The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-07-26
THE CANDIDATES..

In another column will be found the pro-
ceedlngs Of the Wing Count Convention
held in this place on Saturday last. Some
OF the best men in the county are on the
ticket and il tho Wings will only turn ou,
10 their strength they can DO elected
They are all competent aud capable men
and il elected will devote themselves TO the
discharge Of tho several duties of their Off.
ces. We feel assured tina, so far as a faith.
ful and strict performance Of the obligations
which the Offices would rcpose upon them
10 considered, they would provo entirely
satisfactory to the citizens Of Scott county.
OF no one Of the candidates nominated by
the Locofoco Convention held on the same
day, can it be said, he il more compc,cn,
than his Wing opponent for the same office.
Nor have we heard such u thing limited al.
by any one whose dsintercsted opinion in
this case would be worth a straw. The
honesty and capabiity Of tho Wing candi.
dates, We then repeat, are unimpcach BILE,
and every Wing should esteem il his duty
TO vote and use all his influence TO secure
their election. Hitherto our ticket has
been defeated BY our own party. BY tina,
Jukcwsrmncss TO our county's interests
which causes its voters To absent them.
selves from the polls on election day. We
do hope that no trivial cause, tina, no cause
whatever, will detain our Wing friends up
on that day, but that initiating the example
Of our opponents, they will leave the scythe
10 the swath and the grain unharyesled TO
repair to the polls. A few votes, single
ballot, may determine the result, OF the cleo
ton and then, rs in former instances, our
friends will regret that they neglected To
vote.
A change Of more than fifty votes has
been effected in our county since the last
election, SO that neither party is warranted
in tho assertion that they possess the nu-
merical strength. This election should
determine whether the parties can reasona-
bly, both claim the majority, and to which
one it righ.iully belongs, aud il the Wings
will turn out TO the polls in their strength
and vote the entire ticket, such a result
will be obtained, and We hayo no doub, sat
isfsc.ory to them. We may not again have
the opportunity Of con.crsing with all the
Wing voters in our county upon this impor-
tant subject, therefore urge upon them
again the necessity that they vote, and vote
with their party.
Besides county Offices Bonrd Of Public
Works is TO be elected, upon the compc,en-
cy Of whose members as much Of the pccu-
MARY welfare Of the State rests, as docs
that Of our county upon the election OF her
officers. We know little personally Of the
competency Of the candidates of either par.
~ for the Board Of Public Works, with the
exception Of Major Mexican, rnd he is ad-
mii,ed BY all parties 10 be by Ear the bes,
qualified Of any candidate upon either tick
ct. The other two candidates are said by
those best acquainted with them to be prac-
ticaIly acquainted with tho duties which
tho responsible Office imposes upon its re.
cipients. Of the three candidates on the
Locofoco side Of the house, Jesse Williams
ia practical Surveyor and may thus be "a.
milisr with the duties Of the office, but the
other two We are assured nre not the kind
Of men that our citizens should sustain 4
they would consult the interests OF our
young and thriving State.