The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-24
Tho Telephone.

Tho Telephone.
Now to the church fairs revelry
He takes the old mans daughter,
When sirens sweet In saucers sell
Three strawberries for q quaghter.
Baltimore american
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MORE ossIFERs.
This time newspaper man comes to the front,
heralded BY the La Sale Press: "The rumor
has reached US in some way that Mr.. Willard NJ.
Smith, OF Mendoza, one of the editors OF the Re.
porter. will be put forward by his numerous
friends as candidate for the office OF county
clerk this fall. Assuming that the report Is true
as he has been many years member OF the edi.
torial fraternity, We can do no less than wish
him luck. There will be, no doubt several can.
ddates for that place, as well as for each OF the
other offices to be filled, and there is good pros.
pect for lively contest ahead. Mr.. Smith has
undoubted qualifications for the Office, will have
strong backing from Mendoza and the northern
townships of the county, and If he consents to
20 into the fight will prove very formidable
candidate. Pitch in Willard "For which
we get s2"?
The Democrat, of the same town, however,
doesn't seem to take kindly to the Sweet Will
liam: 1.-THE laughable joke, fresh from the
creamery, is out, that Willie Muesear Smith,
connected in some way with Mendoza paper,
will be candidate for county office, subject to
the decision of the radical convention. We be-
seech the Republican party to nominate that ass
for county clerk, and in return let the Democrats
nominate A. T. Bartels, Esq, city clerk OF OF
|tawa, a young gentleman thoroughly popular
with all political parties. Anything that we can
say or do to induce the Republican party from
now on to nominate Willie Smith to anything
even to the Office of night scavenger-we will do
it, SO we'll is Willie Smith loved in La Sale
that by hard scratching he might possibly poll
10 votes.'
The Mendoza Bulletin runs up another flag, to
wit: "Ex.sheriff A. G. Mclntire is strongly urged
by friends for the nomination for sheriff, and
should he consent to run will make strong can
didate, as he is we'll and fayorably known all over
the county His friends claim that his nam e
will give great strength to the ticket and will
help carry it through. 1t will be essential this
fall that every man nominated possess strength
TO help draw out the full vote of the party at
least. 1t is an off year, and weak nominations
might endsnger the success OF portion or the
whole of the ticket. Mr.. McIntire and Mr.. Gard
ner, both Of this city, are strong at home, and
abundantly able and willing, II nominated, to
work for the success of the whole ticket. They
are both answering. never.vote. any. other.wsy
Republicans" The last item in the catalogue Of
Mr.. McIntire's virtues cannot be said to be q
Recommendation among thinking men, for think
ing men do vote "nny .other.way" when the oc-
cason requires; and we have always given Mr..
Mclntre credit for doing his own thinking--if
he doesn't any more, he'd be Of no earthly use
| 40 sheriff.
However, the Times, OF this city. says "Mac"
can't run for sheriff. He can take uost any thing
else, but must clear the track IS to sheriff. The
Times man owns the present sheriff. That SET
ties it. Step aside, Mac, II you please!
Considering how furiously the little republi-
can pipers Of the district are piping their pipes
for Brother Cullen for congress again-the one
man, it seems, who has engineered the present
congress, though we must confess we never saw
his name in the papers,-ti is q downright case
O! nerve In the La Sale Press to say: "The Men.
dota Reporter OF last week, in noticing the rumor
that Hon. Washington Bushnell would again be
a candidate for congress, takes occasion to make
a very unjust onslaught upon that gentleman.
The charges made by the Reporter are as silly as
| it would be to charge man who had the small
pOx twenty years ago of carrying the contagion
with him to this day and as for his political mis-
takes let the editor of that paper look over the
country and note down the prominent and lead.
ing Republicans of the present time-who were
in the same boat with Mr.. Bushnell--and he will
read them out OF the party. That old unpleas-
antness is thing Of the past, dead and buried
years ago. and it is in very bad taste for any Re.
publican paper to seek now to revive 1t. We as.
sumo that Mr.. Bushnell is not 80 anxious to be-
come a candidate as u great many Republicans
OF this district are to have him take the field.
Every body knows that he is one Of the ablesi
Republicans in the state-wAich even the Report.
er concedes-and knowing the demands and the
need for an able representative from this distrc,
at the present time, II is the most natural thing
In the world for far.minded and intelligent Re.
publicans to look to Mr. Bushnell as the man "
But then the Press is defeated candidate-ad
on the shelf, minus the treasury, minus the post.
office; and can afford TO BIG reckless.
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| The La Sale Bmot,u, presents couple Of
names for the other side OF the house which
Democrats generally will take no exceptions to,
we believe "Ths Democrats show excellent
judgment in urging Hon. Jas. W. Duncan, Of
Ottawa, to run for the nomination Of state sens:
tor from this district. If capacity, integrity and
true Democracy are qualifications for the place
then there is no man in the district surer OF the
position. In everything which goes to make up
an accomplished gentleman-cleverness adspta