Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-16
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.

Since our last weeks issue we have
received permission from Hon. Josiah
L. Young to announce his name as d
candidate for denomination for Sec
rotary of State, and it affords us plea
sure to do so. Expressions received
from prominent Republicans III diff
ferent parts of the State, have satisfied
him that it is the wish of the party
for him to serve the State as Secretary
for another term, and such being the
case, he will, of course, gratefully ac-
cept the honors and cmoluments of
the Office for a third term as did his
worthy and popular predecessor Hon.
Ed. Wright.
Four years ago the Taio,, with the
assistance OF many Of our exchanges,
introduced Josiah 4. Young to the
people Of the State as citizen of
Monroe Co, who had grown up
among the people here. titled the soil,
served as a private and sergeant i'm
the 18th Iowa Infantry and, after the
war, filed the position OF Clerk
of the District Court, for six years,
and who had in all these capacities
and every station in life, proved him
self 10 he Il worthy, honest, upright.
competent man whom We could freely
and cordially recommend as snita-
BILE person to fill the Office Of Secretary
of State.
The State accepted his proflcrcd
services and during the past three
years he has filed the position with
general approval and discharged the
oncrons duties connected Herewith
IN manner which has more than JUS
tilted all the confident predictions OF
those who were acquainted with him
This is gratifying to his friends nj
home in Monroe county and to all
who assisted in securing his nomina.
ton. His administration has moi
only been an honor TO himself, but to
the party which elevated him to the
position. lie is the kind Of an officer
that no reasonable man of any part,
can "gO back on"--the Kind Of al
officer that the rank and file ofall par.
ties demand honest, efficient. modest
afiable, accommodating.
II must not be understood from thi,
expression. however, that he is not q
staunch Republican. tor nc not oni,
always votes as he fought. but, whcl
he was at home was an earnest, con
scientious, and influential advocate o
Repnhlican principles and m
efficient worker for the success of tn,
ticket.
Such names his will give strength
TO the Centennial Ticket for which
we want to roll mp the largest MAORI
ty ever given for any ticket i'm Iowa
Tie is no longer IL stranger in III,
State, but is known by his work,
during the past three years i'm one o.
the most important of the State office
and we judge from the words OF com
mendati"n comm. through the pres
from all quarters Of the State. that hi
popularity is almost commensurate
with his merits and that his rr-nnmi
nation would he hailed with appro
baton by the press and people gcncr
ally.
! We venture 10 mention that n,
served for three years as privai,
and non-cOmmissioncd officer i'm The
Federal army, with tho exception o
ten months spent IN one of those de
: lightiul resting camps culogized b,
Ben Hill in the halls of Congress
Camp Ford. at Tyler Tcxas) as W,
believe il is not vet considered dis
grace, in Iowa. to have fought anl
suffered to save the Union, though !
be so in the National House of Repre-
scntativcs. He pcriled his life fol
our country on many hotly-contcster
fields and proved himself n brave ant
faithful soldier, as his comrades il
the Both bear witness,
We advocated his nomination il
the first PLACE as q recognition of tht
claims Ofpairate Union soldiers-it i
necessary to specify which soldiers a
this time when Union soldiers are be-
ing removed from office 10 max,
room for rebel s0l1iegs-now we ash
his denomination not only as rec
ognition of this claim. but as recog
milton ofacknowlcdged efficiency anG
merit.