The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-05

The Democratic State Central committee
has issued a call for convention Of demo.
cratic clubs of the state, to be held at
Springfield, on Wednesday, June 10, for
the purpose of perfecting a thorough or
ganization of the clubs of the state Each
club is requested to send 10 delegates, and
one additional for each 10 members In
excess of 100.
The secretary In calling this convention
says: at Is expected that Illinois will
elect full democratic ticket next fall"
This may seem to be an overconfdent
view of the situation, for Illinois has been 80
long republican. There is, however, an
undercurrent of feeling in the state that
gives color to such hope. For years past
llliuois has cast only about rs per cent of
ner possible vote-never over 70 per cent
Of 1t. Suppose she should cast In Novem.
Der the other Is per cent. The major part
Of that last Is per cent. Is democratic, un.
doubleday. For habtual losers always care
lie IS TO vote than habitual winners. What
the democrats need, therefore, to win Is to
get out their vote In republican counties as
Well as democratic counties That has rot
been done for years. Indiana costs 06 per
cent. of her possible vote Why can
not Illinois do the same' This conven-
ton of clubs Is called for the purpose of so
perfecting the State organization as to get
out the full vote. In this the organization
will be aided by the certainty that Mr..
Cleveland will be reelected, because he
has daily grown In the confidence of the
people. This feeling will help TO bring
out the laggards,-the hopeless ones who
think ats no use to vote, because we're
beaten anyhow" A little change In each
county will carry the day and the demo.
Gratis are gaining faster than the republi-
cans. In 1880 the democrats cast only
44.58 per cent Of the total cast to the
republicans 5l.t0. In 1884 the per cents
were 48.45 to 5014 respectively; that is In
years the democrats gained lS9 per cent
while the republicans lost nearly per
cent. There Is hope In such figures A
similar gain by the democrats, with the
same "side Issue" gains In the State, would
easily give the Democrats the State.
Senator Ingalls, has again delivered him
self OF An anacronistic speech In reply 70
Voorhees, address of last week. Mr.. In
gals takes palms to ''crawish," and On
beavers TO smooth over his utterances
attacking the memory of McClellen and
Hancock, by saying he alluded to them as
politicians When this burst was finished,
such OF the Senate as were not In the cloak
room went to sleep again. for the speech
was prosey, dull and heavy, and unenliv.
ened by the faintest sign of wit or oratory
Finally he began rehearsing old campaign
lies about Voorhees,, which brought that
gentleman to his feet The subsequent
proceedings were not strictly In accordance
with what the world expects of high toned
parliamentary body like the U. s. Senate.
One after another, the lies of Ingalls, were
vehemently denied; and as Ingalls, lies
kept on coming, Voorhees, deniais became
hotter and hotter, until they all wound up
In tails wise:-
NM. lngalls-Did not the soldiers of
Indiana threaten TO hang the senator with
. bell rope on train after he made that
Lincoln-dog speech!
"Ar. Voorhees-The senator IL great