Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-07-23
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Judge j. G. Knapp, Of Keosauqua,
the successful candidate for Judge, in
the Anti-Monop convention in this
district, has been al his life . Demo-
crat, never wavering, even In the dark
days of the rebellion. He has been .
resident of Keosauqua about thirty
years, and, save . short time he held
the Office Of District Judge by ap-
pointment he has been actively en-.
gagged in the practice of law. He ran
once for Judge before the people, but
was defeated by Judge VIM. H. Seev-
ers, of Oskaloosa. He ran three years
ago for Governor, but was buried be-
meath an overwhelming majority. He
is good lawyer, but has arrived at
that age when his activity and energy
is failing considerably. Az an Anti
Monop candidate, in the sense that the
farmers Of this country understand il,
and taken for what the party purports
to be, there is . broad farce involved.
With any man, as he contemplates
such candidacy on the part Of Judge
Knapp, there will spread over his
countenance broad grin, to suppose
that lawyer who has besn for years
and years the standing railroad attor-
ney in his county for the ID. v. Rail.
road, and all railroad cases coming to
Van Buren, county by change Of ven.
ne, should be selected by the Anti-
Monop party ~ q candidate for Judge.
Then, again, it is well known that
Keosauqua is without RAILROAD, but
is putting forth every effort toget enc.
The history OF railroad building In
this State proves conclusively, that all
our people, 80 long ~ they had no
railroads, were willing to do anything
to get them, and to abstain from doing
anything inimical to them. Keosau.
qua aud the Judge are in this fix they
particularly desire not ia, incur the
hostility of railroad capital at Keo-
sauqus, and hence the Judge is q good
railroad attorney. Still further: the
present Circuit Judge of this district,
who has over two years more of hi.
term unexpired, resides at Keosauqua
. place four miles distant from the
nearest railroad station. Is Keosau.
qua the only place in the district to
furnish judgesf shall all the attorn.
eye and litigants of this large and pop
ulous district be obliged to go to tn,
out-of-the-way place, Keosauqas, il
order to transact business in person
With abe Judges of the district out o.
term time2 Itwould seem to us tina,
our Anti-Monop friends should have
thought of this whom they were setting
up . candidate for Judge, even i
they had no regard for obtaining som,
other than q regularly employed rail
road attorney, to be their STANDARD
bearer. s gt5 So 5sAsi
Mr.. J. G. Mitchell, of Charlton, Lu
cas- county, the candidate for Distric
Attorney, We are unacquainted with
but are informed that he is the lsw
partner Of Mr.. Met lanahan, who wa
so long and persistently voted for b.
the Lucas county delegation for tn
same Office. He has been about tw,
years in this State, and is moro of {
politician than lawyer, having grad
uated In politics away down amonf
the intelligent and non-homogeneoul
constituency of the State Of Arkansas
If Anti onop Democracy had tried
their best to dish up ticket to b.
beaten the very worst possible, it il
not probable, they could have sue
ceeded better than they have.
There 10 one little thing we vii
notice a. it 10 in perfect keeping Will
our ideas, heretofore expressed, upol
the animus of the Anti Monops of Ap
panoose county instructing their dele
gates to 60 for the nomination Of tn,
Hon. II. T.. Dashiell, Of Monroe coun
". We have said II was cunningly
done to tickle the disaffected in Mon
roe county because Dashiell was moi
nominated by the Republicans. Why
did not the delegates from Appanoos;
county obey instructions? They die
not even cast single vote for Dash
iell. OF course Mr.. Dashiell wouli
not have accepted, and this they knew
as well before instructing for him q
at any other time.