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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-26
THOUGHTS FOR GREENBACKERs.

Although the grcenbackcrs poled but 5000
votes in Indiana two years ago and 10000 at
the last election, Senator Mcdonald, in late
conversation, said they made no gains Two
wears ago the grcenbackcrs were stronger than
they are to-day, but then their leaders sold out
to the republicans, and few days before the
election their candidate tor governor urged his
supporters to vote the republican ticket At
least 10 600 grccnbackers voted the republican
ticket, yet tie democrats carried the state by
5000 majority. This year the grcenhackcrs
voted their own ticket, which accounts for the
increase of their own vote and of the demo
cratic majority over the republicans to 10000.
Further along in the same conversation he
said the grccnbaCk sentiment was the out
growth Of the hard times and as the times i'm
proved would die out | think" said he,
the greenback party has reached the culmi-
mating point of its growth, at least in the north
west No such party can grow into substan-
tial, living power These are thoughts which
honest grecnbackcrs of democratic antcccdents
may well lay to heart. The matter for them
To consider Is, whether they really desire the
success of the hard money, radical republican
party Let it be admitted, for argument sake,
that they are fully AS strong in this congres
sional and senatorial district as they claim to
be. What them Everybody knows they can.
not elect either Campbell or Armstrong and
the only possible result will be the election of
Hayes and Lewis About nothing are the
cmissaries of the republican parW-a party
pledged against every principle of the green
back movcmcnt--sO anxious rs that the demo
cratic grcenbackers shall stick to their caudi-
dates There may be some honorable demo
Gratis who have joined this movement on prin-
clplc, ard how will they like thus being made
tools of to assist radical success? Should
the GrccnbaCk business exercise sufficient in
tlucncc at the November election tC vitiatc u
local democratic triumph, what IA sorry out
come will it be, Not particle of good will
have been accomplished, but a dismal iasco
will remain To illustrate the folly of such com.
binations. We believe every honest democrat,
no matter what his views on finance may he,
desires 10 avoid this result, and we earnestly
hope every such man will weigh well his
course before il is too late Ia remedy It's effects
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-26
THE NATInNAIS-

The candidates and county committee Of the
National Grccnback party met in secret eau.
Gus at the Clifton Hotel la this city on Monday,
10 devise measures, Ms we were told, for "a
more vigorous prosecution Of the campaign m
this county and to connrcract the influence Of
certain efforts u' me FREE TRADER 10 "-c-
.duca" GnyuLa.E voters 10 abandon their own
land vote for D,mo,rIic candidates. What
measure, were bin upon 10 that end we are not
advised, as the cau,ayc ,at with closed doors
We can -.,. however. u, tp The seductive efforts
.of the lIua TRADER it has used none but
such 70. consist I'm addressing certain consider
atiuus 10 mrnof common sense, which IN our
humble Judgment ought 10 prevail 10 prevent
Grccnhalk voter, from throwing away their
yotc, on men whose election Is palpably hope,
les, and iadua, ihrm 10 cast them for men
aiming tu attain tn same objects SO far rs
they are reasonably practicable, and whose
election theil votes wuld render certain.
After the secret SEIZURE, the concIave met in
the evening at the court house, where II public
meeting was held and addressed by Mayor
Mclaughlin, Of Braidwood, and others, The
Mayor, address consisted chiefly of an argu.
ment To show that the present hard times and
especially low wages and suffering among the
working Glasses, were caused by the errors of
republican financial legislation In this, we
imauiuc. hc win find no democrat To disagree
with him Whether he showed the same prac.
teal good sense, however, in proposing as a
remedy the voting for candidates whose election
is hopclcs, and thus aiding the election to Of
flee and p,rpcluaton Of the power of the same
republican party that had brought the country
to its present dcp!oraOlc plight, let sensible
voters be the judges
OF course il is no surprise to us that Mr.. NJ
+. O'Crowlcy in reference To the common sense
suggestion, of the ERIE TRADER to the Green
hackers, argued tha the Nationals had other
objects in view that the Democrats did not
favor, and upon the whole the Nationals
KNEW rs well what they wanted as certain
editors" SC. MIR O'Crowlcy, we understand,
is an enthusiastic believer IN the efficacy Of
fiat money rs a curc-ail Of our national ills
and is one of those men who would rather
chew up and swallow milk ticket when he
is thirsty than drink quart of milk, or eat a
meat ticket when hungry than masticate Il
bcefstcak rs not one IN ten of the Nationals
themselves, and ccriainly not one in a thous.
and of any other party, is victim OF the same
hallucination he has oar hearty consent TO his
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-26
YELLOW FEVER.

Tn, relief boat Chambers, whose humane
trip dowp the Mississippi threatened to have
such melancholy ending 10y the breaking out
of the fever on board, had ut last accounts
reached Memphis on its return trip with no
further misfortune than the loss Of Lieut..
Bcnpcr and three of its crew. Capt lore il
still sick at Vcksburg nut will probably re-
cover
Frost more or less frequent and heavy hav-
inc occurred during the week throughout
most of the fever stricken district, there is Il
general easing up of the plague and a more
cheerful tone everywhere. At Memphis the
deaths have fallen tosiN or eight day IN the
city proper with few new eases, and these
mainly returned refugees, while at NIcksburg
fnr several DAYS there were no deaths OF new
coscs though refugees are still advised not to
return. Only at New Orleans, where frost has
hardly vet been iclt docs the death rate keep
mn near its old figures, with a material dimi-
mutton, however, ofnc cases. The Savannah
musicians and nurses that did so much good
work at Memphis, have gone home their as
sistance no longer being needed.
There is also "A hopeful improvement all
through the interior towns of Tennessee and
Mississippi. and all in all, the indications all
over are that the worst is past and that the
end of the week will about wind up the cruel
reign for 1878 of mcrcIlesS Yellow Jack.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-26

The grcenback vote in Ohio is over 10000
600. In West Virginia 2000.-Pontiac Free
Trtder.
The greenback vote in Ohio is just IS, 1872 in
Il total vote of 5S9,002 or a tritle over one vote
out of every hundred cast. Two years ago, on
IA much smaller vote the greenback vote was
%, SO that substantially, with all their
fuss and blowing, the grccnbackers did little
more than hold their own in Ohio
In Indiana the grecnback vote this year was
3O2l7 against 1910 two years ago; but if it
Is true, as Senator Mcdonald says, that two
wears ago $4,000 of the Indiana grecnbackers
voted with the republicans in that state, they
have hardly held their own among the Hoo
sicrs
In Iowa. the united grcenback and demo
cratic vote WAS larger by 5000 last year than
thi, wear. If the democrats held their own in
Iowa as they did, and more than did, in ONO
and Indiana. the grcenbackcrS must have
progressed backward" in Iowa.
In West Virginia, instead OF 10000 the
rrccnhackcr> this year polled but 200 votes
which /, a loss compared with last year.
And tins WAS the terrific grecnhack storm thai
wa, promised in the west by John Sherman
hired National Greenhack stump howierS
month agol
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-26
A MODEL CANDIDATE.

The Ottawa Republican takes up ana puH'
seriatim all the candidates on the Republican
state and county ticket, As specimen orlcN
Of this unique culogisuc literature we copy
the following:
Gen. Eycrcll +. Dutton, of Dckalb county,
il candidate for Clerk of the supreme Court IN
tins Division. he is "A gentleman peculiarly
well qualified for the position, As clerk
of the Illinois House of Representatives his
clerical abilities have been thoroughly tested
Besides hc is "a gentleman of high character
in every sense of the world OtcourSe he viii
bc elected
Now wcconfcs. we know nothing about this
"icncral Evercll +. Dutton" personally, but
if a newspaper like the Elgin Ledder, lndePen,
dent IN politics and printed near his home, may
BE- supposed To know something about HIM,
then, 60 speak of him rs "a gentleman OF high
character in every sense Of the word" is an at
tempt at calcimining rs bungling us 1t is IN
pudcnt According to an article in the L'dder
aforesaid, the military experience of General
Button consisted in holding Workmanship,
or something of that sort, in the 18th Illinois
regiment, until about the time of the battle oi
Peach Tree Creek, when he shot himself in the
foot to be able to get home on leave. Outstay'
ing his leave, he avoided punishment by get
ting transferred to the 10jth regiment. 1t is
conceded that he never rose above captaincy
during the service and General A. X. Stiles is
referred to for information how much it cost
to ret the title of "Brigadier General by bre-
vet' for him after the war.
On his return from the wars, the republicans
of De Kalb county nominated him for circuit
clerk. While the county gave Grant 2OOO ma
jority, Brgadier General by brcvet button
was elected by some 300. In Sycamore, his
home, he received "a votes. The Grant elect
ors received 3G2 votes.
The Leddtr article also impugns the bust
ness integrity of our General by brevet."
There is something said about Il stolen silk
quilt; also about lost or stolen county bond
that was found to have been sold and convert
ed INTO money by the same Brig. Gen by bre-
vet. The Leader article also reyves other in
"reminiscences of tins kind, but these
are quite enough for all general purposes TO
show what sort of II gentleman of high char
actcr" this model republican candidate for the
important Office of clerk of the Supreme Court
Ia. IL
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-26
FOREIGN NEWS.
Great britain,

The diha, Il report of the investigation into
the atlairsipf the Glasgow Bank was made pub.
lie on tl. 18th and shows a state ofailairworse
even h'n the most gloomy forebodlngS. IL
shows Il loss by the Bank Of S30,000,O00, and
Ithal'through sheer reckless and criminal mis-
management The sworn statements which
the bank was required TO make Of its condition
to the government were Systematically talsitied
for years, involving any amount of perjury.
The managers and directors who have been ar
rested on charge of fraud are among the prin-
cipal and hitherto most honorcd business men
and landed proprietors of Glasgow and.Edin-
burgh, Their Imprisonment caused II tremen-
dous sensation.
The continued depression in trade, coupled
with the shock caused by the explosion Of the
Glasgow bank, is producing legitimate fruits
in numerous business failures. Among the
leading failures during the week were James
Savers & Co. with liabilities amounting to
$l0,0000O0; Coupcr, Scott " Co., of Glasgow,
liabilities 100000; La Cour, Watson Il Co,
shipping agents at Glasgow; Alexander, Bell
Il Co, Glasgow, in Spanish trade; James
Morton & Co., Glasgow, for Sl2,jOO,OOO; Mat
thew Buchanan Il Co., Glasgow, &c, &c.
A sad piece of news to the religious worlds
the announcement of the death, on Thursday
of this week, of Cardinal Cullen, archbishop
of Dublin. He dies at the ripe age Of IS, 'af.
ter busy career, full of work and honors."
A disastrous railway collision occurred on
Monday at Pontyprldd, in Wales. u persons
were killed and 40 wounded.
The Fenian convict Clancy, who was SEN
fenced in 1867, has been liberated.
Sir Stafford Northcote, in aspeech at Wolver-
hampton on Monday night admitted that it
was by no means certain there would not be Il
renewal of the war ON account of tussias lax
ity in executing the treaty of Berlin.
The Duke of Edinburgh is about to embark
in the Black Prince for Canada to welcome the
Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise on
their arrival there
Market reports say the corn trade is reduced
to such state of dlstrust that it will prObab ly
be long before itagain shows signs of elasticity.
All advices from India favor the probability
that no advance upon Cabul will be attempted
before spring. Meantime the ameer manitests
a desire to negotiate and Processes to have been
led into his present position only by subStan-
usl offers from the Russian envoy.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-26
FURIOUS STORM.

\ furious storm originating somewhere on
the Atlantic audi sweeping alon. The Connect.
cut coast ragged across Jersey and struck East
crD Pennsylvania on Wednesday morning
doing iI- chief damage in Philadelphia
Among the destruction wrought in the Quaker
city was the demolition of nearly every tin
roof whole blocks thus covered being uncov
cred in twinklng. There was also irightiul
destruction among the trees. scarcely a tree in
all her beautiful square, and parks being left
standing or at least without mutilarion. The
trees 50 filled the streets that travel was Stop
ped ON the street railways, and pcdeslrian-m
was difficult and dangerous over forty
churchc, were more or less damaged, many
building, were demolished, the West PhilaGcl
phia depot of the Pennsylvania railroad Wa.
lcvclcd To the ground, twenty warchouscs,,long
the Delaware were Frustrated, and generally
the city looked after the storm rs if violent
earthquake had given 1t a shake up.
The Storm swept westward over PcnHsyiya
MIA as Tar rs the mountains, generally dcmol
ishing telegraph wires, railroad bridges barns
dwellings, dc. Here and there lives were lost
and Otherwise the damage in dollars and cents
is computed by millions
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-26
ELECTRIC LIGHT.

While recent important discoveries In re
gard to the electric light have pointed 20
strongly to lis availability for common illum.
inaton rs to cause panic in gas stocks, the
more knowing ones regard it rs but another of
those instances where scientific research has
come within II step of the grand object at
winch it AIMED and there ialtcrcd and then
stopped with the confession that further pro.
grcSs was impossible There is no doubt that
by the use of very simple machinery abund.
ant electricity can be evolved and 40 manipu-
lated rs to produce light enough To turn night
into day, but the great problem has boon how
to divide up this electricity at the fountain
head and distribute it from house To house rs
gas is conducted from the works in pipes in
the exact quantities desired. To the unscicn-
| titic mind this may seem mere matter of
wires, like conducting the fluid" on tele,
graph poles, but when it comes to conveying
it around under the streets of city on wires
to be diverted at any desired point to the con-
sumner, the thing it is found cannot be done,
and this is just the short easy step that can't be
taken. There is no way of so isoating wires
under ground and through buildings as to pre-.
vent the whole stream from rushing of on one
wire or otherwise scattering and leaving the
others empty.
The great Edison, however, has undertaken
to grapple with the difficulty and claims to
have perfectly surmountcd it. His invention
is yet a secret because, as he claims, ii is so
simple that, on account Of It's great importance
it would be stolen and he should lose the indi
vidual advantage of it, When reminded, how
ever, that the scientists had pronounced the
division of electric light an impossibility he
smiled and said, 4" So they pronounced the
quadruplcx telegraph and the telephone, but
nevertheless they are admitted facts and So
those who pronounce this impossible, are predi
eating on what they have not seen and do not
understand. In Il little while all who doubt
may see for themselves"
1t appears, at least, that few wealthy men
IN New York who have been let fully into the
secret of Edisons last great invention, have
had enough confidence in it to organize u com
pany WIN Il capital OF 'ToOO,OOO Tor me pUr-
pose of putting it INTO practical operation. As
beginning Menlo Park and the buildings
around it are first to be lighted up, and after
that the whole city, he claims, will be divided
into circles of say mile in diameter, and the
buildings within the circle Illuminated from
one huge generator of electricity in the center.
Mr. Edison claims that houses can thus be
lighted at half the present cost Of gas, and with
jets of eight times the Illuminating power of
common gas burners.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-26

Although the republicans have not gained
so big victory in the last election as the re-
turns at first indicated they can count on heavy
gains in the aggregate which show that there
is a heap of life in the party.-PhHHtr.
1t is true the republicans won back, by the
meager majority of 3,l43 Ohio, which last
year had gone democratic by $4,000. But ii
is to be recollected that the fight in Ohio was
on congressman, not the unimportant office OF
Secretary of State. Whichever party carried
a majority of the delegation in congress would
have control of Ohio if by chance the election
of President should go to the house, for which
reason extraordinary efforts were made, and
the republicans having an army of office hold
ers to aid them, and control Of the government
supervisors and deputies in Cincinnati, had a
decided advantage which they used without
lscruplc. Yet the democrats elected II of the
10 congressman and thus gained the only real
victory there was to gain.
As to Iowa, it is admitted that the republi.
can gain in the popular vote over last year is
not worth mentioning, while it has to mourn
the substantial loss of two congressman.
And finally as to Indiana, republican OF
that state tells his own story in the Cincinnati
Gdzette:
That we have been ingloriousy defeated
there is no doubt. 1t is the grandest Demo
cratic victory achieved in Indiana since the
existence Of the Republican party. The in
creased majority in the state is in itself great
but not until we add that the loss Of four con
grcssional distrcs-and gam Of but one-the
loss of three of the state senatorial districts
and thirteen of the representative districts, are
we able to estimate the extent OF our defeat,
and it seems to one member of the party at
least that we had best look the truth squarcly
in the face.
Upon the whole, what do you think of such
heavy gains IN the aggregate" anyhow:
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-26
OUR TICKET.

The Republicans admit that they have
weak ticket. The one or two good men upon
il complain that the rest are II burden We
have no desire to he personally offensive, bu'
some of their candidates are conspcuouNly un
fit for the positions for which they have been
nominated \ party that sets up such candi
dates deserves to have them knocked down
The party itself is the gamer by Their defeat.
On the other hand, the democratic ticket Is
admitted To bc strong one. I'would be next
to impossible 10 clangca name upon it that
would improve 1t. party deserves success
for exercising such care and regard for the
public interests in selecting its candidates In
what way, for instance, taking all things into
account, could the nomination of
LYMAN II. TOWER
for state senator be- improved! lie is Htclli-
gent, thoroughly posted, bright young, ,hrcwd,
quick, active, full OF VIM, and a'thopoughiy
experienced and posted business man, lie is
lust The man to make Il useful, influential,
working senator
For representatives, rake the county over
and where will you find two better men than
q. W, ARMSTRONG AND JonN MHLER'
The honesty of both is proverbial. Both have
had experience rs Legislators and made an hon
orablc record there They know all the ms
and outs of the position, how TO do and how
not to do their work, and what Legislation the
interests of the state need. The banc Of our
state legislation is crudity and want Of practi,
cal knowledge and experience. Two such
men as Armstrong and Miller will be worth
more TO La Sale county and the state at Spring.
field than dozen of greenhorns.
The same remarks, as to the excellence Of
our nomination, apply to
NEI.s NELSON I'd
for Sheriff No man questions his thorough
honesty and integrity, and the ability and prac-
tical business common sense he has shown aS
"A member of the board of supervisors attest his
eminent fitness for the position. All admit
his nomination is the best that could have been
made, and we regard his election rs fixed
certainty.
And last but not least, the universal salts
faction
DIR. c. W. REYNOLDS
has given in his administration of the office of
coroner for the past two years show that his
nomination for reelection was eminently fit
and judicious
Such is our county ticket We are willing
it shall stand on its merits. If our opponents
have presented better ticket let them have
that advantage at the polls, but us they have
not, we claim that the democratic ticket de
serves and ought to be elected AS u whole.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-26
HON. G. W. ARMSTRONG.

Whilcwr asl, no Democrat to slight the Hon
John Miller and our candidate for represcn
tatlve in casting "plumper,' for G. ". Arm
strong, We desire to remind voters of all partic,
that, in behalf of the interests Of the county
irrespective of party it is PLAIN dictate Of
common sense and simple duty to our whole
people to return Mr. Armstrong to the legis
laturc His longcXpcriencc there, his acknowl
edged ability and his proyerbla honesty and
integrity of character have given him such d
wide ana aIl-pcryadiGg influence at Spring
field that as Il matter of local policy as well as
pride, our county would be ncXcusabc to de
prlvc itsclfoi such representative. Butwc owe
it 10 ourselves TO rc-elect Mr.. Armstrong from
other and higher considerations HIS minute
and thorough knowledge of every interest OF
conccrnmcnt Of the state coming within the
scope of Legislative action render his presence
in the assembly at all times Il matter OF meal
culabIc value to the whole state. One Of the
crying iniirmlies Of our legislative system IS
that each recurring election returns Il set OF
new anu w hitI w 'i' t7H'iiibIN
and the common result is Il mass of crude alb
surd and impracicablc legislation that occu
pies the courts and future legislatures torycars
to undo. Half dozen men in either house
with the knowledge and practical experience
of Mr.. Armstrong would and often do, save
thousands on thousands of dollars and endless
difficulty and annoyance to the people, by pre-
venting such pernIcious legislation. 1t Is nc
great honor, and certainly no pccuniary advan
tagc, 10 any honsH man to be sent to the ILL.,
nois Legislature, and few men with one terms
experience there care for a second trial; yet
there mV1 be some men of experience and leg
islativc knowledge there, and when we have
man of Mr. Armstrong; exceptional ability
integrity and large experience willing again
to serve in that capacity, We owe il To the
whole state to elect him.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-26
Eht gree Sraatr.
ottawa H.. saturday, October 20, 1878.
OUR CLUBBING.

We are prepared to club the FREE TRADER
with thefollowing publications, urnishingD o'h
ut the prices named, postage prepaid Inc OF
fer-open to old subscribers or new at any
post Office IN the county-is the CHEAPEST
EVER MADE IN this county: .o,.
Eprp TRADER and Chicago Weekly Times 800
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly ITbane 100
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Inter- q,
ocean 49, ''''''' nn
FREE TRADER and Prairie Farmer. ......':' ''oo
FREE TRADER and either of ilarpcr's publ =.
cations, '''' '''''''''' ~
FREE TRADER and Scribner. ........... 30
FREE TRADER nd Godcrs ladies BOOK 3'9o
Free TRADER and Lire Stock Journal. ...'.. 9'l2
FREE TRADER and Phrenotogical Jo'tndt.... 90
FREE TRADER and 81. Nicholas. ........ 30
FREE TRADER and Demorest's Monthty..'' 3'S2
FREg TRADER and Litteips Lining Age..'. 20
FKEE TRADER and Western Rural. .......;.., ~
FREE TRADER and lNoore's Rural Mem Yorker 800