The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-04-15
RIO Coming Campaign in Iowa.

p ''tiE7 kN'ii''ttt Va Tue 7 HttaAD f'DS
nil.es /" that paper a. follows concern
ing the present indications of the q,
pruarhing political campaign in thi
, state:
low" is 4 political cauidron boilin,
rNerm"re. Ia short We newer let up
Inc Fta-"n l., suppose, We have n gen
sFa' t'erll"n every year. Even year
"es.'r, secretary of state, Auditor
Attorney General, Treasurer, Registe
"i Sa"ir Land oiEire, etc, besiues repre-
s"htatINsS in tUugreS- and certail
county officers. Odd years We choos.
Governor, Lieutenant Governor. i
Judge OF the supreme Court, members
OF the General ASSEMBLY, and cxltaiu
other county officers. This keep.
things moving lively. The Gen~ra
Assembly to be chosen this year will
nave Senator to elect TO succeed Mr.
Crimes, who has ably represented the
state for nearly a dozen years-wiih
such great and ark rkno"ledged ability, in
fact that but for his vote on the i'm
peachment trial he would he reelected
against the world. This of Itself were
there not wurh Of local iuporlaure 10
come heiute the legislature, would give
thr coming campaign uncommon sig
; .liirancr, and invest ii WIth uu,lslial
interest to the citiZ, rs OF the State gen
orally and tn" irlcprrsSibic lobby par-
ticularIN.
There is virtually but one candidate
! for Governor. II j. true n knot of polo-
/ tirlan> got together, ~ | learn, in n Des
/ holne~ saloon. the other evening. and
discussed SOME "curn- -pre--ed' and the
| E''h'fiiit"ii!ti question:, conriuding to
pat up the Hon. Eek ial Clarkeof lown
NltE MI Clarke Is thoroughly first
class hlah and radical, but Gov. Merrill
VIII l." rtnouinated hy acclamution in
Hli'e"i All lt"t, or amy other man. The
Governor has not carried ia. ,xecutiy.
office aruund in his hat, and let the
wind blow away hi. hat II. has let
the American eagle alone severely. He
hA> no constantly attended to the duties
OF ms oi'ice that its c. urrespcudcncs has
increased three fold. In .uh.,outi,l
merit lac l. the best Governor we nAyp
had since Mr.. GGme..
Candidates for Lieutenant Governor
are scarce, Col. W. =. Hephuru Of
Page county, one OF our most hrllliant
young men, las been spoken Of Hr
has ability for any office. Can't Iucss
Of Woodward, may b.. brnuuh, out
again. lie came very near getting the
h"mination two years ago. Both Of
these gentl, men have editoria! pxperi.
ence; and 1t IL i remarkable fact that
Iowa has always had uncommonly fine
men Tor elllenaht-GoVernors, Il major
ity OF them having been editors.
The Hon. john r. Dillon, now Chief
Justice, will be renoniuuieu for Judge
Of the Supreme Court. He is oar most
scholarly lawyer, man Of every per-
souai virtue, Judge of the .rrrtcst in
du9ty, Integrity, learuiu. aud abil-
ty.
The contests for the Senatorship. cx-
rtpt oh The second election of both Mr..
Harlan and Mr.. Grimes have been the
mos, animated ever occurring in the
politics OF Iowa. The choice of the
latter successor is going to be enOesr.p-
ton to the rule. Present Indication,
show that every pol"tican in the com
nph"eatth, from those who compre-
hend The political affairs OF the state
90" II 10 th"He whose geniu, regulate,
the cross road., will take par, in the
contest. 4 large uuWhcr OF names have
been mentioned iii the connection, some
Of them being those OF excellent zen
tl"men whose modeSty would forbid
the!r thinking OF such a. thing; some of
persons who have been politically dead
hlId buried fora COusiIcrable periud.
others tina. forced into priut would Ger
tHtnlE fail Of an election to our efficient
and intellectual cnn>tahuIarF force from
any township in the State: whilst one
or ~" are principally noted for their
brilliant -tealiugs in ihe Indian ring.
aud stand far better chance Of being
strur" hy Tightening and translated to
heaven in 4 coach and four than they
10 at ever representing this state ia the
United ~tate~ Senate
Col. Allison. Representative in Com
gr"s- of our third District; Hon. r.. II. !
ilIi"'nS, OF Clayton county: Hon. !
tc"r2" q. Wright, one Of the Justiccs
Of the Supreme Court; and Hon. James
+. Wilson, late member Of Congress |
are the gentlemen from whom the
choicc would likely be made if made
nov. The south having always had
both Senators, it is likely vthat Northern
Iowa, where We get our greatest mai0ri-
", VIII lH-i~t upon the ~tnator~hip.
lie question Of locality is, of itself Of
httIe value, hut 1t i, not to he supposed
that all the talents Of thi. state lie in
the southern part Judge William.
though little known out Of Iowa and
not much known to the general public
IN the southern half of the State, i vet
without Il superior, i'll intellectual pow
er, In the hole commonwealth. In
personal and political integrity, person
a''' bVtiI'tI i4Ht pel1tBre, lie Is the
peer o! any man on earth. EFnreAect-
ing minds might, therefore, wonder
Why he /. Unknown in the political
world. To such have 10 -Ay that Iowa
l. no exception 70 the genera! rule, aud
here, a. elsewhere it il not tile best and
greatest men who get the Offices. do
not Know that Judge Williams would
ever consent 10 be nited States Eeua-
tor. know hc would not, ut the rx-
pen~e OF "A scramble for the place. Judge
Wright has been on the Supreme Bench
for many year. lie has many earnest
friends, particularly among the "old
settlers and The lawyers in all parts of
the state. lie is not only Il man of fine
abilities and great reading. but one Of
the most a@Ie able gentlemen in social
life between the Missouri river and sun
up. OF Col. Allison and Mr. Wilson, |
need not speak, for the reason that'their
public services ale known and read of
by all men Of Intelligence
or course other gentlemen no less
worthy thau these, will be talked of,
and some of them may lie brought INTO
the canvass. The state has been so
long ably represented by Mr. Grimes,
than whom, aS wc think there is not a
more potential man in the national leg
iSlnttlra that the tpelipu in r,,,,