The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-07-03

stoieu thcTeiioi ~ cheiAh Ne"u'Sn, "h0
now has the audaeity to come up for nomi-
nation for the fourth term" This paper
bore the names Of many leading democrats
of the county, among whom were Charles
Hayward, J. V. A. Hoes, John Hise, A. San.
ger, L. Leland, Henry Green, Maurice Muir
ply, Loring Delano, o. Leavens and j. M.
Sawtelle. These gentlemen ran our friend
John Hoffman. then commission merchant
Of Peru. A vigorous three-cornsred fight
was made between the TIVE wings Of the dem
ocratic party and the whig candidate, but
the result gave Mr.. Reddick a small MAORI.
ty. In the evening couriers from the larger
precincts brought in sufficient returns to in
sure Mr.. Reddick's reelection, whereupon
Lucien B. Delano, the jolly, genial joker,
then well known to every man, woman and
child in Ottawa, went to the front door Of
the old esurt house, swung his hat and
shouted "Hurrah for Bill Reddick He can
lick as many Of yer Peru sheriffs as you can
scare up" Loosh's sudden abandonment Of
the circular party was the theme of much
comment and good -natared criticism.
Mr.. Reddick, while deprived, by circum-
stances beyond his control, of book educa-
ton, was large. headed and clear-brained.
lie was favored by nature with quick and
accurate powers Of observation, and none
saw farther than he in business or political
affairs. Having been constant laborer
since his early boyhood, without the benefit
of free or any other sert of schooling worthy
of the name, In his intercourse with men of
education ssd extensive requirements he
deeply felt the want Of that ssrt of know
ledge which is called book learning, and
well he night, since his associates were gen.
orally nsA It the highest attainments. He
was state senator frsn 1847 10 1851, and
frequently had to encounter in argument the
ablest men u eur state, and rarely suffered
defeat. During his last term in the senate
he won the unbounded approbatisn of the
temperance people, male and female, not en-
ly Of Illiasis, but 81 the Union, for his in
PRODUCTION and the passage Of the temper
ance law which to this day, and for ages to
come, is and will be known by his name
He fought bravely and almost single handed
at first for this measure, and gradually won
votes from its opponstts until he achieved
success. His papers disclose large bundle
Of complimentary addresses, resolutions,
speeches and other tokens of appreciation by
the advocates of temperance while the total
abstainsrs 'aanaed hin with faint praise"
or scolded him outright for not having gone
step farther. But this praise, sincere,
good, bad and indifferent as it was. was bal
anc0d by the hatred Of the anti-temperance
folks. They rsviled, booted, scoffed, mock
ed, groaHed and denounced him in unmeas
ured English and German, and all other
languages with which they were familiar,
and one excited anti-Reddiek man, or wom-
an. sent him a hidsous valentine, in which
he was most numerically pitched into by
d very good writer Of strong and logical
Angle. ssxsA
Mr.. Reddick was man Of kindly, gener.
oHs Impulses. His annual gifts in money
and provisions, clothing and fuel to the poor
Of Ottawa ran up to an astonishing sum.
Any one cemag to him with a reasonably
plausible tale Of distress And want coald
readily find road 10 Mr.. Reddlcks heart,
and thence to his pocketbeok. No Christ.
mas went " when he forget the churches or
the Sisters Of Mercy, as their thankful let.
tiers and his bank cheeks prove. Through
the strsag ssYalses Of henevolence he be.
came highly Interested in the freed negroes,
and became q life voting nember of the
Nerthwe.terR Fresdnen's Aid Association,
leaving among his papers certificate to
that effect. We also found in his document
airy effects his commission as sheriff, signed
by Gov. Ford another from Gov. French
making him aidde-camp to the governor as
commander-in- chief. He was also appointed
appraiser of canal lands by Associate Su-
prene Justice Jesse B. Thomas and reap
pointed by Justice Cation. His associates
were joe. A, Nattsssn and Franei. C. Sher-
NAN.
An It,ssA&1 by birth, a thorough demo.
cras and a patriot, he naturally loved the
land Of his birth as well as his adopted
csunSy, saa hs srasntly wished that poor,
oppressed Exa might speedily threw off her
.hackles and put on the badge Of liberty.
So every proper meveVent locking to this
result met with his approval and encourage
ment and when news came Of the fearful
distress of Ireland's people for lack Of foed
in 1870, his heart throbbed with pity and
he at once started subscription, and in q
short time raised l6S pounds sterling
$4,000, liberal portion of which he gave
himself, and sent draft fer that amount to
Dublin, fysisld, TO "hea. Joseph Bigger,
Hon. W. Il. Sullivan and Patrick Egan, treas.
urers Of the National Land League" dated
Feb Q, 1sTe, and received in due time a
handsome acknowledgment Of the same.