Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-01-27


Correspondence Ottumws Coarfer.
DIS ,Eo,sks. Jan. IS, 1868.
The great agony Of tho sessien 10 far IS
over, and Frank Mills Is elected y ate print
er, brothers Rich, Russell and Edwards be-
Jog used I'D for thu present. There was y
prodir ious qusn.i,y OF eiectioneeriug done
In this contest. Ga the part Of some /, be-
gan even before The Legislature was elected.
and was pursued with an energy aud pcrse-
verance worthy Of great cause Much
ink was shed in writing 70 candidates, and
al,eraa ards 10 the Senator'S aad Represents
iiyes elect. Nor were their efforts confined
70 the candidates themselves. The Her.
5terhe j. W. Iaher, who is paid thiriy-
I'VE hundred dollars year and the crdina-
y stationery stealinxs Cos hssns seu'th Au-
disor Of our nstionsi Treasury, got up most
touching torn Of epistle, which, being duly
copisd BY clerks il his Office. Go ct from
twelve y eighteen hundred dellalb ~ an
mum for hypothetical services Tor the repub-
lie, was sent oil over the Stats, inrshe inter-
cot Of Nc. Rich. The result Of (hese crest
labers Of this great man (vho 0sinsains
Office under A. johnson with Serenity
that Is lovely amounted to about one hill
OF beans. 'Xoates pdsfuyriunf ndssy ride
vlas mnsrr Nor Was the Fourth Auditor
Of the Treasury alone in his labors. Mr..
Wilson. fepsescntAGive in Congress rom our
First District, also latored for Mr.. Rich,
aud exhibited pslpabls hostility toward the
candidate he would naturally be supposed
70 support-Mr. Edwards, OF the Burlington
Harksye IL Is also ststed IN inside pOiitie
oil circles, that Col. Allison, cf the third
district, also Isbored 10 secure The election
OF Mr.. Rich, but Of this have % pssi,ive
information. Mr. Wilson's labors arc well
known. 1t is also we'll known that the
R0rkeys has not reared that gentleman ms
gently an 'twere any nightingale since bis
impeachment report. Thus years Of edito-
rial ser ice IN his tehalf are blo;ted out and
expYaged from hls memory by single dill
ference OF opinion. Such is the vretched
ingrattude Of republics.
But not only did this Washington ring,
il may SO say, work hard for Mr. Rich
1t had heavy achievements in Iowa. Gov.
kirkwood was here. Hon. Robert Fink
bine was here. Other noted politicians
were here. They worked, and exhorted,
and log-roled. and bssoaght aud swors.-
And the result Of oil the labors Of 30 many
noble politicians, continued through many
months, and eliminating in . Tremendous
splurge during the past few days. was that
Mr.. Rich, out Of ll9 votes in the caucus,
never received more than thirty two So
far rs the State Pointer contest shows, the
Washington ring WAS smashed into little
bits Of pieces, for which all the people will
say Ameni
And they may well say so without the
least disrespect for Mr. Rich personally
lie 10 one Of our best men and writers, ~
ever lived, with . fine head full Of fine
brains. Mr.. Edwards ran very we'll, re.
ceiving, on the last ballot in CAUCUS, AZ
votes to 6S for Mills, the successful csndi
date. Mr.. Russell, Of the Davenport Ga
sefte, the only other candidate before thu
caucus, received 81 votes on the 6tst ballot
and q ground right along, till his nam.
was withdrawn. He ought 70 have hal
moro votes than hs got But he was not
candidate till late, and 10 afflicted with al
his political aud personal upri ghtbsss, will
. certain modssty which 10 refreshing, bu
unusual and improbable in fight for Of
fee lie aud al the defeated bowed to III
decision Of thu caucus with commendabl
good nature. Mr.. Mills is good egg,
and his success will doubtless be cheerful
acquiesesd in by tho party generally.
For the public information it will be We
to state that the reason General Hedric
: and Ingerso.l refused TO allow their name
: to 60 before the caucus was because the
thought the light was big enough anyhow
They made grea, deal Of fun Of thu othc
candidates for several days, and then I
, use an admirable fixed figure. like the me
odous dying swan, gracefully snuffe
| themselves out In all seriousness, the
had not been candidates IN any Just sens
Y neither having done anything whatever
4 his on n interest.
WHAT SOLDIER TniSKs.-The Unioi
published at Madrid, Maine, gives the 70
lowing extract from q letter written b. or
i Of the soldiers in the Sixth Maine regimen
It indicates very distinctly the immens
change which is going on in public opinio
in regard to the Radicals. This sodi,
, veteran says:
!, have been . Republican five years.
+ fought the South In arms three long year
:, | marched over desolated fields and GROUND
a deluged with blood. Thought ~ scores
: others did, that ! Was lighting for our o.
8 flag and the Constitution, but l was great
Il mistaken found out before the close
II the war thstl was fighting 10 keep an arm
IS Of plunderers in power. think they ha-
II been kept in power a little too long for Il
t, country's good II is time they were r
n lieved think there are honest me
e enough to rule the nation. The Republ
II cans have bad o fair trial and they ha'
n proved incompetent. We ssk them
= stand back, just stand back. and give pla,
:, TO better class of men. This they mt.
: do no matter now much they dislike Il
t., idea. for one viii never consent to
It ruled By negro The Republicans mu
e remember that there are in the loyal Stat,
# one million soldiers who will not be rule
:. ~ negroes, nor consent to see any porto
! of cur own white race thus degraded N,
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