Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-08-28

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THE PnssumIwG DEszsEB ACi
John z. Irish is the chairman OF the
Democratic State Central Committee
He has pronounced his party defunet
dead. His paper. the Iowa Sta ea
Press, of the Goth inst. is before US an6
we were curious to look over its col
umns and see how he meets the hot
shot thrown at him by some of his
Democratic friends because he
preached funeral sermon over the
party at Des Moines on.the 18th inst,
And further, we were curious to note
his acts and see If they correspond
with his utterances announcing. tile
death OF Democracy. In our search
in this direction we came across 8
magnificent piece of ingenuity asa
strategy. showing to what admirable
use . corpse may be put. 1t occurs in
Johns call for county convention
in his county. The call is in these
words:
COUNTY CONVENTION. IN
The Democracy Of johnson county, for
the purpose of nominating to the people q
local ticket to be voted for at the October
election, will meet in delegate conven ton
at the Court House ia Iowa City, on Sat-
urday, August 23d, 1873, at half past one
O'Clock r. NJ. To this Convention are in.
vited all citizens who subscribe to the
right of the people, by their local govern
ments, to regulate corporations and to as
sess and tax their property at the same
rate and by the same officers as the prop
erty Of individuals; who are in affinity
with freedom Of labor and Of commerce,
and who, for securing these, and other Just
ends of governments, so far a. the same are
involved in the coming local contest, are
willing to cooperate with this organization.
walk into my parlor," says the
spider to the fly. Come to my enl-
brace says the corpse of Democracy TO
the farmer. Our party is dead, but the
name of that corpse was very dear to
us, and for convenience sake let us
open that call with the words:
.sThe Democracy of johnson county
for the purpose of nominating 10 the
people local ticket" sc. ~
That corpse has quite an eye to bus-
mess yet and in vulgar parlance would
be styled very lively one. Bret
Harte had not made Johns acquair-
tance or he would have given that
aHeathen Chinee" different patro-
nymic.
Judge Beck, Of the Supreme Court,
has given his pinion on the railroad
injunction case arising in Davenport,
and the same is published in full in the
papers of that city. The Davenport
and st. Paul Railway Co. had obtained
authority to lay down their track in a
certain place, but the Company after
wards undertook to change the place
of laying the track SO as toput it along
and upon the LeClaire road QUE of the
important streets entering the city,
The city obtained from Judge Beck an
injunction restraining the Company
from making this change. Then the
Railway Company obtained from
JUDGE Geie al. injunction restraining
the city from interfering with ise
Company in laying the track on said
street, but at the same time he said
that he would not interfere with Judge
Beck's injunction, and that the Com
pany would have to get it dissolved
before they could proceed. This tie
Company attempted to do, and in this
case the opinion of Judge Beck wss
given, to which we refer, aud in which
he ably reviews the whole matterand
refuses to dissolve his injunction.
The citizens of Davenport are great
ly rejoiced at the result.
The Bloomfield Democrat, whose
editor, T. Q. Walker, was Secretary of
the Autobiography Convention, comes
out A at footed for the new party. He
says:
"The platform is so comprehensive
so admirably adapted to the times ;the
canuluates are men OF such undou tied
qualifications, strict probity. am, so
Tree from even q Suspicion OF the cor.
ruptions which are itainting pl biic
| life, that this paper pledges to bota its
wnoie ana nearly support
Walker agrees to the rroposit dor
that l,is old Democrat;c nartv i Se9a =
| eor a,..t;or - .-;,, -
. .o' ne VIZ "a! tha' ~ isas
revived again, ana that this game now
being played was only little poss am.
| ing for effect.
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