Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-28

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LETTER and Democracy had such I
thing In contemplation and did for ,
time intend to carry it out, but they
have reconsidered it and conclude
that they don't want any such discus
sion.
The softest words of acceptance Of
favor was Kirkword's reply to Gen
Wright's telegram to him: 'Why il
thunder don't you accept Z" with Kirk
woods: "If must, yes" Aud still
softer, sillier and moro slobbering, il
the way the radical press all over The
State are parAding the undignified
message and its answer in their col
umn's as though he should be immor'
talized for an excessive modesty. Oh
dear, save his bushes to adorn The
future Mecca of his followers. Indus
trial Era.
Plainly that Era chap has nc
love for the old war Governor. Not
everybody may know the reason. To
his old neighbors in the southeast
portion of this county, ii is quite plain,
When Kirkwood was organizing the
boys in blue to repel rebellion, the
Era man was in secret council with
the boys in gray, and right here in
Wapello county. with his connivance,
steps were taken to swell the ranks OF
treason's host.
. If Kirk wood made ii too hot to car
ry on such work in Iowa, we presume
good people will say he did right, but
doubtless the Era man has memory
and that memory awakens hate.
WHERE Is THE ANTl-MONOPOI.Y
PARTY.
We desire In what we shall say in
this article to address our Anti Mon.
opoly friends of two years and year
ago In particular. One year ago in
State convention they named them
selves Qhe Democratic party having
been buried) the Anti Monopoly party
of Iowa. Nobody was then Demo-
crat in Iowa and il We called an Anti
Monop, a democrat, who had been once
Republican, wo were charged with
being unfair. Ii we limited that the
Anti-Monopoly movement was cats
paw of Democracy, to lead the whole
host finally into the Democratic party,
VIC were denounced as doing SO for
party purposes and dishonest motives.
Now we ask the plain and pertinent
question of these once Republicans
ard now once Anti Monops, what has
become Of their party2 isit not the
plain, simple truth, that all the Anti
Monops have either to swing clear into
the Democratic camp or come back to
the old fold if they find any political
organization to act with.
Major Woodward, the only ex.Re-
publican nominated by the opposition,
declares himself satisfied with the
name Democracy, and Col. Keatly,
another ex-Republican, writes letter
to John p. Irish. to the same effect.
The question of cheap transporta-
ton was entirely ignored by tho late
Democratic State Convention-not
one word was said about it, but the
old Democratic secession States rights
doctrine was made chiefly prominent
together with free whisky, which in
the Anti Monop State Convention was
voted down.
Take the platform Of the Anti
Monop Convention of 1874 and the
one OF this year, and they are IS un-
like as light and darkness. In the
county convention Of the opposi-
tion held in this city to appoint
delegates, last June, there was but
two or three Anti-Monops, or once
Republicans. II was conceived and
and run by Democracy almost to a
man.
The SPIRIT Of the Times, The Anti
Monop paper which sung the song OF
. new party and the death of old once,
has passed into the control Of Demo
Gratis and now runs mp the Democratic
flag. Whatever Of neutrality it affect
ed has passed away whatever Of
Anti.Monopoly it advocated, it now
abandons to join party which ignored
In its State Convention the principle
which brought it into being.
How have the mighty and valiant
champions of the new party fallen,
and how thoroughly has been snbstan.
tiated our statements of two years and
one year ago, that all these side show
parties participated in by the Dem.
ocracy were but anxilliaries to that old
party, which was cunningly gathering
its forces by such means for the Presi.
dental battle of 1876.
There can be no longer any room
for delusion-every Anti-Monop OF
Liberal can SEQ so plainly that Longer
association with the nameless opposi
tion in this State is connection with
Democracy, that there can be no Other
solution of such action, save that they
have concluded to join the Democrat,
party. We were right then in th,
years past in our opinion Of the out
come, and so certain were we of Il
two years ago, that even now, aftcl
the consummation of our prediction, ",