Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-05-19


situation, which by
the coincidence of style and arrange
ment of facts, as well as the similari-
ty of the arguments used and deduc-
tons therefrom, betray common
origin, and give cause to suspect that
they have common inspiration from
interested parties in Dubuque. Fol
lowing these articles in the papers
alluded to, comes letter to the Du-
buque Times, in which the same
general idea is enlarged upon and
amplifed. That idea is substantially
this: That the district as it now
stands is democratic; that success by
the best means in our power is the
duty OF Republicans; that success is
only possible by reducing the Dem
ocratic majority in Dubuque county;
that Graves carried Dubuque county
last fall by 200 majority, Cooley also
carried 1t high and dry, and can do
it again, and Lyon reduced the
Democratic majority over 500; ergo,
Graves, Cooley or Lyon should be
the nominee. This is the argument
condensed, though the writer in the
Times has something to say, by way
of jingle, about the necessity for a
clean personal and political record
for the nominee.
Let us examine this specious ar
gument a little. In the first place, it
entirely ignores the possible plans of
the Democracy in the campaign. If
they should conclude to have a can.
didatc from Dubuque also-which is
altogetherp robable-say Fred O'Don-
nell or Foulke, does anybody suppose
that Graves, Cooley, Lyon or Wilson
would reduce the Democratic major
ity to any appreciable extent, espec-
tally with a Presidential election to
stiffen up the party? We maintain
that no Republican can reduce the
1900 Democratic majority of Du-
buque county to 5oo-except upon a
merely local or personal issue-with-
out the employment of such means
and agencies as no honest man or
good Republican can or will endorse,
even though the alternative be de-
feat. We can afford to be beaten,
but we cannot afford to become re-
sponsible for a Representative in
Congress who has won his place by
bribery and corruption. There is no
in Dubuque who by mere
force of personal popularity can sub
tract even three hundred votes from
the average Democratic majority of
that county, IN any contest where the
political issues are sharply defined
To get them, he will have to go on
the market and purchase them for a
valuable consideration, and for this,
we contend, the honest Republicans
of the district are not prepared,
They require that their candidate
shall have other claims than that che
has lots of money and is LIBERAL
But those who contend for the
availability of Dubuque candidate
because of his supposed ability to re-
luce the Democratic majority there,
gnore another very important con-
sideration, namely, the effect of such
nomination in the country. 1t is al
ogether probable that the candidate
whose character, qualifications and
would be best fitted to make
/ breach in the Democratic majority
n Dubuque county, would have equal
" greater success in reducing the
Republican majority in some other
of the district. we think
We could name the individual in
whose particular behalf this plea of
availability is urged, and we are sure
hat it will need no demonstration to
prove that he does not possess the
of the respectable ele-
nents of the party. 1t would be safe
o predict that if nominated he would
tut into the Republican majorities in
very county in the district, and we
re quite sure that he would not
cave this county with less than 400
II 500 majority against him. With
he probability of this result in view,
What becomes of his availability,
On the other hand, there is spon-
aneous movement throughout the
district in favor of Mr.. Larrabee.
he is acknowledged to be a man of
.bility, excellent judgment, inffexible
and is, withal, a Republican
# unblemlshcd record. He has had
arge experience in public affairs and
las welded as much influence in the
legislation of our State as any other
nan in Iowa. He thus has the best
dement's of availability; he has no
tain upon his record, personal or
political, OF any tendencies to make
i'm Objectionable to any reasonable
nan. Moreover, he can be elected
f Dubuque Republicans will do
What they ought to do when a good
nd true man of their own party is
resented for their suffrages; aoork
or his election, instead Of plotting
0 defeat linn.
The slowness with which silver
hange has been got into circulation,
las caused great Inconvenience and
1t is only issued in re-