The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1859-06-24
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Correspondence Of ,he rubpno.

EptroRs OF. TiK TRmUNE.-The peo-
pie of Iowa are unusually busy at this
time, and particularly is this so with poh-
ticians. 9 l
The Republican State Convention is to
be held on the 22nd Of this month, at Des
Moines. The Convention will DO an im-
Portant one. The following officers are
to be put in nomination. A Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, and three Judges
(the entire Bench) Of the Supreme Court
The most prominent candidates for Cow
ernor are Ralph P. Lowe tthe present iu-
cumbent,) and Mr. Krlwood ofIowa City. |
Location appears to be the great question.
There is much less said about the qualf.
cation Of man for the Office, than ofthc
place where he resides. There & q North,
South, East, Westand Middle,inthe sclee.
Of candidates, .IoI t.4... I.l
Some are unwilling to nominate a man
f,om the s. f. part Of the State, lest IL
should defeat James HarlOn's reelection
TO the United Sintes Senate thing that
would be greatly deplored by all good
men. BIr. Harlan Is an honor to the state
he so ably represents. He is peculiarly
fitted to Gil the place he now oocupies.--
He is straightforward consistent Re
publican, an earnest and sincere man; an
eloquent and forcible speaker; an humble
Christian and what can be said Of but teto
members Of Congress; he is an honest poi
itician. There arc few here, VINO viii
no doubt, oppose him, They claim that
the U. S, Senate is no place for Metho-
dist Preacher. These however, consti-
tute the minority-the majority think that
the Senate should have at least one mem
Der, who may truly be numbered among
those who constitute the salt Of the earth.
There are some who claim that Mr.. Har-
Ian is just the man 70 persuade the Senate
to meet one hour earlier each day, and to
devote that hour to holding good union
prayer meeting; and he ought to do all he
could TO bring this about.
God knows, if there is a.place, where
prayer meetings, and righteous men and
women, are needed, that place is Wash
ington city A few more such Sickle's
Tragedies, and mock trials held over there,
viii not only ruin our capital city, but our
country. H sr
I heard Presbyterian minister the 9TH
or evening reply to Mr., Grabam's speech
in the SiclSles trial-he exposed the fallu-
cies presented by that sable lawyer" most
elfectually, and conclusively showed that
his Bible arguments, were misrepresen.
tation, and calumny upon the spirit Of thG
Holy Book T |'.
But was speaking about the conven.
ton, and find that have wandered from
my subject. There arc a number of can
Ipidates for Lieutenant Governor. Tho con
lvention can not do better thar - re 'i'.
present Incumbent (Mr, Fayillej in nom
ination,
There are candidates for Supreme Judge
from almost every part Of the State. The
present Judges are able men, and at least
two Of them would be nominated, were
they notin the same predicament that one
JUICE SWAN found himself in at a certain
Republican Convention, not long Since.
A certain decision he made did not help
him any,--and certain decision has not
helped our judges any. Irefer to the De-
cision made last winter by our Supreme
Court, deciding the Free School act oil
1858, unconstitutional;- 1.-THE particulars Of
which wrote you from Des Moines al
the time the decision was made. laI
The Democratic State Convention will
be held on the 2sd, the day following the
! Republican Convention. II had been
T called some three weeks earlier; but when
the Democratic Central Committee learn
ed the time Of holding the other Cohven-
ton, il changed the time, so as to follow
b the Republican Convention;--the object
no doubt was, 10 learn lSisd0m from their
l opponents. ia.T .' o'.vf'r.h Dc
: Who their candidates win be, can scarce
k ly be conjeetured. General Augustus
Caesar Dodge has, am told, peremptori.
9 2 y declined the honor Of being beaten by
' the Republican nominee, for Governor.
+ 1t was said, he was coming home from
! Spain, e make ? regular Douglas canvass
, throughout the state, But time will
doubtless Proyefhat General Dodge is toe
( much Of politician TO ehgVge in so hope
q less contest, =. '.. C!C.fN.