Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-09-11
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET
SATURDAYS. CONVENTIONS

DIR. A. C. OLNEY,
sATrRoAYk' CONVENTION,
The Democratic County Convention
held at the Court House in this city
On Saturday. 9th inst. The proceed
inys of which We have published. re-
suited in placing that party in mega
Live, do-noshing position, as . party.
for the present campaign in this conn-
". 1t has simply folded its arms for
ihe prasent. No endorsement was at
of any ticket. while on
che other hand. an earnsst attcmpt
was made to nominate a straight-ou+
Democratic ticket, but failed. ON the
motion to adjourn. by o majority Of
two votes.
A series Of resolutions were adopt
ed which Uttered very materially
from the State Autobiography plat
form in that. we did not observe any
1ntimAtioD even, that the Democratic
party was dead,
Then the Convention proceeded to
nominate County Central Committee
FOR the ensuing year.
All this simply says tina, Dcmocrac,
docs not this year thinkit best to place
ticket in the field. but that they viii,
retain the organization intact for fu-
ture party warfare. and they scout the
ldea that the party is dead. or that
they sbaadon ii, or desire TO merge +,
into a new party. They virtually saw,
three former Republicans are pitted
against three straight Republicans. for
the Legislature in this county. and we
think it best to stand OF and lei them
light IL ont. as it cannot help but inure
10 OUT benefit in the end. 1t tends to
destroy an old enemy, and that is
what we want. There are some Dem
ocrats on the ticket and we will try in
the scramble to elect some of tham
for instance. Mr.. Myers, for Auditor.
Mr.. Hammond, for Treasurer and Mr..
aebhart. fer supervisors, and nor.
haps others. We will trade all we can
to suit our fancy, and accomplish our
ends in getting Democrats elected.
Such is the real position of Democ-
rscy. Such the course laid out by
the Democratic wire-workcrs FOR
Democrats to pursue-such the man
ner and way that the fuglerr of Dem
ccracy hope to get the Anti MoDops
to pull their chestnuts from the hot
ashes for them. SHch is the purity of
Democracy, and through which ma
terial the government Of this country
Is to be renovated. 1t is indeed 8
nice little job--it commenas. itself as 8
nice thing, set mp by certain Center
Township Democrats TO elect certain
Center Township favorites of these
Democratic fuglers.
The word they give to Liberals and
anti Monopolist is, democracy is not
dead, by no means, but then we will
draw ont OF this fight as party. and
no doubt many of the democrats will
vote your ticket in whole or in part,
and BY next year we hope By the dis
acnsiOns you shall OBJECT in the repub-
!icaD party. we can assume open
warfare and ai, under the old banner
1T democracy. and by that time you
will doubtless feel like falling IN, as
nigh privates in our ranks. and help us
light our battles.
This result was always clear to us
in reason we could not expect any
thing else. For about the fortieth
time democracy sets up little game,
This manner of doing business dis.
gusts Liberals and anti-Monops and
democrats a. well. This wishy .washy
cowardly way Of doing business. or
rather not doing anything as a party
except to nurse the old corpse lie COM
pletely played out with the people
"A faiut heart never won fair lady,
uninterrupted, obstinate beating round
the bush worries the patience of every
body, aud the old ship democracy dis
nianlled upon the beach with her seams
gaping in the sun. rnsts her life out TO
please those who have fed at her crib.
and who having tasted can't get The
taste out Of their mouths. and there
fore they yearn s,ill to keep the old
thing alive. by banging it up az one
would picture in the garnet. Such
is the buneling, jangling, ragged con-
dition of the opposition.