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place by the iui!le copy, or miliNTlptloiii' 111 be ukin
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R. H. I'imii.kk, Serena, III.
I. II. Tbhwhbiimib, Mnwlllei..
D. II. rxipe.Bilil.l., Seneea.
L. T. Van Il.mKN, lirand Hiilife.
OloBdt: II. IlKWiKK, forTr-y drove, Oplm- anil Will
ttuuu. Aildnw. Tn.y(iroe.
Knltrtl ill Ihr lfll r ul (mnirn, llllnm. 'it
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Democratic Convention.
All tbow clllzeiw of salle eounty who are npiuwd
totheloliKerretiilnlimlu otlielal pnalllon. In the Muti
and nation, the rei.reelilatlvn of the Republican purty,
who do not liellcve In that party teaching and would
rondeinn ll practice, and who do believe the Demur
racy able to brlnK about enonomy In public j-nill
tun and reform In official life, are reiiieted to w leei
delicate to reprewnt thein at a Democnillc ( ounly
Convention to be held ill the Hoard of .super Imii
lloom, Court Ilouw', In the city of Ottawa, iinThurMlay.
the nineteenth day of .lune 1S8I. at the hour of in clin k
r. a., such conveullon to appoint 112 delent to repre
n-lit 1m Salle county lu the IH'inocratlr State Conven
tion lo be held In the city of Peoria nn the lid day of
July 184; alM) to aelect 32 di-lKatin to reprewnt Ia
Kalle connly In a Dlntrlct Conifrewlonal Convention
whenever the date and plar for the holding of tin-wiiiii-hull
be detennlni-d upon; hIko to tranwict any and all
HU-ti other bunlniwa a may properly come before the
convention. The towulil of the county aliall each tie
nUtled lo reprewntHtlon in the convention hereby
culled on the Wit of one delegate for each townnhlp
and one deleuaie for every fifty vobw, and alao every
fraction of fifty votea greater than fifteen, racl In nn h
t iwimhlptt for the Hancock and KnglWi electom In issu;
pixnUUd. hmrtvrr, tlial In town.hlpa In which. In MtJ.
the Democratic vote for Alfred Orendorff. Heiinratic
t mdidate for BtateTreanunT, wa greater than the vote
t mi for the Hancock and Kngllxh elcctorH in 1-A tile
liwla of repretutntation hall be the Orendorff vote of
1?, The Cvinmittee recommend that the Hi-hum thiIc
votera of the variouii townnhlp hold their lowiipbip
taiicuHea for (lit aeleetlon of nuch delegate ki to repre
nent them III the County Convention on Haturdny, the
Hth day of June, at which time townchlp coiiimliteet"
fhall be elected, to continue III otllce two year, the
name of the memla-ni of audi lownhlp roiiimlttwa to
be reported to I lie chairman of the Comity Coiiwtitloii.
Theaeveral townililpn uliall ta' entiled to the following
number of vote.:
Adain,2; Allen. 9; Ilnaiktleld. 4; Hruee, Diiyt
3: Irfcer I'ark, II: Illuinilck, ;l; Kagle, 4; Karl, 5; hden.
1: Kail Itlver, 4; Kami lildge, I; Kreedolu, .1: (irand
Kiipldii, 3; fimvelaiid, I; Hoiie,:i; IpiKalle li; MnullOH.
f.; Mendota. : Merlden.2: Miller,:); Mlwion.'J: Norlli
villc.S: Ophlr.3; OMtge.-l; iitlawa, 21: (liter Creek, i;
I'eru, 12; Ulchliiiid. 4: Rutland, ft; Serena, 4; South Iit
lawa, S; Troy i, rove, :i; rttca, 4; Vermillion, li; Wal-liu-e.
4; WaltHHtu, a. Total, I, H.
II. I1I.I.I,IN(,IIAIKN,
Chnlriiniii.
li. W. ARMSTIKiMi.
.ISO. C. CAMI'IIKLU
M. T. MOI.iiVKV,
IV. B. llltl (.,
My .!. II. K.i HKI.K, scry.
Commute
Tlie Free Trader,
During the pnsuing iKilitical campaign,
will be the same rki.iahi.k, imi wtic.u,
I'SEKITI. AND HOI.IDI.Y UKMOCK ATIC paper
it has always bp-en.
It will its ever be i) unocratic tin-only
journal representative of the party at the
county sent, where the conventions meet,
and where will lie the headquarters for the
campaign.
It confidently relies uon not only Dem
ocrat, but all who desire to be fully posted
on home matters, for a continuance of the
liberal support it has received in the past.
Especially would it urge upon Demo
crats an Increase of its circulation, to Ihe
rid that its Influence upon the presided
t i til canvass of the year may lie the more
4'Xteniled and greater.
In accordance with our past custom dur
ing presidential campaigns, we will send
the Fhkk Tiiaii-.ii to AY if Sulm-rilim
from May 1st to December 1st, or seven
months from any date beginning in May,
for 7") cents, cash in advance.
Henry Ward lieecher's lecture on " Invo
lution and Revolution," delivered on Wd.
nesday evening at HufTalo, is characterized
by orthodox ministers who heard him as a
K andalous deliverance, worse in its rihald
attacks on the Hible than anything Inger
mll has said.
The "rot" which for months past has
raged so violently among hank presidents
and cashiers, has got into the government
offices nt Washington. Col. J. (). I'. Hurn
i-ide, a disbursing clerk in the P.O. De.
partment, has been caught at embe..ling
fj.1,000, which he wasted In stock
gambling, und has been dismissed In ills
grace and turned over to the courts for
prosecution.
The standing joke in Washington is the
eagerness with which Pitt Kellogg, the
odorous niemlier from Ixmisinna, Is begging
for a committee to whitewash him. He
recently escaped conviction on a charge of
bribery in a District court y admitting the
charge but pleading the statute of limiU
tions, nd now wants a committee of (im.
gress to piaster over the huge blotch that
transaction has left upon his character. He
need a committee heuded by Mr. William
Walter Pheljis, who did nuch a beautif ul
job for Blaine when disfigured by the Mul
ligan letters pitch, and who recently jtave
Kiefer quite a calciinining.
The Republican papers, which dread
nothing ao much Mtlie nomination of Til
den bjr the Democrat at Chicago, are
fiijnin full of storltH of Tii.len fecl.lf
hciilth, ami from now on until the flection
tlii'st- storif will lie a daily staple 'f tli
lielinliliciin ire.-.H. with iKCasiomil viiriu
tions of reports of TiMen'o deth. Menu
time the country will rest perfectly '
lent with the assurance which Mr. Tildi'D
rave to some cullers not over three days
,', tliut "My health was never better in my
life than it is to-day;" Mini the further as
surance of hundred-, who meet him daily
that whatever his bodily infirmities, his
M l M i Is us clear iini Imn;' as eer it was.
As in tlie case of Alexander II. Stephens,
(ilad.-tone, M. Their, und many others that
might lie named, the nieytal condition of
Mr. Tilden is such that b its own very
force it prolong the existence of u Isaly
which in men of feeble minds would years
earlier have succumbed to its infirmities.
i'OOL OE KNAVE?
There is perhaps more charity than se
vere and exact justice in the general dis
nosition to aciniit ten. drant of the very
w-rioiis charge made against him by Mr
Fish of endorsing the "government con
tracts" Ward claimed to his dupes to bi
engaged in as real and genuine. The let
ters of fJen. (irant. in which this endorse
ment is claimed to be made, nn being pro
duced, do certainly not, without some
-.tniiniii'-. bear such a construction, rlsh
writes to (irant and says in effect, "I havi
endorsed and discounted paper b r tin
firm of tirant iV Ward to the amount of
-JIK),(KM), to be used in filling certain gov
ernment contracts, and as you and I are no
doubt general partners in the house of
(irant it Ward, and Ward is making fret
use of the influence of your name, hadn't
we, as older and w iser heads, better meet
anil look over the a flairs of the young men
and give them the benefit of our advice?"
Gen. (irant replies and says, "Thank you
for that loan of fJOO.OOO. Yes we ought
to look into the affairs of our firm, and I
will try to meet you at -i o'clock to do so."
Ami then, in a subsequent note, written by
Ward but signed by (irant, he adds: "I
think your investment is wife," and am
willing W'Hrd shall "make all he can for
the Ann by the use of my name and in
fluence." Hut while tills correspondence may be
charitably construed as failing to pin (irant
in black and white as cognizant of and en
dorsing Wind's claim for the linn of be-
ing concerned, through (! rant's influence,
in large government contracts ; yet, in view
of the claim of (irant and his two sons of
total ignorance of the whole business of
"government contracts" in which Ward
claimed to lie engaged, in what sort of a
plight does it leave them? Ward kept a
book which he was wont to show to his
lupes, in which he had a list of twenty or
more government contracts entered which
he pretended the linn was engaged in, and
on which, month by month, he entered the
profits the firm was making, amounting to
a million or more in a single year. As
members of the lirm (irant and the boys
had access to this book ; Fish had seen it
and called (Jen. (Jrant's special attention to
it. Yet neither (irant himself, or Fred or
Buck (irant ever knew anything about it!
I'liey devoted their entire time and atten
tion to the affairs of the firm ; they put into
it their own entire fortunes and those of
their wives ami fathers-in law and niothers
in law; and yet they knew nothing of the
linn's operations! They were full partners
of the firm ; they attended to Its business
every day for four years; they drew on the
profits regularly and liberally; yet not one
of them knew anything of the methods of
the firm, how itsama.ing liabilities of $ 1 1,
(MM),0(0 were piled up, or w here its enor
mous profits came from. Was there ever
business idiocy more glaring than this, or,
if it was not idiocy, what other name is
there for it if not rascality ?
The Democrats stole another seat in Con
gress yesteruay, liiaKing no pretense ol lie
inn lair and honest. McKiuley, one of the
Ohio delegation, was unseated by a vote of
I. iS (o 1(151, seven Democrats voting w ith
the Republicans against the resolution.
MclMiiley had In ISM-.' a majority ol eight
votes. I his illustrates the danger of small
ma iiorities. I c mix-ruts do not respect them,
and it will lie ne-.es.sary for the Uepubli
cans ot .Mchinley s district to re-elect him
by a majority of at least l,(MKI. lnti-
Oani.
The evidence before Congress showed
that McKiuley was allowed a majority of S
votes by a Republican returning board that
had throw n out a number of votes cast for
his Democratic opponent, Wallace, because
a number of ballots for the latter were mis.
spelled, such us "Wallas," "Walloce,"
"Walloc," tfce. The marvel, however, is
how any Republican paper can have the
cheek to complain of Democrats "stealing
seats in Congress,'' and having "no reflect
for small majorities." The fact is, that
the lb-publicans in like cases, during their
reign of twenty years in Congress, neither
respected large or small majorities. From
the cuse of (Sen. Shields, who in lHiiS was
elected to Congress from Missouri by over
U.OOO majority but wits unseated, down to
the Republican liouse-a year ago, there Is
not a case on record w here, in a contest be
tween u Denes rat and Republican, the
Republican was not seated, no matter what
the honest majority may have heeuagainst
him
The I'nited Spates tariff is the heaviest
in the civilized world. England on her ag
gregate imS)rts, collects about 3 Jer cent,
duties; France, 7 orM jier cent.; (lennany
alsitit the same; Italy about 9; Russia is
high altove these tfi'j er cent. The
lnited States towers alsive them all in her
tariff, with :W per cent, on aggregate iin
sl; 43' pr cent, average on all taxed
commodities. The first American tariff
only kept pace w ith others per rent.
Hut we have improved. We excel our for
mer selves, fourfold. A mixed cargo rould
go to England and pay it tax, then to
France and pay again, then to (iermahy
and make a third payment, and then to It
aly and pay a fourth tux and the fc in
payments till put together would not adijit
It into the I'nited States. They would Ag
gregate about 57.', while we charge llOjin
a lump. And yet of all people on the fj. e
of the will irth, we havu the least n'd
of any tariff at all. In the face of all tjis,
however, our tariff is not merely a little, hut
manifold higher than that of any clvllijeil
power - Uussia alone excepted.
PENSIONING MEXICAN 80LDIER8.
After a long sleep in committee lijthe
I'. S. Senate, the House bill to persloi the
surviving Holdiersof the Mexican warwas
finally reported to the Senate on Wednesday
and taken up for consideration. Theioin
mittee had reported the bill with sjveral
amendments, the most important of ihich
was the limitation of the grant of pcisions
tu such Mcviriin soldiers only as wer una
ble to siiiMirt themselves by their wn la
bor, (ten. Logan ojiosed the anii iMinent
with great earnestness, declaring i an in
suit to the Mexican soldier to deiJ.ind of
him, before he can receive it pally $M a
month, that he shall go down on kieesand
beg for it and produce a certiticat-of his
jMivcrty. The amendment was reacted by
10 to 2(1. Another amendment, toAimittlie
pension to only such Mexican S'j'licrs as
were loval" duiinir the late waif was ul mi
rejected by ;." to 2:1.
These votes show an evident liajority in
the Senate in favor of the pass-fee of the
bill as it came from the House, Imt befon
u final vote was reached on Walnesday ;i
motion prevailed to adjourn. Qn the bill
romitiu; up on Thursday action on ii was
again staved off by the senategoing into
executive session, after whiclilthe senat
adjourned to Monday.
Now as the Republican Nitonal Con
vention meets at Chicago on TU'sday, evi
dently no final action on the bil will be ta
ken on Monday, or any other illy until af
ter the nomination at Chicago is made;
ater that, Mr. Logan having male his little
strike to get the vote of the Mexican vete-
tenuis and been "left" by the fori vention,
and there being no votes in theliill for any
body else, what friends will itjiave left to
see it through V In other wordsis the mea-
u re brought forward as a merjeatch-vote,
to serve its purpose and thenlie dropped,
as it has been several times If retofore, or
are its supporters in the Sijate honest
enough to stick to it though fir the nonce
there may lie no more votes iijit?
President Fish, of the Mal i- Dank, w ho
was so largely and discredituht connected
with the swindling operations f the firm
of (irant A: Ward, makes, in selldefense, a
statement which involves (Jen. wratit in a
painful manner. He deeares tlmt he has
letters in his possession written to him by
(ien. (irant in 12 saylnithat ttie firm of
(irant A: Ward have valuable government
contracts. The statement causes till-greatest
astonishment, not o-1y because te rev
elations made since tke (irant it WaiM fail
ure show that there never w ere any such
contracts, but still tnorc, because it was du
ring (ien. (irant administration that the
law was chany d so as to require all con
tracts to be 1-t to the lowest butler after
thirty days' advertisement. 1 heiv can not
be any sucrecy about the contracts for gov
eminent supplies, and there is no poisihle
way In which political or persini.l In
fluence could secure them. The Predd-nt
himself could not control any matter f he
kind w ithout making himself liable ta Im
peachment, and all contracts for ludianliip.
plies in which Ward represented thilie
was largely interested are let by the lilird
of Indian Commissioners, a body com pied
of representatives of the several religliis
denominations, who act with the Com ins.
sinner of Indian Affairs and the Assistit
Attorney (ieneral for the Interior DcpM.
ment. I f the statement ol t isli should t
verified, it would leave a stain upon
reputation of (ien. (irant that not ha;
could ever efface.
It is due, however, to (ien. (irant, to s;
that since the statement of Mr. t ish
made public, the letters to him of (ii
(irant, to which allusion is supposed to
made, have been published and do
bear out the account Mr. Fish gives
them. I hey are, m fact, entirely imi
cent missives, do not indicate any kno
edge of the pretended contracts and malj
no specific reference beyond the vague di
laration of an opinion that the business
Orant V Ward was a safe one.
The coolness with which not only I
publicans but Democrats, in their figurinj
on the presidential probabilities of
put down Illinois as one of the sure H
publican States, is almost provoking, j
very little thought will show that. wh
ever may have been the case heretofoj
the Democrat!) of Illinois in the contest!
14 have at least ugood fighting chance,
win. tor example, in iu i ook couu
gave Uartield 10,000 majority. Does mjbythe convention, rne piatiorm ills uur-
one believe that the Democrats next fal teen planks. In sunsiance endorsing ami re
will carry Cook county by less than lO.OtKjoiclng in the recent legal tender decision
majority ? La Salle county In guv.of the Supreme Court of the I'nited States;
(iartieldaill majority. Last year the Demudenounclng the practice of granting public
crats carried the cmnty by 2,000 majoritOands to railroad und other mono-mlies; de
and it would W ridiculous to claim lesjnanding national supervision and control
than l,(MH) Dem.s nitic majority in L SalU'f the railroads; the levy of an income
county ue.xt faU. There ait' at least 2Hax; u shortening cf the tenm f I'.S. sena
other counties in the State where thors; the prohibition of the importation of
Democrats can rely with confidence orrontroct labor; favoring a "wise revision of
equal gains over ixso, while there is not he tariff," but regarding the question as
county in which they ought to loseim thflnslgniticant compared with the financial
vote of that year. The ground of thtissues;" favoring a submission of 'the
Democratic confidence is no secret. Sincquestlon of woman's suffrage to a vote of
18S0 the Republican party has been almosle people, and declaring In favor of liber
bodily deserted by the German vote. Thafl enloning of disabled soldiers of tlie
loss has been on account of the attitude ofite war.
the Republican party on the temperance Having with tolerable unanimity adopt
nuestion. Has that attitude chani?ed anvl this piatiorm, the convention proceeded
in the last two yearn? Whatever changei
there lias been lias notoriously been in a
way to render the party slill more obnox
ious to the (termans. The Herman vote of
the State amounts to enough to swamp any
party that provokes its hostility, and that
hostility the Kepublicun party has provoked
In a way so offensive and contemptuous that
the (iermans would show themselves cra
vens not to resent it to a man.
"A platform was adopted claiming ro
tection as the true iwilicy of the l iilted
States until other nations shall pay equally-
high wages to workmen us we tlo."
The alKive refers to a recent protection!
convention in Ohio, but Is equally applic
ble to about every republican or protection
1st convention which is held. It Ignores
one important fact, which is brought out
lu an elaborate and Interesting rejxirt pre
pared by Sir John Hawkshaw recently for
the London Statistical Society, we believe
It shows by irrefragible figures that In real
ity there is very little difference in the
cost of the rtmilt of labor the world ove
because, w here wages are low, it is found
to be uniformly necessary to hire more 1
borers to get the same amount of labor
done.
COL PLDMB AGAIN.
A few weeks ago we made mention of
note of Col. l'liimb to the newspapers in
response to a feeler in a Streator newspn
per, stjtting that he wis not a candidate for
congress from this district, but nevertheless
Would like very much to be one sufficient
ly to be elected. The announcement was
supposed to be sufticient to get Up a sponta
neons mm fluent right off in favor of fort
ing the modest Col. on the track, but some
how, after a month's sizzling, so to speak
It wouldn't sjsintane worth a cent, and up
parently died out. W. S. Cherry, another
Streator man, a warm personal friend of
Col. Plumb, and a member of the La Salle
County Republican Central Couimittei
concluded to give it new life by address
ing a letter to Col. Plumb asking him to
stop playing around the bush and come out
flat footedly and say whether lie was a can
didate for congress or not, " provided we
ask you to be one." "Oh, well, in that
ca.se," is substantially the Colonel's reply
"if you taint me to be a candidate, w hy yes,
I have no hesitancy in complying with
your request."
So then, Col. Plumb is really a c.andi
late. The announcement isn't at all tleus
ant to Mr. Cullen, the present incumbent.
whose newspaper the Ottawa llefmhlimn
savs Col. Plumb has "no claims on the
republicans of the district for services ren
lered, and while Streator is under great
obligations for benefits derived from the
exercise of the 'business qualifications'
about w hich so much is said, the county of
La Salle and the eighth congressional dis
trict are not, and have no reason to believ
that he Is superior to any one of a score of
their citizens in those qualities of mind
and that knowledge of the people and of
the business of the country which comes
before congress and which tit a man for
efllcient service as a representative."
"Services rendered" is a little indefinitt
Does it mean that no man ought to be re
garded as tit to go to Congress w ho has not
proved his readiness to work and "plump
up" for the party ?
As to the "business qualifications" of
Col. Plumb proving beneficial to Streator
alone, might they not prove equally bene-
flclal to the county of La Salle und the
Hth congressional district if the Colonel's
field for their exercise was enlarged to
embrace them as objects entitled equally
with Streator, to his special care? Such
objections, it seems to us, are liable to
work in a way the opitosite of that in
tended.
THB GREENBACKERS
The National Convention of theOreen-
back party met at Indianapolis on Tuesday,
ind its proceedings were as earnest and
atorinv as it its action really amounted to
something. There were about 51 HI regular
delegates in attendance, with two or three
hundred alternates and sujiernuineriries
Though a large majority of the delegates
lime instructed for Hen ISutler, there was
i hot and "vicious" anti liutler faction in
:he body that seemed intent on making
trouble. This was manifested from the
beginning in the trouble they made over
the organization, but which was finally
piieted by placing .lames 15. Weaver, of
Iowa, in tlie chair.
l'hey were again troublesome in the
committee on resolutions, where they
fought against a resolution endorsing liut
ler and insisted on a resolution recognizing
no grecuuacker ol less than live years
standing as gisxl enough to be their candi
date for the presidency. Tlie wrangle in
the committee continued neariy tvodays,
and resulted finally in a majority and two
minority reinirts, the latter disagreeing
with the majority mainly for rejecting wo
man's suffrage and national prohibition as
planks in the platform.
As reported by the majority and adopted
ballot for a candidate for President, the j
first and only ballot resulting in iWil votes
for Hen. V. Butler, US for Jesse Harper, 2
for Allls and 1 for David Davis. For Vice
Preside it (ien. A. M. West, of Missouri,
was nominated by acclamation.
A committee was apixilntcd to wait upon
and inform the candidates of their nomina
tion, and then the convention adjourned.
There is some talk of a bolt on Butler,
there having been at least 100 negatives on
the motion to make his nomination unatii
moils. Colorado bolts because Butler is
opposed to the free coinage of silver, and
Alabama, Tennessee and Florida will
probably bolt him on the ground of "gen
era! cussedness."
Among the banks that have recently
gone to the wall is the Penn bank at Pitts
burg, and it is the same old story, the
bank fails because its money has been
stolen by its officers. In the case of this
Pittsburg concern, it conies out that its
president, and possibly some other otlicers
of the bank got badly nipped in specula
tions in oil. To keep up their "margins"
and cover their losses they Imrrowed the
money of the bank under fictitious names.
Thus among others I). Wilson it Co. are on
the books as having overdrawn their ac
counts ,250,0O0, while in fact there was no
such firm, the overdrawing having been
done by the bank oltlcers themselves. The
bank is short $1,2!H1,00() to its depositors,
who will never realize 5 cts. on the dollar.
There w:u a somewhat singular occur
rence in Henry Ward Iieeclier'schurch last
Sunday morning. Among the auditors of
the famous Brooklyn divine was Remen
yi, the great Hungarian violinist. At the
close of the services Beecher Invited him
up to the stand and asked him to give a
few specimens of his skill uimih the violin.
Remenyi complied by playing the Hiujga-
ri.in national church hymn and .some other
sucred pieces. Beecher thanked him, and
said he hotted in his own country, to
which he was about to return, Remenyi
would have one thousandth part of the hap
piness his skill had caused In this country.
About every Republican State convention
to appoint delegates to the national conven
tion passed a resolution commending Ar
thur's administration but winding up by
apMiinting delegates in fuvor of some
other man. In other words, the Republican
party, in 1st actin ut Chicago, by rejecting
Arthur, will virtually lead him to the ditor
and pitch him down stairs with the re-
mark: "You have made one of the best
Presidents the country has ever had now
git."
Congress has p issed the bill establishing
i bureau of animal industry and the mens.
lire now awaits the President's approval.
l'his is the bill in favor of which our mem
ber Mr. ('ullen made so able a speech,
which, however little of it may have been
heard in the House, occupies a page or
two in the Cimyrttxioiml lleronl. The bill
was mainly the outgrowth of the Kansas
false alarm early in spring about the foot
and mouth disease.
The labor organizations at the East are
said to lie making quite u point against the
nomination of Lincoln either for tlie Presi
dency or Vice Presidency, on the ground
if his opMsition to the enforcement of tlie
Eight Hour Law. The same objection is
ilso being raised Hgaint Arthur.
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
TIIK OKKICIAI. CAM..
The Democrats of the State of Illinois,
and all other citizens dissatisfied with the
demoralizing (Mimical methods of the Ke
publicun party, and wiUi the corrupt and
evtruvuirunt system of administration in
state and national affairs inaugurated and
now practiced by that party, are requested
to meet in State Convention at Peoria, on
Wiulitesihll' .lulv 2d. 1X4. at 2 o'clock
(noon), forthe following purposes:
1. To appoint a state delegation to the
National Democratic Convention, con
vened at Chicago, I uesday, duly s,
said delegation to consist of four
eleirjites from the state at large, and
their alternates, and two delegates from
each of the twenty congressional districts
the state, anil their alternates.
!. The nomination of a presidential
lectoral ticket, to consist ol two candidates
or presidential elector from the state at
ir:re, and one candidate ir prcsinemini
lector from each of the congressional dis
tricts of the state.
:t The nomination of candidates for
ich of the following state offices;
(iovernor.
Lieutenant (ioveinor.
Secretary of State.
State Treasurer.
Auditor of Public Accounts.
Attorney (ieneral.
I. The" appointment of a State Central
'oinniittee. und the transaction oi any
ther business that may be presented for
onsideration.
The delegation of each county shall an
nounce its vine IIV US l llilll 111UII, UCIII-l I I,
luring the proceedings ol the convention,
vote is taken !V counties; except uuu
ben the county of Cook is called the dele
gates from each of the four congressional
districts within the limits ol said county
shall announce their vote by a chairman
hosen 1V themselves.
The delegates from each county, except
ing Cook county, und from each congres
sional district of C)k county shall, previ
ous to the meeting of the convention, de
termine for themselves whether the vote
of the county or of the congressional dis
trict they represent shall lte cast in a unit
or otherw ise, and upon making this deter
mination.'tbe chairman of each delegation
shall report its determination to the Secre
tary of the State Central Committee. If
any delegation fail to thus determine and
report the method of casting its vote, the
secretary of the convention shall record
the vote of said delegation as announced
bv Its chairman.
By order of the committee,
Jons H. Obkki.y, Chairman.
W.J. Mi.E, Secretary.
A quiet agent, with only one mission to fulfil,
t-nnio into the bands ot Mr. Albert I'liaudler,
of Crunipton.tjueeo Anne Co., Md. He cave
It to bis Uther-iu-Uw, Mr.UooUwin, who wan
HfTcriiuc with seTere Rheumatism. After a
trial he wrote: "It U having a wonderful ef
fect lu cane. He reran'. his powiwion
of it us providential. His wonderful change
has iixtouislii'd Hit- community." The rem
edy Is Atiii.oi'iiohos, a natural antidote for
poison mid m id lu lliu Mood, whose prencm-e
Is tin prcc umor and enusu of Klieiiiuutlc and
Neuralgic pnlns mid InlliiuiiiiutioiiH.
Personal.
Hkikess. To Mr. and Mrs, A. li. Griggs a
diUIL'liter.
An riioNv. Mi. II. M. Anthony has gone
Kind to spend the similiter.
Home. J. K. I'orter and T. W. D. Crane
have returned front their Nebraska trip.
1Ikkx. I. it J. Degen huvu purchased the
vacant lot on tlie southwest corner of Madison
and Clinton i-ta'cts.
Dkaii. Joseph Iircnmui, uncle of assistant
iiiarnlml liri-nnun, died on Monday ut the ad
vanced age of 80 years.
Coiinku.. Oliver Cornell runte inplutus re
moving to Lincoln, Neb., as soon as he can
settle his affairs in Ottawa.
Hakrv. Hurry Baumgnrdner, a clerk in a
storo ut I'lyssiH, Nebraska, Is home on a short
visit to his parents In 8outh Ottawa.
Takukt. W. II. (iilniHii hus opened a
shooting gallery in the stone block southeast
corner of Main und Columbus streets.
Kkrii. Miss Kunnle Reed, who has of lutu
years given considerable time to the study of
elocution, bus decided to continue her studies
next winter at Boston.
l'KTK.us.-Hi v. Madison ('. Peters, of tlie
I'tesbyteriiin church, bus tendered his reslg
nation as pastor, to take effect August 1st.
He has in view the pastorate of one of several
prominent churches In large cities.
KniK Mr. (ico. Miehelhaeh, who Is und
line been for twenty and odd years freight
agent of the New York V Krie Kuilroud, with
heiidiiinrters ut Burlington, N. V., is in the
city, visiting bis sister-in-law, Mrs. Doll, in
Kast Ottuwu.
I.A. I.a Halle Iknmrat: "A. J. O'Conor,
Ksq., left last Tuesday for I.eadville, Col., on
professional business. The gentleman will be
gone uhout two weeks. T. Lueey has re
turned from u business trip through Nebras
ka. While out there he bought 2,000 acres of
line land in Held county."
Bkkwstkh. T. 1). Brewster, one of the
early settlers of Peru, this comity, paid the
county seat a visit this week. Mr. B. is one
of the few persons who are utllietcd with
birthday anniversaries (?) only once in four
yearsFebruary 2Mb. For one who bus
reached nearly four score years Mr. Brewster
is still a hale and pleasant gentleman.
Mani ment. Baldwin & l'riseler, of this
city, have just completed a handsome monu
ment for the grave of Louis Greener, Streator
one of the victims of the Otter Creek disaster.
They are also making another for the graves
of Mrs. Henderson and daughter, whose
deaths it will tic remembered occurred at the
same time. This firm have good ruuson to be
proud of their success.
SruAit-Bowi.. J. V. (iilmore, editor and
prietorof the lAtumiuna Suyar-ltowl, published
at New Orleans, was the guest this week of
II. J. Logan and family, of the first ward.
Twenty-five years ago Mr. (iilmore wo a
resident of the north, und u printer in some
of the oltires of the west. He likes the south,
however, and the frosty mornings of the past
week have caused many shivering longings
for the sunny home.
Mi:moui.u, Day was formally observed in
Ottawa yesterday, and the occasion will lon
be remembered as one of the most successful
demonstrations of the kind that bus occurred
for several years. The weuther was all that
could have been desired a marked contrast
to the day one and two years ago. Karl Post
(i.A.K. labored with enthusiasm, ably ns
sistcd by the Memorial Association, for this
success, and they justly earned it. The pro
cession was u marked feature of the occasion.
It formed on Madison street, with the right
resting on Lu Salle, and was composed of a
platoon of police, Fitzgerald's Band in full
uniform, Company 1), Karl Post, the Fire De
partment, V.. Y. (iriggs Temple P. ('., follow
ed tiy the president and orators of the day,
the city council mid disabled soldiers in car
riages. The line of march was north on La
Salle to Washington, cut on Washington lo
Columbus, south on Columbus to the south
east gate of the square, through which the
procession passed to the stand near the mon
ument. As the head of the column reached
Lafayette street the scholars of the city
schools to the number of at least a thousand,
who had been formed in line on the sidewalk
on Columbus mid Washington streets, filed
w est on Lafayette to Lu Salic, thence north to
the southwest gate, where they entered the
square soon after the societies had come into
position with open tanks. Through these
double ranks tlie little ones man lied, each
bearing a hoijuet of flowers, und us they in--
rived at the niarlile fhaft they placed their
lioral offering upon the base' of the monu
ment. This feature was the prettiest and one
of the most interesting of Ihe entire day. I be
address by l!ev. W. F. I lay was u line piece of
oratory and a glow ing tribute to the fallen
heroes and their living comrades. Lack of
time anil space forbids a more extended no
tice of these exercises, nut suffice it to say
that nil who were present, and the crowd whs
larire. cnioyed them all. The committee
weie subsequently token to the severul-ceme-teries.
where the graves of all soldiers were
appropriately decorated.
No doubt many citizens w ill feel greatly
disappointed at not being utile to attend the
commencement exercises of Ihe High School
on Thursday evening. In justice to the man
agement we will say that no hall in the city,
ond perhaps nothing short of an Exposition
building, would accommodate all who have
made application for admission. The house
w ill scut uhout eight hundred persons, and
the trustees have deemed it only just that the
graduating class should have some voice in
the matter who should be present. To this
and they have issued to each member ten
ticketr.; to the junior class, as a mutter of en
couragement for next year, one for them
selves und one for their parents; to the bal
ance of the school, one each; to the pros,
clergy, board of education, Ac, u few others,
until the number aggregates over sis hun
dred, leuving only about two hundred seats,
for which there arc f-mt 2,.'tU0 to 3,000 appli
cants. It is a mutter of serious regret thut so
many persons must Im- disappointed, Imt the
board have endeavored to make the lest di.
tributioivof the tickets ut their command.
Au inspection ol Ottawa Commander?, No.
10, K. T., was held at Masonic Hall on Tues
day evening, by Sir Knight Mulliner, of Qnin
cy, G.J. W. of the Grand Corumandery of Il
linois. There were also present KnighU from
Joliet, Morris, Peru and other nclrhboring