Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-09-12

and a strong opponent of the Green
back vagarics, says:
The Ottumwa Democrat, which,
with its usual impudence, claims TO
represent the democratic party of
Iowa, demands the withdrawal of
John L. Irish as a candidate for Gov
ernor. OF course the Democrat cx-
presses nobody's desire but its own
when it makes such demand. The
party, as n whole, is completely and
entirely satisfied with the candidature
of Mr.. Irish, and would view his
withdrawal with unbounded regret
The Ottumwa Democrat now de-
nounccs the nomination of Irish and
demands his withdrawal because he
he Is not greenbacker. We cannot
refrain from puncturing our Demo-
| Gratis claim to such righteous indig-
nation just now about Irish. On the
18th day of May, 1876, the democracy
of this county met in county convcn-
ton to nominate delegates to the
State convention. which was to APP
point delegates TO the National DEM
ocratic Convention, held at st. Louis
in that year. There was a bitter
struggle in that county convention
between the hards and the softs on
the money question, the editor of the
Ottumwa Democrat taking the side
of the hards. The softs, through Mr..
Castor, introduced the following res
Olution:
RESOLVED, That the delegates TO the
st. Louis Convention use all influence
in favor of Gov. Hendricks, of Indiana.
for President, or some person of sim
liar views.
| Sam b. Evans, of the Democrat,
then offered a substitute, as follows
Rcsolced, That we Democrats of
| Wapcllo County, in Mass Convention
assembled, recognizing and appreciat-
ing the fact that four years more of
Republican rule would be disastrous
to the country, we hereby pledge
ourselves to the support of the nomi-
nee OF the Democratic National Con-
vention at st. Louis.
/. L. Flint then offered series of
resolutions by way of amendment,
and among them was the following :
| Resolred, That the National Bank
Currency should be as speedily with
drawn from circulation as possible,
and legal tender notes issued direct
from the L. S. Treasury in its stead.
/ At this iuncturc S. 3. Evans, in or
der to cut off debate and get rid OF
the Grecnbackers, moved to lay the
whole of the resolutions on the table,
which was carried. We obtain this
from the Ottumwa Democrat of May
. Is, 1876, and in his editorial Evans,
speaking of the Greenbackers who
offered the resolutions, editorially
denounced the grcenback democrats
Of the convention as trimmers. His
editorial in part is as follows:
"These trimmers and political ac-
crobats have already denounced Til
den as brllionist &C."
/ This led the Democrat into a bitter
warfare with the then Spirit Of The
Times, Ives paper, which was for
greenbacks, and in the Democrat OF
the 18th of June, 1876, Evans editori-
ally said:
"The rag baby was conceived in the
womb of political prostitute and
/ hn1 al 50 CT,
that the republican party would be
glad to have the democracy adopt the
brat and care for it in its extremity"
l Strange as it may appear, Evans, in
the same issue of the Democrat we
quote from. published a laudation OF
himself for walloping the grccnback.
ers, taken from John p. lrish's paper
as follows:
"The Ottumwa DeMocrdf. Capt
} Sam Evans, nits the situation square.
ly by hosting at the head of his col.
ums. For Presidcnt--the nominee,
For Notwithstanding nominee.
"a good hint for those democrats
who are so full of fight that they
. make war on the best men in their
own party. "-Ioaea CITY Press.
!. How cruel of Evans to now so in.
continently throw Off on Irish who
J so helped him in fighting the Green
I hackers here a year ago.
s But he has got new dispensatior
j. now and he and the Spirit that HI
| whipped in, a year ago, to swallow
f Tilden and 'huilion" don't care tis
: for Irish who is to be buried beneath
fifty thousand majority against him
They have got It home job now fol
local purposes, SO they join teams
bury the Ratchet, and "thGt reg 6a6y
Which E'rnRs sail 3rGS conceise1 an
the scomb Of a poiit,cal prostitute
is taken up and lovingly Rugged and
it is a part of the play, intended te
tlatter the workingmen's party and
the greenbacks party, TO walk into
J the democratic fold and support III,
/ democratic county ticket. 1t is a par
of the capture plan. Dcnouncine
, Irish is side show Of the same plan
on account of his known anti-green-
back views.
Ives on the workingmen' commit
! tee on resolutions and then backing
: out when he could not lead them in
to the democratic camp, was another
, scraD of the plnn. All that won't
win, boys. This tlip-lap, easy-virtucd
way of setting up the pins is too bald
game.
INCREASE OF THE ARMY.
Section l,2lS of the Revised Statutes