Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-08-13

regular old Tammany screech at Bur
lington, Tuursday last, in electiDg
candidate for Congress Ia the Tirs
District The candidates from first 4
last were s. Lefaer Gold DemocraD, d
Des Moines county, Leroy g. Palmer
CORNER politics ring, streaked and
speckled), of Henry county, Major y
r. Pierce, CORNER Republicanl q
Jefferson county. Dan Miller, (old timt
Democrat), Of Louisa county, Gen. A
y Dodge, (Delnocrat), OF Des MOincl
county, Hon. Jacob g. Vale, (the acci
dent Anti Monop. candidate tor Gov
efnor once), or Van Buren, county
Benz. y. Hall, (Democrat), Of De-
Moines county, Ed. Campbell, Demo
crat), Of Jefferson county and B. F
Brown (unknownh Of Washingtol
county. sa 4
The three latter were voted for IN th'
convention after the informal ballot
The business OF the convention wa'
transacted In the greatest confusion
and according 10 accounts rssemblei
nearer the pit u ! cosk. fight than any
thing else. Speaking Of the ballo
when Ed. .Campbelis uame was throws
into the ring tho Ha0k Eye says:
While the hght between Brown and
Hall was waxing fierce, Ed. Camp
bell was trotted ont, snd In . few bal
lots no scooped things. About III,
thirty fifth ballot Hall had . narrow
escape from being nominated, bu
Washington county changed fts vote
to Campbell after the result had beer
partially announced, which gave hinl
. majority. Then Z
THE HARMONY cULAINATRD.
"That nominaies himw Il say Il
does notI" II won't have my vote
changed after cast III" roared /
Washingtonian who wasnt around
when his county changed. The con.
vention resolved itself into one hide.
Gus old howl, in the midst OF which
=. g Wright, Of Burlington, climbed
on . chair aud made himself heard Ii
steutorian tones to the effect that cas- l
de egate to this convention / demand
an honest votei" He didn't want any
Of this sculduggery. He - Choru,
Of delegates, II hsve . right to -----'
"You haven't" Whoopl
Mr.. Carey, OF Henry, wanted to
know who was running this machine
Was THE the party OF Reform z { How'll
and whoops aud yells.) Let us have
no MOI 9 Of this humbug, but let the
nomination be made on fair, honest
principles, not BY juggling.
No wonder when on the next ballot
Campbell was nominated. he would
not stand to take . nomination from
such rowdy convention. Give the
Hon. Ed half , show and not : send
of from rabbls rousers and he would
be tho last man to squeal. From thia
moment all there was Of vigor In the
convention ooxed out, and they quiet.
~ clipped out, while the game was be.
Ing played Of getting the thing oil
their hands In some way, which the,
did by nominating the political
weathercock, Leroy g. Palmer, wnon,
they knew would not decline.
He Is lawyer OF moderate ability,
In Mt. Pleasant, and q brother OF ILL,
nois' greatest political summersaultist
ex.6ov. Palmer. Asrcgards the po.
litical antecedents Of Leroy we again
clip from the HasOk Eye by which Il
will be seen how office has sought this
Anti Monop candidate: 'He has been
a resident Of Mount Pleasant for q
years, and during his residence Il,
Iowa be has been An active politician
and every political party that has beer
organized in this country since Palme,
arrived at his majority has heard hil
rap upon its door and his shufIline
walk uponi its kitchen door hunting
for crumbs. In 1861 heswas sent "a
the State Senate by the Republicans ol
Henry county, and after serving hii
time out be was kindly excused. Hs
was candidate for denomination
but was defeated by Hon. T. w. Wool.
son. After this Palmer became com.
pletely disgusted with parties, and he
Immediately went into tho arefvrm'
business, and, from that time down Il
the present, Palmer has been an indie
pendent candidate At almost every
election--always announcing himsell
- Q man above parties. too pure aud
too good to act with any party, bul
willing to accept votes from men whs
were not pure and righteous. In la6(
he announced himselfas an sindspsnd
ent" candidate for district attorne,
against Judge Tracy, who was then ,
candidate ON the Republican ticket fol
that position. In 1858 hs anaounee(
himself a. an ''indepensaentn candidate
for State Senator against the Republi
can nominee, Hon. John r. West, enl
again hs was ssnt whiriisg ovsr III
rough and rugged road of defsae. Bat
not discouraged, he turned up Ii,
NEXT year = IN ..independsnt1 candI
dats for Judge against Judge Tracy
who was then the Republican candI
date, but the people again failed :
zee his superior qualifications aud Al
ness for 3 place OF tsust, Aad they u