Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
WEAVER IN the PAST.
His Professions now and His Per-
formances Hereafter.
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formances Hereafter.
From the Sigourney News.
In Viewers Newton speech he dis
cussed the panic of 1873, and quoted
Senator Morton and McPherson's
Handbook of 1874, asgiving the opin-
ion that something should be added
to the volume of currency. He said:
"What do you think of the men
when they have the power to over
ride the majority of Congress? Con-
gress were of the opinion that some
thing should be added, and these men
have sufficient strength to take from
the currency. What do you think
about party SO far in the clutches of
the money sharks and Shylocks that
the people who wish to add to their
currency, and not only the people but
Congress itself, are unable to do it?
Facts like these acere Just ,cIat opened
nay eyes. I saU something icas ,,ecessa-
1y to be dOne-d reform aCdS necessary:
that is the reason Ican.e out of the re-
publican party. You cannot reform q
corrupt party By staying IN 1t and en-
dOrsi,1g its corruption"
Now bear in mind that it was in
1884 that Viewers eyes were OPEN
ed. Then was when he became con-
WINGED that reform was necessary, and
this was the reason, as he says, he
came out of the republican party, be-
cause it is impossible to reform a cor
rupt party by staying in it and endors-
ing its corruption.
Let some democratic end-man in
Viewers side show answer the fol-
lowing questions or "gin it up:"
Viewers eyes had been opened to
the need of a reform which he could
not accomplish while he remained in
the republican party and endorsed its
corruption, he was that same year a
candidate for the republican nomina-
ton for Congress, spreading himself
like yellow fever over this district
begging for support?
Why was it that with his eyes open
he endorsed republican corruption by
asking to be its candidate for Cover
nor in 1875, and failing in this went
home and secured the nomination for
State Senator, speaking in every town
in his county, everywhere defending
particularly the republican financial
Po1ifey, and especially the national
Why was it that in 1876, he again
wanted to be a candidate for Congress,
but the public sentiment being strong
in favor of SIMPSONS return, his next
step was to ask as a special favor to be
made delegate to the Congressional
convention which nominated Samp-
son without opposition? In this can
vass he again took the stump and was
more severe on democrats than ever
before.
1t had then been three years since
Viewers eyes had been opened to
the fact that he could not reform"
and endorse republican corruption.
The fourth year is no less interesting.
In 1877 he was with the writer in
the Republican State Convention at
Des Moines, and there wanted to be a
member of the committee on resolu-
tiOns, When the platform was final
ly adopted he was the man who
sprang to his feet and swinging two
story plug hat over his head started
the cheers which made Moore's Opera
House resound with applause. He
returned home and with 'his eyes
open" offered again to endorse ire
publican corruption" by taking the
nomination for Represent
atlve in the State Legislature, In
this he was denied, and soon after the |
eyes opened, which i'm his Newton |
speech he claims were opened in 1873. |
We can forgive Weaver for spend
ing "the best gears Of his life" as he |
once told us he had done, in trying to |
get nomination to Congress on the
republican ticket in the old First dis
trict: because he seems to be one of
that hitherto unknown species of fe-
lines that can't see daylight in forty
years. If he did get his eyes open in
1873, we are at a loss to know where
10 place the animal which still smells
Its way in darkness, endorsing repub-
lican corruption for five years after
the year when he now says he lost
confidence in the party. 1t can only
Ne accounted for on the theory that he
till scented its lOaves and its fishes,
which are alone the standard of his
political honesty, and determines his
to endorse corruption. It
s upon this sort of putridity, slough
ID off by the republican party, that
Is body may healthy, that demOcra-
y is invited by the Ottumwa conven-
ion to make a savory dish. Having
all the rottenness of repub-
leans in years past. Weaver is not a
lew or rare dish.