Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-08-14

should be turned out of Office, and his
modesty wonld forbid doubtless to say
who should fill their places.
! The Hon. Peter Knox, Of Columbia
| Up. as the proceedings Of the Conven-
iiop show, slso figured very promi.
neniiy In It. We cannot aay
positively. but we have good reas-
On to believe that the Grange to which
be belongs near his home has commit
, ted itself to the Grange party move.
| ment. As certainly pretty good proof
| Of this, we give below resolution
passed in April last BY Columbia
Grange of which Joseph Gardner was
Master, and Mr.. Knox Secretary:
.Reso1ved, That we will support
without distinction OF party. men who
are identified and in sympathy with
our interests"
Further, we noticed Mr., Knox when
last in this city attending session of
the District Grange. was in very close
consultation with the Hon. George
Gillaspy andJ. M. Peck, sr. We must
confess that the above resolution looks
a little like putting into practice
the doggerel blessing of the old gent /:
Lord bless me and my wife and nv
son John, and his wife. us four and no
more. Amen"
n, in the discharge of public duties,
any man iaboring for the common in.
terest Of all people, discriminates un.
justly against any class, that man de-
serves and merits the rebuke of that
class and they should not support him ;
OH the other hand il any man discrim-
iuates in favor Of one class regardless
| of others, that man deserves the sup.
port Of no ono.
Again: that set of men who resolve
IN secret council aud bind themselves
Z" support men who look after their
class interests. are treading upon dam
gcroas ground, which, If put in prac.
tice, would destroy ali catholicity in
politics. and The freedom Of public de-
/ bate.
/ We will add further OF Mr.. Knox
thst at the first election of President
Grant HE was lnkewarm, and we doub
il he voted for him. he has been fol
so.ue time y doubtful republican, If w
! sre not greatly mistaken.
r, There also figured prominently in
the Convention, the Hon. J. W. Dixon
and Capt. W. II. kitterman. THESE
t gentlemen went off quite early in thu
: Greelcy movement. We have in time,
past known them as quito frequently
, before the republican county conven.
f tons for nominations. It SO happen.
: ed that they failed. at which we know
they We're greatly disguised. il Ia Tho
fortune Of such contests that some
I should fail: we know, however, thai
when this becomes chronic, II has bad
! effect upon some men. The people Of
the republican party are the ones tl
q answer for this, and which we suppose
. they can do satisfactorily to them.
selves it not TO the gentlemen. How.
ever this may be, they are now utterly
nauscated at the corruption of theil
, f2ate associates, and propose to ente,
upon reform as godfathers of new
party here. &
Capt. Henry Garfield who was Pres.
ident of the Convention. is one of the
present Supervisors of the county. He
has had for some months an itching
palm for the Sheriifalty Of this county,
and we are sorry to say that the prob.
abilities being against him for nomi-
nation at the hands of the republican
party, he seeks it elsewhere.
These five gentlemen above named
almost entirely ran the Convention "
far As the open work showed, but clus
tering around tbem.it 10 true were back.
/. ers in quiet. unobtrusive frame OF
mind, but nevertheless deeply anxious
as to results. II is true, one OF these,
our friend j. NJ. Peck, ST., did move
that the platform be adopted without
rising from his seat. and then ducked
his head apparently TO escape the re.
por'ers notice.
Among these hackers we notice were
our umc-honored friends Abner Beag-
le, l. N. Barker, VIM. Cloyd. J. NJ.
Ruckman, &. A. Madison, J. G. Baker,
l.. E. Gray, w. c. McIntire. and a
gondly number of others who hold the
democratic cards that II IL hoped will
| be played in this game
| IT it be the opinion of these few,
once republicans, supplemented by
such Of the democracy as will fall in
| with them, that you republicans have
bec6,ne SO corrupt as to be a failure,
irremediably bad, and that they should
he permitted to assume the power you
have dehased, the question is, are they
right Have the voters Of our party
; become rotten and worthless? Have
they become dolts aud unable to lead
. the party which has made the host reg
ord ever known in this country. still for
:, ward in the paths OF progress and re-
form.
VIII these gentlemen do better in a
> new party with the defeated elements
OF the democracy and the disappointed
telemenfs from all other sources than
. yoa republicans can do?
Il The gentlemen will pardon us for
the presumption, but yet we must say
E that we believe the republican party
of this country contains by far lar.
ger proportion of the good, true aud