Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-11-24

0 inst, under the caption of "-Anoth,
Protest indites long article on II
Senatorial question. II commence
as follows:
"Thc Keokuk Gate Ciy has enter
: cd its protest against any attempt I
deny to Gov. Kirkwood d right {
/, candidacy for the Senatorship, on th
ground of his being Governor, or b(
cause he has only just been elected |
that position. That protest has bee
given full prominence in the Gazett,
The Ottumwa Courier has also pre-
tested against any similar attempt I
lexclnde Secretary Belknap from tn
/ Senatorial arena, on account Of hi
position asa Cabinet ofiicer,or becaus
of alleged anxiety in his behalf o.
the part of persons in Washington
The Keokuk Gate City has, further
more entered its most earnest remon
STRANGE to the raising Of objections {,
Hon. g. w. McCrary, as q candidate
for the United States Senate, becaus,
that gentleman is now about to tax,
his seat, for the third term. asa mem
Eaber of the Lower House Of Congress
And now comes the State Reqistca
also adding its voice in demand 70,
"fair play to Gov. Kirkwood, wht
must not, the Register insists, b,
driven from the Senatorial course oil
the plea that he is too much handi
capped by possession of the Guberna
torial chair. This we copy into Tho
Gazette in another column.
1 Su,r
The Gazette onght to have quoted
our article, to which it referred, in
stead Of constituting our remarks ii
its own language, then it would have
represented us correctly, which il
does not do in what ii sets down tc
our account above. fa,.t7
What we did say and all we said
was as follows:
The Marshall Times thinks that
Kirkwood's chances for the same
place are declining, on,the theory tha,
he has . good and honorable position
in the Governorship. We think that
we may here say, without being con-
sidered as expressing one whit OF
preference for any man for Senator.
that we do not deem 1t fairly in our
province to urge II against the candi-
dacy of McCrary that he is member
Of the Lower House Of Congress, or
against Belknap, that he is Secretary
or War, nor against Kirkwood because
he will be Governor
Any person can very. plainly see
that 1t is one thing to represen, us as
making protest in behalf Of General
Belknap, alone, and quite another to
have our protest show that II was in
behalf of Kirkwood, McCrary and
Belknap, and especially given as de-
fense Of Kirkwood. Represent us
fairly, Mr.. Gazette. The Gazette then
puts in a protest for Senator Harlan.
Permit us to say that we have invari-
ably given the most even-handed
justice, as we think, to Senator Har-
Ian, and that we protested for the
Senator weeks and months ago
against attacks made upon him. After
speaking Of the exalted ability. and
distinguished services of Senator Har-
Ian in very Mandatory terms, but moi
more Mandatory than we have done at a
very recent period and have seen in
other journals of the State, the Ga
zette concludes its protest for Harlan,
as follows: 6ss
"And il by any subsequent single
mistake, as that of the Durant matter.
Mr.. Harlan has had his high reputa-
ton somewhat beclouded. that one
error of judgment, in no respect
necessarily rejecting upon his integ-
rity, affords no excuse for attempted
injustice to him now. 1t may not be
sssSs.is, Se -. ..,,m ers ~,ss.ad Senator. WE w
do not say that 1t is best, or that il
would be wise that he should be so
chosen, but we do insist that his
claims to that position are not barred
from consideration. Let Mr.. Harlan's
if he be a candidate, stand
or fall by its own merits. But let its
claims be fairly treated and candidly
canvassed by ALL"
We confess that IL we were Mr..
Harlan we would not importune any
body very strongly for protest end
ing up in that style. OF course Sena-
tor Harlan's claims are not "debarred
consideration" and should not be.
We suppose this is aimed al the Gate
City, which journal has quite severe
Is attacked Senator Harlan. We how
ever, ask that when ii contests with
the Gate, 1t shall not seemingly place
us in the same category, and convey
to its readers the idea that we protest
ed for Belknap, alone, when all we
have said included several gentlemen.
Be fair Mr.. Gazette, when you pro-
test.