The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-21
COUNTY NEWS.
Utica's Earthquake.

frop, center 10 circumference, anu the up
beyaIs have formed monument Tor .the
prohibtionists that for one year AZ leas',
will look down upon empty glasses, deserted
hor rooms and the smiles of the vlctors. IL
was a clean sweep for the temperance ele'
ment. electing their ticket 10 man. Tue
saloons will be closed May ION. All dAy
Tuesday the ladies' worked with AN en'husi'
asm seldom witnessed in pubic demon
station at the polls. A dining hall was Mt
ted up in Schmeiding's agricultural oullu'ng
right ABIDING the polls. and the long 'ao'e'
were loaded with provisions, and gwen 10
the pub,ic without price. In fact they went
out into the by.ways and hedges aud com
nell cd them with smiles TO come ana phrlaKe
of the feast. II this is to establish prece'
dent. election days will become novelty.
Utica. win her five saloons, drew reve
me of - 500. The town is composed OF
hard .worAins men-no ldtefs, no m'"'oh-
airs md. as u mutter Of coarse, the revenue
for year 10 oome-to the amount required
TO run the town, will come by direct TAXA
ton, and the burden will be heavier on the
laboring classes, and it remains to be seen
whether Utica, the first time In the history
of her existence, can flourish 10 greater
extent as a Prohibition town. Blt there are
men there VINO claim to have the best IL
terests of the town at heart, and yet they
lose no opportunity to defame the character
of the vii age. as will be seen by the follow
ing. believed in Utica to be sent by a would
be prominent citizen of that town, and pub
lshed ia the Ottawa Jouaat;
Ever since its birth, Utica has been a
by. word and a reprOach among tie towns OF
this state Some of her citizens would not
register from Utica when abroad because
peple would gaze at them with feelings AKIN
TO those with which the Boston man gazes
upon the cow boy from the wild, woody
West. Even the tOughs Of that town La
Sale would come TO Utica TO have tough
time and this was thus because the saloon
held full sway in Utica, but when the sun
r6es down on the 9Th Of April, every decent
man in town viii be proud to say | am
citizen Of Utica"
The author of the above paragraph who
had not the moral courage to sign name ~
full. will still walk the streets of Utica and
beg support and patronage from her citizens
"a walking pesti!ence under stolen cloak
of respectfully, Such an one. thus attemp'
ting wholesale defamation is more to bel
Stunned and hated than all the combined
influence of the saloon element that openly
paves the way to their business places by
putting their signs over their entrance ways:
YES, more TO be dreaded than the lowest imp
of perdition should no emerge from Hades
and openly defy the reverse element with
all the destinations that deviltry could
devise. Utica can defend herself-she, with
her straight forward manliness and unassu-
ming proclivities, will still stand as a credit
to this county when time and its rsvage,
have used up the carcass Of the animated
imbecil that penned the paragraph in ques-
ton.
The election on Tuesday was orderly, and
the saloons werc closed, and the defeated
portion of the To- n will bear it manfully.
At least for one year. Well, we have
lived under license board from our infancy
up, and now we are going to try new deal
Prohibition has usurped her rights, under
the right given to every man to vote as he
is inclined We will now have chance TO
test the difference between license, and no
license If it proves benefit, no one will
complain. There has been great deal Of
Growing, and tantalizing of the license ele-
ment, before and after the election. No
doubt they believe in the adage-to the vic.
tor belong the spoils, II has been rumored
openly here. that in many cases, labor in
this town depended on a Prohibition vote
DO that rs it may, your correspondent has
not the proof at hama.
The following is the prohibition ticket az
elected For President, James Clark, 1856;
George Reynolds, 1856; VIM. Landers, III;
II. S. Gilbert 1871; D Smith, 1856. For
clerk, John Prentice, 1872.
The candidates on the license ticket, Jno.
Muir for President received 1903 votes, and
the lowest vote for either Of the license can
didates was l07, and the highest for either of
the prohibition candidates l36-showing a
close vote.
1t is strongly intimated here that the cleo
ton will be contested, many thinking that
undue Influence was used by the winning
side.
Dick Hallet says in any event the low
prices on his beef steak will hold the trade
in Utica w. ID W.