The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-07-13
To the care of righteous 10:
And the devil was the architect,
O, John L. Cook, my 10.

Now the devil is your friend John,
As you fun well do know,
Fer he dearly loves the Upton folks,
And John Z. Cook, my Jo.
., John L. Cook, my 10, Iehn,
And Billy Miller too;
YeHf county seat must move, John,
In spite Of all you'll do,
For the people will be heard, John,
of to lighting they will 90,
A. their fathers did in seventy siS,
With Johnny Bail, my 10.
Q John r. Cook, my Jo, John,
Your commissioners are two,
And they are Upton 10 the hub,
In everything they do,
So trebrands and death. John,
They scatter TO the foe,
And love and mercy TO the friends
OF John 7. Cook, my 10,
Q, John p. Cook, my 10 John,
Your bully Finch came down
To Get his grinding done, John,
In the suburbs of our town;
But he couldn't hold his clack, John,
And "old btlly, never slow,
Just tannod the dog hide ere he left,
OF Johnny Finch, my Jo.
The people they have spoken, John,
Attention to them pay,
Or they will in their might, John,
Take your county seat away;
Your town will then re-echo, John,
" it'll the sounds of grief and woe,
And the frogs will sing the funeral drge
or John T. Cook, 4 Co.
The fight thus far had favored the
centre. In the skirmishcs that had
taken place, the friends and suppor-
ters OF Upton had been victorious
and the result had inspired them with
renewed vigor and energy. The
population Of the new county seat
kept steadily increasing; town lots
were sold and new buildings erected;
and each recurring month added to
its numerical strength. Sometime in
the summer of 1871 contract was
entered into with John Finch TO
build Court House for the county
36x42 It. to be placed in the centre
of the public square; and Upton was
jubilant.
But Rochester though beaten, was
far from being ssanuered, and its
friends with commendabic spirit,
determined to continue the war,
carrying it on this time in the politi-
cal field; arguing with logical force,
that in as much as all changes Of
county seats were determined by the
Legislature, it was essential to secure
power and influence in that body;
that in ordcr to do so, it was abso-
lutely necessary that the Representa-
tive from Cedar County should favor
Rochester and therefore they must
nominate and elect "A Rochester man
at the ensuing election.
This was difficult movement
requiring great skill and sagaoity to
accomplish. The election District was
composed Of three Counties-Cedar,
Linn, and Jones-cntitled to one
Councilman and two members of the
House, and as the three Counties voted
by general ticket there was posi-
bility that member might be elected
adverse to their interest even If they
had majority in the county, as the
other two Counties might override
their majority; and to make the diff
ference greater, neither one Of the two
great political parties, Wing or Dem
ocrst had sufficient preponderancc
in numbers to make this success a
certainty; a nomination in those days
not being considered equivalent to an
election. Cedar and Linn were both
Democratic and their majority esti-
mated at from 25 to 80 each, while
Jones was set down at about the same
figure for the Wings. The matter
was still more complicated from the
fact that the greater part o. the
Wings in Cedar lived in tho southern
part and were naturally Rochester
! men while large majority of the
Democrats resided in the north and
eastern part, and were consequently
friends to Upton.
The Democrats were first IN the
field; a meeting was held at Upton
to appoint delegates to the District
convention to be held by them at
| Gilbert's, in Linn Co., and sixteen del
egates were chosen, all Of them Upton
men. This was an important move.
as in the District conventions the
l
delegates from each county were
generally allowed to select their owr
candidate.
Rochester Immediately protested
against the proceedings of the county
caucus, averring that it was called
without authority, that no notice hal
been given, except to the friends o
Upton, and the Democratic executive
committeesof the county Of which
Joseph Crane was Chairman, ignored
the proceedings and called anothe
meeting at Rochester giving due pub
licity to the call.
| But alas for the hopes and wishe
Of Rochester. On the day set for tn
meeting, IA band Of fierce bar
barians from the north" invaded thai
peac celul river town in solid column
and overwhelming numbers, organize,
| the meeting, and ratified all that ha
been done at the previous meeting a
Upton.
| The District Convention was he'll
at Gilbert's on the II of June, 1S41
and one of the Cedar Co. delegate