The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-02-21

c 1mpletely to enchain his vast audiences;
and he was followed as second by Senator
Johnson ldem.) of Pike, whose speech was
lat once eloquent and model of clear, con
else logic
Then Senator Mason of Cook put in his
"yawp" in another glowing eulogy OF Lo-
gan. During his speech, says the state he
mister report, he was interrupted by Mr. Ii
negar who asked:
VIII the gentleman from Cook answer
which it was who first discovered that Jen
Davis was a traitor-the gentleman from
Jackson Uogan) or the gentleman from
Monroe (Monison);
The scene that ensued will not soon be
forgotten by the eye-witnesses. lells,
cheers, stamping of feet, waving of hats
and handkerchiefs; some enthusiastic de-
mOcrats became so excited that they Jump.
ed on their seats and danced and whooped
like Indians The ladies and gentlemen in
the two galleries caught the contagion and
iolned in the tumult Ii was fully five mi
nutes before the house was again in order.
When Senator MasOns answer was deliver
ed II don't know which 1t was who first
found out Mr.. Davis was traitor, but | do
know which was first to forget it." there
was an uproar only second to that following
Mr. Linegar's question, in which the re-
publicans participated.
A roll call of the joint body showed all
the senators present except Streeter, demr
and all the members of the house except
Brown, rep. of Edwards, and Mulhern and
Quinn, democrats. Yet when it came to
voting neither side was ready to risk bal.
lot, nor democrats nor republicans record
Ing a single vote for U. S. Senator-each
side being apparently afraid of the other.
II wing brought the days doings to this
climax, the joint convention dissolved to
meet again at noon on Saturday.
On re-assembling on Saturday the Joint
convention re.enacted the farce of the day
before. A roll call showed % republicans
and democrats absent--senators and rep.
senator and three repres-
entatives from this county being all present.
Though a quorum Of both houses was thus
present, on call of the roll neither demo.
rat or republican responded except Speak.
n Haines, who voted for Morrison And
hen the convention adjourned to Monday
noon.
Monday noon again quorum of both
houses present at the joint meeting, the
bsentees being 10 democrats and 3S re. |
,ublicans but on call of the roll, as on
nobody voted except Flames, who
gain voted for Morrison.
On Tuesday the farce of Monday was re-
eated There were still 81 members of
9th houses absent, Of whom IA were Re-
ublicans.
When the joint session convened at noon
n Wednesday, however, every member be-
lg present except O'Shea, dem, and Sit.
g, rep, the opposing forces mustered up
nough courage to venture upon vote.
he roll being called, the result was 101
otes for Logan, 81 for Morrison, 4 for
LANES, one for Jas. II. Ward, one for John
NTH and for Frank Lawler-101 to 101.
he republicans were rejoiced over having
cen able to muster the full party strength
q the first ballot, but that strength, even
ad Sittig been included, with O'Shea on
lie other side, Is shewn to be exactly one
ote short of enough, and as there is ap.
arently no quarter under heaven from
hitch that vote can be obtained, the short
&c, so far as Logan's chances are concern.
d, might as we'll be twenty, On the other
and, the democrats also have 102 votes,
nd though Morrison failed to get them all
n the first ballot, every body knows he can
ct them when they are enough to elect
i'm; besides, as to the one needed addi-
onal vote, the democrats may get that of
ittig, to say nothing of the Unexpectedly
avorable outlook of the prospect of unseat-
ng couple of Republican members as
ne result of the investigations of the house
lections committee.
ION Thursday the joint convention took
nree more ballots, Logan getting but 100
otes at each, having lost Mcmillan, who
oted for Andrew Shuman, and Morrison
citing "a each time, seven democrats scat
,ring, as on the first ballot.
1t is stated that the Democrats about
'elleflower, Mclean county, are sending
ut numerous ANONYMOUS letters 10 COlOred