Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20
[For the Courier.l

The Wrong OK cored.
Ed. COURIER As the Indepen-
dent Greenbackers have no organ in
the city will you be kind enough to
accommodate us with little space
in the COURIER which is read by all
parties?
1t is not little amusing to watch
the uneasy, restless rawlings Of Father
Ives and Samuel at the direction po-
litical affairs have lately taken.
A few weeks ago the Independent
Greenbackers of the city began to
hold meetings, preparatory to getting
up City ticket, as / am told (for did
not attend them.) The editors of both
our Democratic papers joined this
Greenback club and openly protested
allegiance. 1t was very evident to
his friends, up to the night of the con-
vention, that Father Ives was very
willing to be nominated for Mayor,
but seeing that the friends of Con
Dougherty had been more active
than his own friends, and were out
in stronger force-in fact, had already
captured the works, he Immediately
changed front and declined a nomi-
nation most emphatically, and finding
that the Irish had carried the conven-
ton to the nomination Of Mr.. Dough-
erty and others to suit them, and not
Mr.. Ives ct al. he Immediately blazes
away at this Independent movement
of Greenbackers, and calls all mem.
bers of that party all the hard names
at the immediate call of BLACKBOARD,
such as "fools," fanatics" and "pOliti-
cal guerrillas," as in the last issue of
the Times.
Now to myself who have known
nothing of the inside workings of this
movement, it appears evident that it
was the intention of these thimble-
ringers to SO manipulate that conven-
ton as to have an Independent ticket
nominated that would be acceptable
also to the Democratic convention, for
instance-for Mayor, N. M. Ives, ETC.,
etc. /; thus kindly absorbing the new
party and adding strength thereby to
their own. But the "d-m Micks"
"bog- trotters" and "Donny-brookers''
as they kindly term the members OF
that convention in their every day
conversation, mixed the dose entire.
ly too strong, SO that it nauseated
these pure orthodox democratic souls
and didn't 60 down. And now Dad
dy and Sam rave about the folly OF
any Democrats voting anything but
the straight Democratic ticket and
call such Democrats who have souls
they dare call their own, ignorant
political guerrillas." This time il
splits their own party instead of add.
ing strength to it. The wrong OK il
gored.
Now all the dictionaries in the
world couldn't give the people Of OF
tumwa better meaning of the phrase
political guerrillas" than they would
get by considering the past course o.
the Observation-Disclosures.
dependent-Dem -Tilden
Democratic-Anti-I Irish Democrat,
'l-Greenback. Democratic editors Of
our city. They fill the bill exactly.
They now preach that no financiA
safety can be found outside the Dem
ocratic party. If that party is thor
oughly imbued with greenback ideai
am glad of il, but until it makes tina
doctrine leading plank in its ma.
tiOnal platform it cannot be called ,
greenback party, except in some 10
calities, generally where the party IL
in the minority and hope to gail
votes by adopting that plank.
It is my honest conviction that thu
Independent Greenback movement j.
the best. 1 think silver should be re-
monetized, that greenbacks are tn
best money we ever had and shoult
by no means be destroyed, and tina
the government cannot possibly re
sumo specie payment inside of elev
en- months without adding ruin upol
ruin to an already financially distress
ed and suffering people. This is tn
issue before the country both partie
) are divided upon it more or less tn
country ia divided upon 1.-THE Eas
from the West. There are many 9th
ers who think az l do in this matter
in both parties. They have RICH
to think and act as they think best
|, Men-both Democrats and Republic
ans-are beginning to do their owl
! thinking and their own voting. TIL
time is soon coming when men canno
be lashed into the party ranks lik
driven cattle, unless they honestly en-
/, dorse the sentiments of the party
! Both parties are to blame for the 4
nancial distress of the country. Dem
cratic votes assisted in demonetizin,
: silver and in passing the resumption
Q act. Good men in both parties plac
;, the blame where it belongs, earnestl
/ deplore the situation and are anxious
f ly looking for . remedy, and If the
a find that remedy in an independen
. movement it Immediately become
Q the business of INSCRIPTIONS part
: drivers to call such men foul names
: % in the last Times. o. G. GRAVES.