, 1874-06-20

THE CHICAGO D
ofats refused to voto for areeey, and lonoo did
not 70 near tho polls. In 1879 there was gon-
oral apathy, md many counties hai1cl to nlahc
local tiokoss agoIiInst tl!o hepnbos.'ls, willie
scratohoti or tratod for Ioeal eandlaatos From
| incomplete ro.urnn published. hnve nscortated
that II yon lnako tho Representatives tho basis,
tho Opposition lackod but q few thousand yotoa
Republicans who voted tho local Orposition
tckot voted for Carpenter md tho Stats tioltot,
simply bccatso there Taa no apparent hopo TINT
TIC inuenso majority Of GO, ,oo0 caat for Grant in
1879 could bo canyod in one yoar.
When you remember. with thcao faots, TINT
twonty~elglt counties had no local Opposition
Tickets ln 1873. 1t is easy to SEQ how the Ropuh-
licnnB saved themselves with auy majority at all.
With tlcso figures aud facts boforo us, wo may
form aome idoa aB to the probable roalilsa of ta
full mud to rofer to oael district, with tho gosBlp
| as to tho probable cnndldatoB:
| THE FIRST DlaTnrUT,
which gave AfcCrnry majority Of l. 1888 In 1872.
wan carrioa by tho Opposition BY majority Of "a
In 1873. On the Representation vote tho majority
WAS over 900 votes, and since Inst fall tho OPP
position hos Increased in strength beyond ques-
| tion. This WAS clearly demonstrated in tho
special election bold in December, whom tho
Hon. @. B. bchwur was elected a Representative
from Lee County tn place Of n deceased Nopub-
]ican predecessor. At tho general election, Valo
ut tho special election, Mr.. Sohwur raiaod tic
said to l,aye Induced the Hon. George ". ato-
Orary to write Ills 1ettor doclinipg to 10
discorned tho fact that htB raee would be haz-
urdouH QUO at best, and he proforred TO retire on
his laurcla in tho palmy days Of Tho party. Nc
Crary IL nn ambitious man. Ito feelH NJ though
ii k$r @$..
transportation which will carry him to tho United
States Hennto il tho, Republican party ronatns in
power. To run for Congress mud be defeated
would, Of coarao, scatter hia hopes Of Senatorial
M side ia ,Speakor John II. Gear Of Burlington.
Mr.. Gear llas plenty of 1nohev, nnd he
knows how to place it where II will do tho most
good. 'IloiA generous good-nnturel, and 90
oiai gentleman. Ho is temperate, and yot Ao las,
1t is ahid. tho largest wio-ccllar ln Iowa. and l,o
has becn running for Congress- for four y9arH.
1ndccl Genr is strong man to war against !;
but tho worry fact tint ho IL politician oil ovor,
as QUO Of tho oilice-aookers who. aro not to DO
trusted If oootcd. lIo wilt spond i've times Tho
amount Of q Cougroasmnt!s aalary for his olcc-
tion, and these ato hardly tho kind Of mou
sought by tho people,
The Opposition havo no candidato, Though
Judge J. Ii. sholy, of Kooktil, who 1naao worry
creditable rAto two years ago, Inns many friends
aud ox-Unitod States sonator A; Q. Dodge, Of
Burlington, hns bUen importuned by bis friends
to poruit hiB name to 60 loforo tho Convention.
II A1r. Dodge would co1lhant, ho would got a
unaninlors nomination aud d triumphant elcc-
| ton.
Tho First District is generally conceded to tho
Opposition, there bolng equally available oandt-
datos.
THE SECOND DISTRICT
was closely contested IN 1871. Judge Lofling-
weil, Of Clinton County, wnH popular catid1ase.
and drew nearly 5000 lepub!can votes from l'ia
Rop4b!Gau opponent ,a1 aa reoseut ;mon'oor
riod tho district by 135 votoB, which makes tue
district secure to tAa Opposition If good candi-
dnto IL put forward. Unfortunately for tho He.
publcans, they have got into quarrel about tho
returning, and ho has haa tho Postlnastors
committed long In advance. But tic Davenport
Gazelte refused to 10 bought by 4 little adyer~
tising patronage, and it boldly asserts that tho
Republicans aro inviting dofeut by making Cot.
ton candidate. whom two yours ago he fell 3,0o0
votes behind lis tickct. Cotton cWsanot bo uomi.
United. With lis defeat in convention comes hs
dissatisfaction mud general Generalization. OF
iuns Hon John @ 1asso Of Jones' County, tho watch:
nan on the Republican tower at the Capita
during the th.evlngs committed by the
ox:stato and ex-Depnty-stato Trens,rors the
Hon. Hiram prico, who for tltoo torlns, and
during the War, represented tho district; Slr
Waldo NJ. Potter, the eaitor Of t!io Dayeurort
| Gazette; and Judge CarBkadleu, Of Mnacatlno
There Booms to be n dotertnised effort to britg
oMt Mr.. Price; ~ he is rich aMA expected to it'.
fuse a good deal of the ol1-tiue war-foyer iutt
bis followers.
rho Opposition is somewhat divided also. al
, tlluugh there III ITO such feeling. aa oxints
!, among tho friends Of tho Republican nHpir.
: Of Dayonport, eac, have warm fricnds who vii
,rgo tlloir cniuls, Tho Hon. d. G. Cloud, o.
Mascntno, author Of "alonopolies and tho peo
:, ple." is also prominent man for the ,psaca
h1f TIi]tf<.
oach have friends; md it ia difficult to ascertail
which Of the i've is likely to get the nomination
} Any one Of these would make q good r.ln, ait
stand nine out of ten chances for election.
, Those well informed Claim tho Second Dis
trict for tho Opposition by 4 handsome minority
THE THIRD DISTRICT
ia another with the chauces for the Opposition
Z Tile present Representative Mai Donnan, III tlt
] on'y ono of tho Iowa delegation who pocaetet
/ tho snlary-grab, and in his receut letter Of dc
cliuation, Io saya lie apologies to no people o,
: earth for it. Donuan il bold bocauso lo tloo
y not expect or want recollection; but tue part,
: sutfcra trom his insoonco. His majority n 1877.
: wns l 1,1S0, but Inst year the district gave Car
. penor only 42S majority: and Wlnnosliel
County polled but IL votes for Valo, whiic ]. II
;, yotoB were Gust for tho Opposition IN 1877
! Counting these votes. tho District would bo o.
Q position by ut lcast 700 votes.
: Dou,au's dcelinutiou 1enycB the Ropublca
:, coast clear for Senator Ooolcy, Of Dubuque, q
d . llo iB said to have the newspapers and office
j seekers ail nlcdged already.
i keuator Wtilait, Of Msuneslliok County, will b
0 presented. as d candidase, though With no sho'
= ! Of success. -.
= Tho Opposition counts thrcc candidates: d
. i. II. Guilbert and II. b. Fouke, Of Dubuque
5 mud tho Hon. I'd Aii,swol III, Ut F4yotte. I'll
IS contest will DO between Gnilbert mud Ai,swortl
with chances in fayor OF the fotnor. DR.. Gni
., bort who was the President Of tho t4borAl Con-
!; ventlon III 1872, whore tho reconciliation betwoe
y tho Liberals and Democrats was cIlocted We
y the candidate for Secretary of State iii tho sum
d year, il high Mason, aud enjoys good ropat.
e tim all ovar tho Htnto. lio IL groat favurttt
10 antl wonld DO oloctel beyond question If nom
= natod against Sunutor Cloley, who WIS India
= COMMISSIONER uiader Harlan.
= THE FOURTH DISTRICT
;. may bo conceded to tho Republicans, and a!so
10 tls present u.enlar, tho Itou, H. o. Pratt, N,