North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-06-26

The Governor.
On Saturday last most Of the up-this
way Republican delegates to Dcs Moines
including the nominee. for Governor, reach
ed McGregor, highly elated with the sue
cess which crowned their labors in Con
vention. On the morning Of Wednesday
last 0. Hulverson, ESQ.,, Of the Bank, re-
ceivcd dispatch stating that Col. MER
rILL was nominated on the FIRST ballot
The news ran thro' town in double-quick
and posters were issued calling q ratifica.
ton meeting; the programme required One
hundred guns and universal city illun,in.
alton. The gun business was attended ia
pretty well during the day, but the illu.
mination was failure, but few houses or
stores responding to the call. The pro-
gramme was probably too large for the oc-
casion the telegrapher to tho Chicago
Journal drew very extensively on his i'm
agination, 10th as to the illumination of
this city and the personal popularity here
Of oar respected but not pre-eminently
popular fellow citizen, Col. SAN. MEKRILL.
Ovcr-praiss hurts a plain man and we
tnec that tho Col. does not regard such
falsome stuff, got up by toadies, rs being
in good taste or in the least degree sensible.
His chances of an election are good-very
good, bnt he is. not yet the Executive of
Iowa nor will he be if the democratic par
~ and that large class of Republicans who
At present affiliate with our party in the
matters Of Liquor license, Sunday laws
and Bond-taxing-t..e only actual ques-
tions before the voters of Iowa-will vim
dictate their persona! rights like men who
dare express their pal even though the
tyrant Partisanism threatens them with
social and political ostracism. More about
this on other occasions.
Hon. NJ. v. Burdick, of DEBORAH, was
the temporary chairman at Des Moines.
The convention was very large particu-
hrs we have not. Hon. j. B. Leake was
permanent President and NJ. G. Woodruff,
Sec'y. Merrill led the half dozen candi-
dates on tho informal ballot and was so
nearly nominated on the first formal ballot
that outsiders changed their votes to him
before count was called for, and thus he
was nominated, honorably and fairly on
the first ballot Col. Scott, Of Story Co.;
II. O'Connor, of Muscatine D. e. Welles,
of johnson, and j. NJ. Beck, of Lee, were
respectively nominated for the offices Of
1t. Governor, Atty General, Supt. Of In
struction and Supreme Judge. The tick
ct is one that we should very much like to
beat.
Well, the platform was, lst. that all
colors, races and religions ought to vote
I'd. tho Military Reconstruction Bill is a
good thing but that Congress ought to as
semble in July to strengthen it against the
opinions of their own National Attorney
General: Sd. JEFF. Davis ought to be tri-
ed and hung to vindicate national dignity.
4th. economy in public expenditures
5th. Congress is pious, patriotic set of
gents and Andy johnson is cuss.
Il will be seen that not single lire is
sue was touched. When space permits we
will print the resolutions in full there is
too much of it for this issue.
Well, (again, the town collected at Mar
ket Square in the evening. R. GRANT was
president and the light hurrahs began
Updegraff (Rep.) said he had swallowed
Bill Stone and he guessed he could do
about anything required vf Republican
who was ID years old in the party. Sup
ervisor O'Brien said he had nothing to say.
Hon. G. L. Bass, ex-mayor and ex.legisla-
tor said "Sam. was a pretty good man."
but he was intending to assist in his defeat.
Bass got up a pile of cheers while Col.
Merrilrs name failed to elicit applause.
E. r. Barron, much to the surprise of those
who knew of the personal .fsud between
them, notorious, out-spoken and bitter,
pect, and assumed that he was already cleo
ted. Mr.. Barron was under no obligation
TO respond to the call of set of schemers
who only studied to entrap him; his demo-
cratic friends think he played more New
England policy than the occasion required.
He ''struck home'' in conclusion, by con-
graduating the people that their future
Governor would be energetic in the en-
forcement Of the Prohibitory Liquor Law.
Without this closing strategy the speech of
Mr.. B. would have been an entire contra
diction Of the private talk Of himself and
friends for several years. The writer of
this proposed cheers for our noble Brass
Band and they were given with will.
The whole concern was most splendid
fx1le.
loyal.
10 see laboring man pay SIS per Dbl.
for -four, which used to cost him S.; $3.50
for pound of ten which used to cost him
so cts; 40 cts. for yard of domestic which
used to cost him 10 cents 25 cents for q
pound of sugar which used to cost him s
cents $40 for q suit of clothes which used
to cost him Sl2; beef 20 cts. per pound,
which used to cost him cents and his
children. ragged or naked for want Of the
extra means paid for these articles after
he has been raised to an equality with the
unbleached American, and then to see this
Same laboring man 60 to the same polls
and vote for little more of the same sort.
This is loyalty according to the modern
Abolition acceptation of the term.-ExcA.