The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-07-16

eASo oo well as ny Ln6 masses OF
their own party, and that this is true
the vote OF the people at the polls
will witness.
Mr.. Cults, as Attorney General,
first appointed to fill the O'Conor
vacancy, and next by the nomination
OF his party, and the ratification of
the people, had made such a record
that his return to the place was pop.
ularly expected. From no source,
from either party, has there ever
been the least complaint of his faith.
fulness or the least doubt expressed
of his ability. And since the enact.
ment of the railroad tariff law, popu-
lar choice has been turning to Cults
as safe and strong man to secure
In behalf of the people its successful
enforcement. His record as a pub
lic man and as legislator was that
of an advocate and friend of the
people in their every cause and
every conflict. His standing as a
lawyer was equally high, thus furth.
er certifying him to the public conf
dence. Indeed it was feared by
many that a gentleman ofsuch eml
nent rank in his profession, and so
large a private practice would
scarcely consent to devote his time
and ability on merely nominal pay,
to SO great work as that now before
the Attorney-General of Iowa. That
Mr.. Cuts has consented to do it, is
evidence that he holds in equal es.
TEEN his duties as citizen and his
reputation as lawyer. The bar of
the State has no member better fit
ted for the difficult position of coun-
selor of the State, at this juncture
especially, than MIR. Cults.
Judge Sherman, who has been
nominated to the difficult task of
succeeding Auditor Russell, the best
bureau officer the State of Iowa has
ever had, is certified to the place by
a record of personal and public pop
ularity such as few men ever have.
A. home, in his own county, he has
ever received repeated endorsements
of such honoring character, that no
doubt can remain either as to his eff.
ticiency as an officer or his worth
and truth as man. He is now serv-
ing his fourth term as Clerk of Ben
ton county, having been County
Judge before that. He was elected
as Clerk first by receiving 1859
votes out of total ballot of 2,245.
He was reelected by 2,6O1 votes,
out of a total of ::2,752. Two years
afterwards he was reelected, and
no candidate was placed in the field
against him, he received full vote
OF 3,1oo votes, lacking only 143 of
having as many as both candidates,
for Secretary of State. In 1872 he
was reelected again, by majority
of l,64s, in a vote of $500. No
man, tested by his neighbors, ever
made prouder showing than this,
although there is another of the nom
inees of this ticket who has received
similar fattering endorsement. Mr..
Sherman was also a soldier during
the war, and has always been a Re-
publican of the greatest activity.
His State acquaintance is large, and
wherever he is known he is liked. A
be tier selection than this gentlem an
for the place could not have been
made possible. He is a tower of
strength to the ticket. As he is a
good speaker, the people will hear
| from, hin, -, Tho oopyooo
For Register of the State Land
Office, much will be demanded of a
man who is to be successor of Car
penter and Brown. Mr.. Secor has
that experience in land matters and
that sterling virtue as a man as to
justify the faith of the party that he
will prove himself fit for the success
sion. He is located in that part of
the State most interested in land
matters. His record, twice mem
Der of the State Legislature, and be-
fore that in other capacities, is supe-
rior and untarnished. Throughout
the Northern and Northwestern parts
of the State he is best known, and
the unanimity with which those sec.
tions pressed his name was the best
endorsement and is the highest eulo.
gy which can be given him. All
the counties which asked his nomIn.
alton are pledged to extra votes in
his favor, and as there were many oi
them, he adds largely to the pCpu
larity and will contribute materially
to the success of the ticket.
Mr.. Holmes, for Clerk of Supreme
Court, comes to the people of the
State with an endorsement much
the same as that of Judge Sherman.
He has been Clerk of Jackson coun.
ty, we believe, for three terms, if not
four. AS is generally known, that
is one of the most uniform and obsti-
nate Democratic Counties of Iowa.
1t was, year before last and the year
before that, one Of the three counties
in the State going Democratic. And
yet, in such county as this, Mr..
Holmes, man whose radical Repub-
licanism has never wavered, has had
such popularity as to be three times
chosen Clerk, being twice the only
Republican in the county elected
and one of the times having no can
didate against him. His efficiency
as an official, his honor as a man
his general bearing as citizen, wor
him such unusual honors as these al
his own home. Such recommends
ton is the best which he could have
to secure the approval of the State il
his present candidacy, and it will bt
sufficient.
Mr.. Runnells, the nominee for Re
porter, it fit and worthy for the com
pany he is in, and that is saying
much. OF the younger men of the
Republican party none has gained
better name or better fame in the
State or among the people. In hil
own profession, too, he has riser
early to rank, and holds the position
alike by the gift of native strength
and the force of superior culture
From boyhood a close student he
has well improved every opportuni.
ty, and trusted never to fortune. A
graduate of Amherst College, he is
also a graduate of the academy Of
every day experience and of daily
routine of the business world, As 9
lawyer, as we have said, he has ear
, ly gained prominence, and as 9
member of one of the leading Law
. f;rms of the State. DURING the loo