Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-06-17
CONGRESSIONAL.
Spirit OF the Republican Press.

Our exchanges in this district are devo.
ting more or less space to the discussion of
the question Of candidate for Congress.
That our readers may be more fully ac-
quainted with the drift of the matter, we
make number of extracts:
The Mitchell Co. Press, published at the
home Of Hon. N. G. Deering. abiding to
the mention of that gentlemans name in
the list of possible candidates, says:
We do not speak unadvisedly, when we
say of Mr.. Deering that, while he would
| probably not decline the nomination, if
tended him by the Convention, yet he is
not, in the comm acceptation of the term,
a candidate. He will not raise finger in
the way of building up or shaping senii-
ment friendly to him, either in this county
or elsewhere, nor will he desire an effort in
this direction, on the part of his friends.
The above accorls with the estimate We
had formed Of Mr.. behring's position. He
is in no sense trading, wire pulling poll
tician, and ifthe nomination comes to him
it will assuredly come without any sacrifice
of his own dignity or self respect. We are
pleased also to record our appreciation
based upon an intimate acquaintance Of
several years-of the ability of Mr.. Deering
and the qualifications which he possesses
for making a useful and acceptable, if not a
! brilliant member of Congress.
| The West Union gazette is giving an en-
thusiastic support to the claims of Hon.
VIM. Larrabee, Of Fayette Co. 1t says Of
| him:
He is a thoroughly practical, hard-work-
ing, broad minded man. The people will
not be importuned to make him Their SER
| want, but should they conclude to make
him such. as we now believe they will, by
sending him to Congress, they will secure
the services of thorough and wise lcgisla-
tor whose work will do honor to the Dis.
trict and the State.
In another place the Gasettc pays the
following handsome compliment to Mr..
DOMAIN:
The writer hereof knows whereof he af-
firms in recording Donnan as one OF the
| ablest, truest and best of Iowa's rising
young men. Any honors the District, OF
the State, NAV confer on him will be wor-
thily bestowed.
The Delaware Onion, after a general sur
vey of the situation, says:
Can We work any cancellation? Clayton
county has the Governor and one of the
supreme judges. Fayette will doubtless
carry of the State Land Office. Dubuque
has always had the Congressman. The
Cedar VALLEY has repeatedly been compl-
mented with State officers. However. that
region, so prolific of soil aud candidates.
will make lively fight, if nothing else than
to get u mortgage on the Office which they
can torecIosc next time. So that Dubuque.
CLAYTON aud Fayrtte should be counted out,
50 far as furnishing the candidate goes, bnt
if they unite on some candidate outside of
their borders, then the little fishes had bet
ter swim little ways Off.
Hence. we are inclined 70 think that Del
aware, Buchanan or Winneshek will fur
nish the Congressman.
The Decorah Republican makes this al
fusion TO the claims of Pratt, of Floyd:
He is worthy Of the esteem of his neigh
bors, and time may prove him worthy of the
position to which his friends cause him to
be named. But he is vet very young
man; his career is only begun, and when
brought in competition with the strong men
who will be presented from other sections
men whose names are household words in
the party for from 10 to 20 years, it will be
only 20 secure defeat. 1t caiEot be said
that his Legislative experience this winter
has especially fitted for, or benefited him
as candidate for it has not been sulli
GENTLY marked in character to attract the
attention of the people generally.
The Elkader Journal announces that Up |
degraT of Clayton, will rot be candidate.
and says that after him McGlathery would
be tn first choice of Clayton county, and |
after McGlathery, Larrabee. 1t says that
the man who carries Fayette will get Clay
ton.