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

"C OENAAWH1A10 0UESTIONs
i 81 II is to be expected that before th,
!. important question is settled, as Il
/ who shall bic next chosen IT. s. Sena
/ tor from Iowa, that many things will
be said and published that will hard
3 ly do justice to many parties. Some
, thing appearing in the Headlight
published at Newton, Iowa, by State
!, Senator Frank Campbell, comes to us
! through the Gate City, as we do moi
happen to exchange with the Head.
Hight, which we cannot regard as any.
thing other than unkindly and un-
pleasantly bringing the name of Gen.
Hedrick as Federal officer, into the
Senatorial contest. We give below
the article Of the Headlight in full:
| sOne thing is evident--no one can
!. didate can yet claim enough votes in
!. the next General Assembly to elect.
4 Undoubtedly Gov. Kirkwood leads
the ticket, and this very fact--his be-
ing the strongest candidate, will COM
bine the opposition against him, and
elect some other, r,man--Kirkwood can
hardly secure the So votes necessary
Il to nominate.
4 Ex-senator Harlan is spoken Of, hut
while, he has many warm personal
friends, who are indebted to him for
political fayors, he does not command
the confidence of the party in Iowa
4 and has no show in the race--his
weakness will be SO manifest when
the time arrives, his friends will not
present his name to the caucus.
Secretary of War, Belknap. has en-.
tered the contest in dead earnest with
strong desire to fill the seat Of Sem
ator Wright. He has warm support
ers, and undoubtedly has the backing
Of the Administration, as many Of the
| Federal Office holders in Iowa are his
ardent supporters, headed by General
Hedrick, of Ottumwa, United States
Internal Revenue Supervisor for the
Western District. The very fact that
parties in Washington and elsewhere
are interfering in our domestic affairs
Will react against General Bclknap.
At present the fight Is between Kirk.
wood and Belknap and already an an
tagonism haa developed that will grow
with the canvass, and keep the friends
OF these two parties apart, to unite ul-
tmately on third candidate.
Hiram Price, Of Davenport. Is de-
vcloping considerable strength as
candidate. His recognized ability.
his devotion to principle in the face
of the most determined Opposition.
and under adverse circumstances, and
the able canvass he made this fall.
have won him the admiration Of ali,
and are rallying around him goodly
number Of staunch supporters in the
Senatorial fight.
There Ia yet another name that fig
ures in this contest, and is likely to
grow into prominence as the fight
grows warmer--that Of Geo. w. Nc
Crary, the modest, unassuming, vet
able Congressman from the First Dis
trict. While not urging his claims as |
other candidates are, no one more
commands the confidence Of the peo- |
pie Of the entire State. His abilities |
are recognized, his integrity of high !
order, man with record in Con- |
gress, national in character, without |
a stain upon 1t, statesmanlike in his |
views. broad and liberal, without en- I
tering the contestas vet. the name Of /
McCrary meets with favor from all I
quarters. and would be happy solu-
ton of the bitter contest which seems |
impending OH The Senatorial ques-
ton. We anticipate such result. !
This is the way" as Davy Crockett I
said, lit seems to a man up. tree" |
looking on at the fight
Speaking Of this article. the gate
City says:
estate Senator Frank Campbell. Of
Jasper county, in THE Headlighf dis /
cusscs. the Senatorial question. We |
copy this article entire. He will per-
nit. nit US Sin, In al friendliness 70 say, how
Gen. Belknap or Gen. Hedrick. II the
former is made Senator we are conf t
dent it will be from the Iowa stand
point: not by any methods of influ-
ences from the Washington or Ad-
ministration standpoint. As to Gen.
Hedrick, we don't know his views as t
TO the Senatorship, or whether he
proposes doing anythinSpfor Belknap
or anybody else in the contest. But
certainly Gen. II. ia an Iowa Repub-
lican who has as much right rs any Re-
publican to follow his own views and /
participate in the canvass as any 9TH I
er Republican in the State. And it (
is not kind or fair TO set up any pre-
tense Of Federal office holding es-
toppal against him. This is Repnb-
lican administration, but if the Re- !
publicans who hold Federal Office I
are for that reason to be DISTINGUISHED |
Of their political rights in their party, |
1t follows that the Federal offices (
should not be held by Republicans"
Certainly the views of the Gate are |
eminently right and proper. We ac-
knowledge with grateful satisfaction
Its remarks touching the part which |
Gen. Hedrick is made to play in the |
Headlights article. Gen. II. is now
absent in Milwaukee, Wis, on duty
as Supervisor Of Internal Revenue,
where he has been continuously for
two weeks past, and where he has
been for three-fourths of the time
ever since the raid was commenced
on crooked whiskey, several months
since. Gen. II. has only found time
for many months to make few fly
ing visits to his home, and has per-
formed vast amount Of work con-
nected with his Office, being pushed
In this direction to the great neglect
Of his private business. Up to this
hour we have never heard him ex-
press a single preference for q. s..
Senator; we do not know that he has
expressed a preference to single in
dividual, and we are thoroughly sat
isfied that he has not done one whit
Of work for any man for the place.
1t seems to US that if General Belknap
or any other man is getting work in
his behalf from General Hedrick
that he is making very bad use
Of him, by having him
suit up week after week away upon
the shores Of Lake Michigan prose
cutting crooked whisky felons. We
are very sorry indeed, to see that any
Republican finds it necessary to at
tempt to prejudice the people of Iowa
against any probable or real candi-
date for Senator by thus falsely as
serting that he is supported by the
administration and Federal Office
holders. Gen. H is half owner Of
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