The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-06-21
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- sHlUA1 MOhNiNos JUNE q.
: s o6pEs lsoIsen egl
SAL ~ State co,t s.ts n, !
md the wonted advance from all quarters
upon the Capital city. Thanks to the Valley
Company, and its persistent and successful
lsbors, that nfiction of stage riding in over
crowded eoaelai cs4A asa suToe. In
elegant cars over an excellent track, one
rides from the Gate City into Des Moines'
and the trip has no grievances nothing but
thu plessAat sadthsA enjoyable xRnral,sspg,
or .fa My station, and meet ke'u-
kukians, whom To meet is pleasure. Gen.
Ried, Superintendent Williams, Rev Mr..
Efinger, Bruce, Gilmore, Merriam-others,
with mission political and otherwise At
Ottumwa, our friend Ballingall, at the Sta |
ton House. gjyes-1ns better entertainment
tiau ID bs issH sslsewiAts 80 thai ply
n.ssiIs MIDI j god. hotss-4a waslt shRh |
Mr. Balhngall proposes in the future to supN
ply. The delegations from various counties
come on there and care are crowded. As
YOU approach pena, YOU get into the prairie
country. From there unto Des MONIES u
spreads away on, either side; farms
sna 5 t.tmerless, bit SluiDns M its ut-
limitedness. At nearly every farm house IS
a grove The traditional prairie, with miles
upon miles Of waving grass, unbroken ~
tree or shrub. isn't found now in all this part
of Iowa. Aud the wealth of wild flowers
figuring in the stereotyped and pdet'cal de-
scrintiops isn't found Instead of wealth IS
now poverty, and that friend Of our side calls
our attention to the fact that scarce'any How
ers are visible, Washington Irving TO the con-
trsry, Notwithstanding. &. = ga
The terminus of the road is well into East
-Des Moines. A horse railroad will shortly
run to the West side and up Capitol hill
This. borough is ambiuou, as becomes the
Csr4sai 81 this Btate, wssn lie rpillionsof peo-
pie. Several public buildings and private
residences have recently been erected, or are
in process of erection. Among the resi-
dences we look with pleasure at the elegant
@sey home ,quarts~ Of Hon Geoseas q.
III rght, Of the Supreme Bench. The best
aste has governed him in selection and cou-
struction, in grounds ard plan. On all sides
green, grove.dotted hits surround Des
Moines Beyond these is the richest of farm
ing couuxy This is 9 good towus ~ yah
be y better town. Railrosds are ssnding
hitlfer We noticed that the completed
grade of the c. K. |. & P. Road was along
side OF the Valley road for several miles, as it
approached this place Other roads are
coming. These do not make city, but they
imply ths existence of the elements efgrowth
aud wealth that do so. The abstrusities of
1oliticai economy, offnance, Of trade and
.Smerce, and the material development OF a
people, plzsle us wonderfully. But look
out from the window Of my room at the
savery, over country how rieh cultivated
that few years ago was wild, and there is
the solution of the puzzle. 1t all starts from
those acres and the creation of values that
before did not exist A dollar in the pocket
is capital; dollar in the coming season s
crop is credit but dollar that ISN'T now,
and must come from unknown sources, IS
debt, nsd brings bankruptcy, Farmers and
cities are made aud unmade hereby. Aud
the whole matter of Finance for the small
farmer, the great merchant, city, or Uncle
SANS Government, is only this and nothing
more If Des Moines continues to work
sagaciously and lives within its income. ii
will 60 steadily ahead to prosperity and
municipal greatness.
wlllnot write you much ofthe political sit.
uation here, for the Convention meets to.
morrow, and by The time this letter reaches
y s6s, The swifter telegraph win have told you
what that Convention did. The town is al
ready wslx~fowde9 with delegates. A NOV.
pg rSFess mass Of embryonic and fun.
ffsssSd politicians busily circulate through
and fll full the halls of the Slavery House.
The fortunes Of candidates. rise and fall with
fresh arrivals Of delegates. Those gentlemen
seeausN fcial honors, de sad penance for
greatness Il these long anxious hours pre-
cedng final disposition of their fates Do
you know, dear GATE, that our Republican
party is too strong in this State of Iowa
honors are too easily won; hence lightly es
teemed, and large amount Of mediocrity
and drift wood floats to the surface Of the po-
ltical stream. Candidates are thicker than
FalstafF reasons. Many OF them good men
to be sure, but others are gentlemen whose
claims to distinction are much larger in ,heil
own than in others eyes. | don't know
what the Convention will DO. hope in the
matter of selecting candidates, as ia diction
aries, it will "get the best" That i
what the people want Conventions ar.
very apt to be large machines for the com
plete Illustration Of the great principle
of chow hot TO do 10" Aud then, OF the va
rious forces in this world, we are congutes
there is nothing equal TO Brass" Bras
button holes you and elbows you, and thum
screws you, and gimlets you, until you reaii.
wish you we're wooden, and would run sa :
dust, aud though knowing !. 'augurs III 10
the party, you are sure that Brass is terri
bic bore. Iowa is h grand State; lis on
million of people are noble people; ihei
intelligence and thrift, and full statured wort
In peace, have been equalled only by 'hei
patriotism and valor in war. The Republi
can party here numbers among its represeu
:. sativs ,nen, some of the abest mep, all
brightest intellects in the nation, The peo
pie would demand that of and by such ou
Offices be filed. This is reasonable an
just demand: / hope it viii control thu C.t
vention in its selection Of candidates to mo-
row. If so, that body must choose men it
4 u
sope six by-nine politicians and drive roug
shod over tender seusibiliues Of sundry sci
nomiaaied candidates and newspaper state
men. s. NJ c.
- FROM THE FAR WEST.
JuSE 4, 1867.
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