The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-06
rHE1LLINOIS SENATOR.

| All adviceS from OpTinShei" "S' ~
John A. Logan's chances tor re-elec'ioh 10
the U. S. Senate have vanished IN thin ar
The democrats with the seven independent
Nom hers of the senate and house, have ma
iortv Of s on Joint ballot, and even if Logan
could carry the solid republican vote, he
would still need the votes of three ,ndepen'
dents TO elect him. These 1t Is now conceded
he can never get, while 1t is even doubtful
whether under any circumstances he could
get sold republican vote-One or two OF the
Chicago republican members, two from Win
nebago, and scattering two or three others
thus far persistng stoutly not to be buldosed
into Lcgan's support.
Logan on the shelf, who is to he the sena'
tor? 1t IL admitted that no other straight re
publican can muster Logan's strength. 1t is
settled, then, that the senator will be elected
by the opposition, and that the independents
hold the controlling cards Whom will they
consent that the democrats shall elect? John
c. Haines, speaker Of the last house, claims
that he can control the entire Independent
vote, and thus magines himself in position
to compel the the democrats to vote for him
or let the republicans carry of the senator
| There is no doubt but that the democrats as
body would prefer forty other men to Halnes'
Can they be bulldosed into his support? VIII
the independents be stubborn and unreason-
able? Are there not other and better men
than Hanes, who ought to be equally ana
even more acceptable to them? we say, I'M
hesitallngly. give us Haines thousand times
rather than Logan; but there are dozens OF
men in Illinois whom the people would rainier
see in the L. s. Senate than Haines.
There is John NJ. Palmer, tor instance AS
O man Of transcendent ability-of enlarged,
statesmanlke views and experience in pub
llc afIairs-of exceptional integrity of charac-
ter and purity of life, where, in the whole
range of living statesmen in the country IS
his superiors He is especially deserving OF
favorable consideration by the independents,
for long before the anti-monopolist movement
in Illirois-in which the independent party
had its origin-began to attain importance,
he had pointed out in his messages to the
legislature the evils Of which the farmers so
justly complained, and suggested the only
true course of procedure to reach the proper
remedy.
Then there is Judge Dickty. Certainly
Illinois has no ADLER or purer man. He, too,
was pioneer in the antimonopoly movement,
having set the ball in motion as early as 1867
in as able speeches In La Sale, Kendall and
other counties as were ever delivered on the
subject, and which, at the time, attracted
wide attention.
And then there is Mr. Reddick A farmer
himself there is no man who more thoroughly
understands their wants and needs, and would
more ably represent their ideas. He has had
large legislative experience, and whether in
the senate or house, was always recognized
as leader. Even so Jealous republican or
gan as the Aurora Beacon is constrained TO
say OF him:
IT. from some inscrutable reason, Providence
should see fit to iAflct Illinois with u Demo
cratic successor to John A. Logan-which all {
The powers fortend-we know Of no man prefer
able to Mr. Reddlck. He is a gentleman of
The OLD SCHOOL, ana can NJ times SILK ths par
.isan in the man, and vote for virtuous $
measure, even though his party oppose II.
He Is further an anomalous democrat, IN that
he was one of the originators and active ro-l |
moters of the present Temperance Law of
Illinois.
And then there is Lyman Trumbull-UirI
j0nus dicendt Deutus-a good man and bril-
liant orator; and o. II. Bro owning, and w. c.
Flagg, and glorious Don Morrlson-what a
galaxy of shining statesmen from which to ,
make choice! {
1t has seemed, for the last few years, TO hive I
been the fatality Of the opposition to republi. {
canism to lose every vantage ground by some
nexcusable blunder. Shall VIC have another |
such blunder in this senatorial business? @