The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-09-30
RADICAL SMASH,
by Hayes. Hopkins and Jim Goodspeed.
HAYES AND UpPkIN

geous spectacle, Not over ten or twelve were vo-
tiers, the remainder being beardess boys, some,
of whom, have since boosted OF the % cents they
received for their service to the cause.
The wigwam, a board shanty built on the coun-
ty jail lot, was filled with the fory-one children
with their torches, about huHdrel democrats
who came there to listen to supposed honest ar
gument, about Il hundred street loafers, Of no
particular political proclivities, and about hfty
street gamiu, ready to cheer and get off" the
usual gallery theatre slang at every opportunity.
In addition, there were, perhaps, hundred re.
pubicans This motley crew was gathered to
listen to Judge Hopkins, and one Hayes, who Is
said to aspire TO represent this district in Con-
gress. These men each professed Il desire to dis
cuss the issues of the day, but alas! such dis
cussion, mere wilful Misrepresentation OF facts;
more disgusting, mean and outrageous asser-
tons, wthInO shadow of foundation, than these,
were never before heard in Ottawa.
The first to ch aleHge the intelligence of men
Of less than average sense was Hayes, the most
insignificant specimen IN the way of Il man that
we have lately seen. AT present we can call to
mind but tlpo in Ottawa whom he could fairly
outrank.
We will not follow through his harrangue OF
falsehoods and misrepresentation, as to do SO
would be to waste valuable space that would be
more profitably filled if devoted to a publication
of Muuchaussen's lies. The speech was rcpe-
tition of the usual campaign bosh that the re-
publicans saved the union" that the democrats
are traitors and dough faces" that the Repub.
ican party contains the intellect O., the purity,
Good Lord, deliver u.s. and the conscience of the
nation, c'thus conscience doth make towards of
us ALL" said the poet, we nave just learned from
these speeches that it makes idiots also); that
unless the republicans are again permitted to
handle the rudder, the rocks of treason, corrup-
ton, and fraud will swamp the "beet govern
ment under heaven" that all the democratic re-
forms already instituted, and its guarantee of
further continuance of them, are frauds and used
only as cloak to hide the serpent of disunion-
ism and corruption (which has always charac-
terised that party"
After Hayes sat down, Judge Hopkins, Of Nor
ris, Hayes's "Fidus Achates,"" the pug nosed or
ator," was introduced, who repeated the same
old story; but his statements did not pretend to
be anything more than broad burlesques; state
ments that did not excite indignation, but laugh
ter, on account Of their patent absurdity He
called Tilden one eyed old cuss," for instance,
as specimen of logical argument to show why
Tilden should not DC elected. This OF course
=" brought down the house" He appealed with
fearful emphasis to the Cooper men. He loved
" old Cooper, but, with furnace like Sigh
cam. support him" HI had another serious mis-.
giving, "He felt that the election of Tilden would
be the restoration of slavery" His especial hob
goblin was Tden, aud repeatedly during his
random speech, he would gnash his teeth and
shake his clnched fist and denounce that gen
tleman though he were guilty of all the troub-
les which atfiict our nation. Hop" forgot that
Tilden was appealed to by the Secretary of the
Treasury in Lincoln's most serious troubles and
that Tilden's advice, when followed, invariably
resulted TO the benefit of the government. He,
" Hop" would frequently get excited and call
Tilden thief scoundrel, fool and the like,
and yet, the next moment would unconsciously
give him credit for being the most profound po.
litical economist and acknowledged him to be o
prodigy in shrewd financial management.
After paying a very elaborate and fearfully
overdrawn eulogy to his "Pius Aeneas" Hayes,
he said, "down with the traitor and up with the
star" and then sat down himself.
Then Mr. Bull invited the children who had
carried the Al torches, to come around to his Of.
fee, where, we suppose, they were settled with,
and thus ended the farce,
| JAMES GooDsPEED
| The Ottawa radicals had advertised that Gov.
Beveridge would speak here on last Wednesday
night but as the Gov. sent word he was sick,
they sent for James Goodspeed, editor Of the Jo-
liet Republican and Grants postmaster there, an
office for which he receives between four and
five thousand dollars annually, without peform-
ing the slightest service (see Joliet Signal, who
addressed the meeting. The speech was prece-
ded be grand torch light procession" In
which there were 90 torches, ~ OF which were
carried by the " cadets" As the procession was
marching on one of the streets, several stones
were hurled among the cadets, one youth, we
understand, being severely injured. As they all
! fell among the cadets are lead to suppose
that they were thrown by some Of the crowd OF
unruly boys who followed them But no matter
by whom they were thrown, the act was unaw-
full and deserves the severest punishment. II
receives no applause from any democrat Of the
city; on the contrary the party individually and
collectively are assisting to discover the rascals
and see that they meet the punishment they de.
serve When the procession reached the wig.
wan, it was found that large part 0: the build.
ing was occupied by roughs-from IL to 20years
old, who continually made a disturbance during
the meeting. They were chiefly that class OF
scalawags that the FREE TRADER has repeatedly
called attention TO as loungihg around the de.
pots, the Washington square fence corners, and
who are a nuisance generally. The managers OF
the meeting were very patient with them, where.
in they made a mistake-they should have put
them out instanter and turned them over to the
police.
Mr.. G's speech was rambling productions
snarl here, q snarl there, and general bile-over
everywhere. But being highly colored with
blood and gore pleased the managers very high
lly,-sandy's eye never once "wonk' during its
entire delivery. He said he did not expect TO fill