The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-09-02
THE CONVEN TON.

Ifanv evidence was wanting that the dem
ocrats of this county are aroused and tho''
Ioughlv awake and in earnest the convention
on Monday abundantly Afforded it. Every
town in the county except one was fulIy rep
resented N that body, and the earnesthess
with which the claims OF the various candi-
dates were pressed showed that Il nomination
nv the convention was regarded with out ques.
ton as equivalent to an election. In spite OF
the fact, however, that the contest between
J the various candidates was sharp and ear.
nest, good temper was maintained through
ont. and every nomination, when announced,
was made unanimous. That entire good or
der was maintained, and the business of the
J convention transacted with remarkable
promptness and dispatch, was largely owing
to the parliamentary tact and ability of the
presiding officer, j. c. Crooker, Esq, of Men.
do,a
The full proceedings in another column
show the various balloting and other details.
The ticket nominated Is admitted to be
good one-whether the very best that could
have been made is a point on which OF course
/. is hopeless ever to have all agree. AS
"good" ticket, then, simply, it Is entitled to
and will receive the undivided support OF the
party.
Messrs Armstrong and Hoffman, as repre-
senta:lves, are certainly faultless nominations,
Both have served in the Legislature heretofore
Mr.. Armstrong during half dozen Of terms
at least-and have showed themselvesIwise
careful and efficient legislators, whose place
it would be next to impossible to fill by men
less experienced. Both will poll more than
the party strength.
Mr. Thomas the nominee for circuit clerk,
has for years past been prominent citizen
of Seneca, in this county, lawyer by profes-
sion, a man of irreproachable character, first
class abilities, and an exceptionally expert
penman and clerk. 1t would be hard to find
another man in the county so thoroughly
fitted and equipped to make an efficient and
popular circuit clerk.
Col w. L. Gibson, for recorder, Is another
excellent nomination. A soldier who fol.
lowed his country's flag through two wars
that with Mexico and the war OF the rebellion
| he returned to the walks of civil life to meet
with unexpected business reverses, and now,
with bodily vigor impaired in the service of
his country, he presents claims to public
position like that to which he was so cheer.
fully nominated on Wednesday, such as few
| if any other can advance Besides which he
Is well known to be exceptionally competent
for the position, and a.thoroughly reliable
man. In addition to the full party vote, he
will receive the support of host of personal
friends of the opposite party, and surely not
a soldier in the county can so far ignore his
instincts as to vote against so gallant fellow
sufferer and companion in arms.
| The office of Sheriff was the chief bone of
contention and excited u very lively contest,
ending in the nomination Of Charles A. Fer.
guson, OF Freedom. Mr. Ferguson had been
the candidate two years ago and was beaten
because the opposition, at so late a period IN
the contest as to preclude fairly and fully
meeting 1t, assalled him with a flood of de.
famatlon both UNANIMOUSLY false and disgrace
full. lie claimed and doubtless largely owes
his nomination to a willingness, that he shall
have an opportunity fairly to combat and
overcome the vile ISLANDERS by which he was
so unjustly made to suffer. He Is highly
industrious and respectable farmer in the
town OF Freedom, and entirely competent to
fill the Office.
We have no acquaintance with Mr. Wall,
the nominee for County Attorney, beyond
that his Streator friends certify to his ability
as lawyer and urged his nomination with
such persistence as to show their entire faith In
him. He has filed the Office of city attorney
of Streaor with marked ability, and in nu.
merous cases in our circuit and county court
has shown that, though still quite young he
is already practitioner above mediocrity
There will nobody object to the nomina.
ton of DR.. Reynolds for Coroner. He is one
of Ouawa's Oldest and most esteemed citi.
zens and will more than poll the democrtic
vote
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