Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-03-24

dencc. Convince our people that Mr.. Al
lison will build that bridge if we sent
him to the Senate, and we will 20 TO
him ch n1dsse.
Mr.. Editor will you be so kind as t,
cite where either of our Senators hav,
ever done single act that they ough
not to have done, which has been pref
JUDICIAL to the interest of Northern Iowa
or where they have left undone a sin
gle act that they ought to have done fo
her interest? 1t cannot be shown.
r. Did not both of our Senators and al
our Representatives from the ,chole Stat,
vote the land grants to Iowa railroads
and did not all vote a special land gran
for the special benefit of Northern low,
at the session of '63 and ga, for the roat
from McGregor west across the State
Most assuredly they did. What more
could that man have done whose I" in.
terests are bound up in our interests p
Nothing.
Mr.. Editor, hope you will be able to
present your candidate, or have some
ore do it Cor you, before the Legislature
which is to elect this officer, and with
the same arguments you now make
think see you there pleading his
cause, as follows: Gentlemen Of the
General Assembly of the State of iowa !:
present you candidate for the Senate
of the United States,--he lives in Du-
buque,-his interests are bound mp in
our interests, he ices In Dubuque his
property is in Dubuque-he stands well
in the social circle,-h is a good, clever
man, he never hurt anybody we want
him made Senator to look after our Sec
tional interests, we want him elected to
build the bridges and railroads i'm North
ern Iowa,-we know you have men Of
much better ability and qualifications,
but their interests are not bound up
in our interests, they don't livein Du-
buque,-consequentl therefore we ask
you to vote for our man." This being
your argument, how many votes think
you he would get? l tell you, if your
man should be appointed and get before
the Legislature for election, lie will
fail, and then he is out of the Senate,
out of Congress, and out at the little
end of the horn. Let him stay where he
is, and he may live long yet, an honor
and an ornament to society, to the Sd
Congressional District, to Northern
Iowa, and to the State at large. hon.
estly do not believe Mr.. Allison is the
man you represent him>to be-a man
whose ideas Of public affairs are all
hemmed in by Dubuque, or by North
ern Iowa either. .... a Il
If he were a man of equal ability or
equally well qualified as Mr.. kirkwood
would as soon support him.
You have advanced another very for
chile and singular argument in favor of
Mr.. Allison in connection with railroad
interests. Your main idea is that he as
legislator should and does look after the
interests in his immediate locality
You cite the NJ. & NJ. r9ad, and say
there are three Representatives on the
line of that road looking after it's inter-
ests-Pricc, Cirinnell, and Kasson, and
we ask for another, while the poor
northern roads have no Congressman
living ON them. Did you know that
since those men were elected on the line
OF tliat road, it has remained ut n dead
stand sill? Did you know that road
progressed slower than any other roati
in the State? Ii that is the influence
that Congressman have on railroads,
pray keep them off from oar road. But
this argument of yours is all shii.y shall
ly-bosh. They have just as much in
tiuence on the extension and operation
of railroads as any other private citizen
of Iowa-and 40 more. Our Own State
Legislature may have some influence
on the roads of the State, not Congress.
Now, Mr.. Editor, for the success of
Mr.. KirkwOod, l hope you will contin-
ue to blow your trumpet in the same
strain you have commenced, and when
the vote is taken I'll warrant it unan-
imous for the "best man in Iowa." S.
J. KirkwOod. -.
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