Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-01-08

We ask the Republicans of the
Northwest, and particularly the Re-
publican farmers, to watch carefully
the dCVelOpmentof of "rei0rm" In WIS
cOnSin. At the last election the Re-
publican State officers, known To be
honest, capable, and opposed to mo-
nopOly under whatever guise 1t ap-
pearcd, were beaten by the so.called
relurmers, who elected Democratic
State officers, and IL Governor who
had some remote connection Win
agriculture, We said, during the
election and afterward, that the real
party in interest was the Democratic
party; that the campaign was direct
ed aud run in reality by Democratic
politicians that the party, embrac-
ing many honest men who were lei
away under the cry Of reform, was
in reality in league with the railway
interests OF the State, and would bG
\ largely controlled by railway cor
poration, with headquarters in Mil
| Waukee. There were some VINO
| doubted this, but the developments
now making show that our prophecy
was not an idle one.
Soon after the election in .Wiscon-
sin the Inter- ocean said:
We make the prediction that every
victory Of the sO-called Anti. Monop-
olists will be turned to account Of the
Democratic party. Nay, more. We
believe that this triumph Will be en-
pIUyed 10 further the designs OF the
railways and that, robed In the gar
ments Of Anti-MOnOpoly, there
stalks the leading spirit OF ailway
extOrtion, grnning like Mephisto-
pheles over the work OF those who,
while innOcently trying to make it
subject have made il n king. The
facts bear us out in this. The CON
vention that nominated Mr.. Taylor
was Democratic gathering. As
such, however IL knew it was power
less. BY covering up the skeleton
the managers foresaw that a victory
was possible, and so they stood back,
pulling the strings while the puppets
danced. The principal parties ell
gagged In this business, and those
who, though standing in the shadow
ofthe background. have conducted the
campaign, are j. =. G. Cottrell, Chas.
II. Larkin, and John w. Corey, OF
Milwaukee Sat Clark, Of Dodge
County; G. A. Fldridge, Of Fon du
Lac; and Dick Wilson, Of Eau
Claire.
What has become of the above
patriots? Where are they now?
we can answer for few Of them.
EIdridga is in Congress, fighting
with the desperation Of q bafiied
dem agOgue to prevent the repeal OF
the salary bill. Sat Clark, one or
the most reckless, and notorious Cop
erhead politicians in the State--a
man who in public place heretofore
has AL vocated every kind Of extrav-
agance and winked at every device
to squander the public funds, has been
appointed Warden of the Penitentia-
nv by this model Anti-Monopoiist,
this so called reformer, Governor
Taylor. The others, IL not in office,
are on the track for promotion; amt
that their chances are good is appar-
ent from the general drift Of appoint
ments. A communication In the
Times, paper that lent oil its
strength to the triumph Of this great
reform movement, from its Madison
correspondent, says that desperate
struggle has been going on ever since
the elect ion 10 capture the State ofii-
ces and run the new party In the in
tprests Of bOurbOnisn. "In this
Struggle" remarks the correspon-
dent, ait il sad to contemplate the
fact that there remains scarcely a
doubt Of its ultimate success" The
only qualification, according to this
writer, which Clark, the new War
den, has ever exhibited for The place,
is the fact that he once declared in
the State Senate that he hoped sew
cry man who enlisted In the Union
army would be killed" This is the
feast to which the new party mana
gers,and the Times and Tribune OF
this city, invite the people of the
Northwest. How do they like the
bill OF fure?--Infer Ocean