, 1873-01-25

forced up that like "inaurncen was used upun 9th
ere, with what success need aot step inquire.
| Tho editor OF the Courier was probably thai
"member-n Now, will tho editors of the Dnven-
port Gdzehe and the Burlington Ha,oh-Eye
hand in their testimony3 e.: =
The Dubuque Herald is not thesonly paper
in Iowa that says: s.. !.
We trust the Legislature Of the sate ofIowa in
session at DesAoles, will have sucie ut respect
ITSELF well for the people hom it reprezenta, to
at once pass requesting 5a1 Harlan to
reatgn his seat in the United States Seua t..
We refrain from e1tcndedcomu rent upon any
OF the features Of this Durant rev elaiion. It Is
b; Nc means Impossible thai tho money was
honestly used. Mr- Harlan, it is al legged, did not
appear At the Capital to conduct! the fight in
person. But the fact remains th:tt ho solicited
got it to the lberaI figure OF SO 900, which sum
was used, according to the discretion Of his
friends, in re-electing him to t'ne Scuase- THIS
is enough to justify al that hifAopponertsin the
OF his triumph: The reaectie N is not gplti{ying
to the Republicans Of Iowa. Davenport Gdze1e.
Tho DesMoinas Regiser has its withers
.T7nng eEery day hy some d the Iowa parors IN.
sisting than Rankin is an embezz1er, and hould
crime. The Register is opposed to tho punish
meut OF Rankin, decaril ~, it all outrage to pull
ish one rascal while n aother and gTeaten ORG
[neaning Haslan?] is Allowed to SO scott froe.-
tUHHCH bt0U3 AtftPtE EN.>
Tom Durant saya .l,at A1r. Harlan,s election
in 1866 cost the UnloE: Pacifc Railroad Company
$4,000. Now, it We could only ind,co Elijah
Sells to co.he forward, and tell how much Of the
S5o0, 900 voted to Starving Indians w:.s spent in
the same cause, We should haye . p: setty clear
idea how much money It cost to oiect Iarian and
cheat Governor kirkwoed out Of his ktat in the
United States Sanata. Let Elijah 'bo ent for
Dubuque Times.
,.-one day, about four yo.rs ago. Nir. oakcs
ATnn1 -4rf1r n$
disliEed, rose IN Es seat s and said: S1r. Speak
er, there arc lobbyists on the. floor. call for
tho enforce,neut. OF the rules." The Speaker
directed the SCI geant-at-Arms to clear the floor
Of al but menJoers but in the meantiu 70 tho OBJ
5ectonahlo &c 1tle1nan had slipped oat. 1t is I'M
possible to read tie Credit Mobilier testimony
and not be1i',ve that there wore other lobbyists
on the floor just then besides tho ind: Edua1 a.
luded to ~ Mr. A1nes and Il they ha&l al been
put out the constituents OF Mr. Ames NJ ,uld have
been lett without representative In the Lower
House Of Congresa.-S. Louis Democrat
David and Jonathan, Damon and PSthlas,
Palanpn and Arctic, and the rest OF tho5c old
and retire from buainesH. They havo douo duty
now for . long time as e1gmpla1s Of friendship;
but they cannot hold = candle, it VIC mny be
permitted tho expression, to the present me.nber
Of Congress from the Second District Of Mnsaa-
chusetts. 1lr. Anes theory and n1actfce OF this
beautiful yrtae-ns llustr ated n his distribu-
tion Of stock*a among his poorer associates in the
Houso-forclblF. recall tho words which Shaks-
peare puts in tie mouth of Timon: % no doubt,
my good friends, hut tho gods themselves have
provided that shall have. much help from you;
how had you been my frttzzds else? Why have
you that charitable title from thousands, did
not you belong chiefly to my heart? O you gods,
think I. what need We }ia4e any friends, If re
should ne or have need Of 'em they ,Wero the
most needless creatures diving, should VIC neer
have uae for 'em, and would most resemble
sweet instruments hung up in cases, that keep
their sound to themselves We arc born to do
beae6ts; and what better or properer can We
call our own than the ziches'of our friends 2 0
,ohat q precious comfort it is to haze so nsaay
Ike brothers, commanding one ano4her's for
tunes" es."-6spranDieh Republican.
-Thest. Paul Dispatch explains that there WAS
" clerical error in the official count made by !
the Minnesota Legislature, and that the true
vote for State Auditor was: Whitcomb, 81, 1870
schcffer, 84,sl7. The clerical error" gaTe |
Whitcomb, 50,037 ScheGer, Il, 479. Il