The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22
THE REPUBLICAN P0wow.

dozen of congressional aspirants to get the
delegates from this county, drew out pretty
full attendance at the republican county con
vention in this city on Tuesday. Twenty,elght
of the 3G towns of the county were represented
by nearly hundred delegates. After appoint.
ing father Burwell of Seneca temporary chair
man and couple of secretaries, j. G. Corbus
popped up hurriedly and Eioved the appoint
ment of committee on credentials, his interest
in the matter arising from the fact that his
brother at La Sale had an important axe to
grind for that committec and he wanted to be
chairman. The chair, however, put Elmer
Baldwin at the head of the committee and Cor
bus at the foot The committee retired and
after apparently a long wrangle among them
selves returned, reporting the delegations fair
and square from all the towns except La Sale,
bat here there was muddle which they couldn't
clear up Then W. r. Mason for one set and
| r. ID. Mcdonald for the other, were asked to
expound the nature of the ENHANCEMENT each
| in 10 minutes speech, to the convention
which they proceeded to do. The substance of
the two statements was that the anti-lIaycs men
got control of the caucus and appointed anti
Hayes delegates, with which Postmaster Cor
bus was not satisfied, and after the anti-IIaycs
men had retired he rc-organzed the caucus and
lappontcd Il set Of Hayes delegates. The con
vention decided that the first set should be
counted in and that the Corbus set were bogus.
VIM. Cullen was now made permanent chair
man of the convention, and the work went on.
!G. NJ Radcliffe tried to come sharp little
game of having cut and dried committee Of
seven do all the work for which the convention
had met TO wit, appointing the delegates to the
state and congressional conventions. Instead
of that however, Dr. Corbus got in an oar, and
his motion prevailed to have the committee
consist of one delegate from each town, to be
named by the delegates themselves. The result
of 'that air little maneuvre" was, as Brother
Cullen explains 1t in the Repubttcan, that while
the convention really stood "a for Hayes to GA
against him, yet "by the appointment ola com
mittcc of enc delegate from each town-a
committee in which the towns having but one
delegate had as much influence as Ottawa,
Mendoza, &c, with ten to thirteen delegates
cacl--a divided delegation was selected" that
is, delegation which stands about for Hayes
to 7 against him.
While the committee were out setting up the
pins in this beautiful way, and the convention
waiting, Speech" Speech" and al. b.
Croker" were heard over the house Mr..
Croker came forward He had nothing to say
on the general ISSUE" but he could give the
convention some advice. If they thought
clecting their congressman in this district this
fall would be child's play they were fooled.
They needed to nominate their strongest man,
and he intimated that in his opinion that man
was senator Marshall Of Will. "Loosh" got
no applause TO speak of Then Elmer Bald
win was called out HIS speech was one of the
prominently "loil" sort The southern brig
aders and disloyalists were getting control of
the nation. Free speech and free voting were
crushed out at the south and the treasury was
to be swamped with southern claims The
democrats would have control Of the senate in
the next congress, and now the salvation OF the
country depended on the republicans getting
control of the next house.--E. n. Lewis was
the next speaker. In his opinion there was no
salvation for the republican party save in re-
erecting the standard of the bloody shirt.
Some people were ashamed to be called bloody
shrters He wasn't 1t meant equal rights
and honest suffrage at the south, and without
that the republican party could never triumph.
Then the committee returned and reported
two lists Of delegates, one to represent the coun-
ty IN the state and the other in the COMPRESSION
al convention. a motion was promptly made
to adopt the report, and the chairman had to
put it though he made quite pause first, to
ask if there were no amendments to otlcr-no
speeches TO make? None, and putting the
question with wry face, he was compelled TO
announce the motion unanimously agreed to.
j. G. COrbus then offered resolution To in
struct the delegates TO the Springfield conven-
ton to vote for Washington Bushnell for state
treasurer and Capt A. NJ. Trimble for clerk of
the appellate court. Some youthful bucolic
delegate moved 10 strike ont the name of Mr..
Bushnell This looking like the beginning of
a pleasant little row, brother Hart seeing it
"brooding in the storm crushed il in the bud by
moving to lay the resolution ON the table,
which was carried mem. con. The machine had
now run for all it had been wound up and on a
motion to that effect the convention adjourned
sine die.
THE TREACEEROUS SAVAGE.
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