The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03
THE DEMOOARCY.

THE DEMooARCY.
The democrats of Seneca had q very sue
cessful meeting on Thursday last, both In
In tho afternoon and In the evening, on
both which occasions the attendance was
large. The afternoon exercises were held
at a stand erected on the principal street Of
the town, and consisted Of music by the
Seneca band and the Ottawa Glee club and
speeches by Hon l.. w. Brewer and M. N.
Armstrong, Hon. Alexander Vaughey,
president Of the day, opening the meeting
by . short address.
In the evening the speaking was made at
Roak's Hall, which was crowded to Its Ut
most capacity, and as many more desiring
to listen we're turned away from absolute
inability to give them standing room in
the hall. Hon. James w. Duncan and
John F. Madden were the speakers; while
the Glee club furnished the music
The day was finished by democratic
ball In Roak's Hall after the close of the
speaking, which of course was largely at
tended.
Seneca and Msnlius township as whole
promise to astOnish both democrats and
republicans by the democratic vote this
year.
Tie campaign will be closed in this city
on Monday evening next, when the Hon
W. j. Hynes Of Chicago will speak at the
opera house. Mr.. Hynes, as many know
here, is one of the most brilliant speakers
In Illinois, and he will particularly address
his remarks to the working men who are
above all others most interested in the out.
come of this joint campaign.
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In the county the democratic meetings
of the week have been Invariably success.
full. At Rutland village an attempt was
made by our republican friends TO break
up the democratic meeting by issuing post
ers and handbills announcing that the
meeting had been postponed TO another
date If the bills deceived any one, the
meeting if uninterfered with would have
been a monster, for as II was, the church
in which IT was held was crowded
There is only one thing that can defeat
the democratic party in this county and
that is the neglect of democrats to vote. If
the full democratic vote is cast, a demo
cratic majority of from 500 to 700 can be
had for Cleveland and about as many for
the full county ticket. Every democrat
therefore should make special effort to
get every democratic neighbor to the polls
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The republicans have begun the howl
about split tickets, There will be no end
of democratic split tickets-three offices In
this city to our knowledge having been
engaged in printing them fer the past
three days Probably every republican
county candidate Will have them and will
be circulating them; but so far as is known
here in Ottawa not one split republican
ticket has been circulated. The democrats
take the plain, square, open and above
board method of using "stickers" or
"pasters' They have net yet, to our
knowledge, stopped to the sneaking
scheme of deceiving voter with false
ticket All polling places will flooded with
bogus democratic tickets We warn all
democratic voters to look out for them, and
all democratic poll workers TO especially
warn democrats against them.
Four years ago the democratic ticket
was duplicated by engraving by the
republicans in order to deceive voters, and
as that process can faithfully initiate any
ticket, no matter how peculiar the type of
the heading may be, no attempt was
this year made to make 1t peculiar. For
that reason split tickets will be more
plentiful than ever, aud ticket peddlers
will, therefore, have to be particularly
careful.
A genuine democratic ticket ought to be
posted up under glass at every voting place
In order that voters may compare II with
the one they vote.
Not only will the republicans split the
state and county tickets but they will sub
stitute Harrison for Cleveland electors. Be
particularly careful as to those names,
voters. 1t does not matter If Cleveland's
name Is at the head of the ticket, If Harri-
sou electors are below II, the vote counts
for Harrison. So look out