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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1878-02-26
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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1878-02-26

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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1878-02-26
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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1878-02-26

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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-14
FOREIGN NEWS.

ENGLAND-Thc latest estimates of the num-
Der lost by the sinking of the Princess Alice
on the Thames last week place it at 600 to 700.
Condor and Melody, the Fenians are to be
taken charge of by the American legation as
soon as released Dublin had great jubilee
on receipt of the news that these Fenians were
to be released,
A frlghtful colliery explosion occurred on
Wednesday at Abercame, in Monmouthshire
There were 81 IN the pit of whom 81 have
been rescued. The pit being on fire there is
no hope for the rest. The disaster is unprece-
dcnted in South Wales.
tRANCE-The international congress OF
weights, measures and coinage, just held at
Paris, decided that the right to melt or export
coins should be unlimited; that no fixed rates
be established between gold and silver and
that silver should not be legal tender for debt
of over Go The congress UNANIMOUSLY agreed
that the best mode Of arriving at an interna
tiona monetary unit would be to give legal
currency to the ten-tranc piece
THE EAsT-Mehemet Ali Pasha who was
sent by the porte to pacity Albania, was mob
bed at Yacona, siXty-seven miles northeast OF
Scutari He fled the place and took refuge in
a shed, but was pursued by the Albanlans, who
called upon him to organize an attack against
the Austrians He refused, and was, with
twenty members of his suite, massacred
The AuStrlnns on the Sth occupied 'rrebinje
Al. .I.,,, -, Low
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-14
Hn;I w S. BROOKS FOR CONGRESS.

The democratic convention at Morris on
Wednesday resolved unanimously TO adhere to
the nomination Of the Hon. w. ) Brooks for
congress-frst, because he was the man the
wanted; and secondly because Mr.
Brooks had not at any Tune declined the form
denomination of the conwcntion-though mani
testing. mainly on account of sickness in his
family great reluctance to acccptit.
The nomination is in all respects fit one to
be madc-hc best in short, that could have
been made Mr. Brooks, on account OF his
acknowledged superior intelligence and abill-
ty, as well as known integrity of character and
purity of life, is desirable candidate above
almost any other man in the district on the
score of personal popularity, as shown by his
election to the state senate some years ago IN
strong republican district; as well as on the
score of his consistent record as II staunch
democrat In that respect he stands on the
Illinois democratic platform. Though de
nounced by the opposition as IA greenback
platform, Mr. Brooks is n greenbacker to just
that extent He believes in an exclusive paper
currency issued from the national treasury and
kept at par with gold and silver. All demo
Gratis are agreed to that and few socalled green
hackers or nationals" ask for more.
But aside from questions Of currency, taxa
ton and revenue, on all of which Mr.. Brooks
of course stands solid with the democracy Of
the country, there are other questions constant
ly arising III congress, such as concern our
great western land carriage and water ways, in
which Illinois has vital but heretofore shame
fully neglected interest, and in regard to these
Mr. Brooks is especially alive and well inform
ell. His action in regard to matters Of this
class while in the state senate showed his in
telhgent appreciation of their great importance.
Illinois Just now has especial need of such
men in congress The nation is on the eve of
q new era of prosperity. The action Of con
grcss will have much to do in deciding whcth-
er the east, west or south shall reap thG greater
harvest We want men in congress who are
something more than mere whippcrsnappcr
politicians We want men of sound, practical,
intelligent business common sense like Mr..
Brooks, and not mere noisy IIghtweights, like
his ODDOncnt
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-14
THE CONVENTION AT MORRIS.
The Nomination of Brooks Unanimously Adj
hereu

The Nomination of Brooks Unanimously Adj
hered to.
There was II full attendance at the rc-asSem.
bling of the convention OF this congressional
district at Morris on Wednesday. La Sale
was present with - delegates, VIII with III
and Kendall and Grundy with four each.
l.. Leland, Esq, president of the former con.
vcntion, resumed the chair and in the absence
of one of the former secretaries, Henderson of
viii and Osman Of La Sale were appointed
additional secretaries.
Hon. y. \, Armstrong, chairman OF the dis
trict central committee, stated that when the
committee appointed at the former meeting OF
this convention to inform Mr. Brooks of his
nomination. went to Joliet Mr. Brooks was
absent; but his friends having stated so posi-.
lively that on account of sickness in his family
he would decline the nomination, the commit
tee had decided in accordance with the reso
luton Of the former meeting, to reaSsemble
the convention. Mr.. Brooks, however, had
within few days returned home, and finding
his son, on account of whose i'll health he had
been SO anxious, very much improved and
never having formally declined the nomina
ton rendered by the convention, was now
ready to accept it, if this convention desired
him to do so. Mr.. Armstrong, therefore
moved that the former nomination OF Mr.
Brooks be adhered to by reclamation,
Hon. Samuel Nicholson, of La Sale, in see
onding the motion, SAID that, in company with
Mr.. l.. W. Brewer and NJ. T. Molony Of Otta.
wa, he had that morning had an interview
with Mr.. Brooks at Joliet, and after Jointly
and earnestly impressing upon him the impor.
lance of his acceptance, had received from him
positive assurance that if this convention adj
hered to his nomination he should accept ii
and at once enter upon an active canvass.
After some further remarks the question was
put and the motion to adhere to the nominal
ton of Hon. W. 5. Brooks agreed to unani
mously
\ committee Of five was appointed by the
convention, consisting of L. Leland, and J. c
Campbell of La Sale Welsh of Kendall, p. \
Armstrong of Grundy and c. Farley of win
to inform Mr. Brooks Of the action Of the con
vcntiOn.
The convention was briefly addressed by W
\. Steele OF Joliet }. c. Campbell OF Strcator
and Hon. c. W. Armstrong-all expressing
the utmost satisfaction at the nomination o
Mr.. Brooks and confidence in his election i
the democrats OF the district will take off thci
coats" and 20 to work.
After giving three hearty cheers for Brook
the convention adjourned.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-14
WON'T CIRCULATE. WHY

The dollar of the daddeS won't circulate
glcefully cry the gold-bulioniSts. THE mon
ey ail stays in the [. $ minis treasury vaults
or the banks. The people don't want it," &c.
II appears from Il statement authorized by Sec
rotary Sherman that instead of carrying the
silver dollars around in bags or sending them
east Ia bc put in circulation, the Nevada and
California miners, Ia whom they are princi-
pally paid for silver bullion leave them in the
mint or treasury and take silver certificates.
These silver certificates are worth their face in
GOLD, and are hence the same rs gold ccrtii
Gates The dollar of the daddics." therefore
don't get into general circulation for exactly
the same reason that gold don't get into gcner
a! circulation. II Is worth a triling per cent
more than the grccnback dollar, and the cheap.
.er currency always drives out the dcarer. II
follows thatnothing but resumption, and m,
wiping Gu, thereby of the gold and silver pre-
MUM. can ever get the dollar of the daddics in
Ia -,ncral circulation any more than gold, oI
gold and silver certificates. There are now
nearly S3OOOOO,OOO of gold in the country ant
by January there will be some SiO,OOOOc o
silver dollaIs The question is, shall thes.
vast suu.s BE- added To the active circulation O
the country by resumption, or shall everything
~ again thrown into confusion by running al
ter the fiat money craze
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-14
MAINE ELECTION.

Had there been an earthquake in Name
on Monday, and half the republican party
been swallowed NJ, the leaders would hardly
have been more terrified and astoundcd than
they are at the result of Mondays election IN
that state For the first time the rock rooted
Maine finds itself defeated and routed Ac-
coring to the last summing up, Conner, re
publican candidate for Governor, got, in
round figures, IS 600 votes Smith greenbacker
1000, and Garcelon, democrat, 10000, the
opposition" beating the republicans by 5000
In the legislature the republicans have II
members, the greenbackers SO and the demo
Gratis 90, giving the opposition 81 against II
republicans. As the election Of Governor and
other state officers is thus thrown upon the leg
slaturc, the chances are that the next govern
or of Maine will be greenbackcr or demo
crat.
In regard to congressman, the democrats
and nationals having united upon Ladd, q
democrat, in the 4th district, Ladd is elected
and in the 9TH district grcenbacker, by the
same combination, defeats the republican Hale
who was known in the last congress as
"Blainc's tumblc.bugn
Though on its face great triumph for the
grccnbaCkcrs the result IN Maine Is only {
proof Of what the grcenbackers and democrat,
can do by joining teams. The greenbackcr,
of Maine had nominated Il strong ticket with
men at its head who had been lifelong demo
Gratis, ana there was nothing in the plat
form of their state convention to which the
democrats objected. There was, therefore II
very strong feeling among the democrats
against nominating another ticket, which &C
counts fnr the large democratic vote that was
cast for the grccnbackcrs, though it is mani
fest that the latter party must also have drawn
heavily from the republicans. As the nation
ais OF Maine share none of the wild, irrational
currency and cOmmunislc ideas of some OF
the lights of that party in the large eastern cit
les and occasionally in the west there is no rca
son why there may not he II fusion of the ma
tionals and democrats OF Maine, as there is sub
stantially now in Ohio, and thus the state be
permanently lost to the republicans.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-14
DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE.

Senator Thurman, IN his great campaign
speech at Athens, Ohio, last week, laid down
the true doctrine held by the democratic party
and thrcc-iourthS Of the socalled grecnbackcr,
on the currency question. He VA, replying 10
the republican objection against the propose,
ton TO substitute $322,0O0000 of additional
green6acks for national bank bills
lst Because congress has no constitutional
power to issue lcgatender notes in time Of
peace and, second, that it would be breach
of faith, inasmuch rs congress solcmnly de.
clarcd that not more than S4000O0,0OO green
backs should be issued, and this measure
would make the amount $GGS,00O000.
Senator Thurman denied that the supreme
court had decided against the authority Of con
gress to issue legal tender notes in time OF
peace, though it was doubtless true that Grant
had to pack the court to prevent such dccls-
ion; but admitting that congress does not
possess that power, it does have unlimited
power to issue treasury notes without making
them legal tendcr-and these would be just rs
good as bank notes, which themselves are not
legal tenyer Secretary Sherman himself
maintains that $500 900, 900 grecnbaCks ought
to be kept in circulation, because they COnstl.
tute the best and cheapest paper money that
can be devised if they are convertible into
coin But if $500, 100000 greenbacks are so
desirable, an equal additional amount issued
to replace the national bank notes would be
desirable, too; and 1t would make no differ
encc in their value, whether they were legal
tender or not provided they were redeemable
in com.
As to the other objection that it would be Il
violation of faith to issue 1929 100000 new
grecnbacks, thus making the whole amount
issued SGGS, 100000, after declaring that the
whole issue should not exceed $400,O000OO,
Senator Thurman shows that this pledge was
nothing more than an act Of ii republican CON
gress, and asks what is there to prevent a sub
sequent congress from repeating it? Are the
ordinary acts Of Il republican congress irrepcal-
i've they may become? As to the breach OF
faith, Senator Thurman showed that, after the
republican congress had soennly declared that
no more than 100000 900 grccnbacks should
be issued, II subsequent republican congress
established the national banks and authorized
them to Issue SiO0,00oV goo additional currency
thus furnishing an example Of the very VIC
lation of faith which the republican leaders
now so vchemcntly dcprecate. If the pledge
after being given was violated in the interest
of the national banks, why, asks Mr.. Thurman,
may it not be violated again in the interest of
the people?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-14

The Aurora He,uld, in half column lead
or" strongly comments the plank of the ma
tional greenback platform against convict III
bcr According to this philosophy the $500
able-budied scoundrels in the Joliet penitcntl-
ary ought to be kept wholly unemployed
though fed at the expense of the state. IL the
workingmen and public generally are benefit
ed by supporting 1900 loafers, thieves and cut
throats IN idleness ia the pcnitentiaTy, why
would The public, and particularly the labor
ing CLASSES, not reap still greater benefit from
the feeding and clothing, at the state expense,
of a fen thousand vagabOnds, trampS. loaters
and thieves ouIside of the penitentiaIyE There
are, we know. some difficult problems con
nected with this question of prison labor hut
there is something repulslye to common sense
in philosophy that would justify the support
bv the state ot large and the worst fraction "i
its population In idleness that the other ana
better part may be able To work the harder "a
earn their bread by the sweat of their brow
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-14

John Sherman having given notice that on
and after last Monday silver dollars would be
sent, free Of express charges, in exchange for
currency IN sums OF not less than $1,000, re
ceived at the national treasury, the applica-
tions for the dollars of our daddies" have av-
eraged about $4,000 day since then This
Is taking the dollars out for circulation nearly
as fast as they are coined. The applications
come from all parts OF the country, and show
that the silver dollars popular and in demand
for general use Indeed the applications crowd
upon the treasury faster than it can pack and
ship the coin.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-14

Vermont held an election last week and the
result is that the Dutch again have taken Ilol-
land. The regulation republican majority of
$4,000, however, is cut down Is 1900 The
republican vote has fallen Off as compared
with 1876 from 1900 to $4,000; the democra-
tic vote from 10000 to 1900, showing that the
grcenback and scattering vote last week OF
$3.50 must have been at least as largely drawn
from the republicans as emocrats-though in
either case it was so insignificant as to cut no
figure
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-14

Joliet had regular Notification on Monday
on the occasion of the return Of her fire com
panies from the great Chicago tiremen's tour
namenl, bearing as trophies of victory silver
service and $3.50 in gold, awarded them as the
first national prize for saving a burning build
ing with the least amount of damage ny fire
or water Over 1000 people met the compan-
les at the depot, and formed in procession with
the mayor and brass band at the head, and
escorted the victorious companies, their en-
gines and hose carts through the streets. 1T Is
notable rs a singular manifestation OF Chicago
jealousy that in not Il single report OF the tour
namcnt by all the Chicago papers are the Joliet
companies credited with winning these prizes,
though the fact of their triumph is lndisput-
able
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-14
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.

Our reporter has gwen full and graphic ac-
count Of the proceedings Of the republican
county convention on Tuesday, so that there is
nothing to add.
The nominees, too can be readily disposed
Of After j. f. Nash had pcremptoriy refused
to allow his name to be used IN the convention,
and John II. Widmer had rs peremptoriIy de
clincd the nomination for state senator, the
convention was Obliged TO select from such
timber as they had left, and in taking Samuel
r. Lewis they certainly did not take the worst.
lie is Il solid, substantial granger, OF rather
limited education. hat of much good, solid
practical common sense. Should he he elect
ed he will be more noted for his good naturcd,
sturdy honesty than rs an adrOt manager and
tacticlan.
For representative L. b. Crooker Is doubt
less the best man they had, and will he elected.
He made IA good, scryiccable member two years
ago and had fairly earned the compliment OF IA
denomination. Frank Bowen rs the other
candidate for representative Is regarded as
rather weak, and his nomination Is held by
some of the faithful asa covert maneuvrc IN
favor OF John Miller.
Sheriff Stevens, of course, was the best and
strongest nomination they could make for
sheriff, and AS they have a Tartar to beat in
Nelson. there was no use III fooling with sec
ond rate timber.
The choice of DR. Petit for coroner was
Ioru,lIv iudicious and if elected the only gen
cra regret Will be that the office is not worth
a thousand or two instead ola mcagre hundred
lnllnra or f,Nn
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-14
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OUR CLUBBING.

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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-14

How utterly reckless and unreliable the
blatherskite San Cary is in his statements may
be seen by his assertion that there are three
millions of workingmen out of employment
in this country. Carefully collected statistics
on the subject in Massachusetts, and Penn
sylyania show that by taking these states
as the standard the number Of unemployed
in all the states cannot be over 10000 and is
daily diminishing
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-14

Oryil Grant, brother of Gen. Grant, has
been taken 10 the lunatic asylum at Morris
town, y. }. At the time of the great fire in
Chicago ne lost about $4,000, all he was
worth, and since then has been trying to re
trieye his fortune 10y wild speculatons, one of
the most notable Of which was that in govern
meat post tradcrships,-in which, however, az
well as others, he seems 20 have failed, 80 that
he is now said 10 leave his family in actual
want
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-14

QUITO population Of 1900 there are not
believed TO be over 1900 people left in Mem
phis, the rest having taken flight TO the rural
districts of Tennessee or 10 the north Yet Of
these 1900 the deaths from the fever average
100 day and from 2OOO to 3GOg are sick. The
only occupation Of the well is to look after the
sick and bury the dead
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-14

In the republican congressional convention
of the 4th district at Elgin last week parson
Lathrop who 50 handsomely euchrcd llurlbut
out OF his nomination two years ago, got his
pay back from IIurlbut splendidly IN the same
coin; for although IIurlbut was not strong
strength enough to defeat Lathrop and secure
the nomination Of John G. Sherwin of Kane
county,.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-14

The trade dollar swindle is by no means
general. We see by the New York Sun that
most of the banks and heavy business men in
New York city take and pay out the trade dol
lar at 100 cts The rradcsmen's Bank, the
Park Bank, the Broadway Bank, the Central
Bank, a. T. Stewart IL Co., Clahin d Coin
short NIL the leading banks and wholesale
dealers, as well rs the railroad and telegraph
companies assured the SIM reporter that they
had never discounted the trade dollar a cent.
So the swindle is almost entirely western"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-14

The Grand Central Hotel at Omaha. Ncb..
the finest hotel west o: the Mississippi this
side Of San Francisco, was totally destroyed
10y fire on the 9TH inst Six persons were kill.
ed during the coniiagraton The hotel had
cost S2O0.OO0 and was bought a short time ago
under a foreclosure by Kountze Brothers OF
New York for $4,000. The insurance on
building and furniture Sas sos 600
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-14

I'll. Breckenridge, the well known lawyer
of Joliet, while riding up street IN that city
ON a pony on Wednesday of last week, became
entangled with runaway team, was endorsed,
and 50 severely injured that It is doubtful
whether he can recover.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-14

John sherman, secretary of the [. $ Treas
ury, has given notice that ON and after Monday
next al grecnbacks presented to the [. :.
treasurer at Washington or my |. :. sub,
treasurer will he redeemed in silver As silver
is "as good as gold in the payment of t. ).
customs dues and for all other purposes, tins
notice amounts substantially to full resump-
ton of specie payment, and after Monday the
gold premium, which has sunk to /, per cent.
will probably wholly disappear
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-14

Hon. Richard J. Oglesby delivered pollti-
cal address to amoderate audience at the Opera
House last night The cruelty in the case Is
that they have made the poor man believe
that he is a candidate for Us. Senator