Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-23

,
ing that I did more successful work |
for the entire ticket that fall than any |
other Republican In Wapello |
county. Mr.. Caldwell says: "Not-
withstanding his defeat he, as q good
Republican, entered into the contest
with his usual energy" ETC.. So far
as Mr. Dixon was concerned I have
this to say: Mr.. Dixon and I are ma
tives Of the same State; we have
been warm friends from the organi-
zation of the Republican party to the
present time, and we worked togeth-
er for the success Of the Republican
ticket from 1866 to 1872, when Mr..
Dixon went with the Liberal Repub-
licans and ran for the Legislature
against Mr.. Caldwell in 1873. This
canvass between Mr.. Dixon and Mr..
Caldwell was very hot and verv bit
ter. I did not enter into the person
al fight between them, and while 1t is
true refused to join in the personal
war on Dixon by Caldwell and 9TH
ers, IL as not true that "Caldwell's de-
feat was due largely" to me, or that
"the Captain's mission was particular
ly to secure the success" Of Asbury
and Dixon. I told Dixon that did
not approve Of his course politically
and that he could not look to me for
any support. In refusing to make a
personal war on Dixon to crafty Mr..
Caldwell, l did what any Republican
was justified in doing.
ssThe very head and front OF nv offending
Hath this extent and nothing more
Now the truth is, Caldwell beat
himsey in that contest by his bitter
vindication and overbearing course.
He ran thirty behind his ticket in his
own township, which I did not even
visit during the canvass, (and behind
in every other township.) and Dixon
ran la ahead of his own ticket in his
township, Caldwell falling behind
only % in Dixon's township,) and
this result left Mr.. Caldwell at home
were he has ever since been "biting
himself NIT a snake"
I'd. It's not true that on the Assem-
bling of the Legislature I posted to
Des Moines and used my influence
with Republican Representative to
secure Mr.. DiXon's election as Speak.
er, as against Hon. John II. Gear. In
this charge Mr.. Caldwell's suspicious
and malice ran away with his judg-
ment. Again, the week before the
meeting Of the General Assembly
was in Des Moines visiting my sister
living there. knowing the extensive
solicitude of Mr.. Caldwell and his
few friends to beat Mr.. Dixon, stu
diously avoided approaching any Re.
publican member of the Legislature
to say one word for Mr.. Dixon OF
ag inst Mr.. Gear, and l returned to
Ottumwa on the evening of Monday,
the day the General Assembly met
and was not in Des Moines afterwards
during the contest, and took no part
in 1t whatever. l gave Mr.. Dixon tt
understand at the time that I would
do nothing for him, as could not af
ford to compromise myself or sacri.
flee Mr.. Gear, on account Of personal
friendship for him. Ifthis be treason
Mr.. Caldwell is welcome to make the
most of it. Notwithstanding Cald.
wells seeming friendship for Gov
Gear no,o, he did not take the trouble
to visit Des Moines during the con
test for Speaker, but he declined TAX.
ing any part in it, though he had
been member of the preceding Leg
islature with Mr.. Gear. Could thi,
be because Mr.. Caldwell was can.
didate for Speaker himself as socn 81
nominated for the Legislature (anC
SO wrote Hon. Isaac Brandt, as I an
credibly informed, asking his sup
porD, and consequently felt no inter
est in Gov. Gear when he caldwell
failed in his election?
Sd. "Not only that, at later peri
cd, he joined the opposition and as
sisted in the defeat of DIR. Orr, thu
, Republican candidate for Mayor" &c
This, too, is false, though with som'
appearance of truth in it. / claim tt
be consistent, earnest Republican
and have been during my whole pc
, litical life, and that / never Joined TIT
opposition to the Republican party
AT the time DIR. Orr ran for Mayor
there was great dissension in the Re
publican party in the city of Ottum
!, wa A policeman had been killed il
, trying to arrest man supposed to b
drunk, and that man had been huni
by mob to a lamp post in broad day
light, within 40 feet Of the Mayor
Office (,,o masks and no one recognized)
, A young man (lnost dear to many o
us) wildly under the influence o
whisky, had just shot and killed on.
of his best friends without provoca
ton, which threw gloom over oul
city, and no one knew where the enc
+ might be as the town seemed filled
| IN ro Ia
i. people saw the cause OF all these SORE
troubles n the unrestrained and In
discriminate sale of liquors, and de-
7 termined if possible to remedy thu
difficulty by electing a Mayor and
other officers pledged to temper
ancc reform. I was, and am still
identified with the temperance PEG
pie; and as chairman Of committed
appointed by the temperance folk
did everything in my power to se
cure harmonious action between Mr.
Orr and the temperance people, ani
/ to secure his pledge to such measure
as would secure the support Of tn
temperance people and his election
In this failed, and with other tenn
lperance citizens voted for Geo. Hav
for Mayor, who has always been AND
is still an ultra Republican. There
was in fact one Democratic and twt
, Republican candidates. In this mat
ter as in the other disguised moth
! ing, but acted openly and allow
board, and should probably act agail
just as did then under the same cir
cumstances. Can Mr.. Caldwell 80,
as much? Did he not vote for VIM
T. Smith, Democratic candidate TO
Congress, against Hon. M. M. Wal
den, and clandestinely support Smitl
, when fraudulent Republican ticket
, with Smiths name instead Of Wal
den's were secretly distributed i
, Eddyville and other parts Of Wapell
: county. ! believe this can be prove
} ON him If it becomes necessary. An
: I know that it can be proven that b
bolted Walden and harangueda stree
| crowd in Eddyville in favor Of Smit
: on election day. And it is now gen
: orally believed by Republicans j
Eddyville that Caldwell voted 70
I Hon. w. A. Fast, present Democrat
member from Wapello county. An
now this bolter criticises my Reput
| tlicanism.
4th. As to Sam Caldwell's char
ges in relation to the candidacy q
DR.. j. q. Hinsey, need say nothin
unless l find that Caldwell 10 the o.
. thorised champion of DR.. Hinsey.
!. am ready to fully explain my action
toward that gentleman whenever
becomes necessary. may say, how
lever, that it Is absolutely false that
) "boasted at the close Of the polls tina
> the canvassing board would find il
. my voting precinct sixty tickets wit
] DR.. Hinsey's name erased, and tina
} my hand had done it." It 10 possibl
, that after the close of the polls an,
, the canvass of the ballots, did stat
the number Of ballots that had bee,
scratched, and out of such materia
, Sam Caldwell or some one else manu-
!, featured this story. There is not
Republican in Wapello county tina
will say ever tried to influence hin
to scratch DR.. Hinsey's name from hi
, ticket. 1t is positively false, An,
! Caldwell knew it was false, when h
} said, "The Captain withdrew hi
a :, mo nnfi fvinu Tho or,,nu ~ IN tia