The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-10-19
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THE LABORERS.

| Under this heading the Muscatine Journal
sums up the work done and the workers in
he recent contest in this State. Modessy
should not have caused the omission from the
list of efficient agents, Of the Jownal,
and its radies, out-spoken, untiring, torcibly
writing, and greatly gifted editor, l.. ID. In.
gersol OF the State editorial corps none
contributed more to success, none did nobler
| duty, than himself Here is the article:
| The great victory of the Republicans in
| Iowa was not achieved without hard work.
Our editors worked hard, our committees
men worked hard, our orators worked hard,
and the masses Of the party generally worked
hard. Hence pretty much everybody in the
party is entitled to general need of praise,
and it may be considered almost invidions to
mention particular persons. But some ought,
nevertheless, to be catalogued ~ pre- emf
nenily worthy of mention.
| Hon. u. E. Cuts, Chairman of the Central
Committee, did not at first get at the work
the way be should have done, but after be got
| fairly settled down to business he did first
rate. He worked faithfully and efficiently.
The chairmen Of the different district COM
mittees did AZ well or better, with the excep>
ton of Mr.. lllsinger, in this district, whose
residence is in an ut-ot- the-way place. He
did not, on this account, pretend TO run the
machine in the district, though he worked
hard in jackson, where much hard work was
needed. The chairman Of this district com.
mittee ought TO be at Davenport or Musca
tine.
The only eminent speaker we had from
abroad was General John a. Logan, who did
the cause great good by speech at keokux
the only one, we believe, he made in the
state. Viii, this exception Iowa speakers
did all the talking, and the result shows il
could not have been better done Senator
hirkwood did great service on the stump in
south western Iowa Secretary Harlan made
a number of powerful speeches in northern
Iowa, one at Davenport, and one in this city;
Gov. Stone spoke frequently and ably during
the campaign: Hon. Z. c. Nourse made .
soodly number of speeches which had very
great effect Hon. j B. Grinaell spoke fire..
qlently and finely, in the fourth and sixth
districts Major Henry O'Connor did grea,
service in this, the first, and The fourth dis
ltnct, especially the last two, where he made
a regular stumping tour, and addressed many
large audiences. There were other speakers
not candidates, who accomplished much good
! for the cause.
| OF the gentlemen running for State Offices
Hon. f. E. Bissell, Attorney General, Hon.
c. Z. Carpenter, Candidate for State Regis
: ter, and lion. K. II. Stiles, candidate fol
, Reporter, were all who went on to the ros
trum. Each one made number of strons
speeches. Hon. James F. Wilson, in thu
first district Hon. Hiram Price, in this DIS
trict, Hon. Vim. B. Allison, in the third, anc
Judge Loughridge in the fourth, made thor
ough canvasses. There never was bette
a work done than that done by these gentlemen
D Judge Hubbard, on account OF sickness, die
mot canvass his district, and Gen. Dodfe die
not speak. because he did not think stumpne
was his forte.
The speakers Of local reputation in all the
g |eounties were brought out. and all did gal,
liant service. We suppose the State, in al
e parts of it, was never so thoroughly canvasseo
= on the stump as during the late great cam
s paign.
: The newspapers, daily and weekly, &c
complished the greatest good of all. The
;, dailies-we speak now of the GATE CRY, the
" Hdrh- Eye, the Davenport Gazette, the Du.
! buque Times, the Ottumwa Courier, the
: state Register and he Council Bluffs Non
i Ipareii-were unusually earnest, radical and
efficient. The Register had the hardest bat,
tie Of all to fight, because it had TO 6gh'
u soreheads as sell as 'copperheads.' tt vic
Is tory over the combined forces of the enem,
d has been complete and splendid The week
!. " Republican journals of the State-whict
Is are. upon the whole, much superior TO tn.
}. country papers, of any State in the Unior
where, every one, wide aMske. Their
great influence was quiet, but it can neyel
be overestimated.
IL And SO by the good work Of committee
men, orators editors, battling earnestly fo
e right, and seconded by the people with !,
y mighty will, we achieved the greatest victor,
that ever crowned our hampers, and which
throws even the great victories Of othe
y States comnletely into the shade