Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-02-19

a. 1T. HAMILTON.}
II. FL. WARDEN, I 3oisors'
THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 10th, ,els7a.
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s9-CALLED ANTI.MONOP STATE
CONVENTION.
On the s5th Of February there ia TO
be State Convention held at Dss
No!nes, under the cognomen Anti
Monopoly. 1t has for its object the
resurrection Of Democracy BY the best
fnessing in the gift Of the managers to
bestew. There will be platform
framed that will be redolent with
love for the dear peoples rights; that
Will glow with the most fascinating
promises that viii rehearsc III vivid
co!ors the wrongs to which the peo-
pie are subjected; that will mourn in
tesrful agony over the corruption OF
the powers that be; that vii, gush
forth In agonizing walls of sympathy
for the plow holders suffering from
the merciless oppression Of the bond.
holders; that will finally sing the song
OF the syren to any tune; bin and
COO In any direction. eat all shades o,
crow, mouth any lip service, bend the
supple sycophantic knee to anybody 4
idol, pitch their voices (most Of them
all unused to such key, and in which
their hearts cannot join.) In loud OK,
travagant praise Of the glorious old
flag, which went down before rebel.
lion to their joy, declare their pure
disinterestedness, in that they want nc
Offices, no honors, only to be door,
keepers In the house of Anti. Mouopo.
~, and through which as gateway, II
IN the ficod-.ide they should, per-
chance. be lifted into some fat place,
they might be induced to take it.
Such will be the public professions
and face Of this show at Des Moines
On the 18th. The private individual
character of the concern will be Of
far different stamp. Like the very
hungryest OF pigs, scramble and tum-
BILE over each other In desperate
struggle to get their snouts into the
trough, will this conglomerated mix
,ure come together, and struggle at
Des Moines In the buttonholing pro.
cess for place, and In the private confer
ences extended into the @wee small
hours Of the morning" The two
principal high contracting parties will
be first, the slough-offs, the county,
district and State politicians, whose
hair pulled because, for some reason,
while in the Republican party they
did not get what they wanted, and up
on whose visions in consequence,
there burst all at once, Tho fearful
panorama which takes them hours to
describe, Of the dreadful rottcnness Of
Republicans, their former associates
This new light having illumined the
souls Of these men to see Uust IS you
viii have it reader, that either they
are in the wrong pew for their OWL
interest, or that Republicans have be.
come so corrupt that there is no hope
for them, they have shaken the dust
from off their feet, and now mingls
their mite with the two and hall
millions Of Democrats, to find reform,
loyalty, honesty, and righteousness.
This brings us to consider that 9TH
er high contracting party. This is the
party, which with an immense army,
discounted In its contest against free.
dom and union, for slavery and white
supremacy by legal enactment, holdi
uaneteen-twentieths of the ballots oi
the new alliance. Step by step in ths
grand march Of progress which hal
marked the career Of the Republican
party, this host has been beaten down
until at last they offered the wager ol
battle In defense Of slavery, and were
finally overthrow amid four years oi
bloodshed. This alliance Us reform
party, now offers itself as the salt Of
the earth, to purge this country Of the
corruption, which it alleges, in ita
enormity, like HAmlct's ofyenses
t'smells to heaven" Joined with such
movements in the North, are those in
the South, such as happened few
days ago in Baltimore, Maryland,
where they assembled in thousands to
renew their faith still in the doctrines
for which they contended in the re.
bellion, and to express the belief that
their end therein would yet be attained
The ofice-seekers of the slough.offs
cay to the hungry Democratic seekers
for place, take back seats for the pres
emit, and through this great noise and
confusion shout mcnopolies and cor
ruption, we can bring to You goodly
host from the ranks of the enena1, that
shall swell your numbers, 20 that in a
short time you will be masters Of the
sitnstion but just now we must have
our pay in hand; "the laborer is
worthy Of his hire" and ii we don't
get our remuneration down. we are In
spoor way ever to get 1t, for you
know very we'll that you are not to be
trusted when you get able to stand
alone. This is the way these fellows
talk to their big brothers; the THIRTY
pieces of silver must be paid Ia hand
Witness their nominations in the las,
campaign in this county. The repre-.
seutatives Of old Democracy see and
recognize the force Of this, and the
great trouble il to shake off it's leechel
and determine how far to carry and
how long to hol1 on TO this policy, and
they reply and say, be careful, don't be
too greedy, or our side will get mad
and crush you out with a single hug.
They won't cat too much crow, nor
viii they agree to keep down wha,