The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-01-25
OUR NEW SENATOR.
Opinions Of the Press.


Opinions Of the Press.
The nomination of Hon. William b.
Allison for United States Senator, by
the Repablican caucus .: Dee Moines,
will be ratified not only by the Legis-
Ature Of Iova. but by the Republican
party generally throughout the Union.
Mr.. Allison has been so long In the
House oi Representatives. and 70
prominent In its delil,er stIoi,s, and so
clear in its record, that he hes achiev-
ed national reputation second TO that
Of no man Of his years, ,--for he will be
one Of the youngest members Of the
Senate when he takes his seat In that
tody. Mr. Allison has achieved an
important personal triumph, and Iowa
has secured an exceptionally good
Senator. His friends are justified in
congratula;ing themselves on their
victory. - Chicago Tribune.
We regret the defeat of senator
Harlan, for he has q good national,
State, political and personal record.
He Is warm friend Of the Admins
tration, and . man on whom the
President, in any emergency, could
rely for proper support.
But while we regret this fate which
has overtaken Senator Harlan, We
cannot help ascribingit IN some de.
gree to the very methods adopted to
secure his re election. Our readers all
know what those methods were. and
that II was sought TO make his religious
denominati0nal afiiliatiOns play en-
important part in his political warfare.
The result We must regard. looking at
il from the outside, rs something Of y
popular protest against the establish.
ment Of any such precedent.-Omdha
Tribune and Republican.
SENATOR HARLAN DEFEATED.-It
il, we presume. quite needless to
declare that our disappointment and
chagrin over the result Of the caucus
nomination for Senator are intense
aud profound. We were In hopes Of \
better aud surer result from the
assembled representatives Of the peO
pie; had what we supposed was y re-
liable founjation for our opininn that
Mr.. Ha.lan would be triumphsn,ly
nominated for the position he had so
long occupied with honor to himself
and usefulness to the State aud coun
try.
We do not propose or desire to con.
ceal our regret at what We deem .
misfortune tu the Republicans of Iowa.
We are not only dissatisfied but dis
gusted. Il any considerable portion
Of the Republicans Of the Stale really
believe that the party or the people
will be better served oy Mr.. Allison
than it would have been by Mr.. Har
Ian, the best thing we can say is that
We hope he will prove equal to their
expectations. Burlington HaUkeye.
| The result was hailed with much
satisfaction by NJ. Aliis0n's friends,
and was accepted with good grace by
Harlan's. -: should be noted that
while serious charges were made
affecting Mr.. HarIan's integrity, very
few members who opposed him would
admit that they were influenced by
these charges. They generally express
ed desire for change, or = new
deal, saying Mr.. Harlan had been in
the Senate long enough, aud ought to
retire for new man. There is no
question, however. that locality had
much to do with the result. the north
ern part Of the State demanding y
representation in the Senate, which it
has never had since the Republican
party came into power.
Mr.. Allison, having served eight
years in the House, has much valua-
bile experience to add TO his fine
natural aud acquired qualifications
for the high aud honorable position to
which he has been chosen. Muscnfine
! Journal
The Dubuque Times taken occasion
to put in this answer to certain in-
situations against Mr. Allison:
Some months ago, n paper opposed
to Mr.. Allison's election to the Senate,
and by no means mild in the meas
ures to which 1t resorted In opposition,
made q threat that It would, unless the
Dubuque Times ceased its quotations
from official records of Mr.. Allison g
opponents, proceed to discuss the
private life Of Mr.. Allison. To which
the editor -in-chief Of this paper, now
In Das Moines, made the following
response aud challenge:
The editor of the Times, for four
years in Washington assisted Mr..
Allison in his correspondence. The
whole of that gentleman's official
/ business, and much OF his social cor
respondence. passed under our eye.
We think we therefore have right to
say that we know the man we'll. and
have tested him by standard that
few men are judged by. We are not
under the remotest sense OF obligation
to Mr.. Allison that would lead US to
speak of him otherwise than candidly
and honestly, but knowing him and
his official and business life as we'll q
we do, we have no hesitation II saving
that we regard him ~ thoroughly
pure aud upright man. and . mos'
| faithful and , conscientious public
servant. flour contemporary has any
thing to show to the contrary, ,cs
sh0uld be glad TO zee II.
That II the last we have ever heard
Of our contemporary threat.
The writer Of this being likowis'
mot under the remotest sense o
obligation 70 Mr.. Allison that wouit
lead us to speak Of him otherwise thai
candidly and honestly," can no
refrain, under the eexutation consequsn
upon the result just announced, fror
. adding his testImony, the result Of
, less lengthy and intimate scquain
ance, yet amply sufficient 70 conviue
us that II we ever expect to have fait