The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-10-30
A Deliberate Attempt to Deceive

"A D6llD6TdJ6 ALLclllpI w DOSSA'S'
On Tuesday there appeared In the inde'
pendent, daily paper published at strea'
tor under the editorship Of DIR. David lie
Roy AN article bearing the title "Hurrah Tor
America!" The article throughout was
most abusive Of the German nationality
and of the German citizens of this country.
1t was indecent In language and grossly II
belous in sentiment. In every sense OF the
word 1t was an uncalled-for, an unmanly
and an I'm American attack upon an honest,
upright, sober and industrious class of citi-
zens who have found home In this coun'
| try. II was as undemocratic as 1t was un,
American, and the epithets applied to the
Germans in 1t were of such character rs
To win for the writer ana the publishers of
II only words of .detestation, condemnation
and contempt. The contempt which 1t has
called forth for DR.. Leroy and those CON
nected with him has been higher con
tempt than political has been the con
tempt which is felt by every man who sees
American citizenship dlshonored and dis
graced as It has been dishonored and dis
graced by David Lelsoy.
Since the publication In the Independent,
a studied, ingenious and labored effort has
been made by portion of the republican
press of the county aided by the Herold IA
German independent paper which sup.
ports candidates for money and abuses
those who will not purchase the editor y the
Ottawa Globe (the property In part of Col.
Plumb, and the Ottawa Journal (alsO the
property of Col. Plumb, controlled by him
and published in his interests), to create
the impression that the Independent Is a
democratic paper and published in the in
terests of the democratic party. The at
tempt has also been made to throw upon
the democratic party of La Sale county
the responsibility for the unmanly utter,
ances of David lie Roy, through his paper,
the Independent. Further, the paper con
tanning the offensive article has been cir
culated among democratic and republican
Germans, and the article itself copied In
the papers owned and controlled by Col.
Plumb, and by at least one republican pa
per which supports the republican ticket.
II has also been copied In the Heroid, and
the willful falsehood told that II emanates
from democratic paper.
An appeal has been made because Of the
article TO the German citizens of La Sale
county to forsake the democratic party ana
join the republican one, not because OF any
change in political principles, but because
David lie Roy, with well defined and cum.
ming malice, has heaped uncalled for and
outrageous abuse upon them. The appeal
is now made TO their prejudices, not to
their reason, and the managers of Col.
Plumb campaign and the campaign of the
republicans in La Sale county are expect
ing that the Germans of the county who
have heretofore stood by the principles of
the democratic party, and by its nominees.
will with one accord change the convictions
OF lifetime and become members of a
party who have never had and have not
now anything insympathy with them. The
question which each democratic German
must now ask himself is :" VIII !, demo
crat from principle, change my belief and
my party allegiance because David lie Roy,
editor of 50 called Independent paper, has
been un.American enough to heap abuse
upon the German nationality"
TO these democratic Germans we desire
to address ourSelf We desire to state to
them some facts, that they may see the
studied effort that Is being made TO dupe
them into voting against their own convic-
tons and their own Interests. We desire
to show these democratic Germans that the
plan to change their convictions is one as
unmanly, as unbecomlng and undignilled
as the attack upon which the attempt to
change them from democrats to republi
cans Is based. The Germans are steady,
straight going people, They think and
reason, and when the attempt is deliber
ately made to trick them into doing some
thing against their well formed principles,
our faith in them is SO strong that we know
to certainty that II cannot be done.
Now as TO the facts relative TO the Strea
tor independent. and az to David Leroy, its
editor; as to the politics of the paper, and
as to the design of its publication, We
simply ask the German democrats, and re
publicans as we'll, TO read these facts, and
then say, honestly and candidly, whether
they will hold the democrats of La Sale
county or Col Ralph Plumb, the regular
minee of the republican party of the
Eighth district for congress, responsible
for the utterances, the writings and the
of David LIE Roy, as they APP
pear from day 10 day In the Strestor hde
psHdeHt.
On Thursday the editor of THE FREE
TRADER went 20 the city Of Strestor, where