The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-02-14
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It's columns with testimonials IN favor Of the
virtues Of lis chief editor As an eligible candi.
date for congress in this district. 1t Is true,
with specious show Of lmpartialty, the edi'
tor also cmbOdies in his interesting yarloTum,
q fcw expressions in favor Of other candidates,
but the main body is in favor OF william Cur
len ~ the only genuine old Jacob Townsend.
Among the few favorable expressions 10 other
candidates are Two, one from the Ottawa Times
aud one from a Richland county paper strong
| " IN favor u Washington Bushnell one from
the Kendall county Record in favor OF the re-
nomination Of =. G Hayes and one from the
Plano .fe0s urging the nomination Of one Jere'
miah Eyaits Of Kendall county, coupled with
a depreciation Of Cullen a. aStoughton sor. Of
fellow, always in the field, always nominal
ing himself, but never getting elected
We beg To call attention, however, IN this
pretended collation. Of all the newspaper talk
in the district about congressional candidates,
10 several important omissions. The Sueator
Fyse Prfss, for instance expresses itself yigor-
ously against foI-ting "scoundrels and lncom-
petents upon The party and names, "ior cx'
ample a. liable 10 objection upon that score,
the Hon T. c. Hayes, first because he Is a
hypocrltc; second, when you odd him up,
there's nothing y carry"
But the most important and significant omis-
sion /. very able and earnest plea, IN the
Lockport Ph0niz, that in the nomination Of a
candidate for congress in this district there
shall be some regard had for BRAINS, Says
the Ph0niy:
Let " compare our district with all It's ma
tural advantages, Its population and wealth,
with others in this nation and-what a con
trast, Here We are with a little tract of land
between the hcad.watcrs of the Illinois riy-
err and Lake Michigan, not quite forty miles
in extent and almost on level with the sur
face Of the lake with every few days new
line Of railroad projecting across 1t Quilt I'M
der the pressure for more transportationJ and
nothing but filthy nuisance called canal
where there should be an artificial river, wide
and deep enough TO carry navy. This com
paratyely slight obstruction has waited TWEEN
ty.fiyc years for brains 10 remove 1t for brains
10 represent us IN congress and 10 catch share
of the waste that goes TO other less needtul
10 secure cur share Of the
yearly appropriations.
See how the national treasury is drained for
improvements elsewhere, while our congress.
men represent us like 50 many bumps on a
log" without even getting smell OF 1t. They
must be either simpletons or rogucs-too weak
minded 10 secure "A hearing when The calls for
are made, or too apt TO preserve
silence when the divisions are made
Shall we continue sending such men to con
grcssy Is there no remedy
The only remedy possible Is TO pay higher
regard tor men Of heavy, honest thought, and
to drive out the political foxes with their Gun.
nIng wirc-pullng organization, 80 IA 10 clear
the way for men of principle instead OF policy
cheats When we can send representatives to
Washington who possess intrinsic rerit
enough to command respectful hearing then
we can have our share of the national benefits,
and not before.
Mr.. Cullen also carefully omits all expires
sions Of the FREE TRADER, because that pa
per he says "scaters" too much-that is, il
seems inclined 10 favor others rather than Mr.
Cullen; and secondly, it is disposed to abuse, "
said abuse consisting in sccOnding the earnest
plea Of such journals rs that Of Lockport "
behalf of brains-'he very suggestion of
brains" as a desirable qualification of a can
didatc beng such n depreciation Of Mr.. Cul-
len IA TO amount to "abusc" Besides the FREE
Cullen adroity puts it, wants the
Republicans to nominate "a candidate whom
the Democrats can beat" The RepubiicaH
knows this ~ n mere trick. Were such the
object Of the FREE TRADER, 1t could do no
better than concentrate all its art and ingc.
nuity on forwarding the nomination of Mr..
Cullen. But 1t has grave doubts, such il the
perfection Of drill and slaysh devotion to
party among the republicans, whether even
Cullen, if nominated, can be defeated. For
the honor and welfare of the district therefore,
whose interests have for years been 80 shame.
fully trllcd with the Free TRADER, together
with hundreds Of honest democrats with whom
we have cOnvcrscd on the subject, see no re.
course but to beg coax, or drive the rcpubli-
cans into nominating man OF such known
and tried ability as shall give the people OF
the district assurance that their important in
tcrcsts in the national Legislature will no longer
be shamclully rillcd with There are such re-
puDlChhh III INC uistiiCthho TIC FtEE lhhDEh
has named them. If they cannot be nomlna
ted, and the small fry tricks,crs and wircpul
lcrs that have so long managed the republican
machine in this district succeed IN foIsting
upon it another Of the Strcator Free Press'S
incompctcnts" all we can say Is, that under
the rigid party drill OF presidential cam
paign he may again be lugged in, but We have
"A very abiding confidence that 1t will be for
the last time and smash the machine for all
futusc use.
The papers speak of mysterious meeting
of young republicans at Springfield the
other day-decgatcs from such organizations
of inclpicnl stnicsmcn MS the Young Mcn,s Re.