Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-06-25

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A.B.r. HILDRETH, Editor.
Charles City, Iowa, June Is, 1863.
The Republican State Convention.
The Republican State Convention,
held at Dcs Moines on the 18th inst,
was the largest delegate convention
ever held in Iowa. OF the ninety-nine
counties of the State, but three were
unrepresented. The contest turned
mainly upon the nomination Of can
didate for Governor. When that strife
was ended the business of nominating
a Lieut.. Governor and Supreme Judge
was quickly disposed Of. Gen. War
rem led the van, and continued to gain
until the eighth ballot, when the sup
porters OF Mr.. Sells, finding their case
hopeless, went over in a body to Col.
Stone and secured his nomination by
two majority-not that they loved Col.
Stone, but because they hated him less
than they did Gen. Warren.
The great "royal family" of Des
Moines are squelched-in other words,
the Sells party are dead, past resurrec.
tion-for the Stone party were as
much determined upon their destruc'
ton as the Warren men. On the 9th
er hand, the Warren and Williams
men, instead Of being killed, were new
er in so good condition, so thoroughly
organized, so powerful, as they are to
day. Hereafter, though now repuls-
ed, they will be the ruling power OF
the State.
As the ticket now stands, the North
ern half Of the State has no represen-
tation upon it. Enoch w. Eastman,
the candidate for Lieut.. Governor, is
not the choice Of the North. He was
thrust upon the ticket despite our
wishes and for the purpose Of defeating
the Northern candidate Judge Will
iams) for the Supreme Bench. The
coalition of the Sells and Stone men
enabled them to accomplish this pur.
pose, but their combination and sue
cess in this matter is to them an ele.
ment Of great weakness.
Had Warren been nominated, Will.
Jams would have been nominated also,
John Edwards would have been the
candidate for Lieut.. Governor--and a
ticket would have been presented for
the support Of the loyal people of Iowa
of which any people might well be
proud. As it is, no man can boast
strong ticket. The seeds of discord
and weakness have been sown in the
Republican party, and the hope Of
Iowa rests solely in the loyal and pat
riotic spirit Of her people n ~asss, and
not in her politicians nor the strength
of the candidates by them placed in
the field.
The means brought to bear upon the
delegates to influence them in favor Of
Sells and Dillon, and against Warren
and Williams, were simply Infamous
SANDER and detraction were the CHIEF
implements of warfare, although mon.
ey to some extent was used, and prom
Uses of reward with Office and position
were lavishly made. To cap the cir
max of effrontery, there were busily
electioneering, not only large third
house. delegation of men, but many
of the women of Des Moines and 9TH
er places were stationed at the hotels
and lodgings Of the delegates-all
electioneering for Sells and Dillon.
1t is painful to write these particu.
lars, but the facts narrated are notori
GUS, and it is useless to ignore or at
tempt to disguise them. No political
organization can stand, nor should II
stand, and retain elements in it SO Cor.
rupting and damnable.
1t is q source Of proud satisfaction
to know that the large plurality Of del.
egates who supported Warren and
Williams did not deal in Islander and
calumny. They claimed support for
these gentlemen on the ground Of high
qualifications and intrinsic merit, and
they desired the contest to be settled
upon that ground alone.
The Sells men had much to say
against military candidates, and Attor.
ney General Nourse even went so far
as to make q speech upon the subject
after the in formal ballot had been Or
dered, urging that there would be time
enough to reward military men when
the war is over; and yet he and all
his coadjutors in the Sells interest, af-
forwards voted with the friends of Col.
Stone and thus secured that gentle.
mans nomination for Chief Magistrate
of the State.
But we have not the patience to pur.
sue this subject further. Time will
set all things right. We have full
confidence in the integrity Of the great
mass Of the people, and it will yet be
found that "there is q God in Israel"
While we were in DesMoines thu
other day the attention Of . large
crowd Of people WAS attracted to
procession Of one or two dozen con
trabands from Missouri who were