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

The congressional canvass of the rspubli
can party in the Sth district is beginning
to get interesting Every county in the
district has representative favorite son
except, possibly, Du Page, which has been
In the district too short time TO get
acquainted we'll enough to work the
| fayorite son business on tne old birds of
the ether countries. 1t is too fresh, so to
speak, to set up any claims All these
| favorites will start at one and the same
| time; and as the season threatens dry the
the dust will fly in abundance, perhaps the
| fur also. That is TO be determined future
Those who think that Marshall of Ken
dali will show up on the day of the race
short on his "ante," or stake money, are
going to get left on their surmise. Mar
shall is in the race, and Is showing up In
good form thus far in his training. In his
Thursdays paper he says
Some of our good people laugh and say
il is of no use--that two of the delegates
are for Mayo OF La Sale county, and the
other three likely to goto Hayes of Grumpy,
or Hill of viii. Well, laugh! Why
should not Kendall county contain as much
ability as Grundy, or viii, or La Sale, or
Du Pagey There are no Websters In the
field; no Lincolns making the canvass ;
only two lawyers of not over brillianCe, and
two country editors of not too much brain ;
but we believe either Of the candidates can
representent the district as we'll as 1t has
been represented for the past twenty years
No man need sneer because some other
man wants to 60 TO Congress. 1t Is a des-
iratle position--a position that the publish.
er of this paper hardly dare think Of, and
he is not welded to the idea, deeming 1t
Chimerical In the extreme, but he Is In for
1t, and wants an honorable show for his
county.
Yes, and, furthermore, he talks as though
he meant to have a show, and no foolish
ness. So Marshall Is to be counted in.
The republican State convention also
throws some light on the subject. The
nomination of Ray for Lieut. Governor
reduces General Pic. mic Z. Hayess chances
by considerable IL virtually shuts him
out of the race. Not that Ray cares
continental, but the question arises, who
will get Grundy's delegates?
The shade of Clay is continually bobbing
up In political contests. The cry of bar
gain and sale probably never will go down
and stay down; and there Is whisper
going round that in this little canvass there
hos already been a resort to the tactics, the
charge of which kept Clay out of the
White House and him busy explaining
for the last half of his life.
Not that Rays nomination depended
on how La Sale county voted in the
State convention He was the favorite
from the start But theis could not have
been guaranteed a week or more ago. 1t is
always safe to get all you can when you
can, In politics, especially. And 1t Is
hinted that Ray was for getting there" In
form.
Adopting, then, the line of argument
which the Ottawa Republican approves for
finding the truth, the circumstances In the
case give color TO the statement whisper
ed around that prior to the State convention
Messrs. Ray and Mayo had entered into an
arrangement TO trade Grundy's vote for
congressman for La Salle's vote for Lieut..
Government.
The circumstances are there: Ray want
gu VOt6S IOI lilo DO Llcut-uON-
ernor; Mayo wants votes for the nomina
ton as congressman; Ray Is not dead In
love with Gen. Picnic G. Hayes; neither
Is Mayo; and as It might be deemed more
flattering to local pride to have Ray
candidate for Lieut. Governor, than Lewis
for auditor, II was, therefore, excusable for
La Sale to go to Ray and leave Lewis to
shift for himself when his turn at the
wheel came; but that Is the way 1t came
out.
Now, of course, these circumstances do
not prove a case, however satisfactory such
proof would be to Mr.. Sapp of the Republt,
can were he searching for a"bargain" in
democratic ranks. They are only sugges-
tlons, made for the benefit of these
interested. 1t is certain, however, that
Lewis got left and that Ray got there.
Whether Mayo will get there also remains
to be seen.
The republicans have called their dis
trlct convention to nominate candidate
for conpress delegates to Chicago ETC. for