Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-08

"So' Us ''e iee"i' vi us apathv, VIII
rise in its might and sweep the field.
as II has done time and again before.
we MAINTAIN that 1t has been only our
over confidence and apathy which has
e. s. W " ule ground mat slipped
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In the daily Burlington Gazette of
the 4th inst. we find the following
quotation from the Ottumwo Gown.
TIER:
referring to Kirkwood,s s,,arv-
grabbing, the Ottnmwa COURIER. run
~ "n I'm, nssocla'lon ,a OF ofhcehoiders,
in Tho Sor;os nf ;,ona o, vas .iie ni.ll
of Conpressmeu. n wasnot onnnSaa
by the people: it was never found
ia"lt with in fact, twas Endorsed, so
'a' al ',.o ac's oi congress are usual
iclosin" honrs or Cnnar. nS ne " "os tho
last act, against which the people had
spoken in thunder tones for months.
ms matter was 100 siliy ana trihing
would shame mon Of lass I hr.s . I'm
whitewashed rebels
| Following this. in the Gozet,e. arc
remarks made upop the above ouota-
ton by the Iowa CITY Press. John
Irishs paper. We. therefore. do not
know positively whether the above
auotation is tho c,;n,o. of tho p.oso
r.,o o.,,.
s' ""' ".'c'ei - may
"e' ~ yer! evident mat the man
who did it. is IL scoundrel. The term
we use is harsh. perhaps. but vet II
.n,,. ~ A.. osa o,n It..
W.. vase o"' o"'e'' Ill re-
lefrlng TO II, is not for the purpose OF
trying to prevent repetition of such
things from such sources. because wc
were conv;ncod l,,u .no ,ho. s,a,, .
49,. "So '''"' s"e'' a
"sk wo"'o oe hopeless one. Our
sole object is to show to our readers
that parties who will thus act dishon-
estly. must have a had conso IN do.
co,d "a a.. ., A.,
'" anu ma. me! arc uhWorth! OF
commence. Having said this much,
we reproduce that part of orr article.
which annoaroa !, tho n,f a.
as.,, 20 -. - 'i'
@''h VI august IRON Which the above
extract was coined, and we ask the
especial attention of our readers to n
comparison Of Them.
..Tho az. &c 1oec
81: y, iooo was ,he hith In the
S,aaa,o ~, 'e%so III we salary OF
~, . osso IL was not opposed by
rmS p.:pc was never iound 1anit
y. ~ a M ns :. was ihuorsed, SO iar
a 10 WIG '''s % oonsIess are usually m
uu.seu. ~ was NOT passed AMID the
the last act AGAINST which, tho ,oo VIZ
had spoken in thunder tones for
months. The last act was, in effect, an
act OF majority OF Congress, in which
.ho Dchhocra's were deeper III the mlre
nna " ~ uou. .'se; uohe IN sp1!e OF the
TEMPT of public eynrass;on ama . -. =
period when times were hard. and the
country felt that economy was neces-
sar!; III Is simply dishonesty i'll the
the recently co;nad nnnr ~ a;ppl!ing
thets to suit another case Of salary
grabbcr, to kirkwood. This the Lead
er KNOWS 1uii wei. Why, If we
;s,ot;on 81 rnmm.o .i,,oush an 'ile leg
of salary, and apnly tho rmle Nv
which the Leader judges Kirkwood.
we should convict OF salary-grabbing
anIn e stn.a a,o n'os. famous ana honor-
i'm the history Of The nat;nn "'T TI;s
matter is too silly and trifl;no TO
dwell upon. Making the charge would
snalhe n!en OF less brass than white
no .e"''e' VIII observe mat the
sse cn,,r.,.,' s,rsa. Say s, v.sec.y 70
leaves ont . LARGO no..;o,, 81 o,,,.
clio and tb.n nnh,;s,..s :. IT, ~
without showing that ANYTHING was
| omitted, and by doing SO. misleads
| the reader and makes the last sentence
but one, in the quotation. apply to the
garbled extract going before. when
we made no such an application of il.
Were it not that the whole extract is
so garbled, we might be charitable
enough to infer that the omission Of
the negative mot" in the line /: "it was
passed amid the closing hours &c.
was "a Typographical error, but sucb
an inference is not comnat;b,e with
| the further evidence of raseality
We close by simply SAVING that This
lesson teaches that the author of the
above garbline, and those knowingly
publishing the same. are totally nm.
A,o.,. a ~
s.@'
''i'h Tic "a@e'ee anu fTess that the!