The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-04-06
Current Events.

The city election in Chicago on Iuesda!
resulted In the entire demolition OF the re
publican machine Of that city and tn
election of Cregier as mayor OF that city
over Roche by majority of upwards o.
10000. Tom Crafty, who had been nomi
mated by that party in violation OF the
agreement TO LET the lawyers of the count,
select the candidate for judge, was alsc
overwhelmingly defeated.
Mayor Roche was unfortunate. lie wa'
elected on his promise OF "reform." Har
risou's administration had been able and
clean, aside from the howl about gamb
ling and the social evil" Roche wal
elected on promise, not only to reform OIL
drive out the gamblers, the prostitutes
thugs and sll other bad men and women
but to improve on Harrisons other admin
istrative policy. He had undertaken q
greater task than he could accomplish, and
he ANONYMOUSLY failee. Besides this
his approval of an obnoxious telephone
ordinance and his apparent favoring OF the
surface street-railway Of the North and
West Sides, which are VIGOROUSLY made
auate TO the demands Of those paris of the
city, the decadence Of the Chicago police
and his connection with the Davis-Swif'
machine all conspired to bury Mr.. Roche
out of sight. The election was complete
victory for the democrats-even more de-
cisive than that of Palmer last fall but II
Is not a promise that the city will remain
democratic unless the democrats continue
the policy of putting forward their best
man, as they did on Tuesday last.
Attention has again been called to Samoa
by frightful hurricane at Apia on March
18th, which utterly destroyed the U. s,
ships Trenton and Vandalia and beached
the Nipsic. From the U. s. ships four
officers and AS men we're lost. In the same
storm, the German ships Adler and Eber
were total losses, while the Olga was
besched, SO men being lost. Every vessel
In the harbor at the time of the storm was
besched except the English man-of-war
Calliope which put out to sea. The Alert,
Adams and Richmond have been order ed
to the Island to replace the American ships
destroyed.
The efforts of John Sherman and par
ticularly of Henry Watterson Of the Lou's-
UtNe Courter-JounaI, to save Halstead's
as minister to Berlin, from re-
lection failed utterly; and the nomination
was rejected by substantial adverse ma
jority While democrats and democratic
editors will not mourn much over Mr.
Halstead personally, as few men are more
abusive In their attacks upon democrats
and democratic principles; yet the manner
and cause of his rejection Is not creditable
TO the senate. AS has frequently beenssaid
during the progress of the matter In the
senate, the defeat of Mr.. Halstead is In a
way notice 10 newspaper editors that they
must be guarded In their remarks about
the Senate as body. The sin Of MIR. Hal.
stead was a criticism, without gloves, OF
the action of the Senate in refusing to
reopen an investigation into Senator
Psyne's election, which had been decided
by the Ohio Legislature liz favor of Payne.
Most men accepted the judgment OF the
Ohio Legislature as final, Halstead did
not Whatever the merits of this case
and Halstead appears TO have been unnec
essarily cranky on the subject, still the
Senate has not increased public respect for
Itself by thus rejecting Halstead on the
mere ground Of his utterances at that time
Legislative proceedings have not been
particularly Interesting during the week.
The drainage bill was set for Thursday, the
18th, but by general consent it was post
poned until next Thursday, the 18th, the
day originally set for Its consideration. The
lobby, therefore, retired, somewhat dis
gusted that they had made their trip for
nothing.
In the house the telephone lobby pre-
vented by one vote the effort to bring UP
the bill reducing the telephone rates.
In the Senate a bill has been passed
making 1t unlawful to employ on public
works In this State other than native born
OF duly naturalized citizens.
Senator Chapman has introduced a bill
asking the penitentiary commissioners tc
report the cost of u plant TO make binder
Irvine and the cost of production, with the
view, probably, of having the convicts as
sist In demolishing what shall be left OF
the trust after the farmers get through witt
II this summer.
Corporal Tanner is "a little "lresh," 80 &c
speak. Within three days after taking
possession of the pension office he called
for the resignation of 1877 employees of the
Office, who happened to be-curiously
enough democrat Gen. Jos. ID. Colt Of