Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-09-14

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We dsd vote TOR Taltis. rot beeAase be
was the Democratic candidate, Tor he wss
aos, bat becaasss nc regarded him - .
EnHus better man than Ssohe.
We did not ssle FOR MecIaliaa. because
ID rrpudiassd shs pIalforsa and adopted
oas sf his own making, and IN chat be
beeams aa indsprHdenf candidate. lie
eoaAI NOT be the Democratic candidate,
foF, 'sths idea 81 aeparasiag sAs sandi-
dssss Irsm the pissiesm, has been ani.
fermly repuaiassd.s We vsted for those
sserssng Democrats WALL anarrsnlxros.
Nov Let "a zee how Mssritlss milk and
wasar anti Democrats polsfy has worked.
ln 1859, q Dsmoorssie platform was
adopted by the State C~onseption aad
B>mscrals we're norsinated. The State
had been Repu6iisan By . majority Of
frora Ava 70 sight fbeasaad n former
elections in 1850. 1t he election Ia IL,
SO, aae Democratic candidate for Govern.
or was defeated byless than three shous-
and majority, and the Democratic candi-
date Tor Lieat. Governor. b. . majority
Of less than twenty .hrea hasdred.
LIN 1861, two Dcnocratio State Oonven-
tions adopted the same sound Democratic
platform and nopinas~fa sound Demo,
GRAFT for Governor apsa il. Merritt re,
~paaiatsd that platfoEsa and shsough BIZ
and bis friends agency the Democrat,
candidate was induced to decline ans
Merritt became a candidate for Governoi
apeu peiiry FOR a platform Merritt va
defeated By over sIxrEES rHarskSp msior
ity. LIZ considers that Q Democratic de
feat. i
Ia 1868, a Democratic Convention va
called, and so called Democrats met 40,
passed a sst Of milk and water resala
lions, which we're styled g platform. !
good Democrat wal noEninated for Gov
ernor; bat Merits and bis friends bolte
and ipdaeed the candidate TO decline
Gen. TutsIe . very good poiiey man wh
F~epudiaicd the platform was put upon th
Msrritt's hat vent up again on
s'sure thing The election eaIns an
The votes we're east and eaanted aud BE-
hold p,oiEcy sierriss and all was aefeats
By about THIRTY THOUSAND majority. Thi
Merritt called a Democrats defeat.
Ia 1864, another Democratie Conver
FItion wac called and . goodly nusnber q
Policy Democrats convened al the Cap
, tai and 3 set of policy Democrats sci
seat TO the Eatioaai Convsation and
policy Taan vas nominated for Presideu
Then Msrrist'sh hat went ap so high that
was never seen Observation-Disclosures sfsul
b thingn VA aboat TO be accomplished
: The election carns, great satbusiasm Vi
q exhibited by the policy msn-she Voa
wsre counted and Gen. Mcclellan al
policy were defeated by q majority Of o
e or ToRTY oSE THousASp in tbs State.
I. This Merritt considered another Dem
cratic defeat. SO much for Merritt, Dol
ers ani policy Democrats.
Merritt thinks thai nothing would sa
= isfy as bat a eommissiou TO run the Der
~oeratie party to tic D-L We can /
= form him hal such = small favor wou
not satisfy as. for at fast accounts 1
party bad bat q short run TO make 10 Q
der to reach the point indicated and il
supposed, a. nothing has been heard Of
this year, that 1t succeeded 10 making /
trip il safety under its old LEADERSHIP
: ritt & Co.