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WEDNESDAY. NOV. jr. VAN SLTKK, Jiklitoi*. Push Things." The Coming, Battle, On Tuesday next the rotors of the 4th Congressional District will have an opportunity to give expression to their •lews upon the fitness or unfitness aiul the Justness of the claims of the sever­ al candidates presented for their ehoiee to serve them in the Counsels <if the Nation for the next two years. Tile history of the difficulty between Geti. Hurlbut and Mr. Lathrop Is too .jxell known to need reiteration here. Should anyone chance to read this arti­ cle W'IO has not taken the time to in­ form themselves as tr» the. truth in the matter hut who have conscientiously believed it to be their duty to vote for the Elgin fraud, put in nomination by a mob of demogogues and political thieves, whose only object is to elect him that they inav use him for their own private ends, we say to all such, Pause, we entreat yoif. and search: ear­ nestly forthe truth in relation to this controversy, before you take such a step. All we ask of you is to seek and know the truth. Ask yourself if Gen. Hurlbut is not honestly and fairly en-4 titled to the nomination; if he has not tried all honorable means to heab the breach, which he was in no "wise respon­ sible for making; and if he has not proved himself head and shoulders above his fraudulent opponent in honor, integrity and ability. And, if you seek and know the truth, then ask your­ self why you should, in this Centennial year, cast your vote for a man who seeks your aid through a fraudulent nomina­ tion; who declines allhonorable over­ tures for a settlement of the difficulty, and who is to-day sniveling ai ouiid the country begging for Democratic votes'- Gen. S. A. Huribut is the regular Re­ publican nominee tor Congress in this District, and is justly entitled to re­ ceive the sApport of the Party. And we candidly believe he will be elected by a handsome majority if the People will seek and know the truth. To those who have labored from the beginning against this giant fraud, gotten up by the Ring and. Machine politicians, we say once more AROUSE! gird on the whole armor and go forth to the battle. Work and work un­ ceasingly until the polls close on Tues­ day night, and yon will then have the satisfaction of having aided in foiling one of the most hellish plots ever at. tempted upon a free people. You have an unscrupulous enemy to contend with, and vigilant, active work is necessary. Friends of Right and Jus­ tice, see that it is not neglccted. •Just before victory crowned our boys in bine, a laconic correspondence passed between Generals Grant and Sheridan. The latter sent to the form­ er thtai "1 think Lee will surrender if things are pushed," to which Grant responded: "PUSH THINGS T Friends «f Justice and Right, iu the 4th Co*- gres-sioual District, that is what you have to do now. Until the polls close ou Tuesday next PUSH THINGS. Let there be no drones In the hive. Let every man work in behalf of right as against fraud; for the principle that majorities and not minorities shall rule; that the People and not the Ring shall control this District. If you do this Gen. S. A. Hurlbut. the regular Republican nominee for Congress, will be elected by a handsome majority. Be not deceived into casting your vote for the Winnebago fraud. A vote for Lathrop is a vote for Farusworth. Nothing more, nothing less. You will be told by Unprincipled iools of the Ring all soHs of lies no doubt, for lying is their stock in trade. But weigh the matter well, and think how precious tire boon for which you contend* being no less than that the right of the People shall be respected; that the majority not the minority shall rule; that honest m^nand not tricksters shall till' our offices. That Gen. S. A. Hurl­ but,is the regular nominee of the Re pub lican party in the 4th Congressional District, we believe no reading and thinking uian can honestly deny, and we believe a majority of the People of the Distrct will so decide by their vote on Tuesday next. v Vote for Stephen A.'Hurlbut. For Congress, who the Ring and Machine politicians are trying to de­ feat by infamous misrepresentations and lies. No morfc honest, upright and able man can be found in the District. , WITHDRAWN. John. M. Curry, the Greenback candi­ date, has left the field, in his letter •f withdrawal he gives as his reason for so doing that the Democrats, or a majority of tliem at least, who were pretending to act with the Greenback movement, were acting in bad faith and (vould vote the Democratic ticket. In this state of things he did not pro­ pose to be made a tool of, and *:onsc- 'q t r an i l j r 'w i thdraws . C M L - Y In the closing ofletter he says uAs an original Republican. I have been all my life opposed to the Demo­ cratic party, and 1 have done what I could to secure its overthrow; and 1 am not yet quite ready to turn gay back npon my life long efforts,by continuing to Occupy a place that may in any degree contribute to its restoration to power. Between the two candidates running as Republicans, personally I have little choice. There is, ho\Vever, a cloud resting upon the nomination of Mr. Lathrop of such a character as forbids my support of his candidacy. On t he other hand, a^ J . am informed and believe, a clear majority of the fairly elected delegates of the district have placed iu nomination the present in­ cumbent, Hon. S. A. Hurlbut. I believe it is very generally "conceded that during hi* incumbency of the office the District has been verv faithfully and ably represented, and in the opinou of many good and wise men. he possesses ability and experience with which the district and the nation can illy aft'ord , to dispense at the present crisis. Mr. Hurlbut's views upon currency ate much nearer In consonance with my own than those of either of the other candidates; beside his efforts in behalf of transportation reform has been such as to entitle him to the confidence and support of producing and other indus­ trial interests of the district; and in the absence of au opportunity to vote for one who is more unreservedly commit­ ted to my views upon finance. I propose to cast niy vote for Mr. Hurlbut. Yours respectfully." JOHN M. OUKKY. THIS CIRCUIT CLERKSHIP. It is seldom in the history of politics that one finds three men running for office whose personal qualifications for the position they seek are as good as the three men now asking the suffra­ ges of the people for the office of Clerk of" the Circuit Court of this County. But while all may be equally competent to fill the office, butoue can be elected, therefore it becomes neces­ sary for each voter to choose which he will support. As for ourselves we have no hesitancy in saying that our choice is Josiah Dvvight, the present able and efficient Deputy in that office. There are many reason why he is our choice, among which are the following: Mr. Dwight is a poor man, has done the work of the office for years for a small salary, barely enough to live upon, has done his work faithfully and well, and no man can truthfigly say but what he lias been obljgiug and accomodating ia every particular. True he held the office one term, but lias not other men, no less deserving, held every office in the county by rotation? We think Mr. Dwight justly entitled to the office by virtue of work actually done for the people, and we shall vote and work accord ingly. On this subject a correspondent of the Woodstock Sentinel, over the signa­ ture of "Justice,'* attempts to ridicule the candidacy of Mr. Dwight, and what he knows lie cannot do by argu­ ment he attempts by deception to make it appear to the favor of his candidate. He argues that Mr. Dwight has been in the office twelve years. Well what if he has? We admit the fact, but it is well known that most of that time he has been doing the work while somebody else drew the salary, and for this reason we think it about time he himself be paid for services rendered. Butby this correspondents own admission Mr. Richards has been in the Court House twenty-one years, He.*ay« 'Aat the ase >vt 17 vrc find him working the same office which he now aspires." And then again has lie not had one of the best offices in the Court House for years free of charge? We think the cry of "barnacle'1 conies with poor grace from that side ot the house. This correspondent then makes an­ other charge of "churlishness," and that Mr. Dwight is not an efficient clerk. To the first charge any man that knows him knows it-to be falsi*, and as to the latter we think Mr. Dwight will not hesitate for a moment to leave it to Lawyers and Judge* No argument is needed as to the manner in which the < ffice is now and has been run for the past four years speaks for itself.Mr. Richards himself has said in our hear ing that he had no doubt of Mr. Dwight's ability. There are many more arguments that might be introduced to show why we think Mr, Dwlglit should receive the vote of the People at the coming electiou, but time and space will not permit. Suffice, to say he »is opposed by ali the Ring and MachinePoliticians in the county,and for this reason, if for no other, should receive the hearty and undivided vote of the people. A vote for him on Tuesday next will be a vote for a straight-forward, honest Republican and against one of the worst Rings- that ever disgraced a people. VOTING FOR REPRESENT A Tl VE. An exchange says: 44We are fre­ quently asked to explain the mode df voting on the "cumulative" or "minof* ity" plan, for representative. We will suppose that Smith, Jones, Brown and Hall are candidates for Rep­ resentatives in the General Assembly, to b* elected from the Eight Senatori­ al District, aad that there are only three to be ele'eted. or la other words, the District is only entitled to send three representative* to the Legisla­ ture. Each voter is Entitled to cast three votes for representative or representa­ tives in the manner which will be ex­ plained below. A political party overwhelmingly iu the majority in a District, might nominate three candidates, with nearly a certainty of electing the whole three, if the votes of the party are equally distributed between them. Where the political parties are near­ ly equally strong iu a district, each naturally puts two candidates in the field, and each party divides its votes equally between its two candidates. Where one party is greatly in the minority, it nominates one candidate for the Legislature, and each voter of that party gives all of his votes to that one.candidate. To sumtnarize: The voter can select three of the candidates in nomination Messrs. Smith, Jones and Brown^and he can give to Mr. Smith 1 vote, Mr. Jones 1 vote, and Mr. Brown vote. Or he can select Mr. Smith and Jones and divide his vote as follows: Mr. Smith 1$ votes, Mr .Jones 1} votes,or Mr. Smith 2 votes, and Mr. Jones 1 vote, or Mr. Jones 2 votes and Mr. Smith 1 vote. Again, if the party to which the voter belongs is a very small minority party, and the voter wishes to secure the election of the candidate represen­ ting the seutiments of his party, he will select Mr. Hall, for intsance, and he will cast the whole three votes to which' he is entitled accordingly; that is to say, for Mr. Jlall 3 votes. The idea is, that each voter is enti­ tled to three votes for representatives, and he can divide them up between three candidates just as he pleases, ex­ pressing the number of ballots he wishes to cast for each one, after the names of the candidates on the ticket in figures, thus: For Mr. Smith 1 vote. For Mr. Jones 1 vote. For M. Brown, lf vote. Or-- For Mr. Smith, 1 vote. For Mr. Jones,2 rojes. IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE. ROCKrOBD, Oct. 17th, 187ft. Gentlemen of the Committee.--It is very unkind in you I Indeed it is "terrible r Where* is Gard that ho may "pity me?" - Where is brother Abraham upon whom the mantle of the prophet,Eli­ jah, has fallen, that I may repose my head upon his manly bosom and weep? Was it not enough to be "caught ia the whelming tide" of the ilgin Con­ vention? " And must I also be plunged beneath the over-whelming tld*l»y the hand of friends? Help, Cassius, or I sink. And Cassius kicks! You ask me to decline. I emphatically decline! I am master of the art of declining. And I decline to decline. My honor won't permit it, Who steals my nomination steals trash, "worthless trash'-'--I never had any. But he who filches from me my honor, robs me of that which wouldn't set up a pawnbroker's shop. A nomination for Congress has .been my life's ambition. Having got it at last, think you I will surrender it? . • Uaudace, Vaudace, et toujour* Pau.dace. This is a pretty quotation of yours-- you must have been reading up. I adopt it and "stick!" Speaking of quotations, do you re­ member the one 1 made at Elgin? 1 can and I can't. , . I will and I won't; I'll be d--d if I do, And I'll be d--d if I don't. This is my feeling, now. I'm not pauic stricken. My watermelon is before me. In its depths I read my political prospect. II is seedy.r Nevertheless "my friends.'.' I believe will stand by me. The world is but a fleeting show. llow slmrper than a serpent tooth it is To have a thankless child! Away, away! WM. LATUUOP. Or vice ver*a, Or-- For Mr. Smith, ij votes. For Mr. Jones, 1$ votes. Or-- For Mr. Smith, 2| votes. For Mr. Jones, J vote. Or vice versa Or-- For Mr. Hall, three votes. Bear in mind that yoif can vote for one, two, or three candidates, just as you please.--cast three votes for oue candidate, or divide them up as above shown, J being the lowest fraction of a vote that can be cast. Vote for Josi^jt Dwight. For Circuit Clerk, a man who has ever in public and private life sustain ed -a spotless reputation. FALL 11 DTffl TRADE NEAR THE DEPOT, M'lIENRY. Dry Goods, a full Stock. Boots % Shoes in abundance Clothing a Full Line. Hats and Caps for all. Choice Groceries, Fine Teas, Can Frmtfty' Crockery and Glass Ware The Highest Market Price for BUTTER EGGS, AND POULTRY, in Cash or Trade. * BUCKLIN & STEVENS. McIIenry, 111., Sept. 23d, 1876. PERRY & MARTIN. What's in a Name. A noble principle is better than a great uame. and truth in action is better than truth in theory. Klinem- ber this ,0.n Tuesday next. Vote for Stephen A. Hurlbut. For Congress, the present able Rep­ resentative of the 4th District and eloquent champion of free principles. tf&-Aurora Bora Alice Steinmacher. Philadelphia Centennial Jones and Samuel J, Tiiden McXeiiage are the names of parties residing in this city who have bee a boru jvitiii-ii the past three months.--Pittsburg Dispatch. IN EXPLANATION. EDITOR PLAINDEALKR:--The Ring candidate for Congress and two assist­ ant Ring-Masters are stumping the County in triple harness. A word as regards the motives of Mr. JLathrop's aides-de-camp may, not be amiss Hildruphas waking dreams of some­ times walking the Halls of Congress and dubbing himself M. C., and imagines the defeat of Gen. Hurlbut would leave the field open for himself in 1878. To be stiffe"th'e aspiration is one of Jesse's castles in the air, but like Don. Quixotte he if willing to run a tilt even against a windmill for it. So much for No. 1. Mr. Coon was originally a supporter of Gen. Hurlbut. The Ring found means however, to gently coerce him into obeying its dictates in this wise: The regular candidate for States Attorney. Mr. Curtis, is a special protege of his. Such a thing has been known in thte County as for one man to hold an office and another to run it. That is a blessing with which this special office of States Attorney is par­ ticularly favored. No personal allu­ sions here of course. If any one in indignant haste snatches up that cap and puts it on, don't blame me. Well, know ing this, sometime ago the Senti­ nel gave notice to whom it might con­ cern. that unless the Marengo poli­ tician walked right up to the rack and supported the combination, Mr. Lathrop's friends might feel it due to the cause of virtue to leave Mr. Curtis "out in the cold. Politics like poverty makes strange bed-fellows and works curious concessions. To save the office this Marengo champion swore alle- .giiince.to the Rockford fraud and now (bow8 down in deep devotion to the God of his new idolatry. But he has tfdeen a two-edged sword.? These facts will shed considerable light on the arguments of these two orators, ami will enable the people to value them at their true worth and ex­ plain the selfish and unworthy motives by which these Lathrop stumpers are actuated. Vox POPVLI. JUST AS GOOD AS EVER. EDITOR PLAINDEALER We must be brief to-day from press of other busi­ ness. In all we have written in regard to the Circuit Clerkship we have main­ tained that Mr. Richards, the Republi­ can nominee, has always been,a/*dstill is.ii Democrat. The statements we have made are true, and remain undis­ puted, and we need not repeat them. But in further proof of his present po­ litical status we have one more to make. Soon after rece'ivttig the nomi­ nation Mr. Richards, in a conversation with a worthy and well known gentle­ man of Nunda. who, he supposed, was in sympathy with the Democratic par­ ty, then and there told him that he was just as good a Democrat as ever. ' He mistook his man, and now the charges we have made are proved out of his own mouth. He has sold himself for too small a price, and yet he, aud those who put him forward, ask--and de- maud--that the people put him In charge of all the records of McHenry County, while he, at the same time, has in his own hands an abstract of titles to all the real estate ia the coun ty, which he has the right to sell at his own price. We say nothing further on this matter, except to ask thought­ ful men in all seriousness, to investi­ gate, and then decide whether or not it would be safe. We think there is danger iu it. The Sentinel supports1for Congress a nun whose nomination was the result of fvAiulfinnd JcriowsiL The same sheet, professedly Republican, also supports a Democrat against a Republican for Circuit Clerk whose nomination was secured by "Ring" power, disregarded instructions, and violatec pledges, and and then, accuses the PLAINDEALER of wantofflnoraJ courage in refusing to support such nominations. We shall have a paralled case when we see "His Brimstone'Majesty" himself appear as a reprover of sin, and Preacher of Righteousness. V, POPULI. Woodstock, IU, Oct, 30th, 1873. Headquarters for alC Kinds of Dry Goods Clothing, Boots and Shoes, • * Hats and Caps Groceries of all Kinds, Crockery Glass-Ware, FRUIT CANS, CARPETS, TRUNKS, And in short, a First Class Stock of General MerchandU$/ We are constantly receiving new Goods of all kinds, and bilying them for Cash Down are thereby enabled to ofl'er specjal bargkins in all classes of goods. We know that talk is cheap, but the party or parties who can undersell us don't live in this neck of the woods. Our LARGE AND CONSTANTLY IN­ CREASING TRADE testifies better than anything we can say that OUR CLAIMS ARE NOT UNFOUNDED. We always guarantee our goods to be what they are represented te 1* and are always ready to make good our word. We are here to get a livelihood and hence cannot afford to be undersold or to deceive the public, nor to ask enormous profits on our goods., We intend to "Live and Let Live!" And while we are grateful to a generous public for their patronage in time past, we hope to merit the same in the future. fi@fI>GI\ E US A CALL »and we will show you our Goods aud use you well whether you buy of us or not* PERRY & MARTIN.' At the Old Stand of Owen & Brother. McHenry, 111., July 27th, 1875. A Wolf in Sheeps Clothing. We have positive proof in our posses­ sion that Southworth of the Sentinel. was in Huntley a few days since at­ tempting to get Republican tickets cir­ culated with the name of the Demo­ cratic candidate for Sheriff thereon. Republicans beware. This is but anoth­ er trick of the Ring to gain votes for their fraudulent nominee for Congress. For a vote for Lathrop they are willing to trade the entire ticket. They know their candidate was ^onceived in fraud and they do not hesitate at any^ means to advance his interest. But this trick coming from the editor! of the "'offi­ cial organ of the county" is signifi­ cant. m- Russia has notified Turkey that she will wait only forty-eight hours longer for the latter to decide the question of granting the proposed arm­ istice in Servia. and il she should fail to give an affirmative answer by the end of that time, the Russian Embassa­ dor will be recalled from Constantino­ ple, and the Russian army of invasion will cross the border into the Turkish provinces. Then will come a desperate and bloody war. A splended Piano to Rent on reason­ able terms. O. W. OWEN. McnSury.lH. Jan. 11th, 187#. RE - OPENED. The Riverside House, McIIENRY, ILL. The undersigned having leased tho above Hotel for a term of years, newly t urrusnoa and Ke-rttted it in the best of manner, has For the accommodation of the TTHA public, and all others who may lavor him with n call. This House in beautitully situated on the b-inks of the Fox Uivev, a *^'tt distance trom the Steamboat 1-an^duiff. Steamboats run Aailv to *ox an'I l'81'1' u' 1 ikes a few miles above, the best Hunting and Fishing Grounds in the Northwest. Large Reasonable Rates. Free Buss to anil from the Cars. nains will be soared to promote the com? nftfiuMts and lroma long experience in l nutter mvself that, 1 can iiloase r VA <;<><•!> LIVERY No fort the busine™ * j~. IMSSSVra HOOTB. JW-»oarders by the Day or Week on most Reasonable Terms. JACOB WEBER, Proprietor the At the Old Stand of J. J3. Vasey, RINCWOOD, - - ILLINOIS, Have just tilled their Store Stock of with a Large TiTTft PAPER IS OK FILE1 WITH Am mi Advertising; Cmitracts etun ben" One two-seated Democrat Wagon for sale cheap. O. W. OWEN. STOVES, Both Cook and Heating, which thev are offer- inn to the buying public at BOTTOM I'RIOltS We have also a lint' assortment of Table ana Pocket Outlerv, and other Goods that are usually kept ina country Hardware Store. In connection with our large stock of Hard, ware we have opened up with a full line of The Best Tobacco and Cigars To be found in the Market. OUR STOCK OF Boots lil Shoes Rubber Goods, &r. , are of the best mamifac. ture, and we extend an invitation to all to come and see us before purchasing elsewhere AU goods sold at tlul l.owest Cash Prices. VASEY 4 HOLMES. Ringwood, Sept. 18th, 1976.