Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-21

lGen. weaver WOulu HoJ tFusI HAiAi
would not support him; that they had
no confidence in his recent conversion
and pledges. He pledged Kiestel
and other democrats that he stood
squarely upon the State democratic
platform and would act with the de.
mocracy in the organization of the
House, but Davis and Keokuk coun.
ties preferred to adopt for him al
least six months probation, before
they trusted him, and of course that
was fatal; for in the name Of the
"Great Jehovah and the Continental
Congress-" who ever heard of Weav-
er's deferring his dearly and greatly
beloved privilege of being a candidate
for Office.
Every party ought by this time to
be fully apprized that Weaver would
at once want Office in any party he
Joined, long before he got dry behind
the ears--not to know this is to be a
fool. Besides Davis and Keokuk coun-
ties, Jasper and Mahaska were divid-
ed and very shaky on Weaver.
Judge Trimble was the particular
sponsor of Weaver, and we recol-
lect four years ago when Gen. w. had,
after months of labor, thought a nom-
ination to Congress sure in Ottumwa,
at the hands of the republicans, Trim
BILE, Ellis, &C., were over here tc add
their congratulations.
Unfortunately for Gen. w. the re-
publicans of the Sixth district have
not had the most implicit confidence
in him for some years as gentleman
worthy of the bestowal upon him Of
his exalted demands, and time has
Enthusiastically confirmed the wisdom
of their judgment. We are not sur
prised that there are men of discre-
tion enough in the democratic party
to want to go slow on their new. con-
vert.
We should add here the Hon. Ed.
Campbell, Chairman of the State Cen
trail Committee, to Gen. Weaver's
groomsmen. For three successive
days preceding the convention he
was here and a Weaver man. Stubs
had played his part at Oskaloosa a
few weeks ago in the democratic judi
cial convention for the Sixth district
whereby that body concluded it was
inexpedient to make nominations.
Here in the Second Judicial district it
has been deemed inexpedient to even
call greenback judicial convention.
The start was made in this game
when, early in April last, if we re-
member rightly, Judge Knapp was
by the greenback State
and Weaver's nomina-
ton for Congress by the same party,
following early in May. Then here
in Wapello county the two democratic
papers Of this city published estate
ment that the leading greenbackers
of the county promise to put no coun-
ty ticket in the field if Weaver shall
be supported by the democracy. What
a nice game of shuttlecock democra-
cy, and democracy under the name of
greenbackers or nationals, this is!
Innocent republican greenbackers
ers are the dupes and Weaver is the
fellow after meat, the fellow that is
going to act with the democratic par
ty in Congress, though in reality he is
the silliest dupe in the pile. This is
the way, according to the opening
speech of the Hon. j. c. Cook, chair
man of yesterdays convention, the
democrats have Of illustrating "that
truth is always better than falsehood
in politics as in everything else"
This is the way the immaculate puri-
flying young party of reform have of
pulling democratic chestnuts from the
fire on the sly. What a magnificent
way it is to personify party of hon
est purposes. The democratic con-
vention yesterday threw aside the on
ly hope it had for success. 1t is now
too late. The way to Congressional
victory for the republicans in this dis
trict is as open and certain as it ever
was. Judge SIMPSONS election by
good round majority is irrevocable.
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