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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05
Two very coniemntible lies about renresen.

Two very contemplate lies about represen.
tative Morrison of this state, chairman of the
house committee on ways and means, have
been added to the base coinage of the Inter-.
Ocean den at Chicago. one is, that Morrison
had appointed as clerk Of his committee a
man who had named son John Wilkes
Booth, in honor Of the assassin OF President
Llncoln 1t turns ont that the boy was nam.
ca John Wilkes without the Booth in honor
Of his uncle and grandfather Of that name
The other lie is, that Morrison had struck out
ofthc brief biography that was given OF him in
last years congressional record, all that re-
lated to his service in the war; to crafty the
southern members of the house. 1t appears
the publisher of the preaent record wanted
the Biographies of last year cut down, and
Morrison let HIM use his own pleasure in the
business, so that his war record was struck out
without his agency. The iatcrOcea@ has
lately developed such an astounding genius
for lying as to suggest that its principal edl-
tor must be either the father or very near
relative of Don Piat or Jimmy Blanchard.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05

Springfield, the capital OF Illinois, like
good many other ambitious little cities, has
gone on mourning expenses, debt and tax
alton, and fostering pestilent brood of tax
eaters, until taxation has been carried beyond
the verge Of endurance. The last tax levied
amounted TO trife over six per cent. on all
properly, real and personal, in the city. As
that exceeded in most cases the honest earn
ings Of the people, they naturally rebelled
The law was appealed to and the tax cOllec-
tor enjoined. This of course left the tax eat
ers without any further pabulum, or the hope
of any; and as, under present laws, drawing
orders OH the treasurer without money in the
treasury TO meet them is unlawful, the Mayor
had no recourse but TO remove all the city
oGcers-clerk, treasurer, police, fire depart
ment &c, &c, making a clean sweep, 80 thai
the city is left without municipal officer en-
titled TO pay, and without gas light. laml
lighters, street scavangers, or anything
the city being practically "defunci IN the alb
straci and municipality played out" How
all this is TO end is now the conundrum tina
occupies her wise heads.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05

CANAL FIGUREs-The type fiend" leu.
phemism for thickskulled compositor) made
US, in the brief reference in last weeks FREE
TRADER TO the Canal Commissioners report,
present some rather surprising figures. Pat
ting the receipts at Sl23,5S5I5, and cost of
maintenance at "27l ,Os5.79," a balance was
figured out of $40 S9l Al ocer expenses. In the
way of doing much with little, the miracle OF
the loaves and fishes il the only one on record
tina, can he cited as parallel. The blunder
consisted in the compositor setting up the
figures "211, 0s5" instead of "SGl,00j."
To be more specific, in the report of the
commissioners, on pages II TO 10, an itemlzed
statement is given, showing the amounts and
TO whom paid, for repairs and maintenance
of the canal for 1879, footing up Gl,OOj.19
and even in that sum are included 81 .202. 60
paid tn Macarthur x Smith for timber not yet
used, and $4,000 expended in 1873, so that,
deductlng these suns, the real COS; Of main.
,enance and repairs for 1870 was but $59,424.
II. In referring TO previous reports, we find
that in 1872 the cost of maintenance and re
pairs'' was Sl3G9S5SO, and in 1873 about
$4,000. The cost for 1879 being brought
down 10 Sj9,isi shows that some progress
has been made in tina, quarter at least at our
state administration in reducing expenses.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05

"The displaced postmaster of the House OF
Representatives was a union solder in the
Michigan cavalry, and was in the command
which captured DAVIS The man who sue.
ceeds him was a maj or in the Confederate
army.-Jolict Republican,.
To which the Joliet Siaaal replies with PIT
iless severity
The displaced postmaster of the Jolid post
Office, is Capt. Arson Patterson, a good Re
publican, who was soldier in the Unipn ar.
my, and received severe wounds while gal
lantly fighting under the stars and stripes
His successor, James Goodspeed, present ed
itor of the Joliet nepubltcdn, was during the
war a substitute broker, and bought and sold
human flesh and blood, and made bis thous
ands thereby, but VINO never sholldered a
musket to help defend the nation!
Con gresham For. seems to be in the same
awkward position with the editor o. the Jol
let Republican. An exchange from his dis
trict touches HIM up IN this way:
Congressman Fort introduced resolution
in congress opposing the discharge OF Grip.
Piled soldiers from official positions. That
was good idea. In all Mr.. Forts district
there was only one crippled soldie' in Office
he was postmaster; and Fort hal him re-
moved to give place to stay lat hone patriot
Fort is consistent and loveth the solder II UGH.
ly, he's nice man, this man Fort is. \ dem.
ocratic exchange hits the mark when it calls
HIM the congressman with typographical
error in his name.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05

NEW CESTURy.--This is the name of q
monthly publication, issued at the low rate of
81 year, under the auspicles of the "lnter.
lational Free Trade Alliance" organized for
freedom and politico.eoonomlc reform, head
quarters IN New York. AS free trade is to be
pre-emincntly the question Of the new cen.
Jury O. the republic, and every citizen is in
duty bound to become acquainted with the
subject, there is no way of dong SO more eff.
actually ana cheaply than by subscribing for
adjudication like this. II is not one sided
affair, but devoted to a full, fee. and fair dis.
cussion. q. ID. +. Randolph & Co., go Broad.
way.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05

But never let the fact be lost sight of that
the cncroachmen.s and plottings ofapital are
at the bottom Of our greatest disress-the
cause OF the paralysis of our industries and OF
the threatened bankruptcy of the naion. And
then never let it be forgotten that capital Is
growing constantly more arrogan and op.
pressivc, and that the old parties artits instru.
ments of enslaving the people. This being
true there is but one road out of tn, difficulty
but one way of lesscning taxes and prevent
ing future outrages on the part OF cpital, and
that is an honest and energetic support OF the
Independent ent-lHduStrM Age.
There is room TO suspect that tn writer of
the above sentences meant TO say something
but as there is no positive proof ofthe fact in
the sentences themselves, we Civ, him the
benefit of the doubt. Webster defhes capital
to be ~ stock employed in trade manufac-
lures" &c; and the books gencnlly define
capital To be whatever Is devotedto produc.
tion," rs machinery, raw material &c, or the
money employed in purchasing hese. Ac-
cording TO the above, then, it is the cotton
manufacturers buildings, looms, raw mate
r!als, &c, that are "at the bottom II our pres
ent distress" or the wagon makers steam en-
gincs, turning latheS, dried oak and hickory
timber, &c, that are constantly erwing more
arrogant and oppressive" &c. Il that what
the writer means Probably lot; but il
hemcans something else, why don't he say so
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05

Boston is coming to her senses. For many
years the only commercial city Of note in the
country that blindly clung to its decisions in
favor of high tariffs and restrictions on com.
merce, 1t now leads off in organizing a Free
Trade Club in whose membership many OF
its most distinguished names are enrolled,
and putting forth a stirring address, which
is full of aggressive declarations like these
We believe that the highest right of prop.
erty is the right TO freely exchange it for 9th.
or property and that any system Of law which
denies or restricts this right for the purpose
of subscribing private or class interests re-
attirms the principle of slavery.
We believe that man who coniesses that
he can't get an honest living by his own sX.
ertions, and therefore calls upon the commu-
nifty TO tax themselves TO help support him, is
pauper in every sense of the word; and that
the time has come to stop talking about pau.
per labor abroad, and see if we cannot get
along without pauper labor at home.
We believe that the system OF protection, as
now taught and carried on in the United
States, is second only in villainly to the sys-
TEN of American slavery as it existed prior TO
the rebellion.
And so believing, we pledge ourselves as a
Club In the interest Of abundance, human
comfort and happiness, and in opposition to
restriction, scarlty, poverty and discomfort
to do all IN our power to advance the recog
milton and nationa! adoption OF the principles
of free trade.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05

Senator Morton, in his Mississippi speech
in the L. 5. Senate two weeks ago, confessed
that he had few facts to 20 upon in challeng.
ing the honesty of the Mississippi election last
fall, but while he believed the Commute he
proposed TO raise would find no difficulty in
unearthlng tor inventng) facts abundanIly
he meantime related one fact, which he SAID
was indisputable. That was, that few days
before the election Capt. Allen, commanding
Il small detachment of federal troops at Jack
son, had been induced 10 lend democratic
mass meeting cannon to fire salules, &c.
but said cannon had been retained by tn,
democrats and used on election DAY In init
midaie The loyal blacks. When Morton,
story reached jackson, Capt. Allen, who thus
stood accused Of turning over government
ordnance to the rebel democracy Ia in,imi
date loyal voters demanded a court mar
tial, which was at once summoned and IN,
matter investigated. Thedecision of the court
though composed entirely Of loyal" officers
is that there is not word of truth in tn
story Capt. Allen had allowed the demo
Gratis, exactly as he had allowed the republt
cans. theuse of gun TO FIRE a few salu,es. AM
that was all there was OF H.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05

Bloomington has gone 10 work on big
scale 10 get up Centennial celebration for
1he Fourth Of July. Some twenty citizens
have Issued a call for meetings to be held in
each township in the county to select dele
gates for 3 county convention, which is to
start the Preparations for the grand "blow
out The convention is TO decide upen the
plan Of the affair, and appoint the necessary
committees to carry the plans out That
looks like business
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05

As the recent meeting OF the Republican
No,,onoI Committee took place in Washing
ton only = day or two after Blaine and Nor
ton had been ventilating the bloody shirt
in congress, the singular and peculiar woFu-
inc of the call the committee issued LOT .
National Convention can bear no other con
s,rnc,ion than as an intentional thrust at the
"b,oody shirt" heroes. The call OF the com
,;,,ee invites "the cooperation and support
Of all voters, without regard TO past political
differences, who are opposed to reviving sec
,ional issues, and desire to promote friendly
feeling and permanent harmony throughout
the country" This is equivalent to reading
Blame and Morton out OF the party, as surely
neither of them can claim to be opposed 70
reyiyins sectional issues" &c.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05

The democrats, at the recent cganiZaiion
of the Ohio Legislature dvailc3 thmselves OF
the opportunity to put to cruel est the stu.
ceriy of the republican patriots wlo SO loud.
" applauded the efforts of our Illinois Fort
the member of congress with ypographi
cal error in his name in behalf If the Grip
Piled soldiers. \ subordinate ofcer of the
Ohio house if representatives VS. to be cleo
ted. The republican nomine, vas a stout
healthy African brother, and the democratic
nominee was a onelegged union soldier
republican. As in congress so lere, the wal
vas fought over again, and on ,oming to 1
vote the soldier was defeated by strict party
co,c-evcry republican voting aRInst him.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05

JUDGE BREEsE AND THE PREsIDENCY.-On
this subject we find the following in the
Whitehall, Ill.,, Register:
More than fifty newspapers of the North.
west have spoken favorably of Judge Sidney
Breese of the Illinois supreme bench, for
president on the Democratic ticket next fall.
1t has been justly SAID that the democratic
party has tried everything Ia the last eighteen
wears. We have run generals, politicians, and
everything else and failed. Why not now try
a Judge, whose connection with the law has
long drawn HIM away from politics ana all
the exciting questions of politics and the war
1t is conceded generally, that Judge Breese
could carry Illinois, and there are over TWEEN
ty electoral votes; while 1t is certain no 9TH
er man but Hendricks could claim the state,
and not likely he. Judge Trumhull Gov.
.Tilden, Senator Thurman, nor none of these
could carry it.
1t may be objected that Illinois has had the
president for the four last terms. That is
what the Republicans have done, but the
Democracy of the nation has never given
Illinois anything, and consequently has never
been able TO throw off the Republican yoke
in the state. Only let the Democrats give us
the man, and the state will rush up to his
support.
Judge Breese, we are assured, ls not at all
in the position of candidate. The move
ment is with others, aud indeed. it may be
said, the popular breeze OF the day, favors
Judge Breese TOR the office. Judge Breese,
we are sure, would favor Gov. Hendricks or
some other man from the Northwest, but this
office Is neither to be sought nor declined.
And the following in the Cairo -iryus and
JOuTHGi:
The thought appears TO strike many west
ern minds simultaneously, that Judge Breese,
of the Illinois Supreme Court, Is the coming
man for the presidency in the centennial
year. This thought long has had lodgment
in our mind, and has often been expressed in
these columns. He has the purity, the wis
dom, the experience, the age aud The vigor
that well qualify him TO iDaugurate as chief
the second century of this nation
OF freemen. The people need not look fur
Their To find the man who would honor the
highest position IN their gift. More evidence
of this fact will be found in extracts from va
rious newspapers on the first page ofthis paper.
Read and reflect, then give the movement in
behalf of Judge Breese all the additional i'm
Uetus in your power.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05
Says the Aurora Beacon, commenting on an
article in the EOrkyille Mars:

Says the Aurora Beacon, commenting on an
article in the Yorkville Ners:
If the YorkvllIe Noes would reflect fo- one
moment, it would not again allow itself to
make such a silly and absurd statement as
the following: THE Republicans in the Ma
tional House of Representatives, under the
lead OF eX.Speaker Blaine have once more
revived the old hatreds engendered between
the North and the South" The NecS knows,
if it knows anything, that the introduction
of sam Randalls amnesty resolution was the
immediate cause of Blaine's terrible outburst
of Indignation, and Gartields awful state
ment OF facts.
But Sam Randall certainly had no right to
anticipate, or remotely dream, that the intro
ducton OF his amnesty bill would cause such
an explosion, because he knew, as most OF
the house knew, that Randall's bill was in
the exact words of a bill which Blaine,
less than a year ago, as chairman of the
house committe on rules, had himself pre-
pared and introduced in the house. Does
the Beac0n need any stronger evidence that
Blaine's affected horror at the idea OF now
pardonlng JEFF. Davis was hypocrtical and
in its whole scope and intention disreputa-
bic political ruse?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05

Judge Anthony Thornton, of Shelbyvllle,
H., late one of the justices Of the Supreme
Court of this state, has sold his home in Shell
by county and will remove in the spring to
Bourbon county, Kentucky, where he has
purchased farm, upon which he proposes
to spend the rest Of his days in the primitive
pursuits Of granger
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05

Hon. NJ G. Kerr, speaker ofthe lower house
Of congress, in response TO movement in
Pennsylvania in his favor for the Presidency,
firmly but respectfully declines to allow his
name to he used in such connection, but
says the democracy of Indiana will present
the name of Gov Hendricks to the democrat
ic national convention, and in his humble
Judgment the convention can do no better
than nominate him.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05

si,ion. He went Immediately to the 'front.'
where his company was placed in a regiment
commanded by Colonel George II, Thomas
A letter written by Mr.. Randall in 1861 to AS
sls,ant Secretary of War T. A. Scott is ON ilIe
in which he earnestly recommends lha'
Thomas be made Brlgader General.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05
favor.

HIN F. Lewis, OF the Hestera Rarul-he
who made such an eloquent speech at the
Changers Picnic at Ottawa last summcr-has
got into trouble. Having got INTO debt some
$4,000 or over, he is accused of an attempt
10 smuggle away or hide his property to de-
fraud his creditors.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05

Tha sun goes 10 the verge of moral and
political propriety in recognizing such pa
pers as the Joliet Signal and the Ottawa Free
Trader as within the pale of iolerable jour
n1lism.-JoItC, Sun.
The FREE TRADER has never ventured be-
yond the aforesaid verge" and therefore OF
curse has never been able 10 recognize the
Joliet Sun as within the pale of iolerable
journalism
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05

The railroad ticket agents of all the roads
from the West to Philadelphia have held sew,
eral meetings to agree on centennial passen-
ger rates, but have thus far come to no con-
clusion, and another meeting is to be held at
Louisville next Wednesday Thus far re-
duction of % per cent. on present rates Tor
round tickets has seemed TO meet with most
favor
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05

Mr.. Gra;iot Washburn, son of J.. Il. Wash
burn, minister to France, and until recently
second secretary to his father in the legation
at Paris, was lately promoted to first Secreta-
ry of the legation at ST. Petersburg. After
obtaining the appointment, however, he Sc
cured leave OF absence for n month to at
tend to some business in New York. 1t APP
pears the business in New York WAS to com.
pletc his engagements with u Paris circus
company in whose employ, while still hold
ing his position in the legation at Paris, he
had crossed the Atlantic OH the important
business of procuring "a first class bare, back
male and female rider for said monster cir
Gus" in Paris. At least he published al adj.
vertsement over his own name in the New
York sporting papers soliciting applica,
tons from such artists. The incident sug.
gests the inquiry, not only in view of this
case, but also that of Schenck, Sckles, Cra
mer and others, whether, while congress IS
devsing ways to reduce our diplomatic eX-
penses they might not discontinue the ser
vice altogether. Since easy and swift CON-
munication with foreign governments may be
had by telegraph, and the necessity for resi-
dent ministers is no longer urgent why not
dispense with them entirely, ana so have an
end of these scandals which are fast bringing
our government everywhere into contempt.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05

The howl OF "copperhead,' rebel sympa-
thiser," &c, don't pass Tor halfa cents worth
when applied to Sam Randall, the democrat
ic congressman from Pennsylvania. Wher
the war broke out, he enlisted as a private in
the First philadelphia City Cavalry and wa,
elected to Congress while serving in that 20
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05
WEATHER EIvERTIsEMENTs

Real winter made It's first appearance here
simultaneously with The advent of Feb
ruary, on Tuesday a fierce cold north wind
set in, accompanied with light fall o! snow,
and during the night the thermometer sunk
to about below zero. On Thursday there
was another hight snow fall, followed by an
other cold night, so that yesterday our ice
men, who have been very busy since Wed.
nesday, found ice in the canal and Fox
dam 10 inches thick.
The storm, of which we had but the outer
edge, was 50 heavy further west as extensive.
ly.to block railroads, PROSTATE telegraphs, and
do other damage. Indeed the Pacific rail
road west of Nebraska has been eitectually
blockaded for week past.
TWAS yesterday before the storm reached the
East, but it seemed TO gather new strength as it
proceeded, and on Wednesday light il amount
ed to hurricane at Washington, prosttating
unfinished houses and unroofing Others scat
erlng chimneys, cornices, sign boards, &c,
i'll a way to indicate the presence of double.
back-action earthquake. Even the beautiful
steeple of Parson Newman's church, the tall
est in the city, was fearfully racked, and had
to be stayed with ropes to prevent its falling.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05

The Braidwood Republican gives the de
tails of the case of Thomas Phillips, of that
place, a boy IA years old, who, being refused
permission by his father TO so out at nigh,
because he had bad cold, went to his room
and deliberately shot himself dead with a
snail revolver
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05

The Illinois State Agricultural Board, at
IT'S late meeting, decided against horse racing
at the coming state fair, and no premiums,
therefore, will be offered in that department
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05

All subscriptions to DC paid in advance.
Remittances may be made through money
order or registered letter.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05
OUR CLUBBING.

We are prepared to club the FREE TRADER
with the following publications, furnishing
both at the prices named, postage prepaid.
The offer is open to old subscribers or new
at any post office in the country:
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05
PINCHBACE.

Morton, from the Senate committee On
elections, has again reported IN favor Of
Pinchback's right to seat in the Senate
from Louisiana, and though on two former
occasions the Senate has fatty refused 10 al.
nit his claim, it is now believed that, under
the stress of the rapidly disappearing repub-
lican majority in that body, he will he al
mitted
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05
KING AND SHOEMAKLR.

These two worthless, who were shown by an
investigation at the last session OF congress
to have been participators in the Paclhc
Mail grab, are on the ragged edge. The Ju-
dietary committee has reported resolution
that they be expelled, and there is no doubt
when a vote is reached that the resolution
Will be adopted.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05

Bat while Pinch may thus get in, there
is u fair prospect that his colleague West
may be kicked out An investigation in
Louisiana has revealed the fact that he OBJ
tanned his election as senator by open and
shameless bribery, in view Of which the sen
ate can with no show of decency avoid eH-
polling him.
KING AND SHOENIAkLR.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05

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