The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-01-29


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l.nr a,erssssrs (lreuf the
- re.r.rLshle rol;t;caI contests in
~ h;story of Iowa ia lust been
6roa.~ht - ! cIose. Il has been re-
msrlSAls 8 p.1nv reupeoss, but prin-
rinaIIv a aooosnt d the tenacity
- - iivwith which each party
szs4rok Is their man" In most Of the
&C., hckso-as they are Familiarity
knovn-of Lewisla&nree heretofore.
thare have hece 'scat tesin9 votes that
raadc an orraIxatioa impoaGible. but
n, this caaG far n least 100 hal
- - xota stood 30 TO SO. everv
80 ihe;nr go Cor Gear o. Dixon.
nrt th;e - nat tle only plsce Tho
= - appareaf. A move vas psat
a a.. Ven 4 was found that Tie
tvo nelitipal uarties were Of equal
nnnkera. for the Grsnsers 10 organ
- - House. "A csrcus was cslled
fcr she parpoee, into which oonsulia-
t;cn cniy. Erangers were admitted,
Int vhen the faithful were gathered
ltospkhar with one accord 10 one
ulsee. I'D Moses counted, il was
80 thai there wcrs 20 Grangers
IA tn House, but when they caae
10 look then over POLITICALLY, the
record allowed that tkey been voting
IS q them for Gear and 35 for Dix
On. Thus the little Grange move
thaE possibly might have taken mp
new man was blocked. The voting
was . tic in smother respect also:
There ore two Johnsons, two Mores
snd tWo Clarks in the House, and
hxe Ger and Dixon each had his
JoAasoh, his More and his Clark.
Whether there was . tie in any other
respocs / have not learned. For sew
eral days the Ants had been uneasy.
The Republicans by repeated Offers
looking to compromise proved
themselves to be of the true 'Liber-
AZ party. After persistent caucuss-
ing the Anti Monops were brought
to their senses. Each proposition
pr0Posed by the Republicans was .
bomb shell in their camp, bringing
on . fresh quarrel which was ut times
90 vehement that the utterances Of
those pure. insm0caIate rcformers
could be heard over the whole build
ing, by which the Republicans were
conatsntly advised Of their intentions.
Many of their number became dis
satisfied with their candidate, while
others protested against . change de-
clafing that if another man was taken
up they would vote for Gesr. At
this juncture Mr.. Paul Of johnson
county, man of unquestioned hon
csty Of purpose, IN cid line Demo
crat and chairman of the Anti-Monop
caucus, withdrew from their caucus
and declared hs would never again
vote for Dixon and openly avowing
his intention to vote for Gear the
next morning. By this act Mr.. Paul
drew the FIRE of the whole 'santi''
camp and such epithets as 'straitor,"
aBenedict Arnold" &C., were freely
hurled ct him. The next morning
Mr.. Paul explained his position, stat
ing that it was with the best Of mo-
tives that he had agreed to change
his vote, but the CRY Of corruption
had been raised and asked to be
absolvsd from his promise. Caucus
inx vas again resorted to when the
Republicsns after various attempts
q compfomise offered the follovin~
which - Antis-as thew vere vhrre
something had 70 be sidid',-6nally
agreed to.
First. the Republicaps 10 have the
Sneaker. Second. the Anti Monc,o-
lists 10 have ,ll the other ofyices Of
the House except Speaker. Third.
the chairman of each standing com.
mittee to be Republican and the
membership to be eouvJly divided
between he parties' Fourth. The
Ants to have the chairman and ma.
;oritv Of all investigating committees,
Alter this agreement was entered
into Mr.. Dixon and . few othsrs fell
that ssthe interests of their constitu.
euts'' demanded their presence a
home and for the first time since III,
opeuino Of the session the House va,
not full. On the morning Of tn.
22nd the Speaker announced, as h,
had announced every morning for II
DAYS. that the election Of Speake
was in order, and ssMr. Clerk call tn,
roll" Now came the rub to vot.
for the very man they had beer
swearing for two weeks they woult
,.eyer, NEVER vote for. A good,
portion of them came up msnfull,
and cast their votes for Gear. hut :,
few of the more unrepenerate fellow,
would vote for some man who wa,
not I candidate. or snapishlv ask &c
be excused from voting, But il wa,
Astonishing with what avid;tv then
robbled up the remaining Offices
though il Is NOT 10 he wondered :,
for II is the first bite they've had "a,
10 these many wears. and thew look