Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-09-24

the parties. Capt. Mullins is a form.
or Republican who thought he saw
good to come ont Of the new party
and went into it last year. In this act
of his we cannot but remark, that he
exhibited a wonderful amount of SIM
plicity, il nothing more, for if he sin.
ccrely entered into the new party for
reform, he made such a mistake as no
man of cautious sound judgment
ought to have made: and if he went
into it expecting that it was to succeed
and he would gain politically by
it, he was very simple indeed. He
sees his error now, and, after
the letters referred to passed DO.
tween the parties he came out and
denounced the Anti-Monop party as
corrupt and valneless, and returned to
the fold ofthe Republican party. The
letters, it seems to us, disclose good
and sufficient reason for this last act of
his. Clark is the man who was con-
spicuously prominent in nominating
E. N. Gates, Esq, for Congress, the
Anti. Monopoly candidate in this Dis
trict. This we know because we were
present in the Convention, and kno,o
whereof wo speak. Clark led the
Gates column in the Convention,
and led it well. Now for the letter
which we give, with the editorial com.
ments of tho Horror thrown 10, and
after our readers poruse them we
want them to consider that the esti-
mate given of Gates is by his friend,
who had known him long, and who
had done moro than any other one
man to nominate him:
"MoNRoE, Iowa, Aug. 5, 1874.
Mr.. G. A. CLARK, ~ ..isl +. !.
Dear Sir:-I was kept from attend
ing tho congressional convention at
Ottumwa on account. Of harvest COM
ing ON about that time. According to
the report Of the proceedings. how
ever, published in your paper, notice
that the delegation from this county
voted for Gates first, last and all the
time. There are many OF us, who like
yourself, were aware of the wishes of
the people in this particular, and
would like to ask you for an explana-
ton as to why you took the course
Won did after protesting in tho COM
mittce room against the delegation
even giving Mr.. Gates cornplimen.
tary vote? You knew that Mr.. Gates
was not the choice Of the convention
There we're times during the ballotina
at the congressional convention thai
the vote from Jasper county would
have nominated Mr.. Dixon, the frs
| choice of the Jasper county convcn'
ton. L. r. MULLINS
COMMENTS OF THE MIRROR.
This letter was written by Capt
Mullins after becoming acquainted
with the action of the congressional
convention, aud lisa simple and honest
inquiry into the cause of the defeat o.
the real choice of the party in Jasper
county. Here is Clark's reply vcr6a
tim ct literatum, and the real cause fol
Capt. Mullins leaving the Anti-Mo
nopoly party and why? Simply be
cause the character of those who arc
now attempting to lead that party iu
this congressional district are here
shown to be bad, by one who was cog.
infant of the facts, and he thought the
company for him too corrupt. 1t is
certainly too corrupt for any honest
man to he in. Read it, gentlemen
those of you who think we have beer
incorporating Clark by calling him
corrupt man, and those who are oil
the belief that Capt. Mullins charges
are false. The writer says it is an
"honcst answer" TO the letter above
quoted. Here it is:
NEWTON, Iowa, Aug. z, 1874.
L. +. MULLINS, ESQ,
Dear Str Your note, making in
quiry in regard to the nomination oil
Mr.. Gates, is received, and shall have
AN HONEST ANSWER. The ma,
jority of our Congressional delegation
WERE DIXON MEN AT THE
TIME OF THEIR APPOINTMENT I;
but those who went to the State Con
vention brought back report so un-
Favorable to the character Of Diron that
his case was considered hopeless at
once. Albert Harrah and others said
he was proud, cold, overbearing, and
without any considerable intellectual
force, and charges Of intempcraace
,ce,'e made against him. When we got
to the Convention, we found citizens
OF his own county his most determ-
ined opponents. AS tho delegates
came in we found largo majority
were farmers who had left their har-
vest fields at great personal sacrifice,
and who were determined that moth
ing but farmer should be nominated.
They knew nothing OF the ways poll
ticians employ, and we could have
ontmanaged them and secured the
nomination of Dixon; but it would
have been wet blanket on their en-
thusiasm, Principle was laid aside for
fear OF putting wet-bianket on some.
body's enthusiasm, endangered a bolt
and made our defeat certain. Now
look at the other candidates: McCor-
mack, of Knoxville, an editor, and not
a farmer, a man Of Gerry moderate d6il-
tty; Gault, Of Appanoose, a Democrat,
aciose cotes for The Railroad ring in the
Senate would have ruined us; White,
of Kcokuk, a farmer, but a BREWER
and LIQUOR MAN; Dixon, of Ma
haska, so unpopular at home that he
could not carry the party cote, and a
man Of moderate ability; and Har-
bour, of Mahaska, apho is said to be a.
DRUNKAKD. GATES is AN
UVERBEARING AND SELFISH
NAN, and certainly not likely to make
personal. friends. from frank, open, plain
men like you and me ! certainly have
ten times more reason to dislike him
than any other working Anti Monop--
olist in Jasper county, and certainly
had no idea of voting for him at OF.
tumwa. But we did not 20 there to
consult our personal fcclings, but to
do our best for tho Autobiography
party. We supported Gates unani-
mOnsly for these reasons: LIST, The del
opAtnR dam anInfl a farmor nnyo;,, m