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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

dentials were ready to report on the meeting OF
the convention at II O'Clock. The report came
in three forms: first, the report of the majority
then long report Of the minority; and lastly
a separate protest on the part of the minority
on the action of the majority in reference to
West Virginia.
The majority report first presents the names
of all the undispu,ed delegates. Then 1t pro,
poses to admit all the delegates appointed by
single districts in states where those appoint.
mcnts were set aside by state conventions and
other delegates appointed. Under this part Of
the report it proposes to remove the delegates
appointed by the state convention for the fol.
lowing Illinois districts, viz: ls,, I'd, Sd, 4th,
9Th, 9th, 9th, 10Th, 18th and 17th and substi-
tute the delegate named by the districts. The
report was in favor of the Warmoth divided
against the Plnchback Grant delegation from
louisiana
The minority report is simply a long argu,
ment in favor OF seating the delegates in all
cases as appointed by the state conventions as
agaisnt those separately appointed by single
districts
The convention agreed to take up the report
IN sections, The part to admit the undisputed
delegates was adopted without debate. A few
other unimpor'ant questions were similarly dis.
posed of and then the convention plunged INTO
the question of rectifylng the Illinois and 9th
nr delegations as proposed by the majority and
On tins engaged in Is not wranglc that prom
sed to last all night
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05
THE CONVENTION.

Considering the small amount Of bushes,
TO be transacted, there was an unexpectedly
full representation present from all parts OF
the county at the Democratic convention yes
terday The only matter of any Significance
that occurred was the earnest eagerness mani.
tested by the delegates to indicate their prefer.
ence, first for lIoratio Seymour, and next for
David Davis, as the presidential nominee. II
is true, there were two or three present who,
while not desiring to conceal their entire rcadi.
ness to support Seymour or DAVIS, doubted
the propriety Of coupling the expression of
such preference as that proposed with an
implication Of hostility to Samuel j. Tlden,
for whom Col. Taylor especially protested
feelings of the warmest friendship aid high,
est admiration While the Colonel was, OF
course, heard with great respect, as he always
is, it was evident, however, that there were
few present to sympathlse with him, and that,
all in all, the Democrats wanted as little OF
Tilden as possible However, the democracy
OF La Sale county is all right for the Cincin-
matt nominee, whoever he may be The
unanimous sentiment Is, that we have had
enough of republicanism, and will support
anybody against the Chicago nominee
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05
dent they might go farther and fare worse
than by taking Judge Cation Of Illinois"
HORATIO SEYMOUR.

On the Goth Of April the Kansas CITY Times
published special dispatch from Utica report
ing an interview between Judge Sturges, Hon
Dewitt c. IVES, and ex,Gov Dorsheimer with
IIoratio Seymour, in which the latter implied.
ly consented 70 accept the nomination of the
Cincinnati convention, if spontaneously ten.
dered. The Times adds to the force Of that dis.
patch by now publishing the following extract
from private letter Of Judge Sturges to W.
f. Sheffield, Esq, Of Kansas City;
Dear SIR: As to politics
we are in a muddlc rs usual, 4
We are now Tldcn and anti Tiden, and trust
the democrats in some other states will have
sense enough 10 take the matter INTO their own
hands and nominate some man that can be ell
cCted Mr. Tilden j. a very able man. | was
among the foremost in procuring his nomina-
ton for governor In 1874, and was anxious for
his nomination in 1876 because | thought he
would give the country good administration.
| think he would now if he could be elected.
But am satisfied now he cannot carry this
state this fall, and il is useless to throw away
this campaign.
If the democracy Of other states would dlsrc-
gard New York in the convention and nOmi.
nate Gov. seymour, he would haImOnlZe all
factions and although he is not a candidate,
yet fhc was unanimously nominated he would
carry the state by from 10000 to 10000 major
ity and would be elected, as he would carry
Connecticut, New Jersey, and think Indiana
and Ohio. And although be has never said to
me he would accept the nomination, he never
said lie would not and am satisfied if he was
he would accept. He is by far the
ablcst statesman living i'm this country il In
good health, and although he prefers the office
Of postmaster in the town of Deeriield where
he resides which Office he now holds to the
office of president, yet to save the democratic
party he would make the sacrifice. He loves
his iarm-the quiet of his nelghborhood-to
make good wagon roads for his town and sur
vey the whole political world from the high
standpoint above il which he now holds. What
what folly, to throw away such am
opportunity such a man! We shall see.
Yours as ever, H. STURGEs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

Southern and Western New Mexico and Ar.
izo seem to be in state of distressing turmoil
on account of continued Indian outrages. Vic
tOrlo and his band OF not less than three hun.
dred warriors, made up mainly of ApaChes
Comanches and Navajoes, are spreading death
and destruction in all directions. Silver City
is in state of siege and the whole country
around 1t in terror and desolation. Gen. Hatch
has been carrying on a desultory sort of war,
fare with Victoria for over year past but is
accused by the people Of New Mexico OF being
conspicuously incompetent Tor the manage.
ment of such war. The citizens of southern
New Mexico, where over $50 whites have been
killed within year, say Hatch has been de.
feated IN every engagement with Indians and
has sent reports to military headquarters most
outrageously classifying the real situation of af.
fairs in his department We notice that the
war department has just ordered five addition,
al cavalry companies to Arizona.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

The SILVER GLUT-Thc st. Louis RcpWb.
ticoa, commenting on Secretary Sherman's de-
mand of congress for more room to store the
silver dollars he is obliged to have coined or
to stop the coinage, says pcrtinently:
The silver coinage law will not be repealed
the coinage Of that metal will continue to go
on till the secretary shall be forced To pay ii
out to the public creditors in interest on the
bonds, The secretary has been pretending for
two years that he cannot get silver into circu-
lation but If the accumulation goes on at the
present rate for a year longer, the problem will
solve itself
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

The village of PEG tone, in VIII county, has
for a year or two past been in turmoil over
the temperance question, the dispute culmin
ating last week in a murder. The town, after
hot contest in spring, voted IN favor Of liquor
licenses, upon which the temperance people
among whom Dr. Andrew Melville appears to
have been leader, undertook to carry the war
into the courts, by having the saloOn-keepers
indicted for violations of the liquor law
Among other things, Dr. Melville was accused
of having sworn before the grand jury that
Jos. Emhols, merchant of Pe0tone, was a
habitual drunkard, with a view to having Ger
tam saloon.keepers indicted for selling him
liquor One Mink brother-in-law of En-
hols, undertook to chastIse the Doctor for thus
traducing his relative, and being much the
more POWERFUL man, was IN the act Of giving
the Doctor an unmerctul beating, when the
latter drew a pistol and shot Mink through the
heart, killing him instantly The Doctor gave
himself up at once and was taken to Joliet and
lodged in jail, the grand jury day or two
later indcting him tor murder.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05
DEMOcBATIC COUNTY CONVENTION.


Pursuant to call the delegates appointed by
the democrats of the several towns of La Sale
county met IN convention at Ottawa at
o'clock =. NJ on Friday, June 4th, 1880
The convention was called to order by L. "
Brewer, Esq, chairman Of the county commit.
tee.
On motion of 5. Nicholson, John c. Camp
bell of Streator was appointed temporary chair.
man
On further motion VIM. NJ. Taylor of La
en- secretaries.
On motion Of Alex. Naughey committee
Of five on credentials was appointed as follows
A. b. Smith, T.. j. Wall, T. O'Donnell, l..
! Perkins, O. o. Wakefield
| On motion persons present from towns not
represented by regular delegates were allowed
to represent such towns.
| The committee on credentials reported full
delegations present from all the towns except
two or three, with no disputed delegates. (The
names are omitted for want of room)
On motion OF Mr.. Naughey the temporary
organization was made permanent
On melton Of Mr. Nicholson a committee of
nine was appointed to select the names of 10
dclegatest to Springfield and fifteen Us atcrnates
The committee was rs follows: 4. j. O'Con-
nor, \. Naughey, Saml. Nicholson, Geo. II.
Bedford, Frank Meiscnbach, VIM. Reddick,
Patrick Barton, Daniel Mason, VIM. Gentle.
man.
Before the committee retired Mr. Rcddlcll
suggested that, as an intimation to the com.
mittce of the sort ofdclegates to select twould
be well for the convention to express its pref
erence on the presidential question. Thercup.
on A. j. OConnor offered the following rcso.
luton
That while the democrats Of La Sale county
will cheertully support whoever the National
Democratic convention in their wisdom may
nominate yet We feel that the names of Sey.
mour and Davis would be tower of strength,
and we believe their nomination would insure
a glorious democratic victory.
The resolution was adopted with but two or
three dissenting voices.
The committee after a brief withdrawal re.
turned and presented the following names:
Regular Delegates-Wlliam Reddick Alexander
Naughey, A. J. O'Conor, l.. S. Seaman, b. j. Nc
Ginns, John c. Campbell, NJ, c. DonOhue, l..
W. Brewer, John l.. Mccormick, Thos. L. Nc.
kinlay, Wash Armstrong, Jno. NJ. Wclch, Pat
rick Barton, A. b. Smith, Ransom Palmer.
AhernatsS- II. c. Furness George Hull, Jack
son Shaver, o. o. Wakefield, Peter Donohue, S.
L. Miller, August Meiseubach, II. NJ. Gallagher,
Douglas iapeman, Charles Hoffman,, VIM. w.
Taylor, James Donclson, VI. 7. Moloncy, +. j.
Wall, DIR. Floyd Clendcnen.
On motion it was resolved that the delegates
to the state convention be empowered to fill
all vacancies in the delegation that may occur
On motion the following resolution was
adopted
That the delegates to the Springfield conven.
ton be requested TO use their best efforts to Sc
cure the appointment Of William Reddick as
a delegate to the National Convention at Cln-
cinnatl
On motion the convention adjourned
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

The Springfield State Register, which for
some strange and unaccountable reason clings
to 'rlldenism, is disngenuous almost TO ma.
ievolence IN its comments on the recent letter
Of David Davis II admits that it is Ia powerful
formulation Of the principles for which demo.
cratic statesmen have always commended; :" but
this is an age of parties" and Mr.. DAVIS tails
to tell us to which party he belongs" "IIis
pen IS silent and motionless on that pointir'
He formally sssents to the creed, doctrine and
discipline Of the Methodist church and com.
nuns at its altar, but he don't tell us to what
church he belongsl The Register, in its cap.
iiousoness, 70 making itself ridiculous.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05
WHITAKER.

The court OF inquiry in the case of the negro
cadet Whitaker at West Point have made a
report and we apprehend nobody who paid
any attention to the evidence drawn out in the
course of the inquiry will be surprised at the
finding. The substance of the report is q
that the wounds inflicted were too slight to be
the work of the persons whom Whitaker sworc
to have entered his room, (2) it is not probable
that Whitaker would submit to II l.usage with
out making some outcry t3) that person tied
rs he described himself to have been could read.
lily have released himself; a. that from the tes
timony Of the Post Surgeon the Court believes
that Whitaker ieigned insensibllty on the
morning after the alleged outrage; 81 there
was not offered the slightest evidence to war
rant the belief that any of the other cadets or
any outsider committed the outrage; O. Whit
taker himself could have inflicted selfmutila
ton; and finally the Court held the evidence
OF the experts as to Whittakers handwriting
conclusive On receiving and reading the re-
port Gen. Schofeld sent an order to Col. Lag
ellie, Commandant of the Cadet Corps, direct
ing him to arrest Whitaker, which was imme
diately carried out. The findings of the Court
were Immediately forwarded to the War De
par,men,, and it is probable that Whitaker
will be dismissed from the Academy in dis
grace
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

Kearney, the California agitator, after hav.
ing, at the end of two or three trials, been sent
to the penitcntiary, is finally released by the
state supreme court on writ OF habeas corpus,
and is said to be now on his way to Chicago
as delegate to the greenback national conven,
ton to be held there next week.
kearney no doubt Is blatherskite and a
nuisance of the first water but for the life of
us We have been unable to discover, during
the legal prosecution to which he has been
subjected what the otiense is for which he
was incarcerated He doubtless made many
violent and foolish speeches, but speeches as
violent and foolish are made IN all parts Of the
country every day and nobody thinks of prose-
cutting the speakers for violent" or "sedi.
tlous" language. 1t will be a new and we
fear ominous state of things in this country
when it becomes "a common practice to arrest
and prosecute popular leaders for utterances
made in the heat of an election excitement on
the stump.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

Whatever may be sand OF the rest of the Re.
publican state ticket recently nominated at
Springfield, the convention seems to have
made hit" IN the denomination Of Gov.
Cullom. While he appears 10 be acceptable
to the party IN all parts of the state. he is es
pecially popular in the canal region" At
Joliet his denomination gave such satisfaction
that an impromptu Qualification was gotten up
without regard to party" and a salute OF sew.
entecn guns was fired in honor of the event.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

The prohibitiOnsts Of Illinois will not have
n ticket in ",c field for state offices this year
The state convention called by the party to
make nominations was to have met at Spring
field on Tuesday, but as only nine delegates
appeared they grew discouraged and adjourn.
ed without nominating ticket. Most good
temperance men, you see, are democrats and
will be quite satisfied to vote for such good
temperance men as Seymour and Farnsworth
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

r. A. Morris, clerk of the librarian of con
gress, was sent to the |. 5, treasury the other
day with check for 81, 700, which was cashed
On his way back to the capitol he stopped at a
saloon to get Il drink of whisky, laying the
package OF bills on the counter AS he took IN
the fluid, but while IN that act, the package of
money was exchanged for another exactly like
il containing rolls of red tape, the exchange
being discovered on reaching the capitol The
whole affair looks NIGHTLY Ikea put up job"
between Morris himself and confederate
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

1t was Der tier who, during the war, dis.
covered the liable contraband," but the rae
appears to died out; at least he appeare
to make av. unreliable delegate The forty
or fifty colored delegates who appeared at Chi
cago from the South seemed to he distrcssingIy
unsettled and pcrpexed in their presidential
preferences and drew heavily on the managers
of the various slush funds before they could
anchor their convictions
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

The farmers of Western Kansas and Nebras
ka, who were in despair over the continued
drought, having had no rain since last Octo
Der were made glad last week by copious and
continued showers. Indeed 81 heavy was the
rain fall between the Goth and Goth that serious
damage was feared in some quarters from
Kansas railroad were stopped for a day in the
Arkansas valley and a large force had to be
sent from Topeka to repair bridges and wash.
uuts
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

New York and New England last week
had the hottest weather for the month of May
ever known IN that region. The thermome.
ter most of the week went up each day into
the nlnetles, several days as high as 0G in the
shade. On the Goth there were 81 cases with
10 deaths from sunstroke IN New York and
Brooklyn, and numerous other cases occurred
IN New Jersey and on Long Island, dc.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

MoRR ToRSADos.-Savoy,s Texas town on
the Texas Pacific Railroad, was swept by a
terrible tornado on Friday night of last week.
The town was completely wrecked. Nine per.
sons were killed outright, and about sixty
wounded-many OF them fatally. The town
consisted of some twenty business houses, and
the same number of residences.
A cyclone, on the same day, also passed over
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

There was one thing noticeable in all the
discussions at Chicago as to the strength and
availability of the various candidates, and that
was. the universal agreement among the south
ern delegates tina. with bare possibility IN
favor of Grant in a state or two, no republican
candidate whom the convention could nomi
nate stood the ghost of chance of carrying a
single southern state.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

Ordinary children outgrow the rag baby H.
fusion at five or six years and cast it aside for
meat baby or something else that's genuine
The devotees ofthe political rag baby in Maine
however stick to the illusion, now some fif
teen years old, and held their usual state con.
ventlon on Tuesday to nominate candidates for
state officers. They nominated Henry NJ
Plaistcd for governor, and adopted nat plat
form of the usual description.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

The Pennsylvania delegation in the Chicago
Convention are distinguished by wearing
white hats, and by way Of adding variety and
tone to the procession as they marched each
dav from the fremont House to the convention
hall, about every fifth man was negro.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

The splendid steamer Golden Eagle, OF the
ST. LOUIS and Keokuk line, was burned on
Monday morning near Martin Landing about
80 miles above Alton. She was run ashore as
soon as the fire was discovered and all on
board are supposed to have reached the land
in safety except three, who at last accounts
were missing
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

The Springfield Register says the Hon Ly
man Trumbull will have a considerable mum
Der of supporters in the democratic state COR
vention, in connection with the nomination
for governor of Illinois The past week has
developed an increasing advocacy of his name
in different parts of the state. lie would
make for the democracy a formidable leader.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

The Princess Louise, and her brother Leo
pold left Ottawa COnt) a week ago for jaun,
to Niagara Falls and the west, and yesterday
were expected at Milwaukee Their intention
was to visit Chicago this week, but on accoun,
Of the republican convention, they were unable
70 get hotel room. SO they are not expected
at Chicago until some time next week, after
Potter Palmer can have a day or two for house
cleaning, the stalwart crowd having reduced
his house to a condition of filth by the side OF
which an ordinary plg-sty looks clean
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

The man Swigart, the "one-armed soldier"
whom John Wentworth took upon his should
ers at the Springfield convention that the dele
gate might see him, and whom they nominal
ed for state auditor, it Is said never lost his
arm in the war at all but had it torn off by a
threshing machine when a boy and was only
a sutler IN the army.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

Rutherford b. Hayes has made good pres
ident in many respects. He chose men of non.
or and high moral and intellectual culture for
his advisors, and selected tor our delegations
abroad, men of the highest merit But in send.
ing an insolcnt gang OF federal officials to Chi
Cago to "whoOp and hurrah" for Grant he did
most unwIse and discreditable thing, At a
time when he can poorly afford 10 take mis-.
steps B,oomtHgtOH MAIL
1t Is getting quite common among the news.
papers, for some reason to say that Hayes has
upon the whole made good president, given
Ms "A clean administration &c. 1t must be
borne in mind, however, that If there was less
stealing under Hayes than his predecessor, there
was IN argus.eyed democratic congress pres.
en-. to watch him, which was never the case
under Grant There was no filthiness, howev.
er, during the whole Of Grants eight years.
not even the Secor Robson and Bclknap thiev.
cry, the San Domingo jobbery, whisky ring
stink and "Black Friday" rascality that can
compare in nastlness with the Hayes outrage
of rewarding with aiat office every dirty scoun
drcl and thief that Immediately or remotely
was shown to have had guilty hand in Tie
preparation of the browning political crime OF
the age-the theft of the presidency IN 1877
HIS endorsement Of the crime makes Hayes
guilty As an accessory, and instead of being
president, fjustIce were done, he would TODAY,
with the rest Of the infamous gang, be doing
the nation service in some penitentary
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

George Ticknor Curtis does not, from the
source of his information, doubt that General
Won Moltke said that If the American govern
ment had supported General Mcclellan the
war would have been ended two years sooner
than It was,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

Texas has just finished harvesting her wheat
crop, and it Is large and good one. Cotton,
tobacco and other crops are also in excellent
condition, and the state expects to raise all
round the largest crops of any year in her
history
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

the district about six miles northwest of Evans
vile, Ind, blowing down several barns and
dwellings and doing much damage to other
property. One person was killed and two
others were seriously injured.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

The Mendoza Reporter, republican sheet,
ventures the sensible remark that "Ifthe Demo
Gratis want good, clean candidate for Prcsi-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-05

Horatio Seymour was 70 years old on Mon
day though 1t is agreed that If nominated for
the presidency he will run like GO.