North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-03
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McGREGOR, JULY 9. 1867.
1lcDuI,lican Caucus.

Republican Caucus. g. .
On Saturday evening last, at tic Cam
brian. the Rep. Caucus convened. The
rival candidates for State Senator were un-
,lcrstood TO he Newell, Lctiingwcll and Van
Orman, and during most part Of the day n
good deal of activity was displayed by the
friends of each to get crowd on hand !;
busses and other vehicles circulated with
freedom that reminded one of an election
rather than selection Of delegates the
consequence was that an unusually large
asscmblage assembled" as the lamented
ARENAS once said. It was not orr tuner
al, but it certainly is true as well MS not
improper to state, chat there were many in
attendance, awaiting themselves of the bus
convcnicnccs, who never voted Republi-
can ticket, and there were also sereral gen.
tlcmen who hail from Prai. du Chen ,chen
at home the crowd was indeed very
large one for neutrality-suspicious..
one, merely. We believe each of the can.
didates were Of the License persuasion, tho
We are not particularly advised except in
tho case of Mr.. NEWELL he, in his late
letter, published in these columns, is as
decided, outspoken and arsumentative as
is the late Republican Governor Of Massa-
rhusetts, JOHN ANDREWS. 1t was suppos-
cd by most of us that Maj. Drumnond, O.
McCraney, &C. Buck and others who run
che l. O. G. T., Of McGrcgor, would have
made an effort to secure delegates favora-
ble to candidate representing their views;
hut for some reason the influence of the
Order was not called out on that occasion.
So far ms we can judge, the delegates Sc
lected, though gentlemen of good social
position and not given to "much drink, !"
are most, if not all, decided License men,
and Of course for the repeal of the present
law Of Prohibition. We are glad that
Fanaticism has received rebuke in the
house of its friends, and we trust the plat
form of the Elkadcr Convention on Satur-
day next will evince still farther progress
toward the equal rights which for many
wears have been almost ignored, not only
in laws sumptuary, but in laws tan-ua,y,
and in the laws relating to Protection of
Eastern Manufacturers.
G. McGregor hands us the list of dele
gates to Elkader VIC have no report of
the Caucus except from hearsay but
in the main the following is correct:
Augustus French was Chairman, and
Gregor McGregor, Secretary. On motion
the chair was authorized to appoint COM
,nittce to select delegates to Elkader,
the report of the committee to be subject
to the action of the House. Mr.. Van Or
man, we believe, moved as an amendment,
that the delegates should be selected by
ballot the amendment failed. Van Or
man then stated that his friends had in
'luced him to permit his name to 20 before
the caucus, but that his Discrimination for
tho position was such as to compel him, by
their leave, to withdraw from the caucus +;
Judge Le6ingwcll, also, in brief speech,
begged to withdraw for reasons which are
appended to this article.
The delegates selected by the committee
arc: A. Pearsall, A. French. NJ. E. Duff,
T. Updegraf, Fl. w. Burlingamc, Abr.
Kohn, D. II. Hamlin, w. j. Powers, II.
D. Evans, Thos. Williams, Maj. Ormsby,
John Elbling and Jacob Kramer. The re-
port of the committee was adopted and the
caucus adjourned. As no rival candidate
was left in the field it is inferred that Mr..
Newell is the choice Of Mendon township
for Senator. His opinions on one subject
suit us to dot, and If he is equally indie
pendent on other vital issues, it will afford
US pleasure should he DO elected. I,.inci-
pies are worth more than names. Judge
Lefingwell's withdrawal above referred to,
was induced by the receipt of letters per
Dubuque mail packet, that p. M, from the
Executors Of the Jas. McGregor estate,
that he, as the local representative of the
business, could not absent himself from the
city during the winter-his doing so would
necessarily require the selection Of anoth-
er agent. AS it is the desire Of Messrs.
Mckind'ay. Of Dubuque, and Buell.,
of New York, to close this matter as soon
As possible, we think the Judge showed
excellent sense in leaving politics to take
care of itself, for the present in the fu-
.ture, when less embarrassed by strict busi-
ness duties, he may crafty his many
friends by conserving to their desire to
elevate him to position. We have seen the
letters upon which he based his withdrawal
and know them to be urgent and genuine
The nominees of the Elkader Convcn.
ton, we predict, will be License men, tn.
resolutions will be "For License and tn.
G. rs will be compelled to surrender. AL
candidates must ''show their hands, or b.
submerged ]; even our friend "Gov." Mcr
rill cannot remain neutral.
Col. MERRlLL.-On being introduced t.
the Convention which gave our neighbol
the nomination for Governor, he made thu
following neat little speech. We, in com
mon with many others, Irrespective Of par
ty, fail to see any principles" in thu
platform Of the Convention. but no mat
ter about that-the Col. is disposed to Dc
his best to accommodate the party whose
etandard-bearer he is, and we insist tina
his speech is good one-all that is neces
sary in the way Of a public acceptance. Al
it is intimated by O'Conner, the NOMINEES