Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-09
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Inc Republicans of The several townships are
feqaestSn to meet at their several places of voting
on saturday, the l2th OF August, at 4 p M, and
II, L, WATERMAN,
Chm Rep. Cen. Con.
SINCE Blaine's election 10 the Sem |
ate. John A. Mason has been quite |
generally recognized as the Repub- !
lican leader and the ablest man on
the floor of the House. This position |
has come TO him on account of his |
general ability and his ripe expert
ence in Legislative matters. After him,
no man on the Republican side stands
higher as a legislator than George W. |
MeCrary. ii. O. Pratt has acquired |
an enviable reputation, and he has
come as rapidly to the front as any
man ever did with only two terms of
service. All three of these men have |
been relegated to private life. by the
nomination of Cummings in Kasson's,
Stone in McCrary's, and Deering in
Pratts district
We do not desire to be under stood
as speaking disrespectfully of the
three new candidates, for they are all
men of good parts. but talent and tact
for public affairs is Unborn. and the
new candidates tor public favor cam
not be expected to display them to
the advantage of the people until they
are schooled for years by experience.
All Iowa had an interest and pride in
It's famous war times Congressman.
Wilson, Allison, Kasson, Price. Hub
bard and Grinnell. and while they
were our Representatives, Iowa had
as much influence in national legisla-
ton rs Ohio, Massachusetts. Pennsyl-
vania or New York. The whole state
has been proud of the more recent
distinguished services Of kasson and
McCrary, which their ability and ex-
perience has enabled them to render.
Ii is, therefore, n great calamity to
have such men 60 out of the service.
The new men, however worthy and
respectable in point of ability. must
serve at the tail end of committees for
long time before they acquire suf-
ficient knowledge of Congressional
affairs to be able to serve their I'M
mediate constituents and the state at
large with great credit or usefulness.
And now, since it has become prin-
ciple Incorporated into both political
parties that the fittest alone should
survive in offices of an appointive
character, why wouldn't it be good
idea to apply little of this common
sense principle to the election of our
congressman and all elective officers
When merchant gets clerk OF
steady habits and good ability fol-
business affairs, he keeps him as long
as possible. When Congressional
district secures Representatives of
such pre-emlnent parliamentary abil-
ity and general talent for public at
fairs, as kasson and McCrarv, it should
keep them in Office as long as they
viii stay, and il should not allow
them to be slaughtered by the ambi-
tious novices in their districts, while
they are away in Washington doing
their duty.
The South has more sense on this
subject than we have, and for years
previous to the war ii outweighed the
North in the councils of the nation
because ii kept its men Of brains and
experience on the floors of Congress.
She is again pursuing the same pol.
icy, and her Bayards, fuckers, Hills
Lamars, Knots and Gordons are not
likely to be retired to private life to
be succeeded by a lot of political
babies, requiring TO be fed for long
time on spoon yictuals. Unless we
pursue the same course it will not be
long again until the South and Mass.
achusetts-which latter state never
pursued the rotation policy--will have
practical control of Congress through
the committees which they will man
age to capture by virtue of the fac
that they will have the men elected
and reelected who have the abilit,
and experience worthy and able t.
TO control them, and again, as of old
the North viii play second fiddle Il
The South on the floors of Congress
THEY DID NOT DARE TO DO lT
Neither Tilden nor Hendricks il
their letters of acceptance said on,
word i'm condemnation of Southern
ontrages. The recent case at Ham
burg, which all parties agree was tn,
worst diabolism. called forth no com
ment--nor word or allusion to tn,
hellish work that the Democracy o
the South have been engaged in fol
years past. Tilden and Hendricks
both know that these Kuklux are to /.
man for them,-they know that tn,
Democratic party relies upon thes,
knklux to carry three or four States
of the South, and no word in con
domination of these ortrages can b,
WIRING from the party or from indi
viduals. Tilden goes further thar
silence on this question he actual,
gives warrant and encouragement t.
the murderers by saying of tn,
South. "Nisgore5nmeat has dlm0s
stuag them into cirH rerolution." He
in these guarded words, acknoWl
edges the. reign of terror in the
South, yet condemns them not, but
gives them encouragement by plead.
ing an excuse for them. Hendricks
also puts in an excuse in this wise:
All the strife between the races and
sections will cease as soon as the
power for evil is taken away from a
party who make political gain out OF
scenes Of violence and bloodshed, and
the constitutional authority is placed
insthe hands of men whose political
welfare requires that peace and good
order shall be preserved everywhere
That is TO say, so soon as thirt,
thousand majority III Mississippi, ant
twenty thousand in Louisiana, and 81
on in other States, of Republicans
learn TO be Democrats, or mind theil
business by staying from the polls
where they endangcr their lives i
they 60, then we shall have peace
That is to say, when the ex-rebel ele
lnent Of the South are permitted t,
carry every electoral vote in tn
South, which added to few from tn