Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-09-25

whea Hires Rfi0, n. c. hbso NJ die.
Wies test - seanp - aAvceo1s hi esase,
b inaisted that thsss was but one issus Ia
~ contest, end that thss issue wss the pso-
pooed eoaseitutienal amendment.
Our candidate. Mr.. Cook, has always 10.
sisesd; nd 10 joint d,sussioo has ever tsied
10 bsing b NJ. Psies's notice tAee A<vs sers
ether issses and In The discussion he has
underworld to force Ar. Price TO state plain.
y 6sfsss his constituents his opinion - 70
The status Of The Ststss lately in rebellion =
whether there we're in or out Of this Union.
hr. Price psssistently dedses the issue
By assset,ag that il makes no di6<rsnee
whether the States are in or oSt. NJ. Cock
continually ssks NJ. Psics vhethss be
(Priss) ser u not in favos Of uneonditienal
negro ssGsaes. This question. Ysstss-like.
NJ. Psics svedss By askiag aaslhw
We appsnd report which " have ss>
csivsd from cesrespondeat: :at Anamosa -
70 one portion q ~ discussion thssv:
'AHAuosA, Sept sd, 1885.
"ED. DRnocnAf Cook and
Psice met in joint discussion here yeslesday
(2lst), md he'd . hrge csoed . Nsees .
their apeeches.
''Pries opened in an hosr's speech. He
stsstsd - usual BY saying that ths eppo.
oents Of our policy (Cengrsss' wsss se6sls,
red handed traitors, ste. that there woo but
ono issue now before the people, viz the
proposed smendment 10 the Constitution -
passed By Congress 1t its last session that
oil other isouse we're mere side shows,
and bad 40 practical bearing in this cam.
paign.
0r. Cook responded in . speech Of On
hour and . half. He led on BY saying
that Mr.. Price had coomsnced the canvass
BY asserting that the proposed amendment
We the only issue and that when, a. q
Sabula and Bellevue, he Cook had tried to
convince him that there we're other issues
and interest q stake, Nc. r. had dodeed
every other point BY species Of non-eom.
nittalism. end had made regular set speech.
- based sslsly upon that one roint. which
be called his only platform.
MI. Cook then told his eudisuco thaA he
bad not attempted 70 sspose The ahsurdity
ef nr. Pc positioa heretofore, in esder thai
be might havs plenty Of rope % hang him
self With. but that be (Cook) now proposed
70 kneck the props from beneath Mr. Pc
one.plank platform. and 70 lot u and i.s RI
der down easily. Mr.. {. had always sup
posed that the people made the platform and
| then selected candidates TO represent the
principles therein enunciated, but Price end
his Radical brethren had tinkered up in
Congress . platform to suit themselves, aud
then presented it 70 their constituents, de-
nanding ren0ninslion, and to b placed
on plattdr3 made By the pseple'e servants
and not BY the people. the msstsrs.
Mr. CoOk asted the Republicans when
end ~hers thev had ever manufactured any
such platform for their candidates. Had
they nominated M. Price and plscsd hin,
upon platform smbodying the PROPOSE
tion for which he Was now contsndinei
Turning to Mr.. Price, NJ. Cook asksd
him to show, il he could, what the sers
Congress had to do With tie proposed Con-
stitutional amendment.
That amendment vas proposed by the
S9sh Congress in joint resolution. It 10
oow submitted to the several States for
adoption OF rejection Congress he'd now
nothing mere to do about it. and il s,skes
o. difference wheshes he (Cook) or M.
Price goes to the next Congrsss % far =
that question 10 concerned. lor neithse could
have q vote upon the matter thsse. The
questions involved in that joint rssolution Of
Congress ars now Of and beyond Congress-
ional oction; they belong 70 tho Leeisls-
tueee of the several States.
Tho proposition 80 pestinsntly put vss
rather damaging to Mr. Prices platform snd
opened the eyes Of some Of oSS people, the
Radical portion II whom ase advising Pries
to get on to . new platform forthwith, and
10 look - y that It oentaias oers pleaks, %
that when one il knocked from under him.
be will have Others upon which to rsst his
feet. Yours, &c.