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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-29
Democratic Primary Meeting.

A primary meeting Of the Democratic voters OF the
township OF Ottawa will be held In the room In Cheev
er's block known A. Democratic Headquarters. on Sat
ardsy the 9Th day OF October between the hours OF Il
clock noon and O'Clock p. y. Of said day to select
BY ballot twenty-five (sD delegates to represent the
township Of Ottawa In the Democratic County Conven
tion TO be held Turn Hail. IN the city OF Ottawa, at
2 o'clock p. n on Tuesday. the 9th day Of October,
isss
by order Of the Town Committee.
r. A. SHERWOOD.
n. C. PKRKiNs, Sec'y. Chairman.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-29

Induce the wings to avow openly their pur.
pose TO re>establish a U. s. Bank, or to ex.
plain how they proposed to give the coun
try safe and abundant paper currency.
The convention that nominated Harrison
had adopted no platform. The campaign
WIS fought on the par, OF the wbigs on no
principle except log cabins, coon skins and
hard cider, expressed In vile doggrel, pro-
voking a derisive song ON the other side,
which opened with
"Possum up gum tree,
COOney Ia de boiler
Whiggy show your principles,
III give you half dollar"
Having won both the President and con.
gress by such disreputsble campaign, the
wings had no sooner taken possession OF
the government than they claimed the
victory had been In favor of national
bank, and proceeded forthwith to charter
one, which, however, their own Vice Pres
ident, John Tyler Harrison meantime, by
the crush for Offices, having been killed.
vetoed. The same congress also repealed
the compromise tariff Of 1888 and adopted
the high tariff Of 1912, which levied the
then Unprecedented average duties OF SO
per cent, against the ruinously lopl 40 per
cent average Of the Mills bill.) The tariff,
however, was disappointment-i. brought
none Of the promised prosperity-and was
superseded with little opposition by the
Walker tariff In 1885, cutting down the
average duties TO 20 per cent, and under II,
during the next twelve year,-until the
outbreak Of the civil war-the country en-
joyed, alike In its agriculture, manufac'
lures and commerce. such an era of pros'
perpity as had never before and never since
has blessed It. II was that tariff Of which
James G. Blaine In his bock-"Twelve
Years In Congress- 1.-THE princi-
pie involved In the tariff of 1S46 seemed
I'm 1866 to be so entirely vindicated and
approved that resistance TO 1t ceased, not
only among the people but among the pro-
tective economists and even the manufac-
turers to large extent. So general was
this acquiescence that In 1856 protective
tariff was not suggested or even limited at
by any of the three parties that presented
presidential candidates"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-29
Current Events.

Mr.. Blaine Is to come out to the wild
Woody west" The wild, woody west 10 not
beh aving itself 20 the entire satisfaction Of
the republican managers. Indeed, the
National Republican Committee Is getting
into state OF wildness ait gether wilder
than the woody west Ia the first place Mich.
igsn seriously needs looking after; then
republican Minnesota Is In the sulks, and
the Scandinsvians In Wisconsin are getting
uneasy. so Mr. Blaine Ia to come west as
a sedative. After speaking In New YorB
on the Goth, Gen. Alger will rush him
through to Michigan 10 his own private
car, from the rear platform Of which Mr.
b. will humor the natives on the route
lie will make several speeches In Michi
gan, and thea will go 10 St Paul, Mlwau'
kee and Chicago, whaling up the cam
paign In Indiana.
The republicans of the finance COM
mittee Of the Senate laid before that COM
mittee the long lost republican tariff re-
form bill. IL has the strawberry mark Of
the Chicago platform. The proposed re-
duction OF revenue by the bill Is $7OO00,-
600, which is practically taken of three
articles-tobaccO sugar and alcohol u'ed
In the arts'--nOsa painting, so to speak
The New York Herald makes n compar>
ison of II with the Mills bill, with the fol-
loving results rs to the character Of the
proposed reductions:
Senate Bill. Mills Bill
Tobacco. .. $50 100000 $17,3S7.1 1851
Sugar. ......... $4,000 600 10937 ia
Free List. :. 100000 19,773174
Alcohol ........ 1C,0W000 D
The reductions In the tariff schedules of
the Senate bill outside of sugar, amount
~ little more than REIMBURSEMENT, and
some OF them will increase receipts In
stead OF decreasing them. In other words,
aside from sugar, which Is n southern in
dustry and may be slaughtered TO adopt
line of argument employed by republi
cans In talking Of the Mills bill), this new
bill simply leads In the line laid down by
The Chicago platform: prefers free whisky
and tobacco rather than yield any part Of
at the protective system, or give relief 10
the taxpayer, Tho New York Herdld
very fairly says of the bill
The wage Garner and the man with
small income will find In II very little 10
comfort or cheer him 1t compels him to
pay heavily for the necessaries of life, but
puts a few luxuries within easy reach.
Alcohol and tobacco may he had at the
minimum rate; as for the articles of daily
consumption few changes are made, and
he must pay the old prices. As the bill Of
party which has gone back on Its own
repeated pledges, which is loud In promise
but timid In performance, and which takes
lis place openly on the side of the classes
as against the masses, 1t is worth careful
consideration, But AS bill for the peo>
ple-the mechanics. artisans, farmers,
wage earners Of the country--it will be
found entirely inadequate to meet the pop
ular demand of the hour, unless so amend
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-29
THE SENATE PRESENTS An ISSUE.


THE SENATE PRESENTS An ISSUE.
The position taken by the last Republi'
can National Convention on the tariff ques-
tion was both heroic and consistent.
Previous conventions had inserted In the
party platforms mawkish though hypo-
critical expressions In favor Of tariff
revision and reform. Nothing Of the kind
was meant, for conventions we're a. con.
sclous then as the last one was that the
party belonged body and soul to the great
tariff octopus, and that TO touch ono OF Its
tentacles was a. dangerous a. 10 touch all.
As honest Ben Butler put It In recent
speech In support Of Harrison In Boston
&" We must oppose free wool, because II we
admit II to the free list We can't keep our
granger friends next year from taking of
the tariff on manufactured goods. Our
tariff system has been carefully adjusted
by long effort and the greatest care. We
can't afford to pull any OF the props from
under It," In other words, this tariff sys-
tenn Is not thing that can stand on Its own
foundation, bat Is supported by "props."
The tax on salt Is undoubtedly wrong, but
II you touch II the great salt prop" passes
out from under 1t. So the tax on wool is
Injurious to our great wool manufacturing
interest, but we can't afford TO lose the
granger "prop." And so on, and so on
This last Chicago convention had no re
spect for the mawkish qualms of Its prede.
cessors and pronounced boldly In favor of
maintaining all the props" Blaine
heartily endorsed their action, agreeing
that no part Of the system could be safely
assailed, and Mr.. Secretary Foster was de-
lighted, for now not one OF the props
had any excuse for Directing to his frying
out their fiat"
But an ominous rumbling came up from
the masses. 1--WE are taxed to DEATH"
they cried, "when there is no need of 1t.
Unnecessary taxation Is robbery. Every
former Republican National Convention,
Presidents Grant, Garfield and Arthur, and
all their finance secretaries, as well as all
the recognized great men of the party,
promised tariff revision and reform and rev
Inoval Of our burdens. Are we to be
cheated?"
The Republican members Of the U. 8.
Senate, nearly every one OF whom had
been one way or another . party to these
pledges of tariff reduction and reform,
took the alarm, and for nearly three
months past have been laboring and sweat
Ing over q plan to appeass this ominous
grumble from the masses BY promise Of
tariff revision. At length It Is announced
the scheme has been matured and Its out
lines are given In the Washington dis
patches. The sugar duty is to be reduced
80 per cent. straight; rice is cut SO per
cent, the tariff on fine wool Is increased
per cent, the duty on steel rails is cut from
BIZ to $14, lumber, salt and all other pros
iuctions Of the northern states are lett as
IT present, and the tax on tobacco and
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-29

An excellent remedy. Lexador is super
ior as a cathartic to any other in all cases in
which a purgative is employed. At all
druggists. Price 2jcts.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-29

"Vetoing numerous bills to pension
invalid soldiers Is complaint still occa-
sionally uttered against President Cleve-
land, although twice as many special
pension bills nave been approved by him
than any of his predecessors, and more
soldiers by thousands have been pensioned
during his administration than during any
previous one. Yet it Is also to the credit
of President Cleveland that he took the
pains, which none of his predecessors did,
to examine Into the details of all special
pension bills laid before him, and did
honest soldiers the justice to veto such as
were calculated to bring the whole pension
business into disrepute by extending its
favors to scaly pretenders and scalawags.
Such case was that of John L. Bryant,
of Maine, q bill TO pension whom the
president recently vetoed. The papers
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-29
RHpUBLIOAN OOURTESY.

When the tariff reformers some time
ago announced In the Ottawa Times that
Prof. Boltwood would speak on the subject
of tariff reform at the opera house on Sept
2lst, the republican managers proceeded
to head him of by announcing Major Nc
Claughrey for the same night. That Maj
McClrughrey WAS notified to make speech
after Prof, hollywood was announced, Is
shown by the first notice of the Major
appearance as found In the Ottawa Times
itself.
However, the tariff reformers submitted
to this ungentlemanly trick, and withdrew
the Professors prior claim to the date and
gave the Major clear field by holding no
meeting on that night. They treated the
Major courteously-many went to hear
his remarks.
Common every day courtesy of the street
would dictate similar reception to Prof
Boltwood by the republicans, But 1t seems
they are not built that way, for last night,
as the people began going to the opera
house TO hear him, squad of boys were
found busily engaged in distributing and
covering the sidewalks and opera house
steps with gutter snipe' bearing this
interesting legend:
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-29
GRAND RALLY

TARIFF REFORM, SLAVE HOLDERS
DEMOCRACY,
That won't permit American
citizens to vote and have their
votes honestly counted.
The print bears the ear-marks of the re-
publcans' new daily organ. The effort it.
self bears the ea,>marks of-no gentleman
and it carries Its own commentary with it.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-29

The President has appointed Hon. John
II. Oberly, of this state, 10 be commission
err of Indian affairs. He was three year.
ago Superintendent of Indian Schools, and
is now civil service commissioner.
The Senate on Tuesday passed IA pri'
vate pension bills In As minutes, including
one of $1,000 per annum to Mrs. General
Sheridan. The Senate Is getting record
as record breakers this season.
The President on Friday last appointed
Gen. w. G. Newberry to be postmaster at
Chicago. vice Judd, resigned.
The House bill making the department
Of agriculture an executive department,
under the control of a Secretary OF Agri'
culture who shall be memoer OF the
Cabinet WAS passed by the Senate on Fri
day last The bill transfers the weather
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-29

The yellow fever scourge has not pre-.
sented any additional alarming points dur
Ing the week. The number of cases In
Jacksonville has not increased, while the
number of deaths has averaged less this
week than last. Decatur, Ala, Is about
deserted, and few new cases among those
In the town have appeared; but as no new
outbreak has occurred, the south Is gener'
ally getting over Its scare, and In measure
resuming business. A light frost early In
the week was felt In the northern half of
Alabama and Georgia, giving hopes for II
speedy end of the plague.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1888-11-20
Eeregrap6if&e 9epe(@en.
Oeuti d I q n b.

Berlin, II. Rop. Gin bsute abenb
eri9ienenss Bulletin iber bas 8efinben
bss pom Sdlase ssribrtsn Ssr;oss Mar
tn 8aieru beridtet, baB bic BspuBtIoiiss
tsit unb bic 2dbmuusssri1einunsen nod
fortbauern. Die atbuung bes Rranten
1T idpisris uub isin .5uitanb tit iebr Be-
bentIi6. Gr bat bersits bic bI. Stsrbss
iatramsnts erbalteu.
Oamburs, Is. gtou. 5eute wurbe
Rarl S9urs anIdbli9 isiner Ibreiie mad
Amsrisa elm sIdnsenbss abi1isbsfsit per-
anifaltst. Der prsuBii6e 9eianbte ..
Ruferop, bic Yrdiioenten bes Senats, Der
5anbelstammer urb Der Oampferssiells
i9aften, iouie uiele anbere beruorrassnbs
gsriOnIi4teiten sabsa S9ur3 gum Dams
pier baS @eIeit.
Berlin, l3. Hop. Der @eiunb>
beitssuitanb bss @sianbtsn YsnbIston bat
ii9 sebeiisrt; er sebt in llrIaub ua9 Ni33a.
S1!oB 0iebenperba BET Saue 1T beute
aiebers sebrannt. Gin 4rst, feline Srau, elm
Rinb unb susi Oisnitboteu iinb BET benz
Branbe umsefommen.
Bismart bemsrtte beute BEL benz gms
pfause pon aborbnunssu beuti1sr Sanbs
pertsrsG G,'lben, baB ibr erfabrener Seiitanb
jun grlafs non ben 9aubwerteritunb be-
treiienben GieisSen notbpsubis isi. gr
Slaube, baB cine aenbsruns in ben ioBiaIen
geieeeu, nameutIib berer, psl1e fi5 auf
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS beBisbsn, brinsenb
n0tbis iei, um bic @ilosn tn ben Stano Al
iesen, @eIomittsl fur bic Rrantentafen Az
bsidaiisu. Drsi 9ilbenuoritsbsr blisben
pei Bismard su Glide.
Stuttgart, Is. Rop. Die vStutts
garter Seituns" iteIt bsuts In Abrsbe, bas
Or. Woobcod. alias Baron Sapass, elmer
Der ameritariiden 0initIinse bes Ss6niss
,on Dirttsmbsrs, uon benz RSnis sntlais
len porben 1T. @r bat pisImsbr, pie bas
Slatt iast, isins Stslluns freiipiqis aufs
ssssbsn. Der 86nis usrbs ii9 itsts Der
bienite erinnsrn, bic ibm pdbrsnb ieiner
&rantbsit i'm Sabre 1884 Or. Woobeod
sslsiitst babe. OaB Or. Woobcod ii9 on
ipiritualiitii1su Grsibsn bstbsilist babe,
purbs uls cine unwabre Ra9rsbe bsssi9s
net.
Seferrei9s llusaru.
Yeifb, IS. Rop. Oas llnterbaus
bes unsarii9en &si9stasss nabm bsute
bic &ssisrunssuorIase betrsffs Der llms
wanbIuns Der unsarii@en GnIeibsn NIT
srober Webrbsit an.
Wisu, IS. Rou. Dis Ra9ri&t pon
bsm Worbusriu@ auf Glrit Gerbiuanb pon
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1888-11-20
Soma, 9ienfag, ben 20. NDueuber 1883.

bei9lofen, bic gtnberufuns elmer NJ
itttutreuben eriam nm lung gu
beantrasen, peI6e bic Rsuifion uOrSuneb'
men bdtte.
Nuf einem 9topaIiitensgantett gu Wars
ieiae Iausnste, Der Marquts Zoe 8reteuil,
baB bic Wonardiiien in irsenb rpeI9sr
gerbinbuns nit gOuIanssr itdnbsn. Der
9tams gouIanser beteidne ebsn nur cine
pom aasemsinsn Stimmrs9t ansenommsns
8erurtbeiluns Ser beitebsnben 3uftdnbe
unb bride bas 8srIansen na9 elmer befes
rem Sutuuft aus. Sin Sies gouIausers
wirbe bur9aus ni6t ben &ries bsbsuten.
Die Wonur@iiten wirben iein gorseben
bsObadten unb i9nea ssssn i'm auftreten,
psnu er ssfdbrIi9 pirbe.
9eIessntIid bss finfuubsuun3isz
idbrtsen &ssierunssiubildums bes R0niss
uOn SGnemart iit Der 3utsipaIt auiidsn
Se6nis unb lluterbaus bsr 9siesssbuns
wisbsr gum ausbrud setommsn. Sn Der
Sisuns bss 5oItetbius pom IA. Ropsms
ber srtldrte behsn 9rdfbsnt, baB ss in
5olse Der poIitii6en Streitisteitsu unm6ss
lid iein werbe, anbern Gags benz &Onis
@briitian CUR 5eier oss %. SaSrestuses
isines &esierunssantritts cine @Iads
wuni6s sabreHe gu ibsrreiden. Nad biss
ier antiinbisuns erbOb it6 bic Gsdte unb
usrIieB ben Sisunssiaal.
am l3. gtouember bat Der 65nis
SarI pom GumGuien psri0nIi9 bic 3ams
mern erOfinet. gr benlertte, baB bic auss
wdrtisen SeSiebunssn bss R6nisrsi9s uus
bsbinst sufrissenitsusno feisu unb spar ais
sine 5OIss Der poritatisen SOIitit, usI9s
siussbalten uorbsn isi. AlIs gartsisn
feien bsitrsbt, &uminien gu sinsm ma1t,
pollen gIsmsuts bes 5risbens unb Der Sis
@erbstt su MAIDEN. Dieie 5aItuns iei bie
ri4tise, uno iOIanse iie beobadtst usrbe,
wsrbe iie eine ii5sre @spdbr bafir isin,
saB Rumdnisn bas gertrauen Der europiis
i6en @roBmd9te ssnieBs unb fi9 Der
6reunbiduft isiner gadbarn auf Der
BaItan: SaIbinisI erfreus.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1888-11-20
preiie Ger 2ln5eieen.

fiS'IS WI >*i'0et>SSIt.
Seb'r 9oa her spaIts per Sabr. .s1s.oo
Wonats 5 500
Sir ieSe 5eile grepier, ober beren Ralim, bas
ertemal 10 Sents, bic nd9fenmale Gents.
Seiratbss uub 9obesah,eisen nit Spru1
$3.50, obne Spru6 $1.0O.
auitudrtiss an;rigsn miTsn pOrars6s; ;aslt usrSeu.
an;eigen fir Gicntcs, 0otterieu, @liitsipteIf
&C., bic benz @eiite Der fatb. Stride ;rtwoer, firr
ben feline aufnabme.
stt3ei8et ienSe man fpdteHenS
Wonta8 Nor8en etn.
3ob.2lrbeiten alIer 2lrt prompt uno
btlltS aus9efiiRrt.
cfftee oer ,,@aSetts":
Gfe Der 6. unb Jopa.Strdse.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1888-11-20
9ro Bbrtta nnieu.

2oubou, Is. Nou. Die YoIi,si bsst
bis Suusriitt, baB fs BEL ibrer Su9s mad
benz WOrber pon 0bits9apeI ii5 auf Der
ri9tisen Spur bsiinbet. 3pei Yerionsn
iinb ssfuntsn porbsn, wsI9e ben Wann
ssisbsn baben, Der bic SuIett ermorbste
5rauenspsrion tn Der Worbna9t In ibr
3immsr bssIsitst bat. Sbre Bsi1rsibuns
asu bss Waannss itiumen In allen Bsaiss
bunssn lbsrsin.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-05-17

them.
The Subordinate Oranges that
show the best increase 10 numbers
are the ones that have met often
and have bad good literary pro-
grams for each meeting. We need
more lsborers.
Farmers are beginning to
think and act for themselves upon
questions Of vital importance to
them and their country.
sour influence in matters Of
State legislation has constantly in.
creased during the last six years.
Through our influence We now
have a law similar to the one pro-
posed by the Reagan bin. We al.
so have a Railroad Commission do
ing pretty good work. Their rec
concentrations, if obeyOd by the
railroads (and / think they will be-
will save two dollars per ton on
wheat shipped from Eastern Ore
gon and Washington. These laws
we're not only supported by the
Grange, but the original bills were
drawn by the Legislative Commit
tee Of the Grange, and presented
to the Legislature by members who
are Changers" -R. P. Boise.
l. I. H.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-05-17

II cannot let the opportunity
pass without saying a few words
for the Grange. While farmers
are raeking mind and body in quest
of methods whereby they may re-
alize increased profits from the
farms, | would most earnestly, yet
respectfully, call their attention to
the Grange, an institution whose
lessons, full of thought and sugges-
tions, go with the farmer in his
every day toll to Tighten his labors
and brighten his enjoyment 1t
was conceived in the interest Of
the farmer, for the farmer, and by
the farmer.
"To the farmers and their fami-
lies here to-day, who are not men,
bers Of this Order, / would say,
become Patrons yourselves and 60
to the Grange meetings. Observe
the farmers, their wives, their sons
and daughters, as they leave the
busy cares, the work and worry of
the farm and house and come to
spend an hour in social pleasure,
and with all profitable interchange
Of sentiments, ideas and expe-
rience. Notice with what ease one
reads. another writes, or another
speaks, and what great intellectual
improvement has been made. Note
also the development OF their So
cial natures, and the kind apprecla-
ton of one another's effort.
"The Grange is TO tho farmer
school, a home and church. All
the blessed slevating influences of
these places are combined there"
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-05-17
/. L. H.

Governor Oglesby, speaking to
the farmers at Joliet, ILL.,, said that
the land question is one of the most
momentous problems before the
people. The population of this
country israpidly increasing, while
the farming class remains about the
same. Land Is more valuable than
money. We need to study the soil
and even go deeper to find the wa
ter courses under the surface, and
make them servieeable in turning
unproductive lands in the West in
to fruitful fields. Land'in England
is worth $500 TO 500 an acre, and
it will soon be as high here. What
will we be a hundred years hence
with a l6O,OOO,OOo people in the
country? He advised farmers to
stick to their land, improve it, and
see that no one but themselves
owned it.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-05-17

amount OF good in staying the on
ward march Interruption, we have
done something for the good ofths
order and for the general good Of
all.
It Is for the best interest Of the
order to set all worthy persons to
unite with the Grange, for L is
strongly united and about covers
the United States aud Canada. Il
is not a baby but a giant, both in
size and power. 1t will benefit the
Grange to get those that will not
unite with it to join some Of the
other organizations that have the
same end in view.
Many OF the members Of the
Grange can do good by writing,
speaking and talking on all proper
occasions, so as to keep the men,
bership united and in harmony,
always ready for every good work.
Brothers and Sisters never fall
ter; never let the Grange Banner
trail in the dust. There is work
for all to carry this grand move
meht to happy consumation Of
what it was intended and why not
you do your part.
Respectfully submitted.
Hamilton Cooper.
Received, adopted and requested
to be published in The CHToKAsAw
MESSENGER.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-05-17
PROGRESS.
Three more new Oranges:
Connecticut, No. 81.
Pennsylvania, No. S4s.
Maine, No. 299.

Owing to the many new Gran
ges organized and calls for man
uals, the supply at the Office Of tie
Secretary of the National Grange
was for short time exhausted. A
new edition, containing all the re-
visions made at last session of the
National Grange is now on hand
sufficient to promptly supply all
applicants.