Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-11-27
CORRESPONDENCE.

>, LbDIVIDLE, Iowa, Nov. Is, rs.
EDITORS OTTUMwA COURIER ALI
political parties expect, and indeed
LOOK for the triumphant or successful
party to send up their hallclujahs and
| sioridcalions at their own success, and
Lho discontinue Of their Opponents
IhIs, say, 10 looked for from the sue
oesstui side; that they often character
izo their opponents in mdicrous mau-
ner. is also true But when we find
the press OF political party rejoicing
atia Singing, hosanah over the defeated
candidate OF It's own party, we neces-
sariIy inquire what has prevented or
what offence, ii you .plcase, has the
candidate committed, which warrants
his own political journals to thus act.
| An investigation into the charges will
| eulightea us as to whether tho course
OF some Of the Republican joarnals to-
wards "5am CALDWELL tho defeated
Repuslican candidate for tho House in
| Wapello county 10 warranted. The
| Osksloosa Hera,3 copies from tie
| Abba Union as follows "Sam Caid-
well who worked against Gov. Wald-
| ems election to Congress met with II
boilers reward and is now q defeated
candidate for Representative" 1t is
true that Sam Caldwell was defeated
at the recent election. 1t Is true had
| he received II more votes he would
| have been elected. 1t is true that he
raa So votes behind Gov. Carpenter in
a poll of $500, or Carpenter 1776 |;
| Caldwell 1890 or 5 per cent. below
Gov. Carpenters vote. Now will the
Abba Union tell its people how often
Mr.. Haskell the successful Republican
| candidate in Monroe county worked
| and voted against Gov. Walden's cleo
ton. Taking his own proposition that
Caldwell's defeat or his running be-
hind the Republican ticket is traceable
to his opposition to Walden three
years ago. The same rule must neces
sarily hold good throughout the dis
trict. In Monroe county Carpenters
vote was (992) nine hundred and nine
ty-two, Haskell's the successful Re-
publican candidate (7S5) seven hun
dred and eighty. five. behind the Gov
ernor (20D two hundred and seven or
| near so per cent. Now had Sam Cald-
we'll ran behind the Governor in the
same ratio that Mr.. Haskell did, he
would have been beaten over (400) four
hundred votes. Yet Mr.. Haskell had
the support of this same de ectable
sheet, the especial champion of Gov.
Walden. Had Mr.. Haskell had the
support of two such astute Editors, he
would doubtless have been beaten out
ofhis BooTs Understand, Mr.. Editor,
have nothing to say against Mr.. Has
| keil he is gentleman. But I want
this HEAVY Editor who has undertaken
to reesnrrect Walden, and to especially
bury every man who opposed Walden
to explain how and why 1t was that
my friend Haskell thus ran behind his
| ticket. You will bear me witness, Mr..
Editor, when l say that the average
Republican majority in Wapello coun-
ty for several years past has not been
TO exceed Q00) one hundred. That
much she gave at The last election, and
let me inform the Editor of the Union,
the mau who does not and cannot
write his own editorial, that Sam Cald-
we'll "madc the canvass of Wapello
| county solitary and alone against the
Opposition candidates. Will the Union
Tell us who conducted the canvass in
| Monroe county which caused very
arge decrease IN her usual Republican
majority? | await an explanations
Turning Mr.. Editor to tho North, and
what do we behold IN ''proud Mahas
I,ka,' q county which hns boon rolling
lalp her $40 20 1900 Republican majori-
| ~. The county which has not only a
Loughridge, Sewers, a Cuts, aud
| many other celebrities Of marked abil-
| ity, but she has moro and greater. She
| has the thefty" Editor of the Oskaloosa
Herald All! Mr.. Editor, county
thus blessed aud possessed could not
! scarcely be expected TO occupy any
Other than that OF a "Proud" position ;
of course county thus situated and
thus circumstanced, would naturally
| contract an aristocra,ic air, politically
speaking, aud would look down upon
| poverty-stricken counties like that OF
Wapello Giving but about one hun
dred majority, with grea. deal OF
contempt. That Mahaska would elect
the entire Republican ticket by her
usual 800 to 1900 majority was not
| doubted for one moment. But, 10!
Mr.. Editors, what do tho facts tell It's
| Why, sirs, to the establishment OF
everybody and the "balanee of man.
kind" the opposition carried the coun-
| ty. We must now strike out the ad
jectire stproud" and insert, POOR; poor
Mahaska has given Vale, the Anti- NO
| mop, one hundred and sixty-four maj,
over Carpenter,t the regular Republican
nominee, and, indeed elected, the en-
tire opposition ticket, save Treasurer,
and perhaps Sheriff. What was the
matter; had all those candidates OPP
posed Walden. Evidently the ponder
Gus Editors of the Herald were absent
at some of the fashionable watering pla-
ces reeuperating their exhausted ener-
| gies, otherwise this result could,
nor would not have been "dtd." They
are somewhat excusabIe because they
had labored so long and so hard with
the Republicans that they had right
to believe that they could with perfect
safety absent themselves from theil
post without mourning the danger tc
the party of total route and defeat
In this they were mistaken. assume
Mr.. Editors, thatJhese gentlemen were
absent. / do not speak from person
able knowledge. Such men with sucl
ponderous intellect, and with popu
larity and influence which has nc
bounds, saves the confines of the Re
publican ranks, could not and would
not have permitted such a result
Enough. When the Editors of the Her
aid and Abba Union explain these
little irregularities in their respective
counties, may then explain why San
| Caldwell was defeated. Thus you see
Mr.. Editors. two claimed to be Repub
iican journals are rejoicing over San
| Caldwell's defeat, and that on accoun
of Caldwell Gas they say having votct
against Walden three years ago. Blu
will give you more potent reason
| why those sheets arc rejoicing owe
Caldwell's defeat. before I close thi
article. You will find in the following
taken from the Sigourney Ne,cs, ant
copied IL, the State Register Of the gu
| inst, stronger reason:
4 The Abba Union says: "sam Cald
we'll, who worked against Gov. Wald
ems election to Congress-, met with
boilers reward and is now a defeate
candidate for Representative" AM
the Sigourney Netcs says: 1--WE ma
add thereto that Sam Caldwell was on
among tho members of the last Geners
| ~ bo bo, bo kts f,,t,