Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1851-05-23
The GINS, Us: the Hnuts.,

1.-The negligence and large fees of men in
county Offices generality" whereupnn
the editor of the Rpubiic copies the
&ateSman's article and says: "Ue
think that the remarks of the States
man there are Inliy aPplicabie (M) to
our own county" .-..- . ....
The Statesman inimales that it is
feared that in Lee county the ''inviuci-
BILE Democracy" will nominate a ticket
for county officers under the new code,
that will be found incompetent; and the
Republic, or rather its Senior Editor,
"plays second fiddle" and says he is
afraid OF the same thing here.
We do not know what the Editor
predicatcs his fears upon; but we pre-
sumo he thinks that he will be one of the
"outs,' and then, Of course, there would
be an incompetent ticket nominated--as
has been the case heretofore. But we
hope that the Democracy will not carry
this system TO such an extent as we have
known il to be done in Ohio, where in
strong Locofoco county they nominated
a man for the office of County Commits
sioner who could neither read nor
Write! out of respect 10 that portion of
the ''unierriied'' who unfortunately hap.
penCd to be in the same lamentable con
diiion! We do not wish to be understood
as casting any odiun upon persons who
have not been blessed with an education.
by relating this incident, but to show to
what an unwarrantablc length men will
go when their party strength will bear
them out in it--and, more especially so,
with the Loeofoco party. ...a
That there is Reform needed in our
county offices, we have not doubt, and
sincerely hope there will be. But we
fear it would be no great reform TO place
a set of men in these Offices who are en-
tirely unacquaiuted with the duties, aud
whose only aim was to disptace the
"ins" and convert them into ''ouls" "a
gain. Is there man in this count,
that believes shat if the editor of the Re
Fu62c did not want an office himself,
that he would endorse the Slatcsalan's
article, and say tina, it was right to turn
out all the "ins" and put in such ''outs"
as can drum up the most votes ir pack
ed CoEvenlion! No! surely not. But,
again, hear how liberal the RpujEc ed,
iIor talks: e.a ..... ...I ........
sit is the duty of the Democracy of
of this county, in making their nomina-
lions, to regard the Offices as created for
the accommodation of the people and
not for the benefit of the holders of
Them" a .....
Now, we will bet our old hat, that
when the Senior of the Republic wrote
The above maguanimoas paragraph, that
he hoped and prayed that he might he
considered one of the "peopie," and tina,
the Convention, soon To be held, might
think him "creaied' for one of the
Offices, and for his own .saccommoda-
ton" bestow the nomination upon him,
and--let the ..tencf." take care of
itself. But we always thought. from
the great scrambling after the Offices by
the locofocos of this county, that they
were "created'' for the exclusive "bene-
fit" of the "lucky fellows" tina, got
them. And what makes us think so,
more still, is that the editor of the Re-
public has such an unquenehabIe aud UNI
conquerable thirst for office. If men
were elected to county offices for the ben
eft of the people alone. would you hear
so many professions of attachment to
the dear people about election times!-
Oh, no! Would our neighbor be so pa
trlotic as to want to serve the people,
without being more than fully compen-
stated for all OF his time and labor! We
think not. The .'root Of all evlf' is al
the bottom of his desires, and nothing
short of Jadgeship viii paciiy him
lie is an "out,' has been an "out' for
some time, and is determined to be an
"in," if he has TO accomplish il, by be.
rating and condemning those, heretofore,
much lauded aud meritorious Sins" who
thus far have stood up to the rack of the
Republic "fodder or no fodder q.
tempord! o, naoreS!
If our neighbor would only make a
tour among his friends, amongst whom
Le IS so popular, he would certainly Sc
cure his long wished for nomination for
Judge, and get those detested "ins" out
of the way of the .'outs.'
So far as the turning out of the old
officers is concerned, we agree with our