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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-25

1t Is doubtless great comfort to the repub
licans, but no less a shame to the country
that George H. PeRdleton is found to be bad
ly besmirched with the Belknap pitch. 1t
true, he was no public officer, and violated
no oath of office in the matter, yet it has thu.
far the appearance of disreputable piece o.
business. The Kentucky Central Railroad
Company, for carrying troops, army supplies
&c, during the war, put in II heavy clam
$4,000 of which both Stanton and Raw
lings had peremptorlly refused 10 allow. The
company, as forlorn hope, hired George II
Pendleton 10 push the claim for them, agree
Ing to give him half of what he collected
Gentleman George" being intimately &C.
quainted with Belknap, his wife and Mrs.
Bowers, and knowing exactly how to strike,
had no difficulty in getting Belknap to allow
the claim, George pocketing about $4,000 of
it himself, paying $780, 900 to certain women"
whom he refuses to name and whose names
are only shrcwdly guessed at, and about S..
700 to an assistant" the company getting
the balance, about $G5,000, and mighty
glad" as the president says, ito get that" 1t
was dirty business all round, but while the
Republicans keep men IN Office who invite
everybody to come up and steal, it is no cred
It 10 them if an occasional democrat walks
up and helps himself.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-25

The patent inside newspaper fraternity
opened regular pop-gun fusilade on us q
week or two ago because We spoke somewhat
slightingly ofone Scroggs, said to be member
of the aforesaid fraternity, who wants to bC
elected Secretary of State. We confess thai
personally we have no acquaintance with Nr
Scroggs, and spoke of him only from the i'm
preston we get of him from others and clip
pings from bis paper. II seems the Decatur
Times, the editor of which claims 10 know all
about the man, falls into the same error with
ourselves in regard to Scroggs, If i, ud'
al error Thus the Times:
A Champaign editor Is mentioned as repub-
lican candidate for Secretary Of State. His
name is Scroggs He is 4 Belknap kind Of a
man. As an editor he is a man of very mea.
gre ability. Usually gets some one 10 do his
writing and then takes the credit 10 himself
AS publisher he openly avows that the m
fiuence of the editorial columns of newsra-
per may be rightfnlly sold for the benefit OF
political candidates We pelieve the people
will hold that in bartering away the editor al
columns OF a newspaper, which are supposed
TO represent unbiased opinions, Scroggs IS
the c0rruptionisrs candidate and needs Ia be
quietly buried.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-25
Davis, the negro lieutenant governor of

Davis, the negro lieutenant governor Of
Mississippi, has been impeached and remov
ed from Office. The house presented articles
against him by vote of ten to one, and the
senate, by vote of so to 4, found him guilty
Among the senators voting for his conviction
were five white and three colored republi
cans. The principal charges against Davis
we're, that he had, while acting as Governor
in Amess absence land Ames is oftener alb
sent than OF home) he had sold Offices and
pardoned every criminal that could pay him
fee from $40 up. Ames is now being tried
ON similar charges with every chance of con
viction, but his dependence is on Grant to
keep in his place by military force
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-25

II turns out that il is not because Mr. Dana
is suspected OF being a literary pirate that
his confirmation as Minister to England
hangs tire in the L. 5. Senate A much more
serious charge, In the eyes of republicanism,
is brough, against HIM, to wit, that in 1872
Dana was GreeleyIte and ran against the
regular republican nominee in his district
for congress; and tina; since then he has been,
to say the least a very lake warm supporter Of
GraH,ism. II is probable Dana's nomination
will BE Withdrawn.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-25
POLITICAL CONVENTIONS.

The democrats of Pennsylvania met in
state convention on Wednesday at Lancaster
There seems to have been good deal of feel
ing among the delegates between those led by
congressman Randall, and those by Mr.. Barr
of Pittsburg The Randall party, however
were in the minority An electoral ticket was
nominated, headed by Hon. c. K. Buckalew
and a delegation of four representatives at
large and two for each congressional district
was appointed to the st. Louis convention.
A motion to instruct the delegates in favor of
Judge Black was laid on the table.
In the platform adopted the Erie financial
plank of last year Is emphrtically repudiated,
and In lieu Of it aresolutloA adopted asserting
resumption impossible under the act of last
year, but declaring in favor of gold and sill
yer as the only true basis of the republic, and
that congress should take such steps as will
reach that result without destroying the in
dustries of the people,
On the same day the republicans of New
York held their state convention at Syracuse
to appoint delegates TO the Cincinnati Con.
ventl0n and nominate an electoral ticket.
The convention was under the complete con-
troll of Roscoe Conkling, yet there was SO Wig
orous an opposition, led by Geo. W. Curtis,
that Conkling used his power sparingly. The
delegates TO Cincinnati were instructed to
vote for Conkling as their first choice only,
not to stick to him first, last and all the
time as the Conklingites at first wanted it.
The platform adopted is the usual radical
platitude about the republican party having
Saved the Union" that if the democrats got
into power it will go to the bad, and that only
the continuance in power of the present
thieves can save the nation from disruption
and ruin.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-25
WHISKY SINNERS,

There was what Brother Moody would cal
a refreshing season" in the L. s. Dis,Iic
Court at Chicago on Friday of last week
There was such show of hearty contri
tion-such breaking down among sinners
and readiness TO confess and implore mercy
and forgiveness, as would have filed the SOU
of the pious evangelist with supreme salts
faction No less sinners than Boss Hesing
and exc Jake Rehm and Buffalo Miller, and
following on their heels a doughty train OF
distillers, gaugers, &c, presented themselves
before the august judge and in faint and quiz.
ering accents entered the plea of guilty TO the
various accusations preferred against them,
"in manner and form as charged In the in
dIctment." II is understood that for this cav.
ing in themselves, and manifesting readi.
ness to squeal on their co-conspirators, they
are TO be let of with mere fine, escaping in.
generation at Joliet.
Hesing and Rehm are understood to have
squealcd on ex-district attorney Ward, but he
defies them and manfests stubborn deter
mination TO stand trial. Dr.. Rush and Mr..
Pahlman, who are also included in the squeal
of Hesing &C, eviuCe like determination to
fight il out TO the end, and are nov having
their trial
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-25
spain.

King Alfonso entered Madrid en- Monday
at the head of his victorious army of 10000
men, amid the enthusiastic cheering of iH,-
immense crowds, and shouts of Long live
the pacifcator king" Cheers were given for
Gems Quesada and Campos Rivera, and the
army generally. Quesada and Campos were
especially greeted with cries of Long live
the defenders of liberty" and "Down with the
fueros." Crowns we're thrown from the bal
comics, and the people presented the soldiers
as they passed with wrea,hs 1t is estimated
that 10000 strangers were in the city to wit
ness the festivities. In several cases S!Oo
were paid for balcony on the route OF inc
royal procession. Numbers of sighcseeeFs
passed the night in The streets. The houses
along the line of the procession we're sp!en-
didly decorated, and 80 trlumphal arches
were erected.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-25

In 1910, the fact that Mr.. Swartwort dem
oera,lc receiver of customs at New York,
was defaulter for $4,000, beA, the demo
cratic party and elected the Wing president,
William Henry Harrison. In 1876, the secre
tary of the treasury officially reports that i,
will cost $4,000 to make up list of the re
publicans who stand as defaulters on the
books OF his department.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-25

The papers in various parts of this state
speak Of a travelling fraud in the guise of a
Quakerish-looking gentleman who represents
himself as an agent of the Centennial expo
eltion. and OF course is soliciting contribu-
mons OF money. Give him the grand bounce,
,Fhefcver he appears.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-25

The Joliet Sun, though poor Grimwood
went down in the raging surf many months
ago, still retains some "reminiscences of his
wit while the local cf that paper, and now
and then convulses US with its fun. Thus,
speaking Of the recent New Hampshire cleo
ton, the Sun says: THE masses had just
heard of the Belknap scandal and yet they
marched 10 the polls with an unbroken front
and spoke in tones loud enough to be heard
from New Hampshire to California, that
whatever republican officials had done they
we're not willing to trust the democratic par.
ty. Those tones have echoed and reveberat-
ed from the Granite hills to the Rocky Noun.
talns, and the sound thereof Is the keynote
to universal victory Selah!
The following, from the Philadelphia
Times an independent" journal, is the most
fitting commentary we can offer on the
above:
The political auction In New Hampshire
came of according TO announcement, and the
party with the most money was successful.
They are thrifty set in the Granite state,
anu as lhcy Cdiiy oI tueli cicCtIouS Always
on q cash basis, many an honest yeoman
doubtless went home rejoicing with some of
Uncle Sans crisp greenbacks in his pocket.
Apart from this, they are also a steady gong
set, not easily shaken from their convictions,
and being firmly convinced that the rebellion
must be put down, they will probably contn-
ue to vote for vigorous prosecution of the
war for the remainder of the century. In
about seven years from now the news about
Belknap and Babcock and Robson and the
rest of them will reach New Hampshire. and
II by thS, ,ha S,otc uhn era ~, rhano Hmou,
FOOLS, it is possible that they may get up an
interesting election. Meanwhile an election
in New Hampshire is abou. as important as
, battle among ghosts, though the orgaps will
play their sweetest tunes to day, and there
will be rejoicing in every custom house IN
he land in response to this first gun"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-25
In the presidential campaign of 1874 the
wings had song:

In the presidential campaign of 1874 thu
wings had u song:
who in thunder can that be,
Jimmy Polk OF TENNESSEE"
They found out in November of that year
that he was the President elect of the United
States. The administration of Mr.. Polk may
have been less eventful than that of Presi
dent Grant, though he carried the country
successfully and gloriously through foreign
war, without any appreciative percentage OF
the war expenditures having been stolen by
political favoriies or government contractors
and his personal history while president is
illustrated by incidents like the following,
which in these days, at least seem extraordi.
nary and Incredible: When James X. Polk
was President an applicant for Office sent him
present MIR. Polk Immediately returned il
with the message tina, he had not ordered the
article, and forthwith erased the the name OF
the sender from list of applicants for
the Office
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-25

The la Sale county papers, Mendoza, Otta-
wa, Sireator and La Sale, arc all of them chock
full Of the name Of one Geraghty. Whether
this Geraghty is a candidate for governor or con-
gress or only one Of those wonderful "pedestri-
Gus deai-beats who tramp for living is
hard tell.-Joiif, SgE.
Yes, that : him. HE : tramp. lie tramps
into town, gets ont lot Of tramp bills, has a
big tramp in tramp clothes and then tramps out
Of town without paying his debts Trlmp on
him.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-25

The Italian ministry having been deiea'e"
in their attempt 10 carry measure LOT 'ne
purchase of railroads by the government i,
signed. and new ministry has been fofiheO'
of which Depre,is accepts the presidency o.
the council and the ministry OF hnahCe' N'''
cari foreign affairs, and Marcini justice
The expected eruption OF Mount 'eSu'll'
began on Friday night, and at latest repor'S
the mountain was emitting vast quantities. Of
lava ana yapor.
The Italian budget shows a denel' OIL only
sss 600 900 lire for 1875, instead of $1,000
600 as was anticipated. The budget for 1876
shows q surplus of siO,OOocoo, and ,bst for
ls77 viii show surplus Of Sl5.ceo0OO lire
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-25

make this nation, the jeer and laughing stock
of the civilized worlds Let the RJormer
bring Its mighty intellect to bear in ponder
this matter n little
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-25

Treasurer New has resigned, 10 take effect
on the 1st of April. He says since he has
been in office he has paid $4,000 on account
of missing money and $1,000 for expenses of
living in Washington. AS his salary Is but
80, 800 year, he says he can't afford to hold
office at that rate Has he no little sutler.
ships, clerkships, or something OF that sort
10 sell?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-25
PESDLRTOH

An effort was made by Mr.. Pendle,on, be.
fore the house committee, on Monday, to ex-
plain the disposition of tina, tormenting $50.
QUO warrant Part OF the sum, he said, he
used in payment Of personal debts, par. in
various purchases, and the remainder he APP.
piled to the expenses of his European tour.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-23
BROTHER BLAINE.
Ills nond Transactions Little Rock
and Fort smith Railroad Company.

" -
The more the alleged bond transac-
ton Of Brother Blaine IL discussed in
the newspapers. the moro mysterious
does the affair appear. aud articles put
forth as satisfactory explanations only
serve to ronder the whole business
moro incomprehensible to the average
understanding For instance. n state
ment from James M. Hager. Of Rich
mond. Me. Is published. to the effect
that at the recommendation OF Mr.
Blaine he purchased does not say
from whom preferred stock and gold
bonds of the Little Rock and Fort Smith
$4,000. for which he paid $4,000. He
made the trade in the fall of
1869. and got the bonds in June,
1870. The Eastern Argus had pre-
viously suggested that the lands
taken by the Union Pacific Railroad
Company might bc u portion OF the Lit
tie Rock and Fort Smith Railroad bonds
which Brother Blaine twas compelled
TO take back from tho Hon. Arson L.
Morrill,, Mr.. Hager, of Richmond, and
Others" and Mr.. Hager. in his state
paid for those bonds from Brother Blaine
In Washington in 1872. But he says they
were net land bonds but gold bonds, and
that he did not get them until June. in
1870. so they could not have been the
ones hypothecated with Morton, Bliss
q Co But IL is n curious coincidence
that i'm Juno, 1870, the Little Rock and
Fort Smith Company issued -. 900 of
land bonds Mt the same time that it
issued 80, 100000 in gold bonds. Brother
Blaine told u Chicago newspaper CORE
spondent that the story about his receiv-
ing $Gi. 900 for tho bonds were arranged
Mt meeting of Bristow's friends in
Chicago, at which Joe Medill Dea-
con Richard Smith, Murat Halstcad.
and others were present; but Mr.. Hal.
stead and Mr. Medill explicitly deny the
truth or the charge. the former gentle
man saying that the story probably has
its foundation in the fact that the edi-
tors named have been in possession Of
particulars. believed to be authentic.
about Mr.. Blaine's railroad business.
that in the present temper Of the public
mind might prejudice his interests rs n
Presidential candidate, and have in
friendly manner sought but failed.
TO obtain satisfactory explanations.
Again. a correspondent of tho Boston
Hcrdh says that the records OF
one Of the Arkansas courts show that
the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad
Company still owe Brother Blaine $25,-
600 for money loaned by him but q gen
tlemen now i'm this city, who haze valid
claim against tho said company, and
therefore an interest in its standing.
says that as late as last summer he
made q thorough examination OF the
liabilities OF the company, and Mt that
time there was no claim OF Blaine's
among them. The matter Is certainly
very much mixed, and the friends OF the
great politician from Maine must feel
that his prospects will be seriously af-
fected unless the business is very
promptly made entirely clear.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-23
Government Printing.

lSpeelai DiSpatcn To the NorldJ
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE Govern
ment printing office investigation took
another step Of progress to-day, with
the now expected result Of showing up
more Of Government Printer Clapp's
corrupt practices. An expert who has
been making thorough examination
testified that very nearly 1900 dozen
fiesbes must have been used in the bind
cry department. These are 81 dozen
cheaper than sheepskins, but the books
say everywhere shcepskins and nowhere
feshes, and the Government has been
invariably charged the price of sheep
skins. In other words, the establish
ment has robbed the Government of at
least $4,000 in this particular alone. In
the matter Of gold-leaf, it is found that
about $4,000 more has been either lost
or stolen by not saving, or at least not
saving to the Government, the waste.
Experts testify that all bookbinders con-
slider this waste in using pure gold-leaf
about % per cent Of the whole amount
used. The Government establishment
only appears to have saved about $15
worth In seven years, and the only ex-
PLANTATION Is, that it was considered the
perQuisite Of the workmen.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-23

Mr.. +. Il. Sarrazin, the cnterprising
tobacco dealer. has sent us a sample Of
his Centennial and reliable smoking to-
ment of New Orleans. The luscious
weed. as exempliiied by the contents OF
these neatly done-up packages is quite
a success, and at tho present writing
our sanctum Ia SO thick with the fra
grant smoke issued by amateur smok-
ers. that we can scarcely sec our way
out this paragraph. Mr.. Sarrazn is
well known in the city and country as
one Of our most reliable tobacco manu-
facturers, and we advise all our patriotic
friends to visit his establishment. No
279 Decatur street. and try some OF the
Centennial tobacco
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-23

The press dispatches represent the
President as excited and indignant Mt
the statements of ex-Atterpey Gen
eral williams. that he ordered certain
public funds to be used for campaign
purposes. The Infamous conduct of
Williams toward this State might
prompt us to believe that he has lied on
the President. had not the President s
1874. and his intimate social and official
relations for so long time withWiliams,
deeply impressed us with his utter dis
respect for truth and deceney. and left
us i'm doubt as to which of the two most
deserves to be distrusted.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-23

In our columns this morning will be
found communication in reply to
Citizen" in relation to the transfer OF
the engine houses by the city to the
Firemen's Charitable Association. There
seems to be diversity of opinion. even
among the firemen, as to the policy Of
this transfer, and we have printed the
views Of both sides, In accordance with
our policy OF giving both sides hear
Ing. Our correspondent this morning
makes an excellent point against paid
department In New Orleans. The police.
which should be n protection TO the com
1munity, has fallen into the hands Of the
State government. and become scourge
Instead OF blessing to the city. Give
" paid department" says our cor
respondent, land who can say who
will own them?" The tiremen's organ
nation, as it now exists, has for many
PEARS been devoted to the public service .
E1t has been always ready for duty, al
EWays vigilant and always efficient, and
/ - > charitable institution it has no
superior In the United States. What
k44er dinerences Of opinion may exist as
me advantages Of paid and volun-
- department, we think there can be
question as to the impelicy OF
1Ptlng 20 change the orraniza-
now existing In New Orleans,