Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-21
From tho state Capital.
From our Special Corresrondent1

Des Moines, Jan, 10, 1870.
EDITORS CEDAR FALLS GAZETTE:
Stree my last letter was writer
the Senatorial fight has reached ;
conclusion. Judge Wright was tri
umphantly elected, and the peopl,
say "Amen - The members Of tn,
Legislature have settled down t,
work, and now you may expect tina
something will be done. 1t is re
lief to your correspondent to know
that the excitement il over. / never
witnessed a Senatorial scram BILE be-
fore, and am glad they occur no of
tener. Why, sirs, had you been
here and beheld the wild and uproar-
Gus performances when it was known
that Judge Wright was elected, you
would have been amazed beyond
measure. Allison is badly used up
man, and will never recover from
the stunning blow. HOwell's cleo
ton for the short term was uneX.
pected, and was the result of two
facts. The first one was the Silas A.
Hudson snub, given him so cruelty
by President Grant. This was the
prime reason. for he would never
have been thought of for u. s. Sena-
tor had Grant done the fair thing by
him, and sent him to the Qua tamala
mission, instead of Silas A. Hudson,
the leatherhead who did succeed
Fitz Henry Warren, "who" made a
fool of himself, by going over to
johnson, boots and breeches. The
Republicans felt insulted at the shah
by treatment they received at the
hands of Preside t Grant, and hand
sonely resented it by sending Mr..
Howell where he can have a chance
to help reject some of Grants nomi-
nations.
Speaker Cotton is getting along
well, and is bound to be a popular
presiding officer, and yet it seems to
your correspondent that the reason
that honest John Russell isn't in the
chair is because he was above all
explanations and cliques. But he is
the coming man for pap" Merrills
chair, and will fill - with as much
ability and credit to the stt.tte as any
of his predecessors,
Charley Aldr;ch Is at home In the
clerkship, and has able assistants.
The Democrats are laying low,
watching for something to turn up
in their favor.
The Senator and Representatives
from your county are wide-awakey
energetic and able men, and their
influence will tell on legislative mat
tiers.
1t now looks as IL the railroad
monopolies could not control legisla-
ton as in the days of the years
gone by" BUTT is hard to determine.
They have a strong lobby now, and
it is daily receiving reinforcements.
A matter of special interest to
your section of the State is the cleo
ton of j. ]. Smart, State Binder
Mr.. S. has got good thing. You
are aware that the Code is to UNDER
go revision during his term, and ru-
mors are already afloat that the
Bindery at Waterloo is TO take up q
line of march for the Capital. IfMr.
5. concludes so to do he is bound to
have the heaviest business in the
State.
1 forgot to mention the fact that
Cornell, of Johnson county, is GUST
ed, and Stewart takes his place.
Governor Merrill has Just appoint
ed Hon. L. II. Williams, of Clayton
county, to fill the Dillon vacancy on
the Supreme Bench, Col. Ensign, of
this city, Prosecuting Attorney, to
succeed S. ID. Nichols, resigned
Our newly elected Senator, Judge
Wright, has defined his position