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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20
THE SECRET HISTORY,

! There is good deal of trepidation on the
part Of certain prominent republican polite.
ians who bore conspicuous part 10 the grea,
fraud by which Hayes was counted IN as presi'
dent when Samuel Tilden was elected, over
the intimation that has gone out since the
death of Justice Clifford that he left behind
HIM in manuscript, which is soon to appear in
PRINT, minute, exhaustive and authentic Sc.
crct history of the great fraud" 1t was a
common rumor, shortly alter the fraud was
IcOnsummated that IN certain stage OF the
proceedings, three of the republican justices
had decided to throw out the vote OF Florida,
but changed their views IN consequence of the
pressure brought TO bear upon them by the re.
publican leaders. 1t has also been SO repeat.
eddy asserted and never authoritatively contra.
dicted as to be generally accepted as a fact,
that Judge Bradley had reached the determine.
lion to give the vote of Florida to Tilden :;
that he had so told Judge Clifford and that
he had gone SO far rs to write out his opinion
to that effect; but that, when the fact leaked
out, the eminent republicans who were engi
necring the steal visited Bradley en- massc and
at their persuasion he tore up his opinion and
wrote another in which he sprung his historic
"aliunde' upon the public. An authentic,
reliable statement, such lis one from the pen Of
Justice Clifford would unquestonably be, CON
tradiclng or verifying these allegations, is no
less due to the men whose fair fame is unjust.
ly implicated if untrue than to public justice
and historic verify, if true
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20
THE SICK PRESIDENT.

The President has had hard week of It,
perhaps the most dangerous and critical since
he was shot The truth seems to be, that he
has been losing ground ever since the second
Operation week ago last Tuesday to promote
the flow of pus from has wound. The main
trouble, however, does not seem to be the
wound itself, which is progressing satisfactor-
Ily, but arises from the condition of what Car
lyle calls that dlabollcal apparatus, the sto-
mach" which has been troublesome from the
beginning Indeed the President Is said to
have been a chronic dyspeptIc ever since he
left the army, and what with the morphine IN.
jectlons and loads of qainne he has taken dur
ing his present illness, his stomach is about
used up. Yet the constant flow OF pus from
the wound is heavy draft upon his system,
which can only be kept up by liberal assim-
ilation of nourishlng food.
The more dangerous symptoms, arising
from his indigestion and consequent weakness,
began to show themselves on Saturday III
nausea and increased fever. On Sunday they
were more threatening, and on Monday still
more So On Monday night they partially
abated and on Tuesday his improvement was
again quite pronounced, and there has been no
relapse since then. Yet it is undeniable that
his case IS extremely critical, and that the
chances are against him. The latest bulletins
mention that he is suffering from an infiamma-
ton of the parotid gland-a sort of mumps-
consequent upon his excessive weakness, yet
that the tone of his stomach has so far improv-
ed that it retains koumiss, beef tea and milk
cruel, given at his own request.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20

Why are the ordinances against liquor sell
ing on Sunday, gambling and wheels i.for
tune not enforceds The Ottawa Republican
says
The blame IS more at the door of the alder
men and city attorney than Of the mayor. They
can stop Sunday liquor selling, gambling and
wheels-Of.fortune almost instanter, II they
will. They control the police committee anu
the police committee the police. Whenever
they say the word the latter will enforce the
ordinances.
The reason why they can stop Sunday liquor
selling, &c, Is thus because they" control the
police committee and the police committee the
police. Our understanding is that the police
committee Is appointed by the mayor, remova.
ole at his pleasure, and therefore entirely un.
der has control, as are likewise the police
themselves, But what action against the So.
loon keepers can be expected of mayor elect
ed by themselves and in their interest and who
appoints his committees and policemen at
their dictatlon,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20
PREsIDENTIAL DISABILITY.

| The subject Is an unpleasant one and ha
thus far been generally and commendabl
avoided by the press There has been man
tested strong unwllingness--a responsiveness
indeed-to having it made to appear that tn
question Of the Presidents disability was real
ly settled and the time had come when the fac
must be admitted. In short, a rightmlndcd
ness has existed on this point from the begin
ming.
| It is evident, however, that the cabinet--o
somebody-at Washington, has not dared t.
trust the good sense and right feeling Of tn,
country on the subject. Conscious that if TIT
question were closely pressed-Is the Presiden
now-will he IN q month, or three months, OF
ever, he able to comprehend and do the thing,
belonging to his Office? no honest, aflirma
tive answer could DE given, special pains hav,
been taken to prevent the discussion Of tn,
question, leading to petty ruses If not occas
ional falslfcations for which the time may
come when the authors will be called to II
sharp accounting. The signing OF the extra
dtlon order by the President and the writing
Of the letter to MS mother were such ruses
and the daily bulletins Of the doctors that The
patient was eating with an appetite If moi
positive relish, at the same time that Mrs. Gar.
field writes to friend that He is Just begin.
nlng to have the suggestion Of an appetite"
are glazing instances of truth-stretchng on the
part of the physicians
OF course with the cabinet, and especially
with Mr. Blaine, tins is a matter of the pro,
toundest concern. But however overwhelm.
ing the motive, it is never safe to take too
many liberties with The truth. Along with
the distress which every one feels that the
Ple,d, mt Is llu, low, there cannot fail to be a
certain disgust at such devices.
The simple truth Is, had Andrew johnson
been exactly in President Garflelds presen,
condition when the republican party so large.
ly and loftily controlled both houses of con,
gress and all other departments of the gov
eminent except the executive, his disability
would have been settled question in less than
four weeks. But the country has no desire to
deal with Gen. Garfield after the manner of
republican bgotry and Ignity-lndeed will
not tolerate any approach to it. While there
is a reasonable hope of Gen. Garnelds recov-
ery-though it may take six months or a year
no one desires that he shall be ousted ana
his place gwen to another. For, let 1t be
borne in mind, when the constitutional disa.
bllity is once admitted that places Gen. Arthur
in the executive char, he Is there for the rest
of the term, and no subsequent recovery Of
Gen. Garfield, though he may become as robust
once vacated.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20
OTTAWA FREE TRADER; SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1881

void Of pomp, protecting all, and granting ia.
vors to none. 1t is such q Government that
the genius OF our people requires"
Under democratic rule, during the next ,hir.
~ years, no other great monopoly ventured to
rear Its head against the government, and our
liberties were protected under "pla,n system
Of government, void of pomp, protecting all
and granting favors to none" But what is
the spectacle today! Protected by Grant and
Hayes and by corruption in congress, step by
step, huge corporate monopolies have literally
seized upon the government. They put one
President in by fraud, and another by the
scandalous use Of money. The present admin.
istration is virtually composed OF monopolists
and the champions Of corporate power An.
other contest between the people and the mon.
opolies that impose burdens upon them Is In.
evitable. Who will be the General Jackson
again to lead them to vlctory9
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20
FOREIGN.

Great Britain was brought to tliC verge of 4
serious crisis by the disagreement between the
lords and commons on the land bill In this
country dlsagrcements between the senate and
house are common enough, but in England
when the popular legislative body passes g
measure of anything like national consequence
an attempt to set down on it by an irrespon
sibe body" like the house Of lords is regarded
AS stretch of impudence. Yet this Is just
what the lords attempted with the land bill
After 1t had passed the commons, they cut il
all up by way of amendments. The commons
disagreed to the amendments and sent the bill
back to the lords, who persisted in what they
had done. The nation began to get excited
the liberals began to revive the cry in favor OF
abollshing The lords as u superfluous piece Of
machinery, and SO on. Finally, on Tuesday
the commons having assented TO a few Of the
less importrnt amendments of the other house
the lords gave in and passed the bill. SO the
land bill Is now u law.
The impending French elections are begin
nlng to warm the nation up a trifle. Gambetta
IN a speech at Bellevlle, announced his pur
pose to accept the premiership in case the re
publlCans succeed, which of course gives him
new importance in the contest. At meeting
in Paris on Tuesday ten thousand persons at
tended, but as Gambetta assembled the roslrum
such shouts were raised on all sides that after
vain attempt for over half IN hour he was
unable to get hearing and he left in the
highest indignation. His collaboration and
probable successor as President of the senate
in an address to the electors, declared in favor
of the abolition OF the senate, the secularization
OF the property Of the clergy, and the election
of the maglstracy by universal suffrage.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20
HOME MATTERS.
PersOnAl.


OsMAN-Miss Mollie Osman is In Chicago.
SNow.--D. B. Snow returned from Maine on
Thursday
SMACK.-Mrs Smack is at her fathers, Mr.. j
A. Shuler's.
Bos.-Uncle Sam Raymond is rusticating in
New England.
MANLEr.-Miss Carrie Manley returned on
Monday from Davenport
TozER-Miss Lu Tozer returns 10 her home in
Newport, Ark, on Monday next.
GoopELL.-Mrs. r. (. Goodell, Leadyille,
Col, spent last Sunday in Ottawa.
LAKEs.-Nate McDougal, behring's right
bower, is resting in the Lake country.
BuLL.-Mr. and Mrs. Z. F, Bull returned yes.
terday from a trip to the northern lakes.
wHITE.-E. F. White, for years at the Rocb
Island depot, has gone into the coal business.
CoDprNG.-Judge Charles Codding and wife, Of
Medina, Ohio, are visiting friends in this city.
HERE.-Rev. NJ. X. Whittlesey has been in the
city this week, the guest OF Mr.. John Manley.
HARRY.-Hsrry Hammond amused the Morris
people at 6 band concert on Thursday evening.
HERB.-Herb Kiloy has been enjoying his va
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20

When, fifty years ago, Gen. Jackson won the
frs; great victory achieved over monopolies in
this country by wiping out Nick Blddle's Ma
tional Bank, he put on record these memora-
BILE words:
THE ambition which leads me on is an anx.
ious desire and fixed determination 10 return
to the people unimpaired, the sacred trust
they have confded in my charge; . TO
1t is not in asplendid Government, supported
by powerful monopolics and arisiocrstic estab-
llshments, thai they will find happiness, or
their liberties protected, but IN plain system,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20

The Prohtbiti0niSt, a new and handsome
page weekly paper comes to us from Bloom
ington, with j. w. Nichols as editor. Terms
81 so a year. or $1.25 to clubs of ten. AS lll
nois Is doing pretty well" just now under The
Reddick law it strikes US thatnew prohibition
papers of the right stamp are rather needed
in OHIO, in view of the recent pur
chase of the temperance party of that state by
Charley Foster and the whisky distlllers and
beer brewers
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20

Attorney General Mccartney is making
himself ridiculous by his zeal in urging an
election OF county officers this fall, knowing
there is no law in force regulating the conduct
of such election. 1t Is true, he maintains that
the legislative repeal Of the law for an election
this fall is unconstitutional, but the best legal
talent in the state has pronounced that position
absurd. Common decency ought to teach Mr.
Mccartney to withhold too free an expression
of his views in advance on q question which
he may be required to deal with officially
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20

as he had none the tramp tied him with rope
70 the railroad. A train socn came around the
curve and before it could be stopped the boy
was struck by the pilot so badly lpjurlng him
that he died eight or ten hours atterwards,-
not, however, before SO fully describing the
hend that caused his death that he was subse
qucntly caught, though he had go. away as far
as Bloomington. He turns out to be man
named Henry Johnson, alias George LOTHIAN
resident Of Peoria, lately released from the
workhouse Of that city.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20

granted to the Governor and county board to
All certain vacant offices by appointment We
did maintain, however, and still do that as
there car be no legal election held to fill those
vacancies" there will In reality no vacancies
occur, but the present incumbents will hold
right along unaer their indlsputable right to
hold until their successors are legally elected
and qualified, which cannot occur, as the con-
stitution and laws now stand until 1882.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20

The war Of rates between the trunk railroad
llnes is seriously affecting the business of the
water routes. Lake freight. are dull and the
Erie canal shows heavy falling off in bust
ness up TO date this season compared with last
year, as well as the barge shipments BY the
Mississippi river. The railroads, however, adj
NIT that the war among themselves is ruinous
and must soon, il persisted in, drive the weak.
er to the wall, SO that in any event the present
low rates arc exceptional and temporary, and
it would therefore be as palpable madness on
their account to dry up the water routes as il
the railroad rates were high
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20

CHICAGO FAIR-An association has been
organized IN Chicago who propose 10 hold an.
nual fairs, after the fashion Of the Illinois
State Fair, the first to be held Sept 18th to
18th inclusive. on the grounds of the Chicago
Driving Park Association Instead of offering
some 100000 IN premiums, however, as the
State Fair usually does, the premiums offered
by the Chicago ASSOCIATION amount to 1000
Competition in all departments open to the
world OF course a very prominent feature
will be the races, III which regard the Chicago
Driving Park has really become the leading
turf centre of the country.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20

Walter X. Freeman, young electrician o
Racine, Wis, claims to be the original lnven-
tor of the Edison electric light; that he made
the model several years ago and shipped it to
Edison to get his opinion of it previous to ap-
plying for patent, and that Edison, paying
no attention to his application, bodily appro.
priated the model and invention. Freeman
has secured the services of able New York
lawyers and Is about to commence sui, against
Edison,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20

Barnum, when called upon the other day in
the midst of hlslshow tor speech, compressed
the whole philosophy of advertising into few
words when he said 1--WE have advertised to
the world that we have the best show travel
ing and when you come here you find that we
have not deceived you. l always advise my
friends to use printers Ink freely, but to never
advertise goods that cannot be had when call.
cd for ~
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20

4 new and strange cattle disease has made
its appearance in Logan and adjoining coun.
ties in this state. Its distinctive feature is a
watery appearance of the eyes and peculiar
sensiuveness of the animal to having the head
touched-the eye disease growing worse until
there is total blindness. No cases have yet
proved fatal, but they might as well, as the
animal Is worthless with loss of sight The
disease is rapidly spreading In all directions,
and Is attributed TO the dust, scarcity OF water
and extreme heat If taken early, the cattle
can be saved by bathing the affected parts
with dilution of blue vltriol and ram water.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20
RAILROAD WAR.

la addition to the present comfortable
war of rates between the eastern trunk lines
by which fares are reduced to IS between
Chicago and the scaboard, another tremendous
railroad war looms up in the west, of which
the Chicago Times thus hastily sketches the
dimensions: IAN agreement was made last
year that the Burlington road should abstain
from building to Denver and the Wabash and
Union Pacific should keep out Of the Nebraska
and Iowa territory of the Burlington. Since
that date the Wabash has made its entry into
Des Moines, and Gould is arranging to extend
the Missouri Pacific TO Omaha. The result OF
several conferences at the Burlington head
quarters was notice to the Gould lines that
the compact was dissolved by bad faith. Gould
then threatened to run the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas road into Chicago by parallel line
from Quincy. Next came the Santa Fe road
with protest against the extension of the
Burlington track into Denver. Another fire
brand was movement by Gould toward an
alliance of the Atchison, Texas Pacific, and
Union Pacific interests against the Central and
Southern Pacific. President Huntington then
pledged himself to extend the Central Pacific
to Yankton should Gould carry out his plans.
The latest scheme IS one for an alliance be-
tween the Burlington, Rio Grande, and Cen.
trail Pacific roads against Gould and copar.
ceners, for which negotiations are said to be In
progress. The Rock Island and Northwestern
roads have each large interest in the Denver
traffic, and must take sides in the controversy"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20

There are strong indications that IN less til al
two years there will be railroad built from
Mendoza TO Ottawa Parties apparently con
nected with the railroad now being built from
kankakee to Seneca were looking tor a feast
bic route through the north bluff at Ottawa
within u week or two. Such road would be
in ali exact line with the Illinois Central and
would shorten its connection with the nuner
Gus lines to the east south of Chicago by sew
enty.five miles over any of its present connec
tons.
OF course the Mendoza people don't wan,
such road The Reporter puts its objections
in this way:
We are among those who believe that Otta
wa Is destined to become large manufacture
ing city, whose merchants will at some time
carry much larger stock OF goods than they do
now. We do not care to surrender any more
of our trading territory to her by atfording in.
creased facilities for travel between the two
points. Chicago is near enough To us, and
that city, Aurora and the cities east of US take
trade from within II very few miles of US, while
La Sale and Peru already encroach ON our
territory from the south. In truth, for pur.
poses of trade, Ottawa is quite near enough to
us.
But while such an argument against the
road may be good from Mendoza standpoint,
it should tell with double force in favor of the
road at Ottawa
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20

GITTEAU on HIS EAR.-Early on Wednesday
morning as the guard visited Gitteau in his
cell at Washington, finding him in suspi.
cious attitude IN the window, the officer was
proceeding to make some investigation, when
Gitteau suddenly sprang upon him and tried
to throw him down. In the struggle the guards
pistol was discharged, which brought help
and Gitteau was soon overpOwered.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20

Cable rates as well as rates of transportation
have been largely reduced of late A message
can now be sent from Chicago to England,
Ireland or France for 30 cents a word-only 5
cents more than from New York This IS a
reduction OF % cents per word since August
LIST, while 1t is not very long since the rate
from New York was 81 per word.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20

With due respect TO Mr. Andrew Lynch, the
FREE TRADER does not hold that the county
Offices that become vacant next December
must be filled by appointment The FREE
TRADER merely made the suggestion, in re.
spouse to the argument Of Mr.. Lynch that the
vacant offices cannot be legally filled by the
present ofgices holding over. that In that case
pcsnbly they nigh: be filed under the power
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20

The recent meeting of the canal board had
the effect, it appears, to stir up Mayor Harri.
son sufficiently to induce him to let the contract
tor the construction OF the pumping works at
Bridgeport. A Brooklyn firm have taken the
job at $l47,50O
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20

The republican fall campaign in New York
opened splendidly at Fredonia, under the
shadow of plous Chautauqaa, Que the 18th, as
follows
"FREDoNIA, n. y Aug. 13.-At the repuo-
lican caucus today delegates in favor of the
denomination Of Senator Sessions we're elected
by 206 to "a"
Sessions is the man who bribed Bradley
with $1,000 and admitted that though sworn
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20

Accounts of a singularly fiendish crime come
from Pekin, Ill. On Tuesday of this week, as
Willie Cantwell, a boy some IL years old, son
section boss on the l. b. & w. road, was
walking home on the railroad track with q
bag Of potatoes on his shoulder, about two
miles from Pekin he was met by rough look
ing tramp who demanded money OF him, and
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20

The outcome fthe republican state conven
tion in Virginia last week was a division into
two bodies-straightout republicans and Ma
hone re-adjusiers-each nominating separate
ticket The candidates of the straightou,s,
however, declined TO run, so that there are real
ly but two tickets IN the ield--the democrats
against the re-adjusters. The contest promises
TO be hot and close.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20

A GREENBACK IDEA-The Aurora Herald
a greenback organ, says:
The present prosperity OF the country is due
to the acts of Providence and the national
banks. Providence gave US good crops and
withheld bounteous crops from Europe, which
gave us its gold, and the banks have inflated
the currency of their own sweet will because
they could make more money that way than
in any other.
The same journal assures us that "he OBJ
ject of the greenback party is to make such g
condition of prosperity permanent The con-
djtiOn Of the present prosperity is admitted to
have been good crops at home and short crops
in Europe, state of things brought about by
" Providence" AS Providence" however,
cannot be always relied upon to bring about
the proper conditions" the greenback party
proposes to take Its place. Is that the idea9
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-20

An annual reunion of the 9Th Regiment Hi
nols cavalry will he held at st. Charles on the
both of September. All surviving veterans of
shat noted regiment are warmly urged to be
present, and meantime to advise Abner Hard,
M d. Aurora, H., of their present place of
residence and whether they will attend the
rennion