Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-04-10
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eao0 AyrHn axpIRArroN Or SIX xoNrzs.
oFFrCE- -On the Corner Market ana aes
! nd steeets, overthe Post Ou1ce.
Brick Pomeroy wants Presiden
Grant to 60 South and become 9TH,
drst victim of Yellow fever" Bricl
aift the only rebel that has made sucl
wish.
The financial embarrassment Il
doubtless one Of the things the Presi
dent visits New York to sec about
On his return to Washington, proba
ply eome action win be determined
upon to checkmatc the bulls in the cor
ner on gold. There need be no feal
Of any general trouble, as the govern
ment promises the means to proven,
4, and beyond question it will exercis.
81.
The Gate City whips Claggett, Of the
Constitution, over the head of the lat.
ters son, Delegate to Congress, in
this wise:
VIII our virtuous cotemporary stand
by his assertions? In the Constitution
Of March 10Th, tho editor said Of the
Congressional back-pay: It is clear
9 steal for any member of Congress to
take that money"
Hon. VIM. HI. Claggett, Of Montana,
has taken that money and receipted for
4. Does our contemporary mean to say
that Wm. II. Claggett 10 thief9
The fellows who forced Horace
Greeley to say that he should reward
those who supported him If elected,
making no distinction among those
who had been democrats or republi-
cans, sneeringly allude to Grants ap-
pointments in their relation to the
Civil Service rules. This is the chief
stock in trade of democratic journals,
. very old tune with which they have
been familiar for years.
There was rejoicing in the Republi-
can ranks at Nebraska City, Tuesday
night, as may be Judged from read
ing of the following from Wednesday
mornings Chronicle:
"The whole Republican ticket elect
ed by q large majorityl A solid victo-
ry after fourteen years Of Hard Labor.
The First Victory in the History Of
Nebraska City? Right will eventual
" Prevail! Rings Busted! A New
Deal. The People coming over to the
sids0f the Lordl If the Lord is for us
who caasbs against us ?"
Tho instructions to Revenue Collec-
tors will be ready in three weeks, and
will be issued in pamphlet form. The.
present books are unsuitable under the
new system, and an entire new set will
take their place. The forms are now
being devised, and no delay is expect
cd in receiving the last assessment lists
Of the assessors, the 30th Of April be-
ing the time allowed In which to pre-
pare them. The law provides that
after that time all special taxes shall
be paid by stamps.
Ne hsar that some members Of Cons
Rress hars drawn their increased back
pay and givcn Il ss charitable dopa-
zion, and In one instance paid It in to
redoco the taxes of the people Of the
district from which the member halls.
This won't do. II the money does not
fairly and honestly belong to MEM
ber, it docs not belong to him to give
away. The only proper disposition
Of II is to let it remain in the u. S.
Treasury, for there it belongs. II is
nothing else but seeking for cheap cap
itAl to donate it A,,ywhere, and most
Of all is it an electioneering dodge to
give it to ones constituents. If not
converted by the members themselves,
they acknowledge by refusing to do 80,
that it does not belong to them, and
therefore so recognizing it, they ought
TO let the money severely alone in the
Treasury.
+ ~. A. Garfield, an Ohio Congress-
man, is asked by sensible constituent
cy to resign his seat in Congress
because he voted for the salary steal.n
--Iosoa State Leader.
tits aptly 10 point just now for us
TO ask our democratic friends of the
Leader to point to single case whore
the Democracy of county or the
Liberals of any county, have called
upon their member Of Congress to
resign. A large majority of Demo-
Gratis and Liberals in Congress voted
for the bill; large majority of Re-
publicans voted against it. Please
trot out your Democratic or Liberal
constituency who call for resignation
on this account. The situation Is but
one of the hundred facts which 60
to show that the Republican party
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spares not friends or foes in it's criti-
cism, and that while wrongs exist
within the party, it goes for wedding
them out, and SO is in fact the only
safe and real party OF reform In the
country. being always able and willing
to purify itself
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The Mayorality of St. Louis, Mo. was
desided Tuesday. lst inst, and result
ed in snccess for Brown, the Demo-
cratic candidate, and the present In.
eumbent. His majority over his op.
& ponent Balm. is about 1900 In a vote
Of about 5000 The Democrats have
also succeeded in carrying all or nearly