Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-03-04
Let 'Eml Fight.

The Republicans of this State, few
and hungry as they are, are diligently
| engaged in rending each other. The
Grant and Sherman factions have been
warming up for several months, and
now things are at white heat. The
President supports John Sherman, and
of course all office-holders under him
have to come up to the scratch or live
in constant fear of decapltation. He is
supposed to be mild sort of a Repub-
lican, and it is a rather edifying fact
that many of those now fighting the
third-term, and in favor of a civilian
for President, were wont to be the most
Radical of Radicals, and the most de-
vout worshippers of 1.-THE man on.
horseback" But time and public Of
flee work wondrous changes.
A secret circular letter, written by
James r. Beach, of st. Louis, and cir
culated early in the year amongst the
faithful" has just came to light. 1t
tells how the Shermanites propose to
capture the delegates from this State
for their man. We copy that portion
relating to the Southeast:
.'Ths outfit will FL l., fiingweE's vacancy and
Bliss, whenever they occur. II they do not
make them occur before the full term it will
be surprise to most people. They threaten
to change st. Gem if he does not come up to
the Sherman work, which he will do Moser
was appointed in the place of old man Lind
say at Ironton, whose bond the United States
Attorney refused to approve, and it was done
at the Department of the Interior irregularly.
He has promised rs his share, to bring in the
Fourth district for Sherman. Henderson,
Shields, Schuiz, Cahoon and Greason had this
done. Cahoon and Moser will run that district.
Cahoon will also aid Shields, he did last fall.
to carry the country part of the First district
1t was Cahoon who wrote laudatory of Hender-
sou in the Republican in February, 1875. and has
been instrumental in getting Lindsay-a Grant
man-out of the way. They tried to get Peck
removed also, as postmaster at Ironton, by in
creasing his bond to double what it ou .ht to be,
having no other cause"
The circular closes with the following
"appeal to the peoples"
t.Now, what are you going to dos Will the
Germans follow the Globe-Democrats Will the
office-holders follow your lead! Will the col
ored troops who are naturally for Grant, fol-
low your leada Win you be able to stay the
tide of the respectable who denounce Grant,
under Henderson's directions, aud organize
success in st. Louis county and city. Can
you give assurance of success as matters now
stand! promise for the Northwest, notwith.
| standing the contempsible practices they resort
| to, but want to know where and how you are
going to overcome the free-lance, disorgan zing
liberal element here in St. Louis now SO patent
~ threatening weli-known aud staupch Grant
men as to make them pred CT h. failure in the
city and State! Wind don't aud won't carry
del.gatlons. You must infuse confidence where
it ought to be done, and where. for some unde-
Unable reason, there is none, far as the eigh-
! teen eighty campaign.
.You have been working with and have built
up the enemies of Grant, by giving aid and
| comfort to the very men that now confront you
| AMI Grant. What combinations, and with
whom you are going to secure success, and the
kind OF aid aud support that will give con-
fidence to us of the country that you will
secure some sort Of success. It seems to me
about as Pollard, Kline and Filley say, that
unless things naturally change, that not a
single ward or county in the State can be
carried against the schui Sherman ender-
on-Allen-Moser Hayes Metcalfe- st. Gem :
Coleman ards-Meyer-Sturgeon and Bliss.
State Committee and City Committee combina-
tions.''
A lawyer writes to the New York
Sun: yesterday was served with a