Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-12

of names at any time during the Convention,
so that no one will be excluded.
When the Convention meets in the after
noon, it will proceed to vote as usual for the
different officers singly, unless it shall deem
it best to unite two or more Offices in one
ballot. When the Convention proceeds to the
nomination of a candidate, the township rep
resentatives will vote separately among them
selves, and, when their vote is decided, will
report it to the Secretary of the Convention.
If township has but one vote, that vote will
be cast as the majority Of its representatives
direct If it has too or moe sotes, those
votes will be divided ancong the candidates
voted for, in proportion as near as possible
to the number of representatives voting for
each Of such candidates. If the representa-
tives Of any township should be so divided
among themselves on the different candidates
in any ballot that no one candidate shall
receive votes enough to entitle him to the
township vote or any par: of it, then the rep
resentatives of that township will continue to
vote on that nomination till they agree sufic-
iently to cast the township vote for one or
more Of the candidates, or, failing in that, till
the patience of the Convention is exhausted
1t may, perhaps, not be needless to add, in
view Of the repeated questions asked on the
subject, that the people present from the diff
ferent townships wiu not select delegates, but
will cote directly for the candidates.
The Republicans from various parts of the
county, as the Committee are informed, are
preparing to turn out to the Convention in very
large numbers. 1t will most probably be the
largest political gathering that this county
has ever witnessed.
The present canvass is already becoming
the most interesting and exciting that this
State has witnessed for several years. Promi-
nent members Of the party will be present.
who will, if time permits, address the Con-
vention. Grave questions of State and county
economy will come up before the Convention.
The Committee therefore renew their urgent
and pressing invitation to EVERY REPUBLICAN
in the county to attend as representative of
his township, and take part in this Convention.
Republican Central COMMITTEES.
@In four years the Republicans have
increased State expenses from $45, 900 to
$4,000 per year; or taxes are now eleven
times as high as under Democratic rule.
Benton County Democrat.
The above is specimen of Democratic
lying equal to the very best fabrications of
Ellwood and Tomlinson, who made such
lawful disclosures" during the last campaign
Every taxpayer knows that there is not
word Of truth in the statement Of tho Demo
crat. Our taxes this. year, instead Of being
eleoen times as high as under Democratic
rule, are only one.half as high As in 1851,
when the Democrats were in power. The
Republicans have never raised the State tax
above the present rate-13 mills on the dollar
while the Democrats in 1861 imposed tax
Of three mills to the dollar.
DEMOCRACY IN OREGoN.-An Oregon cor
respondent Of st. Louis paper says that
between the two divisions Of the Democracy
there is gulf wide and deep and bridgeless.
The Free State portion of the party have no
influence in the appointments. Deadly, really
the strongest pro-slavery man in the State,
has been appointed District Judge. Thayer,
who tried all his little ability permitted to
make Oregon a slave State, has received the
District Attorneyship, and soon every vestige
of Free Stateism win be swept out of the Land
Office, and the Superintendent of Indian
Affairs is to be removed himself Judge
Williams wishes to 60 to the Senate, but Lane
and his myrmidons say, mo, he sorote that
blasted abolition letter in .tavor Of making
Oregon a free State" Let the fight go on.
GETTING FuDDLED.-The chagrin and NOR
tifcation suffered by the Democrats in this
State on account of the repeated discomfit-
ures of their boosted Cesar is beginning to
tell favorably on the whisky business, if we
may infer from the Eighty character of some
of the paragraphs in their newspapers of late.
The editor of Democratic paper Benton Go.
Demoerat) published at vinton, where corn
is cheap, copies the E"qairer's account of the
speech delivered by Hon.. S. J. Kirkwood in
the Court House in this place and credits it
to the journal. As we have some regard for
our reputation for truth and veracity We EN-.
physically deny the authorship Of that article