Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-10-04
g For Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood.

Before another number of the GAZETTE the
political contest now waging will have been
decided We wish to urge upon our readers
the claims of SAMUEL j. KIRKwooD for con-
tnuance in his present responsible position.
There is no regularly nominated ticket to
oppose him. MAuoNy, leader of the White
Feather party in this State, has thrown up
the sponge, and declared his intention to vote
for whom he chooses, and to let others act in
the same manner. There is no MAHoNY
ticket now in the field. At Des Moines a
mess has been cooked up by HuTcuINs, TODD,
BAusMAN, & Co., which they cannot recon-
cile to themselves, and each is cndeavoring
to thrust his fayorite part down the Threats
of Iowa voters. We do not support the Re-
publican ticket simply because it is Republi-
can, but because it is in our opinion, the
best for the State, and calculated to give bet
ter satisfaction to the people, in case of its
election. We have not word to say against
Col. MERRITT as a man, or his qualifications
to fill the position, though the manner in
which he was nominated, or rather chosen,
as the standard bearer on the opposition
ticket docs not meet with our appreciation,
But again, if he had been regularly nomi-
mated, with platform unexceptionable, is he
as we'll calculated to fill the Office of Govern
or as SAMUEL J. KIRKwooo? Ask this sober
question seriously to yourselves, and weigh
we'll the two candidates in the balance i'm
partially. Governor KIRKwooD has been
proven and found equal to the great task i'm
posed upon the State Executive in these
trying times. Why not continue him, then,
in his Office? Why not let him carry on,
even to completion, the great work he has so
we'll commenced? Every public man has
his enemies, Gov. kIRKwooD not more than
Others There are always disappointed poll
ticians, yexed office seekers, and hungry office
seekers, that will forever be bowling with
sore heads, instituting preteXts for the put
ting down of whomever stands in their way.
The mass Of the people, we are satisfied, have
seen no cause Of complaint in Gov. KIRK
WOODS administration, but these injured
parties have barkcd so furiously at KlRKwooD
that the din of their howlings has risen above
the storm and fell upon the ears of the peo-
pie. Will the people heed them? Would
another Governor be more successful in this
respect than the present? No, certainly not
Then vote for KTRKwooD next Tuesday. He
is not deyoting his time to clectioneering, but
gives his whole attention to the business
connected with his Office. The State has his
whole time, and his labors are the most dill
gent and energetic. AS remarked by gen.
tlcman who lately met the Governor at Iowa
City: "Gov. KIRKwooD is over,un with
business; he is on the go all the time, neg
Letting his own affairs entirely; he is doing
all any man could for the best interests of
Iowa, and is certainly entitled to collection"
The great obstacles he has had to contend
with, and the manner in which he has effec-
lively overcome them should notbe forgotten.
The Republican ticket throughout, we believe
to be the best ticket the best Union ticket,
and we know it to be the only complete tick
ct. Vote it, and vote it because it is best,
not merely because it was put in nomination
by Republican delegates. .
TIE STATE FAIR.-The Iowa State Fair
held at Iowa City last week was not very
successful affair. The war fever and rainy
weather combined was rather an overpower-
ing opposition. The articles on exhibition
were very limited, and of the premiums
awarded only about fifty per cent. will be
paid. Persons who were present at the Ce'
dar Valley Fair, and who also attended the
State Fair, pronounce the latter but little su.
perior to the former.
REMEMBER next Tuesday and vote thl
PEOPLES Union County Ticket!