The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-08-24
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.

| Our county democratic convention Oh "eu
nesday was attended by delegates from mos
of the towns in the county and perVa'ed by
sniri, that manifested willingness to make
sacrifices of individual aspirations and prefer
ences for the common good, and what is bc(tc
vet a determination to adhere to sound demo
cratic principles,
The nominations made are excellent, ana i
the democrats of the county VIII take suiflcleh
interest in the election to no to 'de polIs II
numbers at all commensurate WIEN the impoE
lance of the issues involved the ticket VIII D'
elected. 1t must be borne in NINA tllat INT
next legislature, to which La Sale county vii
elect four members this fall-a senator anl
three representatives-will have Unitet
States senator to elect and that the gam OF
single democrat from this county may decide
not only whether Illinois shall be represented
nv q democrat in the /. s. Senate, but wheth
er that senate itself shall be under the contro
of the democrats or republicans. Altcf 'l'
example afforded by the last presidential cIec
ton, in which by the corrupt stealing OF on
vote the democratic party was cheated out
the presidency, 1t is to be hoped no denocra
will underrate the valuc Of his one vote at gu
ordinary county elections.
LYMAN Tower, the nominee for The senate, i
n resident of WcnOna, on the Southwestern
border of the county, Il quarter OF the count.
that has not had another Legislative candidate
in the last twenty-five years lie has for th
last five or six years represented his town OF
the board Of supervisors of which he has bcel
a leading, and most active and Influential
member Mr. Tower is not as the Ottawa Re
puJlican has it, a broker and private banker,
but has for years held an important position
in bank at Wcnona, in which he has Away
justified the unlimited confidence placed il
his fidelity and business capacity and tact by
his employers.
John Miller is well known farmer rc.id
ing in the town Of Freedom. Some years ago
he represented tins county in the Legislature
as !. republican, and stood high as an active
and useful member. 1t was at time whel
rcpublicanism was drunken with unlimited
power and Mr. Miller, admitted to the inncl
circles and beholding the secret workings o.
the party machine, recoied from its cOrrup
tons and dcbascments, and came home demo
crat The republican party never torgave hin
for hs squeamish honesty" as they called it
but it is failing that takes with the demo
Gratis and they have wisely honored sncl
political incorruptiblity by placing him OF
their ticket
OF Mr.. Armstrong our other nominee tol
representative, 1t is hardly necessary to speak
He has so often, and so ably and faithfully
represented this county in the Legislature, tina
we hardly know how to get along there with
out him. Certainly no other man we coulC
send can approach him in that intimate know
edge of all the ms and outs of leglsla
ton that his long experience has given him
or whose influence, arising from his unqucs
! tionablc ability and thorough honesty aud in
tegrity, could be at all commensurate with his
! 1t is really by less than a dozen of such mel
as Mr.. Armstrong that the mass Of the lcgisla
ton is done, and with one such man at Spring
field, we are better off than had we a dozen o
new men there of good ability but of little cx
perience.
Ncls Nelson, the nominee tor sheriff, is an
other intelligent and worthy farmer, whose ca
pabiitics have often been abundantly and sue
cessfully shown in our board of supervisors
Of which he has for years been an efficient ant
useful member.
The denomination Of DIR. Reynolds for cor
oner was a deserved compliment TO the only
man. elected on the democratic ticket TIVE
years ago and who has made a faithful anC
capable officer