Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-09-26

ms and sinners, down to John
Charles Haines, II will generally be
'ound that the fellow who boasts the
most Of his honesty, morality and 9TH
sr virtues, is the chap who stands
most in need Of them.
POLITICAL CIRCULAR,
W. |
r. 1. TILToh.
For many weeks we have heard
that certain parties contemplated get
ting out circular for political effect
against the Republican candidate for
Senator, r. L. Triton, of Ottumwa.
1t has finally appeared. The earliest
at which we were able to
procure a copy was on Monday, the
oath inst. All the matter contained
in said circular was as we'll known to
the authors of it months ago as now.
r. L. Tilton has been the nominee of
the Republican party for Senator
three months and yet it is reserved by
the authors of this circular to hold
the information they have 90 long
had, back until two weeks before the
election, and then to scatter the at
tack among voters where it would do
the most good. Simple justice on
the part of all concerned would have
demanded that this matter had been
given long ago to the public, that a
fair chance might have been had for
the public to hear both sides. Mr..
Tilton has now nearly completed
half the circuit of the county, holding
meetings, and it will be impossible in
the short time given to follow this
circular in all its quiet and silent cir
culation, so that many of its readers
may never learn but one side Of the
case.
The synopsis of Mr.. Tilton's speech
which this circular presents, was first
published in the Ottumwa Democrat,
even the synopsis thus published Mr..
Tilton does not get the benefit of in
this circular, as all parts of that syn.
opsis which it does not suit the circu'
lar authors to publish is left out
Since we obtained copy of the cir
cular we have been unable to sec Mr.
Tilton until to-day, because of hi
absence in his canvassing tour. W.
are therefore obliged to crowd in on
comments to-day, upon it, for on
Weekly of Wednesday morning.
i. G. A. Madison, Mr.. Tilton's oppo
nent, pays part of the expense ofpub
LEGATION. This we have from Gcorg
Haw and Rev. s. II. Worcester, tw
persons taking part in getting out tn
circular. For the concoction of thi
matter Mr.. Madison has, of cours'
been in consultation with the gentle
men getting out the circular. W
know too, that he has been asked I
make certain pledges 10 these gentle
men. What these pledges were, an
!. what the result, we know not; bl
. do know that they have come togetl
o er so far as to unite in issuing th
circular, and that some of these gel
> tlemen have announced themselves I
= going to vote for Mr.. Madison. No
!, for little history to explain how a
this matter arose.
Our readers will recollcct the tin
: of the women's crusade against 81
looms which swept over the countl
= in 1874. 1t reached Ottumwa in Il
a spring ofthat year and we had vel
exciting time for many weeks.
such times people often get excite
beyond measure, and elimination VI
on one side brings counter recrim
nation upon the other. We kno
:, that the COURIER, for joke we trie
= to get Off in our local columns upo
the saloon keepers, about the ladi
\ visiting them, which ninety-nine OF
of hundred men and women ofbo,
/. sides pronounced utterly unobjectiol
able, was scored terribly b
~ Mrs. Rev. o. Clark, before crowde
OF house in the First NJ. E. Church. II
as lady was so excited that though 81
=" was caught by the dress when she a
10 tempted to rise second time to bias
II us after our modest explanation. 81
could not be pacified except by
4 wordy relief of her anger. Man
men came in for castigation-amon
them such men as DIR. VIM. L. Oh
}. and, incidentally at least, one mo
excellent minister of this place.
8 l.. Tilton, in one of these temperate
f meetings at that time, was more I
0 less tartly handled, and made spec,
q in reply, in which he was tart in r
Il turn. All these tart sayings are car
!. fully culled out aud injected into ii
10 circular as they may have be-
worded for publication in the Dem
!. crat. Were the harsh statements
+ the authors Of this circular, and proi
n inehtly SO the language Of Mr.. Ma
q. son, given to the public in that tir
IT Of excitement, they might have
NJ wonderfully big beam to cradles
Dr. from their own eyes.
70 The main movers in this tardy c
he cular business are of the same m
he who, in our city election in 1876, ma
to another tardy movement, and af'
Il. the Republicans had nominated tn
n candidates, and in which nominate
to many Of these men had taken pa
I'd withdrew and put up temperal
N. ticket with George Haw for May
ty because DIR. Orr was not good enou
man for them. This resulted
to the success of the Democracy.
his Now, however, no new ticket is |
sa forward, but league is entered il
Dr. directly with the Democratic can
m date. These men are good o
n. respectable citizens, but VIC must
cir permitted to say, in our solemn, CO
"a did judgment, they greatly err, q
If We understand the Republicans
T. Wapello county, they will SO say
". their votes, and we verify believe Il
or this combined attack, at this time, I
an on Mr.. Tilton, on the part of thu
!" gentlemen, choosing to 60 outside
~ their party and unite with the Dem
it cratic candidate on account of tel
Of perance principles, or religious pri
!. ciples, or any other sort of thin
st shows . most lame discrimination
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