The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-10-29
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the IcsiNeHt, nave bccn lnn!rtcd IT,
the grand jury Of the u. S. Distric
Court on Y for gold gambling ar,
selling government secrets to Fisk
Gould d Go. The President dcnic
all completely with the schemes o
the gold ring. So also he denie,
ever making pledges to prcsidcn
johnson about holding the Office o
Secretary Of War, or surrenderin;
its portfolio only to the President
Nevertheless johnson proved by hi
cabinet that he did make such :
pledge. Veracity and statesman
ship have never been shawn to be
component elements Of Grants char
actcr.
Radical Iowa will be shown to rel
up two thirds Of its usual republican
majority when complete canvass i.
made. Taken as an endorsement o,
Grants administration and as show.
ing the general tendency Of the party
to premature decay and final over.
throw, this fact has no dcsponacn:
shadow for democrats.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Hcnncssey oil
Dubuque left that city one week age
yesterday to attend the Ecum cnical
Council at Rome called by the Holy
Father. He will he absent several
months.
The Supreme Court of Iowa has
just rendered a decision sustaining
the validity of Rail Road bonds is.
sued by counties, without authorit y
of law, and which for that reason the
court declares void. The reason as
signed by the court for handing the
state over, bound hand and foot to
the mercilcss railroad interpretations
extending in every direction over the
state, is, thai there may be no con-
fict between Federal and State av,
thority.
What does tho announcement Of
Belknap, the new Secretary Of War,
having ga commanding figure -
mean? IF it means houses, lots,
libraries. grcenbacks, horses or purps,
why not say SO, and not use the mys-
tifcation Of ga commanding fgurc?'
Hon. Henry Cooper was elected
I. s. Senator from Tenn. on the %
inst. the vote standing So for Cooper
and 81 for Andrew Johnson. Cooper
has always been firm and consist
cnt democrat and was the first to de-
clare the suffrage law Of Tenn, un.
constitutional, he being then oac OF
the military judges Of that state.
Johnston & Gibson the recently
elected Senator's from Virginia arc
both said to be Ineligible. ..-.
We heard an honest old farme,
wondering the other day why every,
thing was. 90 low except taSas-------
Gcary, republican, is elected Gov
Of Penn. by about 5000 majority and
Hayes, republican, IS reelected il
Ohio by nearly 5000 majority. The
legislature in Ohio stands as follows,
sESArE-Regular Democrats. Is
q Republicans. Ii
Hcformers (Hamil.on Co J.. >:
| 4otai. '.... %
EoUsE-Regular Democrats. =. 81
= Republicans. 81
Reformcrs (Hami!ton Co. }. &
Total. LII
1t is proper to add that the county
reformcrs run OH the ticket with Pen.
cleton, are from the same county and
are supposed to be in sympathy with
him. ..: .-- ...-%...
Gen. Rutterfeld U. s. Assistant
Treasurer at New York has resigned.
The equalized valuation of proper
ty in Iowa shows an aggregate o.
1924, 532, 252; the tax on this sum
at two mills ON the dollar. for State
purposes, amounts to $3.50, 0G4. 81.
The United States Supreme Court
have, in the celebrated Ycrger case
decided that the Military court OF
Mississippi had no jurisdiction of the
case, or in other words that Yergcr
should nave been tried in the civil
courts, and that an execution under
the judgment of military court
would have made the execution.r a
murderer. ..~ ~
The St. Anthony Daily Democrat
is the name of new Democratic pa
per just started at St. Anthony
MINI. of which L. j. Mead is under
stood to be city editor. A copy has
not straycd to this Office yet. Why
not Frank ..~--.. ~@
G-kxE&rEE-xn
Kramer and Grant,
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