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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-23
CONGRESS

Is apparently so absorbed by the presiden-
tial muddle that little business is being done
The II pple-Mitchell resolution to censure
the Governor of Oregon has occupied the sen.
ale every morning during the week without
coming TO vote.
10th houses have agreed on appointing a
JOINT committee to devise some plan upon
"hich both can unite in counting the presi
dental vote.
The house has unanimously instructed its
judiciary committee to report a constitutional
amendment forblddng the payment of rebel
claims.
The house has voted that President orion,
of the w. L. Telegraph Co., must allow the
surrender of dispatches TO the house invest.
eating committees.
The house has agreed to adjourn over from
December 23d to the eth, and the senate from
December 22d to January 3D.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-23
HONEST SCORN.

Horace White, former editor OF the Chr
honorable gentleman, and an independent
thinker. He voted and worked for the cleo.
ton of Hayes, but that does not prevent hin,
from expressing his honest indignation at
rupt returning boards. We find him giving
vent 20 his thoughts in the following strain
to an interviewer of the New York Worla:
my opinion is that the Returning Boards
action is an attempted swIndle, but that il
will fail ot accomplishing It's object II,
however, its object should be accom- plished
and be acqulesced IN by the people il would
amount to subversiOn OF our system of gov.
eminent.
"Our system of government is democratic
republic, based upon universal suffrage, and
its fundamental idea is that the majority
shall govern-meanIng of course, the maiorl-
ty Of votes legally poled. The attempted ac.
ton of the Louisiana Returning Board is to
Sc, aside this principle and to substitute in
place of the majority of votes legally polled
their own ideas of what the majority ought
to have been, and would have been 1t the cir.
cumstances of the election had been iii fIerent.
| IF this precedent is acqnIesced in there is no
reason why it should be confined To Louisi.
ana. On the contrary, it will spread over
the country very rapidly, giving us in the
end the decision of returning boards In all
cases whatsoever ia place of the decision OF
the people.
What do you mean by speaking of the
Returning Boards ideas at what the MAORI
| ~ would have been If the circumstances had
been diiierent?"
81 refer TO what is called the intimidation
of voters"
DO you think that such intimidation took
place In Louisiana
There has been no legal evidence Of i,
furnished us yet, aud presume it viii turn
out very much Us il dill after the election OF
1874, when the same Returning Board threw
out enough votes To reverse The result in the
state and u committee pf Congress- Rrpub.
lican committee ct Republican Congress
Investigated the matter, and reported that the
charges of intimidation were false from be
,glnnlngt0 cnd.'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-23

II will be a relief, when this presidential
middle is over, to be free once more TO dis.
cuss such questions as tariff and currency, in
which, for the present, the people seem to take
no interest. Yet here is a fact which it will
do to lay up Tor future use. The Boston Her
aH, speaking Of the evidences that the Unit
ed States are now able TO contend with for
eign nations in selling pig and manufactured
iron, refers 10 the fac, that firm in New
York city adyerlises Iron for export" and
adds:
There can be no better evidence than this,
that with the return of prosperous times the
United States, because of their facilities of
cheap ore and cheap fuel, can successfully
compete with any country upon the globe in
the production of iron; that the industry
stands no longer in need of the fostering aid
of high protective duties, and that II should
be one of the first considerations of the next
Congress So to legislatc rs Ia afford tue PEG
Pile some relief from the grievous burden
hey have So long borne of paying for an ar
iicle Of prime necessity prices that have beer
arihcially enhanced by excessive duties "A
the Custom House under The false prctcnse o
protecting American labor"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-23

The West Shore, a very credtable publica
ton that reaches US from Portland, Oregon
and is devoted to the interests of that far-of
Pacific state, is justly jubliant over the fac
that at the recent Centennial exhibition Ore
gon took 35 medals and diplomas for the ex
hibi,ion of its natural resources, more than
any other state in the Union received; and
the West Shore adds: This is the state for
immigrants. Wehave no grasshoppers, chlnch'
bugs, drought or hard winters; crops never
fail here, and stock thrives outdoors on native
grasses all winter"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-23
A PREDICTION.

The inauguration of Hayes and Wheeler by
bayonet force and the denunciation Of all the
horrors Of civil war against the patton IN
case the people threaten to resist the outrage,
will be followed by another outrage, still
greater. The new congress will be called to.
gether as early rs May or June, and although
it Is well known that the democrats have
from to II majority in the new Louise, there
Will be forced into that body, by the bayonet,
it necessary, enough republican members TO
give that party majority, and thus The usur-
patton, begun by the forcible inauguration of
the Pretender Hayes, will have been com.
pleted Will the republicans daye Ia commit
such an outrage? Dare viii The party
that forced Kellogg with the bayJnet upon
the unwilling people of Louisiana, and that
stationed United States soldiers at the door OF
the house of representatives in South Carolina
with orders to exclude the democratic men,
bers, and that now, by bayonet force, main
tains Chamberlain in the executive chair of
South Carolina against clear popular ma
iority OF 800 votes of the people OF that state,
will the party that does these things "dare:"
What will such reckless conspirators as
Grant, Morton, Chandler and Sherman not
dare" TO compass thcir Infamous ends? We
put on record this prediction. Mark it.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-23

The political situation has not materially
changed since our last. The northern De-
mOcracy, here and there, are making threats
Of war, and declaring their purpose TO inau
guraie Tilden by force if necessary, but ii is
a noticeable fact that in the South, where the
Democracy know what war means, there is
no threatened violence or revoluton.-HsaGo.
u Bulletin.
The only threats of war We have heard OF
are such as come from blatherskites like
Bob Ingersoll, blood-leuing Chandler, and
Grant in his GaIlv DRINKS, when hemakes
no hesitation in threatening that no matter
how yillainously Hayes may be counted
in by the Senate, he will see that he is in.
auguraied at the point OF the bayonet The
truth is, submission to fraud or war are held
gu, TO the democracy as a standing menace,
and wien democrat ventures 20 advise meet
Jag the menace, then the cry goes out that
the Democracy threaten war
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-23

That Oregon business worries them any
how. A committe of the senate is now en-
gagged in investigating the alleged ineligibli,
ty of democratic electors in New Jersey and
Missouri. OF course, though New Jersey
gave 5000 majority for Tilden and Missouri
10000, it would be no outrage to "steal' an
electOr from either Of those states for Hayes
though it would be dastard!y to steal vo:,
for Tllden in Oregon. While the senate i,
pushing this investigation, let them no, over
look the case OF Mr.. Armour in Illinois and
that of the Vermont postmaster who voted as
an clecior for Hayes.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-23
u, s. SENATOR.

Within week after the meeting OF Inc
newly elected Illinois Legislature in January
the two houses will meet in convention 10
elect a United States senator While the IL
publicaps have control of the house and the
democrats of the senate, neither party mas
majority on Joint ballot, but the balance oil
power is held by the Independents. Which
ever of the two parties succeeds In getting tue
votes of these independents, will have the
majority on ,int ballot. OF the five indie
pendents three are of democratic antecedents,
and will IN no case vote for q republican
while none of them, 1t is confidently asserted
will unaer any circumstances vote tor John
A. Logan. The better belief, therefore, is,
that the next senator will be either demo
crat of granger" proclivities or an indepcr'
dent of democratic antecedents. This Dclhg
the lay of the land, the following democrats
are urged by theil friends in various quarters
OF the state upon the democrats and indepen.
dents in the legislature for consideration, to
wit: J. G. Robinson, S. S. Marshall, John
Scholiield, w. j. Allen, W. r. Morrison, 1,
Lyle Dickey, W. c. Goudy, NJ. W. Fuller, Ly'
man Trumbull, John NJ Palmer, VIM. Red
dick, and o. II. Browning. In this list are
two Ottawa names, aud so far as personal
merit of the highest grade, fitness for the POI
sltlon, and those peculiar qualities that emit,
tie them to the friendly consideration of the
independents, are concerned, there arc no 9th
er names on the list that outrank them. Judge
Dckey was the first man IN this state OF any
prominence to take the side Of the farmer and
producing classes against the monopolists,
and as early as 1867, made earnest and elo-
quent speeches in this district warning the
farmers TO stand up for their rights. In the
L. S. Senate his presence would bring back to
Illinois that consideration and dignity which
she enjoyed IN that body when represented
by men like Douglas, Breese and Browning.
Mr.. Reddick, as Il farmer himself and stern
sticklcr for farmers rights, is equally entitled
to the friendly consideration OF the indepen'
dents. Without the legal culture and tran
scendent oratorical ability of Judge Dickey,
he has all the latter's hard work and even
more than his shrewdness. He would, in the
senate be perhaps more useful than ornament
al, meaning by ornamental only the possess
ion of conspicuous oratorical ability He
would be some such senator as Gen. Shields
was, 1.-THE most useful man In the senate" as
Clayton once said of him, though dozens cut
more prominet figure in the newspapers.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-23
THE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE

There has been a good deal Of talk back
State Committee; that there was dissatisfac
ton with It's chairman, and that change
was in contemplation. In the midst OF this
talk "a call appeared in the papers for meet
2lst inst, and that meeting, it was predicted
would be a stormy one. The meeting took
place as called all the members were present
its proceeding were conducted with open
doors, and throughout seemei singuarly har.
monIous. The only action taken by the com
mittee was to call delegate state convention
to meet at Springfield on the Sth of January,
as indicated by the following resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted, ana constl-
tute all tn at was done:
Resolrcd, That we, the members of the
democratic state central committee of Hi
nois, bled in special meeting at the cap.
tai OF said state, do hereby affirm the consti.
tHlional right of the house of representatives
OF the congress of the United States to parti-
cipate in the counting of the electoral votes
cast for president and vice president of the
United States, and in declaring the result OF
such count.
Resolced, That we deny the existence of
any constitutional hight or power III the pres
ident OF the senate of the United States, indie
pendently of the two houses of congress. to
count said votes and to declare the result
thereof, and would regard such action as re-
evolutionary.
RtSOlCed, That a mass meeting be held in
each county in this state on Dec 80. of all
citizens, irrespective of party, who are IN IA
vor of perpetuating the republican feature III
our custom of government, by giving effect
to the popular choice of electors of president
and vice president made on the Eth of no.
vember last, tor the selection OF delegates to II
convention to be held at Springfield on the
Sth of January next Each couty shall be
entitled 10 Il number Of delegates IN such con.
ventiOn equal to the number of representa-.
tivcs for such county in the assembly of the
legislature of this state,
ReSOiCed, That this committee have an
abiding confidence that the mass meetings
herein recommended will he participated in
by all friends of free government, and their
proceeding will be 10 harmony with the
gravity of the occasion.
Alter the adoption Of the resolutions, Mr..
Goodell moved that when the committee adj
jnurn it adjourn To meet here on Jan. s, ant
this was adopted, upon which the committee
adjourned.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-23
HOME MAT vERS.
NEW YEARS CALLS.
Ladies, Send us Your Names.

Ladies. Send us Your Names.
In accordance with our annual custom we will
publish, if the ladies will send us the names and
arrangements, full list of those who intend to
receive calls on New Years Day. one week from
next Monday. Such n list will be convenient
for the gentlemen as it will enable them to make
up regular route for the days peregrinations.
lOf course, though Sunday intervenes, they will
not work at 1t on Sunday!l AS the TRADER is the
last paper published before January 1st, it will
be especially valuable for this purpose, as being
fresh and not likely 20 be lost before the time
comes to use the list. We shall be pleased to re-
ceive the names Of all the ladies intending to re-
ceive, which will be arranged as on last year.
The lists may be left at the Bookstore of Osman
& Hapeman, sent to the CITY Editor" through
the mail or handed to US personally.
CITY EDITOR.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-23

Speculation at Washington was on tiptoe
on Friday morning Of last week over Nor
toms sudden midnight flight to Indiana. As
he lief, the senate in the mids; of u heated de.
bate, certainly something extraordinary must
have called him away at such time. The
story.is that he had got dispatches from lndi'
ana that TIE horrible "Sons of Liberty and
"Knigh;s OF the Golden Circle" who really
never had any existence in that state
outside of Norton'S diseased imagination,
were organizing u vast army To march to
Washington and overthrow the dominion OF
the treasury robbers. The better opinion,
however, IS that Norton's mission was To
see to the hasiy ana elective reorganizallon
of the Union Leagues and Grand Army hosts,
with view 10 backing up Grants bayolets
when he attempts his osVP dc'1' OF inau-
guraing the precader Hayes against the OPP
position Of Congress aud the expressed will
Of the people
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-23
County Mass Meeting.

Pursuant to the recommendation OF the
Illinois Democratic State Committee, mass
meeting will he held at the Court House in
Ottawa, Illinois, at 2 O'Clock p. NJ. on Satur
day. December 30th, 1876, of "all citizens,ir
spectve of party, who are in favor of perpetu
ating the republican feature In our govern
ment, by giving effect to the popular choice
of electors of president and vice president
made on the It'll of n november last" said meet
ing to appoint four delegates to attend state
convention to be held at Springfield, ILL.,, on
the 9Th Of January, 1877.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-23

During the debate in the house at Washing
ton on Wednesday, on resolution to require
the production of private telegraph dispatches
on the demand of house investigating com.
nittees, Garfield went off, in a sensational
splurge on the sacredness OF private CORES.
ponGence, and said the next move, he sup.
posed, would DC to ransack the postollices
upon which Hewitt rather clipped his orator.
ical wings by stating that Mr. Ga:feld's idea
about the sacredness of postoflices was de-
fusion; the post Office was not sacred nearly
II not all of his own letters, during the past
campaign, had been opened by steam and
read IN the New York post Office before be.
ing delivered TO him. The statement created
sensation but instead of being contro.
verted, Hoar deprecated the introduction OF
such topics while the house was engaged in
the agonies Of a profound constitutional dis.
cussiOn.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-23

The Illinois state railroad commissioner,
are still alive and have been heard from. In
The Morgan County Circuit Court o. Tues
day they obtained "a verdict agaius the Tole
d., Wabash and Western Railroad company
for 81 $50, tho company beng convicted OF
extorlion. THIS IS the first verdict the board
has ever obtained before jury 81 violation
Of the railroad law of the state. Having ac'
complishcd tins much, ~ an oXpen { $50,
600 10 the state, /; is to be hoped The leg
Islatgre will now release the GARD from treir
heavy cares by repeating them out Of Office
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-23

We understand that arrangements are being
made for a series Of lectures in Illinois during
January and March, and in Iowa during Febru-
airy, on "WAR AND ITS REMEDIES" by VIM. g..
Hubbard, of Ohio. Mr.. Hubbard is an eloquent
speaker, and has lectured in many OF the princi-
pal cities OF the United Stated and England, with
great satisfaction TO those who heard him. We
hope that some of our public spirited citizens
will endeayor to engage him to speak here ANY
committee, church, or individual wishing him To
do So can address Mr., Amasa Lord, at Elgin, H.,
who is the correspondent for arrangements in
this STATE. Terms viii be very low,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-23

Mortons mouth-piece delivers, under his
inspiration, the subjoined menacing utter
ance:
ave do not know how far the inclpient reb.
els of this or the adjoining state OF Indiana
may 60, but this We can assure them most
positively: They will not be permitted to
hatch treason unnoticed. So long as they
keep within certain limit, well and good.
But let them take care not 10 pass that limit.
When they do the hand of justice will be laid
upon them. And it will descend like the
stroke of trip-hammer, too. There is to be
no tOOling with second rebellion in this
country, or with those who counsel il. Some.
bOdy's legs will Kick the air right lively II il
Is attempted"
In other words, ave, the cOnspratorS 9,
Washington, having decided 10 lnaugurate
the Pretender Hayes, though he was fairly
defeated AT the polls by popular majority OF
100000 votes and by an electora. majority of
%, warn the cheated people, and especially
those calling themselves democrats, that If
they dare t. make the slightest movement tC.
warIS torciblc resistance of the outrage, they
will be impaled on Grants bayonetS, hurled
INTO baSlilcs, or hung on gibbetS.' Il is as if
. freebooter pIundered your premises, and
then, knowing you 10 he detenceles5 and him.
self thoroughly armed, kept punchinS you
abrul the head with his fist or jabhing you IN
the flank with dirk or bayonei, dared
ycu to resent the Injury so as to give him an
excuse TO murder you or string you up. Ger
ilcmen, this su round ng yourse YES with u
GORDON Of bayonets, and threl ening bastlle
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-23

The Bloomington Pantagrdph, a radical
sheet Is unable to see the sense or justice OF
the Louisiana returning board casting OBJ
structons in the way of investigation by the
congressional committee. Such efforts, 1t
says, "can only give an appearance of proba-
bility to the claim made by the democrats
that the facts will not bear the light"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-23
Wedding.

MARBIEp.-On Wednesday evening, at the res.
idence Of the brides father, in South Ottawa
by Rev r. l.. Cowell, MIR. A. b. PRIsELER and
Miss ANNA CEILINGS.
The wedding took place at o'clock in the
evening, and was witnessed by large number
of intimate friends. After social congratulations
the younger portion of the guests were ushered
to splendid supper, and every one spoke their
piece in this part of the play without any
prompting. The Old Folks " ate last, but they
also had social time.
The bride was handsomely dressed in dark
blue silk, and with the neat hair ornaments and
plain gold chain encirciing her neck looked
neat and faultless.
\ number of presents were presented to the
happy couple, and will be priced by Mr.. and Mrs
Priseler as they will recall the happy time when
they were made the recipients of them by their
loving friends
The happy couple left on Thursday morning
for a short visit in the northern part of this
state. "Al," we wish you luck. Thanks for
the cake.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-23

THE sNow-The snow OF last Sunday has had
a very enlivening effect upon our streets through
the week past As il fell without drifting, the
sleghing has been splendid all week, to the great
satisfaction of those who own nags and cutters,
whose merry bells have made music in the streets
from early morn till far INTO the night. The eff
feet on business also has been good, bringing
many people into the city, till it seemed as
though old times had returned The merchants,
however, say that sales, though plenty, have not
been large, and while the receipts are good, u
takes an unusual amount of goods to figure
up" However "small favors thankfully re
raired 40
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-23

Of the house committee now in New Orleans
as TO his reasons for throwing out the votes
of certain parishes and precincts. The com.
mittGe are obliged 10 excuse HIM on the
ground that man cannot be made to give
evidence that Will criminatc himself
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-23

Prince, democrat, has been elected mayor
of Boston by majority Of 1,14l over Bradlee
his radical opponent, and Worcester has just
elected democratic mayor by $50 majority
Both cities gave majority for Hayes. The
consplrators at Washington are not altogether
comfortable over the result.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-23
Agricultural Society.

Do notforget the meeting of this Society at the
Court House this afternoon at 2 o'clock. All in
tcrested in the success of the Society and in ia
vor of holding Fair next tall should be presen
TO aid by their counsel and means.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-23

and gibbets against cheated and outraged
people, can be carried too far. King Charles
lost his head and Edward received his death
wound at Bannockburn. The government,
converted into an engine of injustice and tyr.
amy, is not always omnipoent.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-23
A Bold Escape.

\ bold and successful attempt of prisoner to
escape took place between Ottawa and Mar
settles last Thursday morning. The sheriff OF
Pcwcshek county, Iowa, was taking prisoner
captured in Chicago back to Grinncll, Iowa,
aud both were on board the night express OF the
&C., l. Il p. Railroad. When between the two
towns above named the prisoner slipped the
shackles from his feet, and jumping from the
train while in motion, made his escape. The
train was stopped as soon as the escape was dis
covered, the sheriff getting of and making
hunt for his man, but without success. He
finally went TO Marseilles, whence the next day
he came to Ottawa and put sheriff Stevens in
possession Of the facts. The prisoner is still at
lnrrp-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-23

"lf Hayes don't go in, nobody will.-EoJ
IagersoH, at Pc0rig
II will see To IL that Hayes is inaugural, d. p
-Prcsid0t GraLt.
How these rascally democrats thereafter
war;