The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-12-04

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of the Tennessee.
This ends the second class of cantli-.
dates, and leaves iHe TO consider the
aspirants between whom she real
! fight will hc att sr the others have been
withdrawn All three Of these
Gratz Brown, StilsOn HutcRins ard
Thomas G.. .ISeynolds-come from this
! county. The sectional question
| should certainly be against them, az,
St. Louis already has both Senators,
Schurz and Bogy, and sectional con-
sideratiOns have n peculiar strength
in Missouri politics. Nevertheless,
betw these three the actual cOntest
lies.
Gratz Browns political, history
scarcely needs ,RpetitiOn lie was all
Abolitionist till the war abolished
slavery; led the Liberal movement
that M 1870 broke the Republican
power in Missouri: Uas a leader in
the national, LibsI:Il movement Of
1872; but, with a grca5er amount of
pGlMis isal sagaZitY shan his partner.
Mr. Schurz, left the lean pastures Gf
/ Liberalism for the fatter fields of De-
nOcracy. lie is the most popular Of
all the candidates. and considered in
some measure the successor of Benton.
and other great MissCurians. lie has
powerful personal folloHgSry, p
stHoR% ob&.y interest, and lots OF
naONcy- and the ssan who beats hinl
will be the successor to Mr. Schurz.
Mr.. Il. C.. Reynolds was Claiborne
Jack sons Lieutenant Governor, and,
81 Ianth ,f 1n.t- b.~
Confederate Governor" of Missouri.
Mr.. Reynolds is scholarly. eloquent.
of fine presence and uublemis1,ed rep
utatiOn. His Confedsr;yse Eeeori
makes it pretty certain SHAT, ii Cock
rcu tiald. las ewn ':fssluees going, he
/ will throw his strength for Reynolds;
and If Phelps dogs not prove uneX-
peetesily powerful, the Republicans
influence will be cXerted in his favor.
StilsOn Hutchins is the last candi-
date to be mentioned, and, perhaps.
the strongest. During the Wr he.
was a partner of ID. A. NLaaoay in,
the Dubuque Herald. and played no,
inconspicuous part in Ieya politics.
In St Louis, llLrilL. his coMuection
with the Times. he became engaged
I III dH kNIF9euc1IdD1t lttSt N.itih
Knapf>s :DNd shat part OF the Dcnoc-.
racv which goes by the Repu-Aican.
As the leader of the Nesli,r Ufmocra-.
cy. an astlsse and unscrupulous poll,
tician, DARN. and vet wary, man
| with whom the eud always iustities
the means, alnbittGILs beyond meas.
are, and vet without the blindness
that in matters affecting himself geIi-
orally chararteriZcs the aVbn iisUs-
man. he is candidate whom no one.
can de.piSe. lie led the last House,
and laid his pipes very thoroughly for
this campaign. With good share of
the delegation from this county COM
mittcd 20 his cause. and Il fair follow
ing from the country, with, de piHs.
MIR. Bogy's support (fOr he dictated
MIR. Bo"y's elecIion), and with a per-
feet knowledge of the arts of the cau-.
Gus. and no scruplcs about using any
of them, llutchins is strong man.
The general opiniO" aEHO1ss ,i.e psli-.
tfsi:ans IL. that the tgat win, iiI;,llv
, lie between him and Brown, and that
| the CsaicdcrateS will hold the bal
ancc Of power. YOuu CORES >pondent
would not he surprised to find that
Hutchins was defeated strong as he
is o-day for he is one 0i those caEdi-.
dates whom the public almost inva-
ri..bly decline to choose wL.sn the az
tual pinch comes. Ii tka- ,AR.;tiatrA
in the first fight are to se- beaten bv
! any one lower down i'll the betting,
Phelps is the man.
Several l'linoIs papers have pro-.
Z a 1. l.
Of this contest, there was a hope that,
the Republicans might fOment bolt
and compel the choice of Il new man..
There is no hope of tins. The Dem.
ocratic party is 80 well kept in hand,
that ardcmtiv as its members are for
imitation or something stronger. it eX-
poets To support hard money luaAtar
the Presidency in 1876 and hSs+es and
intends to poll Il full vSia tar him.
Whoms0evcr the calki0s, ar3idaS upon
will have every vote iii the iDiut ses-,
sion. and Repnliieans- elsewhere
would do well to iv!itasa rhis cXam-.
pie of amIenabiisy to,sisciplinc.
Mr.. Schurz is about the most ut,
trrly deieased maa i'll America The,
Democrats have dropped him. sais-
fled of his impractica,iity; his "Tad-.
pole organization has suffered ship-~
wreck; and tbs Republicans dete>t
him cordially for his original tcrgiv-.
| crsation. and as the author of their.
resent route Mr.. Henry T. Blow,
| Chairman OF the State CoLMu1trc.
would probably have received TIC
compliment of Il nominal ipiI were il.
not that he. too, is not over-popularr
by reason oil his having consented tn.
the surrenler of the party. Probably
Mr.. john r.. Henderson will again be-
selected ;.s the standard bearer of the
| party. l'HLAN.