Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-01-04
ALONG THE LINE.
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NO. Iva.
Monday afternoon-On the cars
and homeward bound, on the favor
ed c., R. 1. & P. R. r. There are
some very fine, pleasantly located as
well as nicely laid out cities and
towns between Omaha and Daven-
port, but we will speak of only a
few of them.
DEs MONIES,
The Capital of the State, is fine
city and possesses considerable
wealth. The country around is
good. Business is said to be fair,
and the city, like the State -four
ishes.
IOWA CITY,
Once the capital, is one of the grow
ing cities of the West. The capital
was removed from Iowa City to Des
Moines some twelve or fourteen
years ago, and of course was quite
a shock to that city, from which,
however, it soon recovered, and it is
now quite a rival to Des Moines and
other prosperous cities in that
State. Having one of the pleasant
est sites for building up nice city,
and situated as it is in a fertile por-
ton of rolling prairie, with some
of the best farming lands of the
State surrounding her, we see nothing
to hinder her from becoming one of
the first cities of the State. Build
ing lots here are of very respec-
table size, which we think was wise
in those who laid out the city.
Nothing is more inconvenient or un-
pleasant than for private residence
to be built on a lot so small that one
can scarcely turn around on his own
soil outside his house. Iowa City
is not as strongly Republican as is
the State, which is of course very
unfortunate for that city, but as
''new departures have failed there
as elsewhere, the indications are
that many Democrats even there
have become disgusted with the un-
settled course of their party for the
past ten years. Iowa City has a
population of about ten thousand
has only six newspapers and two
National Banks. The Iowa State
University is located here.
| WILTON,
Is one of the large towns of Iowa.
The Chicago & Southwestern R. R.
running to Leavenworth, Kansas,
connects here with the c., R. /. q
iP. R. R. This town is situated in
4 the midst of a level prairie, about
two hundred miles from Chicago.
| DAVENPORT. "
We now allght and take quarters
at the Burtis House. After brief
rest, we took a stroll through the
city, and on our way paid our re-
spects to our friend Mr.. Twomey,
and there met Hon. Geo. H. Parker,
a law partner of Mr.. T.'s, and q
prominent Democrat of that State
Mr.. Parker is very pleasant gentle
man, and, like most western men
makes you feel perfectly at home in
his presence. AS Mr.. Parker is s
leading Democrat in the West, We
give below his opinion of that party
as it now exists:
EDITORS OF DEMOCRAT. Having
faithfully served as a member of thu
Democratic organization for over twenty
years, and still having the fullest conf
dence in the cardinal principles of tha
party, l am impelled to declare my con
viction that the organization has out
|, lived its usefulness, and that it is tn,
3 duty of Democrats to openly acknowl
edge that the Democratic party is dead
All efforts at departure; or to galvaniz'
1 int IL fa foi Iu>.
prestige of its general policy or, rathgr
the lack of policy during the late wal
, will cling to it, and prevent success, nj
matter how much we may become puri
fled by change of heart. The result o
the recent elections are sufficient proc
of this fact. We can reorganize by
forming some integral part of a new
party, and probably resurrect our prin
ciples, but the body must be buried
and the stencil of its putrid remains
, removed from the public nostrils. Th,
present is the proper emergency to tes
the patriotism of members of the Dem
ocratic party. ' .-ai-is f-t'
If we love our country better than
we do our party, abandon the organiZa
ton, and unite with patriots, disregard
ing political antecedents, and we ma,
t reasonably hope for change of admin
istration, in 1872, that will protect ant
guarantee equal rights to all sections o
our common country. Centralized
| power will vanish, the war will sooI
be forgotten, and our country apain b,
peaceful, prosperous and happy. ~. d,
GEO. H. PARKER.
Davenport, Iowa, Nov. 9th, 1S7l. =.
After dinner, in company witt
our friend, Mr.. Twomey, we crossef
the "Father of Waters,'' the Missis
sippi, from Davenport to the Gov
! ernment Island, taking the foot-wall
of the railroad bridge, the river be
ing frozen SO that the boats we're no
running. The bridge is about six
teen hundred feet in length, is bull
of wood, resting on centre pier
We soon landed on the Island; find
ing it rather cold, with several inch
es of snow, making it somewhat un
pleasant to get around. The frs
, thing we noticed was the old home
stead of Col. Davenport, which wal
built in 1888, and in its time was {
very good building for the west
) Proceeding some distance. further:
we found ourselves in front of The
old Government buildings, which put
nc rnuob in mind of tboca fnuoH az