The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-16
Political Items.

The AntiMonop. platform is Of ''oolite'
material. If you don't believe it, ask
Bill Stone, who made it.
Orwig, of the Des Moines Record, says
the epitaph of the Autobiography party
will be, killed by a Stone"
The farmers of Hardin County are
abandoning the Anti Monopoly ranks and
returning to their first love, the Rcpubli-
can party.
Joe EibGck's paper, the Des Moines
liberal Americans to hold themselves aloot
from the Monopoly party.
1t has been changed little. 1t reads
of the Iowa Anti's since their State Con-
vention something about a Bill Stone
being hanged about their necks and they
cast into the swamp lands Of Iowa.
David Morgan, Anti Monop. candidate
for Secretary of State, is an exrailroad
President, and lives on 40 acre farm
worked by his son. 1t is surprising how
this anti-railroad party runs to monopo-
lies
If the Republican State convention may
be taken as a criterion in the politics
of the State, Unprecedented harmony and
great enthusiasm will characterize the can
vass, and 81, 900 to &c, 900 majority will be
the result
Judge Thayer, of the Clinton Age, who
is still in favor Of the old Democracy, and
who doesn't care who knows it, reluctant
~ gives in his adhesion to the temporary
Democracy, saying: For this year give
us the Anti Monopoly ship"
The Anti Monopoly papers have been
cracking up their candidate for State
Treasurer, J. w. Barnes, as farmer.
But it turns out that he is ''bloated rail
way contractor" OF course he is Anti
Monop." and he has got it bad.
Hon. NJ. Z. Cults, Republican candidate
for Attorney General, is now attracting
the fire of the Democratic press. The
reason is plain. He has given their party
harder cuts, and more of them, than any
other Republican stumper in the State.
A special term of the District Court for
Clinton County is being held by Judge
Brannan at Clinton, for the trial of James
ii. Bryan whose career as the Democrat
ic Treasurer of jackson County and de-
falcation of $40, 900 have been mentioned
The new Commissioners for the govern
mcnt of the District of Columbia have
gone to work in earnest. They are liter
ally tearing up the rotten foundations Of
the late ring rule, and clearing out the
noisome stables of the Boss Shepard
dynasty. May they hold out faithfully to
the end
The .state Register speaks in high terms
of the new Chairman of the Republican
State Central Committee. Hon Geo. G.
Heberlng, and intimatcs that his head
quarters are likely to be located at some
,h,h
ry for him to select a more accessible
point than Sabula, his place of residence.
There is mourning among Washington
clerks, IA thousand or two of whom are
bein" dismissed under a recent law re-
ducing the appropriations. These fellows
ought 70 rejoice, for as clerks they are
iit'ie else than imbeei,e, depending on
some member OF congress 10 hte;, ihrta
in place, and paying him ~ fulsome put,
sent to their home papers.
The excellent platform adopted bv the
Iowa Republicans is the way the Chi ago
Tribune heads it and elsewhere adds that
If the utterances of political conventions
might always be accepted with implicit
faith, the Iowa Republicans would be en-
titled to very strong commentator for
TIC HOSlilp!l tSSuIntu. lit FtDHHH Ot
course speaks from conviction, not from
good will
The leading Radical politicians and
business men of Burlington have united
in request TO eNspeaher John H. Gear.
asking that he become candidate for
Congress in the First District to succeed
the Hon. George w. McCrary, declined
Mr. Gear is well known in the State rs a
man Of correct principles, Industrious
habits and good information. The posi-
ton in which he has served the people
of Iowa have been satisfactorily filled,
ana there are the best of reasons for be-
lieving that he would prove a worthy sue
cessor to Mr.. McCrary whose distinguish
ed services in Congress have stamped
him as Il statesman Of the first grade