The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-05-08

Mr. MAYO: Mr.. Wiley asks the question If 1t
would not be unfair To deviate from this custom
which We have established heretofore; now, then,
I ne giving Of the power to the chairman of the
convention to appoint this committee Is perfect
" right and Just; II he sees III To recommend
persons favorable TO certain or particular indl.
vidual, which Mr.. Wiley seems to fear he will
do, and the committee adopt report that Is un.
favorable To this convention, this convention
knows how to get rid OF that report: they will
reject IT, But Ia say that the town OF Dayton
and Rutland, with their one delegate each, should
have the same power in Il committee that Is 10
select delegates To the state convention ana 10
the congress iuual convention that the city OF
Mendoza with her rs delegates and the city Of OF.
tawa with her IL delegates and the city OF Slrea-
tor with her Il delegates. seems to be entlrey
unfair to the majority Of the republicans in these
sections where there Is a large republican vote
The fact is, that wnerc the republican vote is I'M
der that rule the majority Of the republicans can
not be heard. There can be nothing unfair IN
the selection of 4 committee To make report 10
this convention Of certain names oil persons
whom they desire to be sent as delegates. II Is
Ike sense Of the convention hcrc assembled tbat
these persons do not represent this convention
they can amend that report 10y appointing other
delegates in their places and this is perfectly
fair and proper.
Mr.. Wiley: "The gentleman forgets that this
convention would equally have the opportunity
of passing upon the report of the committee IN
following our old principles; am not in favor OF
adopting any new tangled notions at this time;
hence, | hone that the amendment to the rcsou-
tions will be carried
Mr.. Bull: The gentleman who has Just sat
down. with his colleague from the village of
Earl have applied t. me and other members Of
this convention upon questions that they desired
to.preseut here because they said they wanted a
fair show; now will ask if there is any man liv-
ing tnat saws that il is fair show 10 give one
man the same voice that sixteen men are entl-
tied to-
An ave and no vote was at length taken on
the amendment, resulting in ayes, II; noes, IS.
The motion as smendcd was then carried amid
great applause on the Bushnell side, Postmaster
Corbus, who voted aye, tried to "bust' the vote,
by suggesting that 1856 was the vote OF the con-
yGntion: but no one paid any attention to him.
Thus far the victory was considered won for Mr.
Bushnell.
The chair appointed the following committees;
To select congressional delegates: w. :. Cherry
A. c. Mclntire, Jos. Hart c. ID. Trimblc, +. II.
Spicer +. Baldwin, w. II. CromptCn, Is. +, De
merritt, T. Bowen. To select state delegates: ii.
l.. Taylor, l.. Caruthcr, f. f. Ball, W. Bloom,
DR.. Wiley, [. s. Painter, Henry Mayo, S. 5. Bur
gcss. T. {. Lewis
Mr. Hart: 81 move that there be Il contested
vote taken to test the strength Of this convention
as to Bushnell or anti Bushnell, and that the
ayes and noes be called upon that test.
Mr.. Bull: Il agree with Mr.. Hart that before
this committee goes out that it would be very
good plan to take the expression Of the conven
ton as to their choice for member of congress; but
don; exactly like the way in which the motion
of that gentleman was wOrdcd; ] think it ought
iD bc totakr the voice Of this convention Us to
their preference regardless of Bushnell or anti
Bushnell-that there Should be no lines drawn.
Mr. Mcintyre: al move that we proceed with
tie vote that the ayes and noes be called for a
choice for congress"
Mr. Bull seconds the motion.
DR.. Corbus: at is anything to save the repub-
lican party from defeat and in Bushnell we feel
that he amt the man. A man that has burned
his bridges behind him when he left the repub-
lcan party, man who requires aflldayts to sus-
tain him before he is nominated isn't the man,
and cannot poll the vote of the republican party
of this county"
Mr.. Bull: THE truth is that there is no man
that can be presented to the people OF tuis
con gress iOnal district that can poll as large
a republican vote as the Hon. Washington
Bushnell The city of Ottawa alone polls al
majority OF 400, and Washington
Bushnell viii carry the city of Ottawa by 500 ma
jority, | know. do not ask anything but fair
expression The motion is very ingeniously
Wurded and very ingeniOusly put by the gentle.
man who made this motion in the first place for
the purpose of concentrating and making this
convention vote simply Bushnell or anti Bush
nell. Suppose that we turned that on his candi-
date, and proposed to vote for Cullen or anti-Cul-
half of Mr.. Bushnell but one thing, and ask
that fairly and | am fairly entitled to it and he
is fairly entitled to it at your hands: simply ask
that this convention express its preference for a.
candidate for member Of congress. Do it BY
omen ballot; show YOUR hands and let us see
where you are. If majority of this convention
want William Cullen, say then let us have Will
liam Cullen; if a majority of this convention
want Washington Bushnell as standard bearer |
let US have hun. Let us have this thing fair and
square, There cannot be ANYTHING farer than
the proposition Of the gentleman from Mendoza,
Mr.. MCINTYRE that we proceed to ballot Now |
this proposition was first made to me by Mr.. |
Demerritt, one of the La Sale dccgat and a |
man whom understand TO be opposed 10 Mr. |
Bushnell Suppose he is opposed to Mr. Bush |
nelly | assentpd TO IL assented that the prop.
osiion should be made | ask nothing but what
is a fair, open expression of the will of the dele
rates. and if we cannot agree upon man upon
the first ballot, if we can do it on second ballot