Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-23
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Dry is that IL man have dollar Dill
md cut il into two halves and declare
each piece to be dollar, then each
piece is q dollar. ~ { /
So far as the public can find out,
his other recommendations for the
office are that he was Granger, who
sold agricultural implements at exor-
bitant prices to the farmers at Plano,
Ills, besides keeping race track,
and sixteen stations. He is, more
over, rcpnted to be the dirtiest and
profanest man in the state.
Not long, ago the Democratic State
Convention which declared for Til
den, Reform and hard money, came |
along and. as matter of policy en-
dorsed his nomination, so that he is
the candidate both Of the bullionists
and rag-baby lunatics. This is a try
ing position for even an ingenious
man to be i'm, as it took Tilden and
Hendricks each forty days to write
letters to explain away this kind
of an embarrassment, and to show
that it was not inconsistent with the
character Of genuine Democratic
Reformcr to have hard money head
and shinplaster tail. N
The great and good Chicago Times,
which strives to be always on the
right side of all questions, sent COM
missioner up to Plano to interview
this stallion keeper, with the follow
ing brilliant result:
Commissioncr-Who is your candi-
date for president. a
Steward-What's that?
Commissioner-Wh is your can
didate for president? lsr
Steward-Anybody to beat Hayes.
Commissioner-Just SO but whom
will you vote for? .u.
Steward--NOw, see here. A mans
vote is his own. He may keep it to
himself until election day, and then
drop in a secret ballot if he likes.
"Nothing definite could be extract
ed from the proprietor of the sixteen
stud-horses by any application Of the
interview pump. Tilden was a pref
ty good man. Cooper was pretty
good man. Tilden would make q
4 good president Cooper would make
q good president. Either is i'm
measurably preferable to Hayes
said the non-committal, double-ended
candidate. si.sa .ggi.t..a ~
Commissioner-As to this state,
now, and these platforms <, (
Steward--Young man, what has
the Governor of state to do with
shaping the policy of the nation? l
believe it to be the duty of the Gov
ernor of a state to pay strict attention
to his business and govern as well as
he can. sH
} Is it any wonder that the Times
should then break out in the follow
ing bit Of righteous indignation; !.
1 "After Steward was nominated by
the gathering of political traders and
dickcrers at Springfield, he promised
to respond in q letter, giving express
sion to his views of the platform.
But being a person Of excessive mod
esty, he thought it would not look
well for him to issue a letter in adj
vance of Mr.. Tilden's letter. More
over, he could not assume to know
what view Mr.. Tilden would take.
So he waited for the appearance of
Mr.. Tilden's letter; but the appear
ance of that outspoken paper does
not seem to have moved him in the
least degree to the fulfilment Of his
promise. In fact there is ground to
suspect that the virtuous, honest
open-handed proprietor of the sixteen
stud-horses is inclined to dodge
, '1skulk" and conceal himself i'm the
political bushes, like party that is
conscious of having committed dep.
relation upon hen-roost. "a
4 The Tribune the next day sent mp
| to Plano gimlet.eyed interviewer
who, after visiting his lumber yard
and race-track, and partaking of his
bread and meat, copiously interlard
ed with profanity, extracted from
Steward the following statement o
!, his political views: 3''7
n Reporter-Are yon in favor Of Til
den and Hendricks or Cooper ant
Cary?.
u Steward-How can tell now?
man often changes his mind.
R.-Bnt have you not looked into
the difference between their plat
forms? Have you not thought these
things over? 81 ~ 5.Of.
, S.-Suppose have thought some
thing about them, if make my view,
/ public, where am L? l may want Il
change my mind, and want to be a
liberty to do SO. % ,l<s
fR.-Which of the two platforms o
a the state--1 mean the two ON Whicl
4 you were nominated-d0 you sup
port? aid.lJY9lI
Snow, there is the same thin:
: again; besides what do the peopl
care for my opinions5 i4a:}
!. R.--The people who nominated yol
laid down certain principles of whicl
! they suggested you as an exponent
= They might be interested in knowing
d how far You agree with them.
gl S.--You see l must think thing
!; over. ss #. - ,.l,f '''''
R.-Do you believe implicitly il
"a the Decatur platform?
h ST. believe in part of it.
q. R.--What part?
I'll S.-That am not prepared to sa
at present. Gtu.I
u R.-Do you believe in any part Q
e the Springfield platform?
,e ST. think may say l do.
II R-Then you pick out portions G
the two platforms and construct
II third one, OIL, which you stand?
le ST. have my own ideas.
g R.-Do those ideas extend beyon
2 your own position and apply to tn
- national platform? $3.50.
/ ST. don't know, that my views {
l. the national platforms would be {
t. any good.
10 R.-Thinking as you do apon til
conflicting principles laid down b
u the whole Democratic party, can 70
Is consistently vote for either Tilden G
Cooper?
" S.-A man may choose between tw
!. evils. sd
=. R.-Which do you consider I'll
is least? ~ ,tlii
n. S.-Lf should make up my min
~ now, l might want to change it b.
q fore election, and it wouldn't do I
y make my present views known.
u, Rs your reticence based upo
ID a fear of injuring Your own chanc'
or really because you havn't made u
ell your mind? '+5 ~ t''
ST. don't think my views of an
importance to the public, and i dor
rs care to make them known. IL
IN If Shelby M. Cnllom don't beat Til
C. Stonghton. bottle by fully one hui
dred thousand majority, it will
=. because. the fool-killers of Illino
he havn't done their duty in that Sta
", Of late. Z @ ~
st g THE READV.RECkoMER.
le The arithmetic man is abroad
y, the land. In fact there is an army
:. them let loose uDOn a SOrely athlete