The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-07-31

60 900 native democratic voters. The record, as
produced by Mr.. Molonoy, showed that az tnat
election, outside Of New York and BROOKLYN,
where The voters were mostly natives, Herman
had run 5000 ahead Of his ticket; ana that the
only place where he was scratched was IN new
York City, where there was heavy Irish vote !;
hut that the scratching which amounted 10 out
3 900 votes was on account OF the rivalry between
the Mozart Hall and Tammany democrats and
not on account of Mr.. Kernans nationally.
A. Mr. Morrison told story about Col. i'm /.
O'Meara, of the Father Dunn" or GOTH III. regt'
in the last war. Col. ON, SAID MIR: Morrlson'
after faithfully serving his country IN the hei9
returned to Chicago, then moved to Clevel.nd,
O., and there was nominated by the democrats
for a lucrative Office, but was defeated by demo-
cratic scratchers because he was an lrisnman'
Was there ever Il more barefaced falsehood! Col
O'Meara, said Mr.. Moloney, was killed ~ the
storming Of Mission Ridge, and Jerry Rordan,
Thomas Larkin and either Ottawa lrlshmen VINO
belonged to his regiment helped to bury him
s. The 9TH and last polnt-or le--of MIR. MOT
rison was, that when the great Chicago hrc &C.
CURED and thousands Of Irish people were re-
duced to destitution, and VIM. II. English, tne
democratic nominee was called upon to contrib
ute to their relief, that wealthy banker gave the
enormous sum of one dollar. Mr. Molohey
showed by the Tribune that Mr.. English gave
800, which was the largest sum contributed ny
any man in Indianapolis.
| Such, said Mr. Moloney, was the tissue OF false
hoods with which Mr.. Morrison had been hired
to regae lrishmen in Ottawa-so open gross anu
palpahle that he could only have gone on the as
sumption that the Irish people OF Ottawa were
! grossly stupid and ignorant in that light the
! speech was deep insult, and should be resented
MS such.
Mr.. Moloney proceeded to state that he was
not Il democrat because he was an lrishmah, or
because the democrats curried favor with the
| Irish people; but because he approved demo
cratic principles and abhorred those OF the re-
pubicans, referring to their doctrines OF central
iZation, military supremacy, &c. The speech OF
Mr. Moloney though entirely mpromptu was
strong and able, and ELECTED frequent applause
| +. j. Wall, Esq, was next called out. lie said
he thought Mr.. Morrison needed no further at
tention; yet If the Irish people were not favored
by the democrats they were in bad case, for
they certainly never got any favors from the re-
publicans. They should remember the Irish
provcrb: Better stay with devil you know
than fly to one YOU don't know" tCheers)
Hon Samn Nicholson was called out and made
a brief speech-elaborating somewhat Mr.. Conk
ling's typical Ohio politician as descriptive Of
the whole republican party-pharisees, hypo
crltes-so good hemselNes-evcrybody else sc
Observation-Disclosures President Hayess speech,
when lac was defeated in 1876 wherein he sale
he cared nothing for himself but his heart bled fol
the poor negroes at The South; yet to become pres
ident by fraud he had heartlessly bargained away
those negroes to Governors Hampton and
NichOs
Thc last speaker called out was Mr.. Brewer
but he said the evening was so far spent that ht
would not detain the audience, and on his mo
ton the club adjourned for two weeks.
The assessment of La Sale was one Of the
most splendid outragcs ever perpetrated on thu
people of this county. 1t has been deservedll
censurcd everywhere: by the Board OF Supervls
ors and by the people The following. from thu
Mendoza Bulletin, is quite in point: "By the re
turns it is found that the lately discovered ban
ner" town of La Sale is city Of paupers, and j
Its inhabitants should die now its cemetery woult
be one vast Potter's field. The assessor Of Lit
Sale must be plant tool, with as little sense o
llustice as a Ute Indian, and with less bushes
ability than an attenuated mosquito. We are in
formed that a greater part of the schedules wer
not sworn to, many Of them not even being sgne!
either by the assessor or the party assessed
TSuch is the fact. The result OF the labors o
this grand imbecc was rs follows: La Sail
with population of 5000 has merchandise to tn
amount OF S53, sos; Peru with n population O
s. 600 has SOC 190 and Mendoza with population
of 4,4SS has s54, 965 in merchandise. The mel
chants must be crowd of bankrupts."
Or this, from the Reporter: "li La Sale pre-
poses to have the rest Of the county pay her tax
es for her. just let us know and we will favo
} having her set of as county by herself, and lie
, her build new court house and have a count
seat Of her own"