, 1873-07-23

Bo1no ninoteon ychrB ngo with iovornn1ont sur
os Esys P15 " ss esg y rsas gG1ns eoooo %e 9n Fo aG
Dodge, whore ho took mp his abodot and expands
Cd with It. uo was engaged IN tic land~b,lalncss,
ran farm. and now farms In an amateur aort
Of way. I1o was aent to the Legislature from
this district, and bocamo conspicuous by his hd-
vocaoy OF tic rigltte Of sotlors OH what is known
nH rivor land, iii which many OF his ooristitu-
onte wero Interested. This 10 assrp OF lantl OK
tonding from below Dos Motnes along tho river
miloa, or tlloroabonts. It was patented to- the
State by tho United etatoa, OIL tho. condition
that tho State would mako = naygablo wnter~
co1rBo from Dos MoinoH to Keokuh. The State
tho lattor to Build tho canal Tho 0om-
pany won't to work and oxpondod tho
amount Of monoy equivalent to tho market
valuo OF tho land improving tho river, OF rather
converting y into c9ns fof sd
ono or two other points,. oonasruotoa by, this
Company; but tl,oy are OF nttlo or no service to
navigation. In faot, tho work waa abandoned,
experience having clearly demonstrated that 1t
original patont to tho land but tho a1ltloritioa
ut Washington, holding TINT tho Company wna
only untitled to tho land Us for % tho improve
monts went, issued oshor patents to actual sot-
ss yaG M 9f a1o7 @ IN eof%h 5" aae 1ssPia fen
tho Supreme Court Of tho Unitod States, which
hold TINT tho land belonged to tho Company, md
ountod the sottlore. This was very hard
OH the sottlera, who had expended years
before tho LegislatrIo, Mr.. Carpenter bofriond-
cd them, as ho was In duty bound to watch tho
tntorests Of hiB constituents. This hrat brought
him into prominence, and earned him tie graft
Ills zeal waa ii vain; somo inainuate TINT 1t did
the aottlors harm, though It holpcd to mako him
Governor. Ho ID running good dcna on tho
same line this timo, just aa many politicians run
on tho principle that tho. slaves must ba frood,
forgetting that the Emancipation Proclamation
waa issued in 1868. Hero, many Of his old oon-
sttuontB say that hc. could not hnvo remained
In the Legislature from this district If he hnd
not done BomethinR on the Hvcr-lnnd question {;
that ho waB Bont thore for that purpose, aud he
interoHt In tho matter. Tho Grangers inaist
that ho ia tho representative Of Il party that has
exhausted It's usefulness, and which they hold
responsible for tho corruption ovoIywhore per-
They contend that, woro ho as purc as Fort
Dodge Rypaun, wero hiB own Bkirts entirely
clear, wore 10 absolutely above roproaoh and
suspicion in his own poraon, thcy could not yoto
for him, BECAUSE, by So doing; they would in-
ard ho bcare aloft But they do not like tho
think ho must have known Ill about it; that ho
must hnvo winkcd ct 1t, II nothing moro; and
Credit Mobilier and baek-pay to moot their ap-
prosal: Thoy demand honesty and atriot
integrity, not only In their Congross-
men, but in their Governor. and in
all their State officers. Ono Of the resolutions
In tho Republican platform aets forth that Re-
publicans need not vote for any but honoBs mon,
or something to that effect. The Cherokee
Times, Republican paper, Ia Beyero on Gov.
Carpenter, refusing to hoist his name, although
ithoists tho roma}nder of tho ticket. At tic
head Of the ticket is printed "For Governor,
Some uOn0nt Man," Many OF CArpcDteY'g g
frienda horo, in his old homo. oxpresa tlor sor-
row Tor him, wish "that tl,ing'' had never hap
penod, and say ut may be oil right, but it looks
bad" HuL.