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Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1854-08-02
SAMUEL WORKMAN,
Democratic Nominee for Senator
Card for the Reporter.
To the Voters Of Iowa and johnson Counties;

FELLOW CITIZENS
Believing in common with
my friends in the attempt of few indiyiau.
ais, acting IN the capacity OF delegates TO the
democratic district convention which met at
MarenSo ON the 10th of July, to deprive Iowa
county ot It's Just rights to the Representative
for the district, deem it my duty to state
thus publicly the reasors which induce me
not to decline being a candidate. 1t is well
known that this county claims the right to the
floating Representatives. right which never
was denied us by the citizens Of johnson Co.
or any portion thereof so far as We know, un.
I'll The day OF the convention, and even on that
day We we've led TO believe that al. we had to
do was to select whom We saw proper, and pre-.
sent his name to the district convention and
he woald be nominated, accordingly.
The county convention Of Iowa county, with
entire unanimity, agreed upon me and preseu.
ted my name to the district convention for
nomination, when TO the great surprise of the
delegates from Iowa county. the name Of j. f.
Fales one OF The ''uninstructed" delegates from
johnson county, was presented. The dele
gates from Iowa d three Of those from johnson
Co. stung with indignation, withdrew from the
convention when the remaining eight re or
ganized having been left without Chairman or
Secretary. and nominated Mr.. Faies. How
they decided which one OF their number should
have the honor conferred upon him is known
IN me, Out IT Is certain that 1t was decided be-
fore the convention met. for wheel they p,o
ceeded to ballot, one oftheir number dray
from his pocket the tickets ready filed. This
we are assured Of by men who we're present
Yet We are told in their manifesto published
in the Reporter of last week that thi. course
was forced upon them by the "factionists.''-
They also tell US that their better judqmeats"
dictated the nomination of Mr. Fales that it i,
nomination "mhich our judgments approce aud
that "eUery honest democrat in he district is
bound 10 support him.
Now ask, are such proceedings likely to
reflect the will OF a majority! or II it is doing
justice 10 this portion Of The district! Iowa
county according 10 the precedents establish
edt woyears ago by both parties and that of the
Wigs this year in the nolninatlo OF Il. John
sou, and according 10 every consideration of
justice aud rights entitled TO the floatiu q Rep.
resentatiye.
Fellow citizens: adopting as our motto the
good old adage that We will ask for notLng
out what Is clearly right. aud and that we su b
init to nothing that is wrong" VIC submit the
question to You for your decision, believing
that the democracy 1T the district Possesses
nagpanimi.y enough 10 do entire Justice to
this portion Of the district and that you will
by your votes admins or scveie rebuk. To
those who have thought proper to trifie with
our rights.
Aarengo. July 2s,h. 1854.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1854-08-02

had been repudiated BY their party r few
weeks previous to their nomination.
Those gentlemen tell us that our Land Off.
GERS should be elected from their places, on
what grounds they do not state, nor can
see why this should have been brought up
in their article, unless to crafty some person
al pique.
But this may be considered as some Of the
chipping logic" with which they attempt to
bolster up their cause, for it mus: be evident
to every impartial reader, that they have Who'll
ly failed 10 prove Workman Nomination =
They have shown no record Of the proceedings
of the Convention. which is absolutel ynccessa-
~ to give their acts any binding effect; they
have failed to show that in their opinion, he
would have been the choice Of The Democratic
party, had he have been nominated. The re.
cent vote in this county answers this too plain
ly for contradiction
They deny the right Of low a Ccunty to the
Float,-a right conceded by all except them.
selves. They had better have pursued the
course in defence Of their acts. that Of their
number did in conversation with myself he
said, II found yself compelled to choose be.
tween Clark aud Workman, aud OF the two
evils, / took the least"
In the appendix to their article, the gentle.
men pretend to give an account Of a meeting
held at the Court House in which they sttempt
the facetious by the smile Of an accouchment
but IN this they have failed as in all Of their
other attempts,fo it has not the merits of orig
inalEy. The writer must have had in his eye,
case Of this kind that vas undertaken few
years since in this city by DR. 8. M. Ballard
The presentation was thought more natural at
Arst, bSp 6sf0se'Shc seco1ekcW had finish<d the
operation. y was evident to every observer
that the presentatien vas entirely posterior
one. Many sensitive minds thought the ope-
ration severe ore. but they all admitted that
the Doctor went according to the Books.
l will now state the reason why the Democ-
racy are not bolnd to support Workman. Even
II he hao received fair nomin alton, it is well
known to the Democracy Of this county, thst
he has heretofore, (when cahdida;e) esacri-
heed any portion Of the ticket, When By so do.
Ing he could gain votes for himself, and it is
also well known that previous to his blaming
this pretended nomination, he aud his friends
offered to throw their votes aud influence 10
the Wing candidate for Representative, if by
so doing the Wings would support him. and
he y now attempting to carry OUT this nefari-
Gus bargain.
This act in itself certainly abso!ves the
Democratic party from any obligation 10 him
+. NJ. IRISH
By G. W. LII Amanuensis J
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To the Democracy Of johnson. Iora and Poues.
shiek Counties
ln the Reporter Of last week. there appeared
q lengthy article over the signatures Of sew.
Gu gentlemen, tempting to prove the honesty
aud fairness Of Workman's nomination. Of
his article will take brief review.
In the first place. were it not for their sigma
lures. any one would have thought that il e,n.
anated from the pen Of lawyer, owing to the
peculiar smack Of special pleading, tina, char
scterizes the whole Of il. ANY Que who can
swallow its arguments. can 60 the whole dose.
authorship and all. They are entitled to q
premium on parallel cases, when they compare
the nomination of Workman with that of Jas.
h. Polk and Franklin Pierce. The similarity
is somewhat like that which EXISTS between a
toad aud Il giraffe, as neither Polk nor Pierce
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1854-08-02
For abe Reporter.
TO the Democracy Of Iowa and johnson c,un.
ties.

ties.
FELLOW DEMOCRATS:
The Undersigned fee
IT duty to the democratic party of the wholl
District, aud of Iowa County especia. ly, to re
Ply 70 portion OF an article published in the
Reporter Of July 26th and signed by Jacob
klcord and others in reference to our eonven.
ton, held at Marengo July 18th. The por.
ton We wish to reply 10, is in reference to the
nomination las they please TO term in Of j. T.
Fa es Tor Representative, Of the 22nd repre-
sentative district Of Iowa. Now We as dele.
gates to said convention, deny that there was
any such nomination honorabiy or fairly made
and therefore We do not be.ieve that the dc
mocracy arc snder any obligations to support
II. In The hrst paragraph Ut the article ia ~
lation to said nonn ut ion, the Immaculate sepeu
say 1t was forced upon us by the fac, iouisus
and III q partial representation Of iowa Uoun
~. Now as IT relates tn the 'iactiupists
thai We Will admit 10 be true, (tley the secen
being the said factionists:) but as to the por
fssl representation Of Iowa County, We bro
nounce it false. Iowa County was iuly iel,rc.
scented, IL he district convention; true we had
not full turnout In our County CONVENTION
TO appoint delegates ~ ihc district convention
yea over two thirds vi the County was repre-
Seated. and ~ aad u inrinca ok ir.., sin lssur
the strongest uEreprcscnted ToAhship in ia
your Of Mr.. j. T. BEEN, and urging las nom
nation.
1-gain they say mo assurances were give,
by US dc. Oh! how unfortunate that We did
NOT have some assurance from The uninsiyucteu
sepen.
Again: IN the Bird paragraph they say ..our
better Judgment and Intervening circun.,a,,-
ces. dictated the nomination OF MIR Eale, a., a
political necessity Better Judgement hey
that cool, decidedly Come gentlemen, " hat
VIII you lake 10 iniorln us where a supply OF
the better judgment may be procuredy As 10 the
intervening circumstances" We were al first
rather IA the dark, but alter some deliberatIol,
we concluded that perhaps Mr. Fales was only
Que On seuen that was SO fortunate as to have
enough OF the ready rhiao to foot The bill dow |,
al uhcie 10 private corner.
NOW In conclusion, we would express our
admiration Of t.e chaste and courteous iauguay.
with which their whole communication is in
terspersed, tho evidently hot pened BY them
(as We can readily detect the style anu phra.
seology of a certain siassed Individually ,e, il
they permit their names 10 be affixed thereto
| it Is all the same.
ROBERT Mckee.
Il A. REDMAN.
j. A HUNTER,
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1854-08-02

N BIO anonymous communication OF whatsoever
character 1t may be, viii be regarded.
N B.-Postage stamps as good as currency.
H-For the past two or three weeks, the po-
itical combatants of the county and district,
have usurpcd by far more space in our col
umns, than is probably ayr cable or instruc.
tive, especially to the mass of our Intelligent
friends abroad, not excepting many nearer
home, who are anable to digest such heavy
stuff with the mercury At 9o deg. in the shade
Well--fricnds we cannot blame you, but be
good enough to bear with us while and par
don the necessity, which has compelled us Ia
litical battle fields.
Another week however, and the campaiga
is over. All immediate differences will be set
tied at the polls on Monday next. and howev-
er long or violently they may bubble and effer
vesce thereafter, while striving to render the
Reporter consistent advocate ofharmonious &C.
ton in she party, we shall be more at liberty
10 make it vehicle of useful, practical refresh.
ing information, TO n i classes and divisions.
20 -
SurkEME CouRr Decisions With this week S
issue, we commence the publication of Su.
preme Court Decisions, as rendered ut the
June Term Of the present year. AS we have
long desired and pufposed, we shall coutirue
their publication from week to week, Mr..
HAMPTON, Clerk Of the Court, having kindly
given us access to the originals as written by
the Judges, in order to obtain correct and re.
liable copies.
writing mp his opinions, which will thus have
the advantage Of his personal supervision. and
40 effort will be spared to present them all sat
isiactorily to the profession, although in ouI
late extraordinary hurry and press of business
several unimportant typographical errors may
have escaped correction the present week.
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For the Reporter.

For the Reporter
Iowa CIR, Iowa, Monday, July 3lst, "a.
TO the Voters Of Johnson Connty:
As shall be
occupied during this week, in visit to the
counties Of Iowa and Powe,hiek, aud as have
informal ion. that during such absence un nowu
quantities Of lies aud ISLANDERS against my char
acter will probably be- Sc, atioat by the unscru.
pulous factioni.ts who are libel ing the Dem
oc, attic party through me, adopt this me-, j..
cd to CAUTION the pubic against being deceiv.
ep by such falsehoods in wha soever form they
mag be uttered. There is no intrigue too mean
for these unscrupulous facLionis.s 10 be guilty
OF performing.
/ understand lLat these same 1isorgan,z
crs have asserted that l have said, THAT
would be elected to the Office in spite of De.
mocracy and the Irish Paddles. make bu,
this reply, that the statement is untrue, and
and the man, or set of men, who say I made
use of such language are foul mouthed sland.
erers, and are unworthy to be believed or coun
tenanced by an honest community But such
conduct is strictly in onsonance with
what might be expected from the source. So
beware OF all such malicious disorganizers and
foul libellers.
SAMUEL WORKMAN. T.
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ROBERT Mckee.
X A. REDMAN..
j. A HUNTER,
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For the Capital Rcnovt.r


The last Reporter contained an address, In
The Democracy Of johnson county. purporting
10 he signed by Jacob. Ricord, +. L. Bros.art
John Asln, Presly Connolly, Olhaniel Case.
Edward Worden aud John Porter; which not.
withstanding it's bad Grammar and buuylins
style, (Which are no doubt assumed as a dis.
guise,) the ear marks are plainly visible. The
animals are known and apprenticeship screen
OF other men names cannot conceal the cloven
foot. The men who attempted to deceive a
Representative by changing a petition to the
County Judge and Lalming it upon him as a
Petition TO the Legislature; the men who have
been convicted Of falsehood in denying the
Record OF their own vote, are the proper pei .
sons TO make such a statement; a sta eiI,ent
false IN every line, imbecile in every deduction,
and malicious in every sentiment. No one
but the man who could say no stree, right in
the face of the Record, would have conceived
the clause ''Could Mr.. Byinyton have been
induced to run, We should have preferred him
even 10 4t, Workman d no one but the man
who alters petitions, could have got all the
signatures which appear to that paper, as APP
CARD.
My attention being called to a circular ad.
dressed "to the democracy of John sou coun.
ty," over the names OF Jacob Ricord. +. P,
Brossart, John As in. Presiy Connelly, Othan-
vel Case. Edward WorieI and John Porter
hereby make IL known that my name was
attached To said document without any author.
ity from me. The statements it contains
never did and never would sign
OrHANlEL. CASE.
July 90, 1854
Let every nan make his own comments
aud II he desires to do so sustain such man
IN such acourse. AN OLD CITIZEN.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1854-08-02

F1'Doctor, that rats bane Of yourp is first
rate said a yankee to village apo:hecary.
'knowed it knowed ii!' said the spotheca.
ry vender of drugs. Don't lie ep nothing but
FIRST rate doctors stuff
'And doctor said the joker. coolly want to
buy another pound ofys.
Another pound
j gin ;hDs. pound. 4 bought the othes3
a nbbling mo Use, and ann 49, '4sl0
pound would kill himr
From THE Plans The editor Of the Glas.
gov Times has seen a letter from an emigrant.
dated Fort Laramie, June LIST No sickness
nor any trouble from Indians. Those behind
have had 10 lian troubles aud Sickness The
most sickness was among the Mormon emf
grants.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1854-08-02

" The Chicago Press says 1t is with the
greatest difficulty that sufficient force can be
mustered to bring out the daily papers Of that
city, SO many .compositors having left on &C.
count Of the sickness. The Press did not have
compositors en- ugh to get the Asia's news in
to type, and did not publish it, The port list
was also left out.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1854-08-02

Rock lsLANp.-The U. S. Marshal OF Illinois
has ordered all persons, occupying certain por-
lions Of the Military Reserve attached to old
Fort Armstrong upon Rock lslaud to vacate
he same forthwith. This includes residents,
he Moline Manufacturers, and the Railroad
company. The order is supposed by the Chi,
cago Press to have sprung from St. Louis in.
I! .ence, which is doun on the right of the com
.sny to bridge the river at that point.
fITs SEE New ADVERTISEMENTS. s-Fr.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1854-08-02

the Dclnoc. 0ick,t.
He denounees paragraph third Of the Pro
test signed 10y N, self and olhers,a TOTAL.
LIZ FALSE candor coIbpels me To say that
there Is a probability Of u mistake, as / am in
formed by one Of the delegates, whom | have
no reason To di,believe, that part of The
delegation that signed the Protest, had voted
AS TO that sannot say, having LETT the room.
but the matter of count in the ballot needs
some explanation.
Iowa Co with her three delegates was in
structcd TO 90 for Clark. Clark and Dennis
were certainly Clark men: One delegate
whose name appears to the spicy docuhent
aforesaid, assured me but short time b, fole
the Convention met, (and can believe him
that he was going for ark. The three dele,
gat IRON Iowa, who say that they withdrew
the one who assured me he would so Tor CLARK.
make seven OH each side--in other words a Tie.
Again II three from Iowa and the who re
iuaihed lii convention yo;ed for Clark, II
would give him four votes, admitting the
three "renegades" not to have voted, But ii
Iowa CT. voted for Clark. which doubtless they
did and the w0 that signed the Prote>t,he will
have .fre. one more Than they allow him.
or else Dennis or Clark vo.ei Tor Workman,
which certainly will not do; SO in al candor
! should like 10 see the matter rghted.
II is also asserted that Workman was
presented for thai Office with our knowledge,
aud was freely spoken Of as such. on the day
aud before aud after the day ofthe County
Convention, aud that too in the presence Of
SOME Of The most active tools aud relatives Of
Clark
So says the Little Sergeant. Well. he may
have been spoken Of. aad probably was. judg-
ing from the result. but ! will assert mos! pos
aiuely that asked Samuel Workman about
ten . Clock in the morning Of the Saturday
County Convention. aud his answer vast
am candidate for no office" This he said to
me; II it Is doubted. ask him; il he denies it,
VIII produce the evidence. No-he positiUe!y
denied to me being candidate, and knowing
my confidence in h.m thus prac,iced the foul
est deception. Some Of his delegation also,
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1854-08-02

N. Recommendations and advertisements, to ensure
insertion MUST BE RECEIVED Us early as Monday
evening each week.
N B.-No anonymous communication OF whatsoever
character 1t may be, viii be regarded.
N. B.-Postage stamps good currency.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1854-08-02
G. b. LUCIANI N. d.

urAn only daughter Of Ex-Presiden, Fill
more died of cholera on the Goth ult. at Aurora
hear Buffalo.
QTThere were IS deaths Of cholera in st.
Louis during the week ending July gath, a
decrease Of 81 from the previous week.
1.-THE following was the state Of the New
York and Chicago markets on the 2eth ult.
New York:-Flour $7,75@$s,5e; wheat 81,
IS; rye 81 ~ corn 7l@74c. oats 4Y@52.
20; middlngs S6,75; wheat twinterl $i,i2.@
81 5; corn o3c cas- csc. rye Soc,
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WAsHIrcroN. July "a. 1874

WASHINGTON: July 20, 1854.
The Senate hold the joint resolution Of adj
journment under q vote to reconsider. The
matter 10 therefore, yet open and il demonstra.
ted that the business canno be concluded
by the 4th OF August, they can prolong the
session BY remembering the VOTE This will
probably be the'case unless it is agreed TO meet
in November.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1854-08-02
johnson Co., Democratic Ticket

For Representative.
JAMES III. COVER.
For Clerk of District Court,
HENRY FELKNER.
For Prosecuting Attorney,
GEORGE w. CLARK.
For School Fund Commissioner,
ADAM HUNTER.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1854-08-02

EXTENSIVE RoBBERY. Thursday night last
the safe Of the Grand Trunk Railroad Office.
Montreal was opened. and money and securi.
ties TO the amount OF ELS no. VI Ei6, 600 taken.
In the course Of the day, several boxes con-
tanning the securities were found behind
fence, though, large quantity ,yalueless to
any but the owners, together with ELS, 900 in
notes of the Montreal Bank, were missing
New York Herald, Goth.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1854-08-02

block Of wood extending into the bark above
and below the girdle, and take from the body
or limb Of another tree, q block corresponding
in size or shape, with the bark on, and adjust
it in the place. and bind it there, on the prin.
ciple Of engrafting. This plan proved CON-
pletely successful.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1854-08-02
Foreign Items.

BY the a'rival.cf The Pacific a, N. York on
the gath we have lheiolloaing intelligence.
B'eadsiuif- Wheat has declined four 10 six
pence; Flour one shilling. Corn active.
NO battle OF importance had transpired. vet
Napier has Withdrawn his fleets from before
Cronstadt. Prussia is forcing Austria into new
negotiations. Strong susri, ions are still en-.
'e,,ained OF Aastria's good faith towards the
Allies, F.ssiA sends special ervoy to Aus.
ira asking Austria TO refrain from further
steps with England and France, but Join her
on new negotiations for peace. :
y Is reported that Russia is concentrating
s0o 0Ou men against Austria.
All engagement had occurred between the
Russians and Bashs Basbuk in Asia. The lat
ter lost 5000 men.
70 400 cases oil cholera are reported to
have occurred in one day at ST. Petersburg.
srAiN An quiet at Madrid and in the prov.
inces.
MADRID, July 10Th.
II is stated that an authorization OF the Uni
ted States OF Washington has TO- day arrived to
oner Tor the purchase Of Cuba.
urPat says this pourin' fine gin and bran :.
ny IN the sthrates is a name business"
We shall have more TO say on this subject
anon.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1854-08-02

A Coon SuGGEsTloN.-We take the following
from the Davenport Commercial. We shall be
pleased al any time to be reminded 81 errors
in our newspaper list aud rectify them forth
with.
As near as We cen ascertain there are now
published in this State SIX daily six lri weekly,
and two m1nthiy newspapers ana periodicals
In order that correct list may be had, we sug.
gest that each publisher send copy of his pa.
per to the Reporter, Iowa City, and that he cor,
rect his list thereby, Several neas papers have
sprung up recently not included.
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sIs SEE New ADVERTISEMENTS. -rr.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1854-08-02
The Homestead Bill.

This Bill, or rather a substitute for the orig.
inal Bill which passed the House of Represen-
tatives some time since, has passed the Senate
by a vote of 80 to IL. 1t was introduced by
Senator HUNTER of Virginia, and warmly sup.
ported by our Senatorial delegation and other
western pembers.
Thcsbustle attendant upon the eve of Au-
gust election and the quantity of matter. ac.
cumuiated FOR necessary publication, prevent
our furnishing the Bill in full this week, but
1t shall be forthcoming in oar next issue,
The following are among its leading and
principal features, many Of which will be
found, upon examination Of the bill, to iavor
western interests, while others may seem 10 be
Of rather questionable tendency:
|. A reduction or graduation Of the prices OF
the public lands.
2. Presumption rights, giving The first right
to the Sta'es respectively in which the public
lands may lie, to the whole Of them, at the re
duced and graduated prices.
3. Pre- emption grants Of land to States for
railroads and canals, at the reduced and grad
uated prices.
4. fre.emp,ion rights to hold good for FIVE
years TO actual settlers, heads Of families, TO.
100 acres each. at the lowest reduc-
tiOn OF twenty five cents per acre, or twelve
and half cents for such lands as may have
been iu the market over twenty years.