Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-22
SATURDAY, MAY n SBs8l
OnY Next Member. of ConEress.

/ OnI Next MeMbcf Of ConExess.
As the time for holding The D;si6;ct Cor
vention FOR the nominatS ion Of q 4VeppblioeI
candidate for Uongress d)xs near, tthe,SSx
iety lot sons Of our cotemSt 6rar<es 10 get til
stGrt for their local friends becomes NOR
ana more apparent. 1t was not our inten
ton to have said a%ord in regard to candi
oates prior to the gathering of the people,
delegates at Iowa City, but as the Dave1por
Gazette has seem ft to urge the aamT o
Hon. JAAss THoRlNeTeN. for se-election, W
| feel at liberty to give. our views upon tn,
subject. We have nothing against Mr.
Thorington, either as asman or politician
-but as he has been sent to Congress by tn
people of this District onoe-and as ther,
are hosts of men in this part Of the Stat,
who are fully as much entitled to the suffra
ges Of the Republicans as he is, we beg leave
TO say that his reelection to that Office wouli
not suit our views of political propriety at
the present time. % Rotation an Office j.
our motto. Scott county Iowa, has had hel
full share of Congressional honors since we
have been State, and we think, if her edi
tors would exercise little m ore, ,saodesty in
regard to pushing their favorites upon the
Republicans, it would be, to say the least,
good judgment in them. gi5aE s@E%.
Other names have been mentioned by the
people for Congressional honors- and among
them the name Of HENRY O'CONNOR, of
Muscatine, has struck us as extremely appro-
pirate. There is no man in the party who
has worked harder, or done more for the Re
publican cause, than Henry O'Connor. He
was one of the Fremont Electors during the
last Presidential campaign, and as such we
believe he spoke in every county Of the State.
In fact, prior to every important election,
you will hear of Henry O'Connor in some
section of the State, making speeches and
working for the good cause. We like the
man; his enthusiasm for the cause of Free
dom is so sincere, and his honesty is so un-
doubted, that we are fully convinced he is
just the man for the OCCASION, 49, ,.s. ,,-
In the next House of Representatives we
need man whose good judgment and sound
sense will be warrantee against false steps
at critical periods in that body, and one
whose political honesty is (like C@sar's wife)
saboUe suspicion" Such man we deem the
gallant O'Connor to be- He is whole
souled, big hearted and thorough Republican
land if the Freemen of this District will
honor him with their suf1ages for Congress,
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oo"ou A VIZ" 'no 1s0es.S.0, e IN
'ne n'gn esteem ana admiration which 1t
for our distinguishedfellow towns
man. And we know of no man in the State
who would do more honor to the State, or
more ably represent it in Congress, than
HeNRY O'CoNNoR. The Excelsi0r's tribute
In b;s rol;t;c,i bonos.v ond s;,cieness Of
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purposes ana 1ealrriessaness, lr IS true 10 the let
Ter and nobly merited. No Republican has
done better or harder service in the ranks
han O,,,o.yo, And We .snaaL tba ,nn.n;
IL. - 'p0"A y, s. 1"',n
ne parry owes II 10 ltseit 70 reward nlm.
he has stood by the party and battled in its