Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-08-03

The way the Ghing was d0mes
- E4~~ ~~ass se gnB republicans were tax
en- greatly By surprise when they first hard
of the nominations made by their State
Convention Of candidates for the Supreme
Bench. Perhaps not human being an
tielpRted ths nomination Of Coy. Lowe for
such poEition--esrtainly but few are sat-
isied with it-ahd many Of their number
who voted for him for Governor will vote
against him for Supreme Judge upon the
ground that too maRy weighty and impoE-
tant private interests, TeaaiE4Hg the RxRg~
else OF clear and enlightened reasoning,
would necessarily be snbject to his action
and decision. But Of this, enough for ths
present. Gov. Lowe was an anxious eK-
peetant for denomination to his present
position. but the triggers supposed to have
been the work Of aOld Satan'') were set
against him--yet, to pseify the Governor
and his friends, and to give Kirkwo0d the
prestige OF unanimous nomination, Judge
Woodward, hle most polished gentleman
and the most accomplished lawyer on the
bench vas iacehtihently kicked overheard
and Gov. Lowe nominated In his place
whilst II was arranged with Judge Geo. g.
N right, VITO was known to entertain some
sneaking notions relative 70 gubsTnatoFial
honors that be should poll up stakes In ks-
oBauqua and, d,haAg out his ShiBgle at Des-
moiaes, the nBW Capitol, TO be on hand for
Senator Harian's place so soOn as the
time shall come for the latter gentleman
to shake of his uEieial eoiI--pToVidsd al
ways that the Republicans shall carry the
legisl atuTe (Which, by the way, IL likely 70
be out Of the question Such Is the pro-
gramme, bargalned for and agreed 10, and
signed, sealed and delivered, at the Repab-
lican State Convention held at Desmotnes,
State Of Iowa, A.. D. 1889. Poor Wood
ward died three deaths, and each of them
ridiculous eRough--he died TO make room
for Lowe-he died 10 xili of the effect Of
close nsighborheod to KtrkReod--&nd last,
IL not least he had to die over again to let
ia Rasch who lived In an adjoining county
George Wright "still lives,n aud how be
may come out In the eAd will depend upon
the political engineering and religious
EaRetiheations Of the Rev, MIR. Harlan
He viii find the Jordan prepared for him
by the Republican leaders Of Iowa eon-
founded "hard road to trayel--foT hia cred
ultty, great as II 10, cannot always bltnd
him to the fact that be stands solitary and
alone, without living man of even cross
road inhaenes to back him. The bargain
has been struck--ths papers have been
made out and sxecuted-and he is to be
gai oted as sure as his name La Harlan
The Republicans have turned their backs
upon the Methodist and all other churches
and now do their praying in the Dsvips
congregation mixed up with infdels, back
sliders, black rase&ls, and hard cases gen
orally, Abolitionism with them Ia no long
er religious sentiment, but q species Of
political deyiltry by means Of which mount
sd On a niggeE's shoulders they hope to
ride into office, Once Ia Office, they kick
the poor darkey down stairs, and leave the
churches 10 chance it for themselves whan
Gabriel shall blow his horn. Such ID
msdsrn Black RspablieanisHa--and such
the manner 10 which the Republican grid
Iron, whike-hsatsd, is to be applied t.
poor Mr.. Harlan. We can HphAney bis
phselinks Eo-WsV EagIs.