The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-06-11

nomination, made On this basisI ~
believe victory can be won that
win unite and strengthen the party
for future contests.- Gazette, Xdy
29M. 1 a
THE COTTON ANDWB1.
The answer q the Clinton Hwo11
TO the Gaseese's revisw q he C0n-
gressional situation win be found =
another column. We invite stton.
tion to il, and take pleasure u say
ing that the Herald has met the &
sue in manner highly creditable 70
the recognized organ Of Mr.. Cotton.
It has not attempted to ignore the
facts, nor to keep them from the peo-
pie, but has in : manly way printed
the indictment Of the Gazette entire.
That this was the polite course to
take, is very clear, and the HSrold
is entitled to whatever capital it can
make by an appearance Of frankncss
and courage.
But this courage il more seeming
than real. The Herald 10 not q
anxious to meet the blows Of the Ga
zette as to parry them. While allud-
ing to the election returns Of ", 10
not anxious to discuss them. II says
they are s'neither new, nor hitherto
unknown" and complains that the
Gazette has waited until late hour
before bringing them forward. We
beg to differ with the Herald on
both Of these points. We do not be-
lieve there are dozen men in the
Congressional district who realized,
before the appearance Of the Gdzetse
article, that Mr.. Cotton ran over
5000 behind the ticket in 1872, nor
that he was 662 behind in Clinton
county. 1t was known that he ran
behind everywhere, but public atten-
ton had not been called to the enor-
nous losses sustained BY making
him candidate. So as to the result
= year ago, there are very few Re-
publicans who were aware that the
counties composing the district gave
the nti-Monopoly candidate for
Governor 3 majority of 1886. BY
placing these two statements togeth-
or it became evident that Mr.. Cotton
ought not to be renominated unless
for the purpose Of ensMring tie ress1n
Of a Democrat to Congress. IL the
District is at all doubtful, % last
years vote indicates, it is certain
that the party cannot afford to have
1000 or any other number of Repub-
licans, vote against the candidate for
Congress. We admit that the facts
sustaining this inference are some of
them one year old, and some two,
but they are pertinent and ought to
be considered by every Republican
before committing himself on the
question Of Congressman.
The plea that these considerations
are brought forward at . late hour,
and as . s'scare," is too shallow to
merit attention. The election is yet
four months of, and the nomination
ought not to be made for at least two
months to come. So there il ample
time to consider the availability Of
candidates. How long Mr.. Cotton
and his friends have been fixing
things" we can not say. The Her
aid puts it at "many weeks" but not
word was communicated to us on
the subject, nor had We seen anything
in print until quite recently. It is
not our fault, therefore, IL this fatal
report Of ~ seems to come late to
those who have been secretly plot
ting to foist Mr.. Cotton upon the par
ty. It was not until they chose to
| disclose their hand that We. believed
! it possible Mr.. Cotton would ask Q
denomination. 1t requires an unusu-
al degree of assurance to present .
candidate to the party who ran be-
hind 1900 at his last trial, and near
ly 700 of it in his own county; and
we doubt whether Mr.. Cotton would
have consented to such use Of his
name but for the opportunities Of Of
fce-holders who would prefer defeat
with him to success with some other
Republican. Indeed, we are not
without evidence that some Of his
Clinton friends have advocated his
nomination though expressing the
opinion that he would be beaten. To
all such any objections fatal to their
plans will come too late. But the
Republican party does not want .
candidate to be beaten, and win re-
spect the demand for q standard
bearer who will poll the full Republi-
can vote.
The Herald over shoots the mark
when it expresses anxiety about what
a new Congressman will do, what
opinions he will hold and what meas
ures he will sustain. We have no
objections to Mr.. Cotton's public
course, nor shall we borrow any trou-
BILE about the principles of his sue
cessor, if he is a Republican. Mr..
Cotton has done well, and merits the
gratitude of his constituents. But
he will lose all this if he il instru-
mental in sending Democrat 70
take his place. Give US true Re
publican, and we shall not trouble
ourselves about his principles. Give
US one who can take the Republican
vote, and we believe he can be elect.
ed. Clinton county ought not ia
ask the privilege Of mortaging the
district with a defeat. = Gazette, Jissst
4th.
About 200 miles from Yeddo is .
plain twenty miles long, and varying
from two to eight miles in width
Around this plain arise mountain
covered with the paper mulberry
trees, and in various villages upon
this plain is paper manufactured. One
of these manufactures is now continu.
ing the business which has been pros.
ecuted in the same place BY his fam
lily for not less than 600 years. In
yard near the house, . dozen boya
and girls were seen BY the yisito'
employed in peeling the mulberry
branches which had been dried and
mascerated until the soft inner bari
could be readily separated from ths
outer. These strips were then boil
ed in q lye formed from the ashes q
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