Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-23
Campaign Notes.

The Georgetown (Ohio) Sentinel,
independent democratic organ of
Brown county, is out for Hayes and
Wheeler.
The New York Heralds Washing
ton correspondent says that General
Anderson, democratic member of
Congress from Illinois, is disguised
with Tilden's letter. He thinks that a
majority of the democrats in that
state will vote the Cooper and Cary
greenback ticket.
General Banks announces without
reservation that he is for Hayes and
Wheeler. He tells reporter of the
Boston Herald that he determined
months ago that he could notac with
the democrats. He thinks the South
is really the controlling element in
the democratic party, and If Tilden
should be elected he would really be
controlled by that section.
Gov. Hendricks has been trying to
quote Scripture and has succeeded as
| follows:
GAS our great Master 1900 years
ago, said: you have got to be with
Me or against Me-"
At rousing Republican meeting
at Bath, Me-, last week, one of. the
speakers was Charles ii. Treat, Esq.
heretofore prominent Democrat
who declines to support Tilden and
Hendricks.
i Hon. j. Brinkerhoff, formerly ont
of the Judges of the Supreme Cour
of Ohio, and who has remained neu
trail since the nomination Of Horace
Greeley, has declared in favor o.
Hayes and Republican Reform.
Gu. p. Cresop, of Randolph coun
ty, West Virginia, q delegate to tn,
st. Louis Convention, signalfzed his
return home by tearing an American
flag to pieces and throwing these un
der his horses feet. He leads the Til
den hosts in his neighborhood.
1 A leading democratic paper in Ne
braska, the Lincoln Daily Globe, says
ssTO-day we hoist the name of Hayes
whom we will support for Presiden
in preference to Tilden. 1t is wit
sorrow we do this, but it is the onl,
i course left since the fatal action of tn
st. Louis convention"
| John B. Norton, one of the bcs
known democrats Of Maine, has re
fused to longer supporta party whicl
J indorses murder in the south and ia
vors Reputation of the national deb
He will vote for Hayes aud Wheeler
j A correspondent of the New Yor
Times mentions eight prominent dem
ocrats of Onondaga county, in tha
, state, who have abandoned Tide
, and and are supporting Hayes. Thi
is an indication of the general drii
throughout the state.
4 Judge j. B. Jilson, q leading demo
crat Of Kenosha, Wis, says he can
; understand Tilden's letter of acceI
lance, but can understand the tempe
and purpose of the men who nomins
ted him, and so ON Saturday evenin
! made stirring and effective speec
for Hayes and Wheeler la Gel
, futile.
The Fayette county, Ohio, .Heral
says: eff the little Democratic gait
4 erings we see upon the street corner
e and the uneasiness Of leading Demo
Gratis in this town, are to be regarde
as indicating results, the Peter Coope
and Sam. Gary Greenback Presidei
tial ticket is going to draw yer
: heavily on the Democratic ticket"
: Henry Williamson, an influenti,
e Democrat of Polk county, last Satu
n day attended the Republican cancl
of his township, and made a rousin
speech for Hayes and Wheeler.
!, The Brooklyn Argus DENY say
at will not answer to underest
i mate the third-party nomination
: Cooper and Cary will probably pc
v over 100000 votes in the Unite
!, States. We think they will poll d
: per cent. of the vote of New Vol
e State. They will certainly dra
votes enough away from the regul'
ticket to finish what chance there g
er was of its success"