The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-09-27
Y at that point upon the event of the new

" at that point upon the event of the new
moon. There is an erroneous impression
abroad that poor 40" belongs TO fated
race, and that he is already washing his
shirt in the Pacific Ocean. But lad any
of these croakers been present last Friday
evening they would have experienced Il
sudden revulsion of sentiment. They
might even be pardoned the conclusion
that the coming man would be the noble
Red, and the sons of the wilderness would
supersede the men of the plains Every
allusion to Cleveland, their Great Manitou,
elected round of whoops that was alto
gether life.sized and natural. The two
dollar blowout Of few weeks previous
wandered through the woods in despair
and finally stumbled into the Nermillion;
the river fell foot. The speakers were
Messrs. Duncan, MolOney and Blake. They
are men of splendid presence, natural ora
tors and born to rule. The claims of their
party were presented in fair, impartial
manner, as forcible as eloquent, and free
| from the vulgar jests that characterize the
party Of moral echoes In point Of enthu-
siasm, number and general interest the
braves carried everything by a large ma
jority. There was but one minority vote
and that was among the horses cutting
hitching straps. The motive was very APP
parent. He was probably related to the
plumed knight that insulted some ladies
on the Bloomington road IA short time ago
Their ignorance is exceeded only by the
size of their feet A committee OF yellow
dogs is in process of organization, with in
structions to encourage their permanent
retirement. A silver dollar would cover
their souls, and there would be room to
dance on the margin. But ii is refreshing
to see the men of the reservation take such
a decided stand in politics The Indian
has generally been allotted back seat in
the car of civilization, where he is billed
as way-freight, without any fire escape or
other hotel attachments. The air brake,
uries have never been placed within his
grasp. We are told the amenities of our
age are emetics to the red mans soul, that
he longs for his lonely lodge tree, and his
heart yearns for the squaw of his youth.
But this is all fiction. 1t is an inversion of
vision, due to republican misrule. The
rally on the reservation disproves it, and
these reports circulated for political effect
only insure Cleveland's success and place
Ohio upon the list of doubtful states. The
child of the forest becomes part of the
party that stands the closest to the hearts
of the people. 1t had been charged that
James Mackey, the chief, had sold out to
a certain candidate in Streator. Jim denied
the hard Impeachment and administered
singing rebuke to his calumniators. The
end is not yet; Jim pants for scalp, and
those that find him in their hair will learn
that he is bad case of erysipelas. 1nves-
tigation proves, however, that few with
long hair and short pants, and other char
acteristics of greatness, have sold out.
They will adulterate their democracy, To
be brief, they will commit adultery. Gold
is the harlot in the republican camp, and
the scavengers, mountebanks and pimps
that have followed her skirts through all
these years, as she deploys between the
lines is what has perpetuated republican
rule. PSALM.