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

ANII.MONOP coysENrIOs.
1t was amusing for one who has
been acquainted with the material
which has heretofore comprised polir. /,
ical Conventions in this county 10 LOOK
over the Convention Of the anti-Mo- 1
u0ps last Saturday
Mine out Of ten taking part a. dele.
gates, were, to the best of our knows-
adgo. old democrats. 1t was n deter
mined effort to draw into this move
ment rs many republicans as possible
ct ali hazards to once sc, as many re-
pnblicans entsngled in the rneshes of
demoerscy as they could. and swallow
them in the hope thar finally they
would have go far committed them
ss!ves, sha. they would be obliged 10
become democratic in the end. On the
other hand, il Was on the part Of the
few who had failed in getting office at
the hands of republicans TO demand
the lions share III the division OF The
6cket. Such abortions have again and
again been attempted The, arr the
handiwork Of few D,en who are led
on by IN itching desire for place, and
by those Of the old democratic party
who hate republicans. because they
conquered the rebellion, freed and ele-
yated the slave TO the high rank OF a
citizen. maintained the national credit.
gradually but surely reduced the pub
he debt, gave us uniform eurreBc.,
good and reliable every where, and ii
Daly have placed the whole country
on the high road OF prosperity arsinss
The most fearful odds. 1t lea ia
vorlte hobby with all these n,cn to
ring the changes upon a charge they
make that there is RUG here at OF.
tumwa sf the CorRIER folk and 9TH
ere; that thev run things iust 10 anti
them. While they rnske this charge
they well know that en!y Aye dele
gates are given Us in this towpal,ip
out OF the screntv, and That further.
not one Of the editor. Of The CcrsiEa
has by word or deed. lifted hand 10
making ticket, further IMAM 4,
east vote last Saturday as every other
republican lid who was prcSrns -. s,..,-
republican caucu. in this township.
Now let us silt The thing y little on
the other hand, Ia the anti Mon.p
Convention the most votes cast al anv
time was 1ta: 70 votes constituted a
majority of the Convention. Centre
township with about fifteen delegates
present cast 10 votes. roIun,bis town
ship with say .lalf.dozeu delegates
present cast Ii votes. The vote of
these two townships put together Is 6s.
IT will be seen, therefore. that Centre
and Columbia had to get nuly 6 votes
outside to dictate to The Convention
. the nominees. Conscious of their po-
Fish the result showed the l,anlywork
of J. ". Dixon, Guriey Baker. G. A.
Madison. l.. E. Gray, AMI orhers. we
might mention. The body of the
Legislative ticket was conceded to
Dixon aud his friend Knox. who were
TO large degree the men relied upon
by democrats 70 make a vigorous
fight against the republican party
This done. Adams township WAS Hat
tered with Jones, .DahIonega with
.kitterman and Garfield laid asiJe.--
Then comes in Gnrley Baker. and
Madison with Hammond, Bako-'s SON
jn-law, for Treasurer, and NJ. Is. NY
ssrs. Gray, Baker and Madson's toll
bridge clerk for Auditor. In order to
make room for these two particular
friends from. Ottumwa. Of course \.
m. Ives must be slaughtered and be
contentsd with his one ierm as super
antcndent, and gentleman from the
north half OF the county taken in his
place. Poor Ives was astaunded al
the result, ne no said only half hour
before, that he did not expect any OPP
position. Now you see il, and now
you don't. yon know. The cry Of
rings running things is 3 very proper
cry. for some faea: as the old adage
has 1t the thief cries the ,cnaest and
longest, "stop thief.
We noticed another nice thing which
showed the clorcn FOO. pretty well ss
TO one OF the geriuiusting causes Of
this ant'-monopoly party. aud that
was, when our friend Hugh Brown.
Democrat and forme. Clerh Q. the
District Conrt 10 tins county. az
nouncAd Capt. Garfield as a candi-
date for Sheriff. Said .he. "a broth
err names Mr.. Garfield Us a candidate.
THIS showed The partizan Granger:
the Democratic partizan Granger who
would involve the Patrons Of Hus-,
oandry in psrtizan politics as body.
II 1t destroyed The order 10 build up
Democracy and defeat the Republican
party. Thanks 70 the overwhelming
majority Of good and true men. who
comprise the Patrons in this county.
for The sensible stand ther took in
beating back thc unwhoIesome tide
that would, if il could, transSer the
Grangers as BODY into politics.
Some men have passion for secret
political pnrties. and they are 40,
wanting in the anti-monopolv ticket.
Now 1t remains to be seen whether
the Democratic Convention which is
to meet on the 9Th of September will.
like the Baltimore Convention. adopt
the ticket sctup for them Ii is a
matter OF no moment to Republic
cans whether they do or not, Us the
result can in no event be doubtful,
The Republican party is in earnest
and viii distance all opposition.
Ono Of the most prominent Demo-
cratic operators in the anti-monopoiy
Convention. now sAys that beynnd ali