, 1873-07-23

MAKO no nOWlnhtfont or, ~ cA8o o1 Aecubh.sst
movement. Tlleao aro NOT Impossible contin-
| gencfes but. II tho Convention iH composed OF
dclcgatoB like those from ts county, 1t will not
no nomination. Tho party 1oadora put grcat
filth In moi tlloy claim to liayo In tho Oranges,
and hopo they viii leavGn Tho whole lump For
sancs Sor ts5S t. Of " oonEss e dn%9g o ass %19 F. f.
SOD. OF Falrleld), who by .virtuo Of boing. o
farner ia n Granger in o1cellont standing, and 1t
is claimed that ho is putting. on tho brakoa to
OF In Q suico - and Nopublicans boast that
ho eau hold tho members Of tho ordor, and
WELD over thcm tho Republican acoptro,
for the bonoflt OF tho party. IIo is an adroit
pectod from llis influence. Tlioy olafm to have
lsopublicane in other districts, In every Grange,
less ablo, but no loes unaoreipuloua n devotion
t1 the parymon they esy vno s ', w dolIye. dol 70,
day Of election. This is difficult to bolieyo and
1t is n1ust to tho Grangars, to their independ-
notion that thoy cnn be converted into tho pltant
tools Of politicians. As to
TIE DEMOCRACY,
II Is nowhoro. Against maioritios varying from
$4,000 to co, 900, 1t aH noyor amounted to much
In Iowa: Ita ablost mon retired to private lilo,
and took litto or no active intoroHt In political
tic reluctance or ita rspi-uud-nlo
to nttemps resllacitation. In this county,
IL has given up the gh9as apd WI make no
Thoy bolievc both parties aro disintegrating,
falling to pieces, and will wait for Developments,
at tic proper time exercising their right as cit
fsaus S ssy esent Viz e
Antt~Monopoly Movement, mloso votes will
como mainly from mon who baye voted tho Iso-
publican ticket until they aro tirod and disguut..
Cd and will veto it no moro. 4 largo portion Of
tho Democratic yoto will undoubtedly bo cast
with tho Anti-1lonopoly party III preference to
tho Republican party. Tho Anti-Monopoliata
will take tho lend, en:1 large number Of former
Democrats will not 60 with it, lowef6r. Some
will join tho Republican ranks, because they
| have property in railroads and other corpora
doprocinto its value. Hero is htr. Dun
colnhc for example, Democratic membor Of
the Legislature for this district, keen man
Of businoss, who las accumulated wealth, aud
who has the reputation of having been ono Of tho
strongest friondB tho railroads and corporations
had in tho Assembly. He, aud such aa 1lo, arc
not expected to oppose monopoly Of any kind
but arc expected to aly themselves to the Ro-
Of retaining tho present order Of things, and Of
giving railroads III the future Tho samo sweep OF
power they haVo enjoyed and o1orciged In tho
past. Such Democrats regard the platform Of
the Republicans as n raro COLLECTION of apecoua
aud dolusivo goneratios, intended to dolude tho
Oranges into supporting tho stato-ticlot, but not
as e1proBsing the sincere sentiment OF tho party.
There arc many Of these - Democrats ot wealth
poratlons; aud tho Democratic employees Of cor
porntions may possibly loan in tho Same diroc-
tion. The Republican aud Democratic vote
wilt hoT;ofof RS o Rort9n n,rtp o.
aud tho remainder with tho Anti
Monopolats. Tho contest here will not bo Re-
publican against Democrat: but Monopoly
iucod to elementary atoms, and out Of tho chaos
arise Monopoly and Autobiography y-cach indi-
yidual atom Joining tho side which Offers hin.
the greatest attraction. Tho only possibility Of
tLoro being
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE ron GOVERNOR
ia in the event of failure by the Anti-Nlonopoly
Convention to put an Anti Monopoly candidato
IN tho tlcd In that caso, tho Democrats will
be likely to nominate some ono. Tie only namo
have hoard mentioned in this connection is
that Of potor A. Doy, OF Iowa City. a Democrat
Of the old school, Ut present 1ne1nher Of the
atato-Houso Commission. I mot Afr. Doy. lie
is tall man, straight aud slender, with hand-
high forehead, keen oyeH and ia win
ning and entertaining conversationnlist.
M ead a,t hG So ns% MSo oo not oh so baeaGs
to attend to TINT he could not afford it and
TINT, perhaps l!o WAS not in full sympathy with
tho outcry against capital ard corporations. 1Io
extinct, 10 Thought. To liked. Gov. Carpenter.
lo did not think he was dishonest in tlat State
Treasury transaction, though it would not holp
his election q Bit aa the people were disposed to
be critical about Huch mattera just now. Ue
WAS Of opinion that Gov. Carpenter would bo re-
elcctod, because tho Republican party to great
dogtco controlled tho Oranges and ho would
not bo surprised to SEQ him nominated by tho
Autobiography Convention. On the other band,
II the Grangoa took it into their heads to nomi-
INTO well-known man OF ability,-ono Of thom-
selves, perhaps,-3ho did not SEQ how the farm
ers could go baok on him in fact no did not
| 1,o1sr VIM anil }1nty @of +1,nv
! would elect him in spite OF everything. Ho
doubted tho ability Of tho farmers to cope with
, the willy wiro-rullora at tho hoad Of tho 1epub,,
lican 9rganzatian, t anu da n9t think thoy beg
ticiaus, who would diyort them from q
straightforward COURSE get them mixed
mp every WY, and tako ndyantago, Of their cor;
to aceops n1!a auythng icy andar @
, took, II properly managed. Ho had heard MIR.
Adams, Of Gregg, Granger, spoken Of as pos
siblo candidate for Governor, or for Lieutonant.
i Governor If Carpenter waB indoraod. Flo did
/ not know Adams, except by reputation rs man
Of llne cultivation and of considerable ability.
j Anyway, ho Dey) was not O. candidate.
} GOV. CARPENTER INTERVIEWED.
, Whom Ireachca hero OIL Friday ovoning, learn
cd that GOV. Carpenter Wasi in town. ut his fatLor-
in-aw's mnnson,--a neat frame building, in
J closed by fenco and surrounded by luxuriant
sArubbory:- dld myself the honor OF calling
4 on broa n
Of tho head rather leyol tho forehead wide and
! boetling, ovorhangiug doep-set eyes; the
i uose nearer tho Roman than any
, other typo tho mouth square and strong and
t the face covered With closely y-clippcd hair. Ho
is rather plain man,-hotling in his nspoct
Hubjocting him to tho suspicion Of being Gov
ornor. Io ia eaay Of acceaa, aud quito frault in
convorBation. Tho subject Of railroads was frat
broached. Ho said they suffered in tho State
, from discrimination at competing points, the
: same complaint that was Nude boforo tho pas-
sago Of tho lust law in Illinois. llo had an lt1oa
3 that maximum rntos might bo fixed by law, and
beloved Tho farmers produced too much wheat
t and corn i'll the 9tato. Tho Grangera wero very
humorous aud vory powerful. but Ao did not lllte
0 tho idea OF now party. The Republican party,
III hia eBtimation, WaB sufficient for tho omer-
t tley wanted to- aud could got reforms inside the
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