The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-11-07

5 A. That after being in Germany year, Il
: acquire an education, he became so disgust
ed, as We believe, with that beer drinkin!
nation as to be radically opposed to all bee
interests hereafter.
3. That while we desire to say nothin,
against Hon. ID. Dibell, Of Joliet, his oppo
nent, we nevertheless submit that Mr. Gil
bert having shown himself Prohibition
list in sentiment and action Is entitled to on
support at the polls on Nov. 3D. in perfer
enCe TO "A new or untried man.
Respectfully submitted, G. c. SMITH,
O. McDAID,
&c. Farrell.
The names attached TO this circular are
Of course, fictitious, there being no such
persons as G. G, Smith, o. McDaid &c.
Other circulars representing Judge Gil
bert as the candidate of the saloonists, as d
bitter Democratic partisan, &c, were cir
culated, but the above will suffice as speci.
mems.
Yet, infamous and devilish as these cir.
culars were in their unconscionable false.
hood, the fraud was SO gross and stupid,
that we doubt whether dozen of votes
were made or lost by them. What defeat,
ed Judge Gilbert was the failure TO get out
the vote of La Sale and Peru and the
readiness OF the bucolic republicans to re.
spond to the crack of the party whip.
City Republicans are too intelligent to be
ruled by such nonsense, and none pay any
attention to the party whip except such as
expect to use il In their own behalf, but
among the unsophisticated Republican bu.
COLES its crack has terror that drives
them like sheep.
Yet we do not accuse Mr. Dibell Of hay
ing a hand in the contrivance of these
stupid frauds though it seems impossible
but that he must have had some knowledge
of them, and if so, his tolerance of them
would be enough to disgrace him and GER
tainly to unfit him to sit with decent men
on the bench. Nor do we accuse Mr..
Chairman Fulwiler, of the La Sale Coun-
ty Republican Central Committee, or any
OF the party "bosses" in the other counties,
of these shameless though idiotlc inven-
tons. Indeed their paternity is SO we'll
known as to relieve all innocent parties
from suspicion. Their eXecrable English
and diabolical grammar alone betray the
They were the bright idea"
ideas" of a lot of railroad understrappers
and henchmen, who, imagining, because
they are allowed to figure occasionally as
or pensioners of the Burlington
or Rock Island road, that they own those
roads, therefore took such means to avenge |
on Mr. Gilbert because he has
had the courage to write a book with |
which the railroads In question are sup
posed to be displeased. We do accuse the
Republican managers and bosses" re-
ferred to, however, Of knowledge of this
iirty trickery and of want OF common
lecency IN not promptly putting stop
% It,
1t would also, we have no doubt, be I'M
Just to accuse the men at the head Of the
great railroad corporations referred to,
who are high toned, honorable gentlemen,
Of having any hand in this dirty business,
and It will doubtless be a surprise to them
% learn that their roadmasters and under
ings all along the line, were over head and
ears in the business, peddling tickets and
circulars and marching gangs of hands like
,attle up to the polls to vote. Yet to hire
III these runners, emissaries and workers
md to pay for the printing took a great
leal of money. Where did 1t come from
It cost the La Sale County Republican
Central Committee nothing. Is Dibell a
millionaire to stand the shot? or where did
he money come from?