chlet point they made against
the party called "Bummers," was that the
rowdy element Of the city was controlled by
free whisky and money-money in enormous
amounts In defeating Hesing, the Reform
ers themselves resorted, however to the same
potent arguments.
It is generally circulated in Chicago that
the Irish democrat, Kelley, received for his
valuable services IN running as third can
didate Twenty-Five thousand dollars He did
run, and without the slightest hope of being
elected He obtained 5000 votes, and thereby
threw the election against Heslng. Now, as
a pretence, a bold sham, so thin as to be per.
fect.y transparent to the dullest comprehen.
sion, the Journal and Times applaud Kelley
call him selfsacriicing patriot; and the
J0uyaQl so far forgets decency as TO Nominate
Kelley for mayor at the next election
A gentleman of Chicago hands US the fol.
lowing document, the authenticity of which is
not questioned, nor the facts therein even
disputed by Kelley or his friends. 1t is fac
smile of note given by NJ. W. Kerwin, OF
which the payment was guaranteed by this
same Michael Kelley and never paid, as Mr.
Kelley plead the baby act when sued.
$500. CHICAGO, Oct. IS, 1859.
Three months after date promise to pay to
the order of John O'Neill fifteen hundred
dollars in the event of my election to the Of.
fee of collector of the South town Of Chica-
90. Value received. NJ. W. KERwIN.
Observation-Disclosures KELLEY"
A man who would repudiate his own obi
cations is hardly fit to be named for Mayor
of great city like Chicago.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-11-13
INTER. OCEAN.-The annual announce

INTER OCEAN.-The annual announce
ment OF the Chicago Inter,Ocedn will be found
on our 9Th page to-day. While we think no
more of its politics than we do of those OF the
Chicago Times or Tribune, we can sly with
entire truth that for straightforward, out
spoken square and manly advocacy OF the
claims of the party to which it belongs the IN.
IS infinitely ahead ofeither ofthe other papers
named, while on the score of editorial ability,
industry in gathering news, and all that which
goes 10 add value to a metropolitan newspa-
paper, the Inter.Ocean has no superior in the
pOuptrv
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-11-13
Germany.

Germany is at present undergoing the Sc
we're ordeal of business revulsion after the
flush times and overproduction that succeeded
the war with France. The depression IN
trade is so keenly felt by the industrial classes
that the government has been requested as
means of preventing acute distress, to resort
TO the measure successfully adopted IN the
last two wars, namely, the establishment OF
lean banks. The government has not as ye'
shown much inclination to accede to the re-
ouest Serious distress is anticipated among
the industrial working classes during the
coming winter, and approhensions are also
entertained of a crisis in financiai circles.
Robert Won Mohl, statesman and political
economist, is dead.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-11-13

The Presbyterian church at Henry, ILL.,,
has called the Rev. }. 5. CendennlHg, the
New Jersey clergyman who enjoyed good
deal of notoriety last year from being charg.
cd with Bcecherism, or something worse,
and Mr.. G.. is understood to have accepted
the call. He was tried on the charge, in
New Jersey and acquitted, but prefers, it
seems, 10 live far away from scenes that must
be fraught with painful seminiscehces.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-11-13

One of the auspicious results of the demo
cratic victory in Mississippi will probably be
the election of L. Q. c. Lamar TO the L. S.
Senate. Contrast the immense distance be.
tween such man and the Ameses, Revels,
Alcorns and the like that carpet-bagger radl'
calIsm had thrust into the senate, and some
idea may be formed of the immense stride
forward that Mississippi has just taken.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-11-13
turkey.

There is apparently no change in the aai-
tude of the Herzegovinians.
A Vienna telegraph to The london Morning
Standard states that $4,000 Servian militia
men have assembled on the frontier, and thar
Servia has sent an agent to Paris and London
TO raise loan.
The waywodes, or military commanders Oh
Bosnia and Herzegovina, have convokeu al
assembly for the purpose of proclaiming
national government
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-11-13

Moody and Sankey, in all their pious e.
forts, are not mindful Of the "main chance"
Brother Sankey's hymns having proved very
popular, New York publisher proposed to
give them larger circulation as well as TO
turn an honest penny, by getting out cheap
edition Of them. 1t turned out, however,
that the pious evangelists were unwilling IL
iorego the profits they had derived from the
exclusive sale OF the hymns, and had the pub
Usher eDjcined. Salvation, at least IN that
form, is not as free as it was supposed to be