Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-09-22
A Discredt;ablc Thing,

A Discredfiable Thing.
We publish this week the proceedings
of what purported to be "Soldiers
County Convention" held at Waterloo
on Saturday of last week. That con-
vcntion nominated candidates forcounty
officers, to run in opposition to the Re-
publican nominees, and to derive their
support from soldiers and the friends OF
soldiers. Let us look at the ticket can
didly, and ascertain the extent of con.
sideration it is entitled to from the PEG.
pie of this county.
The convention was not delegate
convention, in which the several town
ships had proportionate representation,
but was called together simply by the
publication OF anonymous notices
" for the porpose of consulting the best
interests of the soldiers, and to take into
consideration what course to pursue
and who to support for county and
State officers" by gentlemen who had
occupied seats in the Republican con-
vention on the I'd inst, who had failed
to receive such nominations rs they de-
sired, and was composed of such per-
sons rs chose to attend without any ref
erence to their location or politics.
Most of those present were Of Waterloo
and its immediate vicinity, and many
of those who voted in the convention
will he excluded by reason Of their youth
fryay nj Nc ID
Isaac, nominee for Representative, was
Secretary of the Republican Copyen-
ton; and G. A. Eberhart, nominee for
Treasurer, and T. c. Bird, candidate
for Sheriff, were before the regular con-
vention for the same Offices respectively.
Had the former convention made NOM
nations satisfactorily to these gentle
men, it may be safely conjectured that
She Interests of the soldiers of Black
Hawk county would still have been con-
siderea safe in the Republican party.
The only enunciation Of principle or
policy made by this convention is con-
tanned in the following resolution:
:" Reso'red. That the n,ajorisy shan rule: that
union.''
The platform is most decidedly incon-
sistent. in the that very existence of the
convention was attributable to the fact
tll!a minority bot Il the decision ofthe
najority. 1t is n cardinal principle of
the Republican party that the majority
shall rule, and the one chiefly in issue
from, ifc ret p-coni-,t;np J,,r, 4, III,
present mo1aent. No better place is
there than in the Republican party to
contend for the rule of the majority
THAT we support the Government and
stand by the Unios," is very vague and
Elncertaip-it is an expression which
means a great deal or means nothing at
all just as men will. One Of the stated
objects of the call was to consider who
to support for county and state officers"
There is not a word about who shall be
supported for state otiicers-Stone or
Benton, Republican Or 'PossuR. Was
it designed ts be GcutEal on all ques-
tioRs Earring in state politics, and thus
drawsupport from all parties and classes,
from the brave honle-returned hero to
the ignoble stay-at-home copperhead?
All! this work is unworthy Of soldiers.
1t may be seen by what is apparent
on the surface, without any knowledge
Of internal workings, that these nomi-
nations were made to crafty office
seeking men, disappointed in the regu-
Lar convention, which they attended,
and in which they pulled their unsuc-
cessful wires; and not at all in political
antagonism, as psety representing
opposition to Gov. Stone or the negro
suffrage plank in the Republican plat
form. 1t was not Of the character of
.'Soldiers' Conventions " now being
held tho state over under the auspices
of the eoperheads, and for the credit of
our county and the honor Of our Repub-
sscan County Conzention, we would
not hEye it thus considered. ...
The GAZETTE honers the s7ldier, and
our files for the last four years viii bear
ont the assertion; but we cannot look
with favor upon the action Of these few
inpulsiye braves, who have evidently
concluded TO take the fat offices to them.
selves, in lieu of Captain and Colonel's
commissions in the army.
Capt r. P. Speer, of this place, who
was nominated for County Judge, au
thorizes us to state that he unequivocal.
ly declines occupying place on the
ticket, and that his name was useG
without his consent. We understand
thess ere others of the nominees who
will decline the honor Of being caudi
dates.
THE Cerro Gordo RepWb1s9as has been
ENLARGED from q six-column to g seven