The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-25
statement that the journal was thereby estab.

| statement that the JouIndk was thereby estab-
lished upos sound financial basis, with So.
900 assets and no liabilities. Since then it has
continued to be as it was before, devoted to
the advocacy Of Gel. Plumb and to the indis.
criminate abuse Of all to whom the parties
named at the head Of this article we're dis.
posed to be unfriendly.
Some months since J. +. Williams, of
Streator, who was Col. Plumb's private sec
rotary during the campaign Of 1884, called
at the FREE TRADER office with letter from
his chief to the editor In the course of a
conversation, he said: Colonel Plumb did
own the Journal, but does not now. How.
ever, if you will retract certain things said
about Colonel Plumb, think the Journal
can be silenced about YOU The editor of
this paper said it was a matter of iniitier.
ence to him about the Journal being silent;
that he did not notice that it injured him
with anyone, and that as far as retraction
was concerned he would gladly correct any
m s.ta aments ifthey had been made aboutCol.
Plumb in his connection with the Streator
postoitice matter, That evening Mr., Will
liams took tea with Mr. Roso at the Clifton,
and the next morning announced to agentle'
man interested in the pos;ottice matter that
the 1o"''a' would say nothing more about
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Ter contained IN the ar"eles puo'ished III Ihe
nEooe 1arhlsh compete evidence that II Is
INSPIRED by Messrs. Gentleman and Fowler
1t supports Coi' plnmo ana those democratic
candidates to whom It's secret editors are
friendly anu INDUCES IN outrageous abuse
and vllllhca'lon OF all DINERS
Both the 1o"r@a9 ana the hf9d', the or
gans OF Col Plumb and OF Messrs. Gentle
man and Fowler, now are bending their en-.
erg!es to the destruction o! the democratic
party by the cry .! ring, ring The
ruth is that there is but one ''ring' in La
Sale county, and it is composed Of Col,
Plumb, his henchmen in the republican
party, and Messrs. Gentleman and Fowler.
During the day of the republican conven-
ton, when Col. Plumb secured the delegates
from La Sale county, he said to a delegate
from Troy Grove who was for Mr.. Cullen
and whom he could not secure: "If you
will call upon Messrs. Gentleman and Fow-
Ter you will be male acquainted with my
campaign. They know the details Of it,"
The PLAN, unvarnshed facts are that,
while Messrs. Gentleman and Fowler are
claiming to be democrats and representatives
of wing" of the democratic party, they
are secretly engaged in supporting for a
valuable consideration, no doubt, the repub.
lican candidate for congress, Col Plumb,
and laboring for the defeat of the ticket that
will be nominated at the next democratic
convention. With the democratic party
fully understanding the position of these
men. il ia a selfeyident proposition that they
will be powerless to harm any candidate they
may villify, but they are quite likely to ruin
Tho fact that the editor Of the FREE IRA