The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-23
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! rom inc amount "a piuif, got Oh Oy
/ anl Harlan papers, hat his compel.
itor Hon. Vim. b. Allison, woald
come down from the Noah "!ike d,
wolf on the fed" and g5bble up ali
Hmfan ssr-oodsinsNntol'. We copy
the fold wing srlicleEom a North
en papsr, the BIaokhawk County
mssttc, 70 slsow oai readers thas
everything is not "lovely" with NJ !.
Allison in his own section. This is
but one Of many examples Of the
/ expression of the Northern Iowa
press, but it is sufficient at present.
Hear what the 6a-ette says % 81
q he State election may have do.
/ c;ded en act ettled the Senatorial
con .rovelsy' IN Iowa. Immediately
( after the scsu i in tho several dis.
tlGcts was kHown the Allison paper q
came out according 20 previously
arranged programme, ard nopnced
the positive defeat oi Hariai, and the
oel ainty Of Allison's election. Even
Col, I cheaos, Aliisons secoud I'D
aleS wort to Washington for the sx-
! press purpose oi telcgrapaing the
CERTIFYING prediction, that so iar as
Air. Hallan was clncerned, the mat.
ter had gone MP tho spout This
kind OF tactics has been the plan OF
the Allison party during The cain-
palah, l'ae papoas supporting him
have carried on q war aio Of m!s-ep.
resenia,ion and biuff. What they
lack IN votpa to elect Nj. A. they
sapplg with victorious foarishes.--
This kind of buster IS harmless, Mr.
Harlan viii be his own successor by
the otcs OF the ma. ority Of. he mem
bers of the Legislature Those who
have closely Loted the political cur.
rent during the past six months have
not been III ooebt as 20 the desire OF
D majority OF The people of she State
for Mr.. harlan's collection 10 The q.
/ s Sena g. His wide experience in
that body, coupled with his IRE emf.
/ nent ability as Il Statesman. have been
among the chief causes of this grow.
| ing sentiment. / is saying a great
deal, bat the !aGts bear us out ia the
assertion that no member OF the Sen
ale stauds higher to-day, in the esti-
nation at be people of the Uni.ed
1 Statcs than Mr.. Harlan, His four.
teen years Of service iopotl din Que
u the active &oikin.t members in
/ thet body. Possessing these essen
/ .iial quail licstiops With his ability us
! Il dehS.cr, his services have alway 5
been 10 regulation wnen any impol
tant question was up for Legislative
action. For hese important consitl-
I ora ions 10 have DIES .red the return
Of Mr.. Ha, Ian 80 an Office which he
has So ncce otabiy flied AID from
Which i is telt that he canLot now
/ be spared.
We arc aware that MIR. Harlan is
! opposed today by q bilter opposition
but j HIS not grown out OF any dis.
satisfaction with bis record. Eve
years ago y mat tlpln Inc nor. hern
| portion Of tie Slate asplred to the
vacancy Of James W Grimes ia The
/ u. :: Senate, With uoIliug to recon.
mend him bat locality. Tho Lagls.
laton was strongly OF the opnlon
! that he was not tne rnau AND Judge
WI IL was elected. Cha2rin.d by
| dele&t, Mr.. Allison audi bis friends al
onee commenced la,ing the wires
Tor the defeat OF Mr. Harian hi.
winter. Si &c thai t5m6 in these
two long years no work has boon Toe
gfe&', II by so doing II would fur,
Their A!ison's chances for the L. :
Senate. lie himself has iraversed
tho state trow n0rth TO soath aud
from east To west, promising posi-
lions 90 the prominent politicians al
the State, and mildly and moderately
Suggesting that h. was he star il
toe West that should come sI,er Mr.
HARLAN. He has even gone so fai
ia his anxiety Tor the Office as IL
promise the same position TO several
persons IN d.iierenis parts of the
State. His paid assistants have
been tairersing The State in The satlu
manner attempting to change public
| opinion in favor OF Mr.. Allison and
against In Harlan. Tins is wLy the
simultaneous shout comes up from
ditiersnt localities al stated intei walls
that Mr.. Harlan Is defeated. I'm view
OF the work .hat has pecn done and
The chicano.y that has been practiced
1 by n, enemies, Ii IS no wonder that
| there Is found to-day in the STAGE II
! feeling against ~. Harlan. The
locality question bias been handled
with. all the GINNING that human
skill could devise. We admit its
force. We have advocated it for
Northern Iowa in connection with
the Governorrhip, but we have never
believed that as against ability,
statesmanship and tituess il had any
show or claim. We have therefore
desired the reelection of Mr.. Harlan
and we believe the 10Th of January
next, viii demonstrate 10 lipmistake-
able language that the members Of
the f,egislat1rerepresentiag the voice
OF the people Of Iowa, deaire his re-
turn to the Senate in 1873.
Frank, llatlou don't like Dewey,
one OF the State House Com mis.
sioneFs and goes for him az follows:
FROM lie very start tho Capitol
Commissioners have bnngied the