The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-09-14

I F.
I WwAr 80 WILSON, TOLD tn
| kNPoKyHR OF TIE NEW YoR
| HERALD. ~ mt
4 A few days ago therc was in on
regular telegraphfc columns the sut
stance of a reported conversation
between Mr.. J. f. Wilson, of thi
State and q reporter of the New Yorl
Herald in Washington City. Th
copy of the Herald containing th
full dispatch on which that sent t,
tho West was based has come to hant
and we here copy it entire, that Mr
Wilson may have tho full benefit o
his littls piece Of strategy TO manu-
fAoture some much needed capital fol
his friend Allison:
From tie Ne,o York Herald Of Augus
|, 81.
"THE IOWA SENATORIAL CONTEST.
"WAsH1NaroN CRY, August 3O.--
Hon. "James F. Wilson, of Iowa, ar
"rived, here to-day to see how politi'
"cal affairs look at the capital. He
"expresses great disappointment at
"Ithe absence Of 80 many Of the heads
"ldepArtments and the great Difficult.
city of getting any business transac.
"ltsd. This absence from their posts
"lof so many Cabinet officers and
"heads Of departments, he says, is
"being construed by the people OF
"the West into q criminal indiffer-
"ence, which is having serious Of.
"fect on the party. 1t will not, how
"ever, he says, develop itself into
/" anything tangible when the time
for action arrives, and Grant is al
"most sure 70 be rcnOminatod. The
party will be almost sure 10 win
I" above the infirmities of the admin
lstration, and with the present de.
/" moralization Of tho Democratic
"party, North as we'll as South, the
!" party has . clear track. The fight
!" between Harlan and Allison for the
!" Senatorship is very hot. Harlan's
I" chances, he says are very slim, and
/" Allison is almost sure of being cleo
ted. That letter, oil DR.. Newman 3
sand another which he was known
!" to have written, but which was
!" "suppressed, did Harlan serious in.
"jury with the people. There was
!" too much of the Methodist persua-
:" sion in those letters for the people
to swallow. The people would not
/" stand this attempt on the part of
Z" q religious denomination to shape
/" thoir political ideas. In addition
"to this Harlan's friends gave it out
i" that he was backed by the infiu-
!" ence of the President. This was
i" very indiscreet, considering the
Z" example of Nebraska and other
I" States, where the President had
I" used his influence unsucoessfully.-
I" This, however, was simply q piece
F" of political trickery on the part of
/" Harlan's friends, for it is well known
/" that the President has expressed
T" entire indifference as to Harlan's
/" election. Mr.. Harlan may be a
" very good Methodist and may have
/" DIR. Newman for . friend, but some
/" how or other tho people Of Iowa
I" have got it into their heads that
i" they would like to be represented
+" in the Senate of the United States
/" by different sort OF person. They
/" think Allison will do, notwithstand-
f" ing his want of religion.
Mr.. Wilson is certainly lending
himself to very small business when
he communicates such stuff ~ this to
a newspaper reporter, to be spread
broadcast over the country. In say
ing that Mr.. Harlan's chances s'are
very slim," Mr.. Wilson states what
every well-informed person in the
State knows to be untrue. By his
course at Des Moines two years ago,
Mr.. Wilson, to the surprise Of many
who had hitherto been admirers of
his, demonstrated that he could do
very small things, and he is now ad-
ding to the reputation he then made.
But desperate cases require desperate
means, as we see every day iilustra-
ted.-Hapkeye.