The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-06-30
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.

Against the personal integrity ana gen
eral good character of the RepublicaE
nominee for President nothing is TO be
said. He is man of ability, pure morals
and gentleman.
The strong points against him are, o.
that he was selected by and his nomina
ton enforced as the peculiar candidate OF
the railroad monopollsts, IN a spirit of
otfense and defiance to the granger
states :" and, (2l, his pro Chinese immigra-
ton record
That Depew, with the SO New York del
egates at his back, entered the convention
solely in the interests of the great railroad
monopolies, was evident In his every move
ment. His first utterance on arriving in
Chicago, was defiance and insult to the
" grangers," by ironically announcing him.
self as the granger candidate!' 1t was
victory for the Railroads was scored In the
selection of ThurstOn, one of their attor
neys and lobbyists, for temporary chair
man; and it was by joining the forces of
Gould and the Pacific railroad gents that
another railroad attorney, Estee, of Califor-
Mia, was made permanent chairman. Then,
after the first three ballots had been taken
and Depew was enabled TO take In the eX
act situation, his plan of battle was set
tled. Notice" says the Chicago Tribune,
"a Republican paper supporting the ticket
" was served that no state which had ever
enacted laws for the control and regulation
of railroad charges need present "a candi.
date to the convention This was what
defeated Allison. The people of Iowa
refused TO be "held up" " sandbagged
and robbed by the railroads, and adopted
laws for their own protection. Hence the
railroad combine in the convention would
not permit them to name candidate fol
President. All grangers and granger states
were excluded from consideration, Illinois
included"
Sherman was discarded because h,
lacked the running qualities TO carry New
York Ia the interest of the Tom-Platt-
| Depew- Hiscock- Miller com bination. Rush
and Gresham were too honest for rail- oaC
use, and Alger cared more for lum Der thar
the railroads. Therefore, proceeds the
TriJuae Depew compelled the conven
ton TO nominate General Harrison, who II
railroad attorney himself and partner
of Steve Elkins in cattle syndicate
The Inter ocean, now 80 enthusiastic In
its support of Harrison, can be quoted a
unequivocally as the Tribune in proof thai
Harrison was nominated purely In the in
terest of the railroads. On Monday morn
ing when II was known that Depew and
his hordes had decided TO nominate Harri'
son, the Inter ocean said
There is no use In evsding the self.evi'
dent fact that there Is popular dread and
distrust of railway politics, Tt
what reaction II has led In Iowa and one OF
two other of the soscalled granger states
railway men know 10 their cost.
Mr. Depew knew what he was about when
he withdrew his name from the list of can
didates hut did be know, what many very
sharp men never learn, that the people is 4
very watchful and very difficulty deceived
body? Did he know that the people would
be swift 10 detect Depew candidate
under any other name than that of Depew
The people do detect in the "Depew
candidate under another name than that OF
Depew,' and fully realize that the election
of Harrison would be equivalent 10 turning
over the mighty interests of this great
government wholly TO the control of Van
derbilt, Jay Gould and Depew.
As to the pro-Chinese record of Gen.
Harrison, about which there can be nc
possible dispute, It has so close connec-
ton with his railroad attorneyship and con
sequent friendship for universal railroad
interests, that II undoubtedly had its sole
foundation in that feeling; for was II not