The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-08
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK IN LA SALE
COUNTY

July celebration have passed away. the
wounded being properly taken care OF, the
dead buried, and attendant conilagrations duly
Ieytlngushed and losses footed up, We are
reminded that the time has come tor the poll
tiClans TO begin to muster and drill their
November. In this county the prospect is
that the fight will be to some extent trlangu-
lar, the temperance people manltesting pur'
pose to nominate separate ticket, as well as
the democrats and the republicans.
As usual in the preparations for this bien-
nal political tournament in this county, the
republicans lead off, proposing to hold the
first convention and being in advance of their
rivals IN bringing their prominent expectant
standard bearers to the fore. Among the
prospective contestants tor nomination by the
republican convention the Ottawa Republican
already presents the following goodly list of
names;
Samuel X. Lewis Fall River, for state sena
tor; Isaac Ames, StreatOr, F, M. Robinson
Seneca, Frank Snyder, Mendoza, w. IL. ii.
lOUlCh, ~. MClulyIC, hiiCu
Wright Adams, Mission, and Charles Diester.
veg, La Sale, for representatives.; Thomas
Clark, Ottawa, G. w. Gardner and A. G. Nc
Intire, Mendoza, for sheriff; II. G. Stevens, OF
tawa, and A. Brkenbue, Peru, for treasurer;
p. w. Stocksleger, Ottawa, w. A. Morey, Mar
settles, and Willard M. Smith, Mendoza, tor
county clerk; ID. b. Snow, Ottawa, and Walter
Reeves, Streator, tor county judge. Judge
Miller will have no opposition for probate
Judge, nor will School Superintendent Will
lIams tor the office he holds.
We have seen no authorized list of candl.
dates for nomination by the temperance peo-
pie, though we are assured there will be plenty
of them when the time comes.
Among the democrats 1t is not too early to
name the following as among the probable as
piran,s for nomination:
| Mr. Bellinghausen, of Peru, is mentioned
| tor state senator. He has been member OF
the Board of Supervisors for some years, and
has shown plenty of the necessary tact and
ability to make an influential and useful mem.
Der of the state senate. He would carry his
own town and the adjoining town of La Sale
by an overwhelming majority, and would Ger
talnly not run behind his ticket anywhere else.
For representative there Is a unanimous
agreement that Mr.. Vsughey has done so we'll
as TO deserve a second nomination. He held
front position among the democrats In the
house, failed in no point to take care of the 10
cal interests of his constituents whenever
they happened to be involved, and deserves
especial credit for having prevented Chicago
from saddllng upon the state the expense Of
the proposed pumping works at Bridgeport to
candidate shall be placed upon the ticket for
representative will probably not be decided
until the convention meets.
For county judge Hiram Gilbert will have
no opposition in the democratic convent on.
He is gentleman of lrreproachablc character,
of classical education, and is "A thoroughly in.
formed lawyer, with well trained and pscu.
llarly judicial mind. We know of no one IN
office.
For probate judge we believe the disposition
among the democrats is to offer no serious op.
position to Judge Miller, especially ii the re.
publcans will deal fairly towards Mr.. Gilbert
the Office in neither case being in any sense
political, neither of the gentlemen named ever
having been conspicuous as politicians, and
both possessing unrivaled qualifications for
the places in question.
| For clerk OF the county court Mr.. Flnlan, of
Steator, is the only gentleman we have heard
named as a probable applicant for the demo
cratic nomination. There Is no better timber
In the county for the place.
The same is true of Arthur Bartcls, of Otta
wa, who it is understood seeks the nomination
for clerk of the probate court.
! OF course the democrats think Of no other
nomination for county treasurer than Samuel
w. Raymond. 1t is an Office of peculiar and
supreme responsibility, hundreds OF thousands
of dollars passing through the treasurer's
hands, requiring not only ripe experience and
the highest integrity, but very thorough
knowledge of the deepest intricacies Of tn,
science of book keeping for Its safe and sue
cessful administration. These qualifications
Mr.. Raymond has proved himself by ample
Experience to be the possessor of IN so eminen
degree as to be without an equal, so that TO
the public veal alone a change IN the oific,
at this time would seem like running an mex
lcusable risk.
For Sheriff the democratic convention vii
have to choose between two candidates 70
nomination, b. G.. Barrett, Of Earlville, an,
VIM. r. Milligan. The former, who is ca
pable, courteous gentleman, comes backe,
with a strong support from the northern par
of the county, which will urge his claims will
/ great earnestness.