Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-07-09

AAue ana again Since tne treason OF
the Democratic party, It has tried to
engineer q successful State and nation.
al campaign. During, and after the
close of the war, It essayed repeatedly
to run soldiers upon its ticket, in 9th.
er words it fought under colors which
at heart it despised 4 it played the hyp-
ocrite; II stopped to conquer-such an
instance was that of running General
futile for Governor during the war.
The General was inveigled by their
fair promises and betogged by the
glitter Of guhernatorial honors. They
and he failed, as we'll they both might
have known In the outset Even tne
boys of the gallant Second Iowa, who
followed tho brave futile over the
parspets of IT. Donaldson on the 18th
Of February, 1862, could not mix up
with the men at home, who called
them Lincoln hirelings and supporters
Of an abolition war, when the Gener-
aps political standard was raised by
these rebel sympathizers. The
people swept away oil such subtsr-
fugcs. So from time to time, they
have done the same thing ~ fast a. the
democracy have set them up.
Now, again, democracy is nursing .
side show put up BY VIM. NJ. Stone.
They accept him q their leader this
fall, just y they accepted Horace
Greeley in the last Presidential race.
But this Is all there is In the way OF
comparison between the two men
Greeley was Is high above Stone in all
that makes up man as one could well
conceive Of. Ex-Governor Stone, in the
whirl of war times, came home and by
his bold adroitness and the favorable
circumstances became the Republican
nominee for Governor. While Gov
ernor he would have cclat by going
down to Savannah to meet Sherman's
victorious army as 1t should reach the
sea. Somebody run the Governors
Office In his absence, and then or at
some other time il was partially run
in the ground. The Republican party
felt that It could mot carry the loose,
hilarious, inattentive way Stone had
Of discharging his Official duties Ito
draw it very mild land Republicans
very naturally came to the conclusion
mot to entrust him with Official DO.
sition. He tried again ana again to gel
q position before the people, but 81.
ways failing, he went TO Louisiana Ia
play carpet-bagger Is U. s. District At.
torney, and there he failed. He Is now
Generalissimo Of the Liberal.Anti.
Monor Independent Democratic
party OF Iowa. The serpent in the
wilderness raised up to purify The
public affairs Of the State of Iowa. HI
was . candidate two years before in tn,
Liberal Democratic Congressional
convention of this district, and the
competitor Of the Hon. H. H. Trimble
and the Hon. j. w. Dixon. He had
only been christened Liberal twenty.
four hours before the convention met
and he came down here tncoy and
loitered around about the depot, ex
pccting to be called upon to Nuke q
speech in ratification of his nOmita
ton. He may properly be termed the
gutta percha candidate, for his princi.
Piles are the most elastic and accom-.
modating that ever fell to the lot OF
man to possess. What is true Of him
10 also quite common with his brother
Liberals. The people recognize the
phantom of following such men in thu
hope Of getting pure government, and
the movement, now . week old, is get
ting such kicks and cuffs from every
qnarter that its early death IL newt.
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