Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-01-28
1owa eat of the Dram.

O.F Patriotic and progressive sister State
On the other side Of the Mississippi is to be
congratulated. The War Department has
done full and fair justice to her, by giving
ner credit for all the troops she has furnish
60 under former calls, and pronounce her
.'out Of the draft under the pending call.
II appears that all the men that Iowa has
nereeoioie furnished have been enlisted ''for
three years or the war" She has sent no
one OF two-years men to the army, and BY
the rule adopted for the giving Of credits
ana the apportoining Of quotas-to wit, that
one three-years man credited to one district
is equal to three one year men credited to
another district-itis is ascertained that Iowa.
N proportion to population, is ahead Of all
other States in the number Of men she has
sent to the army.
Some of our friends in Iowa have taken
omorage at : paragraph that appeared in
cur news columns on the day We published
the announcement of that States quota be.
ing full, to the effect that perhaps Governor
Stone, during his visit to Sherman's army
at Savannah, had enlisted > sufficient mum.
Der Of freedmen to fill the quota. No slur
was intended, we can assure the Governor
and his friends. The remark was made in
the way Of conjecture, as indicated in the
paragraph. We were aware that Iowa had
been pretty well drained Of her fighting men
under former calls, and we surmised that
Governor Stone being upon the ground
where the thousands Of able-bodied icon.
trabands' that Sherman had freed in Geor-
gia were assembled, the happy thought
might have occurred to him Of making an
arrangement for the enlistment of suffi-
cient number Of them. under the auspices Of
the State Of Iowa to fill the States quota.
and thus spare to the State that number Of
her much-needed working population. The
surmise occurred to our mind while trying
to account for the fact Of the quota being
full, in the absence Of any explanation Of
the Adjutant Generals announcement of
the simple fact to us in . telegram-and
| surely there would have been nothing dis
honorable to Iowa or improper in the trans
acton on the part Of the Governor, il our
surmise had turned out have been correct.
Other States have enlisted colored freedmen
at the South, and have been credited accord
ingly. The privilege Of doing SO has been
expressly given, by the War Department, to
States or district that chooses to avail them
selves Of this method of citing recruits
and if Iowa had availcd herself Of it, we can.
not see that she would have done improper
Or dishonorable thing. At all e-ents, the
paragraph Of ours, of which complaint in ar
offensive sense, and we are only surprised
that any one, knowing our friendly relations
with that State, should 80 construed it.
But, as we have already explained, our
surmise turned out Incorrect The Governor
of Iowa has enlisted no "contrabands" al
Savannah, but that State is found to be fair.
" entitled 10 credits enough ON former calls
to cover the last call of the President for
$780, 900 men, and we congratulate he patri.
otto and faithful Governor, her energetic and
indfatigab!e Adjutant General, and her 10y
al and public spirited citizens on the proud
record Of what she has done, and the graft
flying fact that she is ''all right" There is
not more firmly loyal State in tho Union
than Iowa, and far be it from US to ever even
think, much less speak, . disrespectful
word regarding her.-Chicago Journal.
McCoxB TO BE HANGED A warrant was
issued by the Governor, says the State Reg.
lister of the Goth, "for the execution oil
McComb, the murderer Of Laura j. Harvey
The execution will take place in the vicinity
Of Ottumwa, at 2 o'clock P. NJ. Of Friday
the 18th day Of February next. The mur-
der for which McComb is to suffer the pen.
atty Of death, was committed four or five
years ago. At the time, he escaped the
vigilance Of the officers, and was not arrest
ed until about year since, when he turned
up,at Davenport, was recognized, and taken
into custody. He had his trial in the Dis
trict Court, was convicted, and sentenced TO
be hanged An appeal was made to the
Supreme Court, which terminated in sus
tanning the decision Of the inferior tribunal.
In the meantime, the day appointed by the
District Court for the execution had passed,
and it remained for the Governor to dcsig-
nate the time, which he did in his warrant Of
yesterday.
Some months since, McComb escaped
from the Jail at Ottumwa, but was re-taken
in day or two. At another time, the prison
at Ottumwa was surrounded by mob, in
tent on anticipating the action of the law by
lynching the criminal. McComb was res
cued from their clutches, after he had been
carried to the woods in the vicinity of town,
and rope had been placed around his neck.
His adventurous and criminal life is now
about to close. He was guilty Of q cold
bloodcd, atrocious murder, and deserves to
hang"