Iron County register., 1880-04-08

JOHN O'DAY, Chm.
Attest: WIN. HI. MAYO, Sec'y.
| Southeast Politics.
| From the Greenville Journal: '.The pro-
ceedings of the Republican county convention
to send delegates to the State convention will
be found in this issue. The convention was
composed of ten men. They instructed for
Grant. as will b, seen by the proceedings"
| Jefferson Democrat: 'Some of the South
east Missouri papers appear to realiz, the
necessity for unity of action in order for
proper recognition in the next Democratic
| State convention. but it is The same old story
support my all and is l)velv bat if
you put forward any other candidate will
kick"
Commerce Displtch: "We notice that some
OF Judge Carter's friends are threatening ven
geance upon Mr.. Holladay and all the South
east candidates, ii all do not lend their aid to
| secure the nomination ..of Judge Carter for
| Supreme Judge. We presume they imagine
they can whip the Democracy into he traces
BY these threats, but we can assure them they
| wi II be in vain. The day has passed that the
Southeast bows the knee to the dct,tion of
Pennington. The Democracy of the lover
counties have learned there is talent outside
of that cla-s.c villa gen
jefferson Democrat: "We expected an Of
fetal report of the Republican convention at
De Soto last Saturday, but none has arrived.
A locker on gave us the particulars, but We
m ade no note of them at the time. Judge
Fletcher vas chairman and Fl. 8. jerks secre-
tary, and Judges Z. A. Newcomb and j. H.
Vail and another, whose name We have for
gotten. were elected delegates to the Sedalia
convention. 1t Is understood that the dele
gates are all Tor Grant. A slight breeze was
created in the.meeting by good sized bolt, OF
gentleman who would not serve on COM
mittee with a colored brother.''
ST. Genevieve Fair Play: .'If Southeast
Missouri expects TO become factor in the
politics of this State it is time that her citi-
ans seeded from the influence of TACK
guardism and contem ltible malice. The
curse Of this section has always been, that
whenever any of its prominent citizens have
been favorably regarded for official prefer
ment, some little six-by mine ,blackguard, sans
brains, sans decency and sans ever, thing wor-
thy, and without pecuniary responsibility,
has taken 1t upon himself to libel them.
Unless the tone of the press is altered from
the jerky, blatant mud-slinging institution it
is, into dignity, argument. and self-respec',
Southeast Missouri will always deseryedly re-
main what she is-the butt Of ridicule for the
remainder Of the State''
Perryville Union: "Hon. Lowndes H. Da-
Wis, member of Congress from this district,
will be a candidate for denomination before
tho 10
will be held at some point in the district this
summer. There are other aspirants in the !
Held, but none of them are more worthy of
his party than he. Since Lis election TO the
Lower House cf Congress he has proven an
industri JUS and hard working member, ever
ready to perform his duty to his constituents
and his country. Measures that were likely to
be Of any benefit to the West and especially TO
Missouri, received his prompt attention at all
times. Mr.. DAVIS is q ripe scholar, an abe
awyer and br rlliant and fluent speaker, and
Trustworthy member Of Congress. The con-
vention shou renominate him. The district
could not have a better or more efficient repre-. !
| sentative" .s.-s
| West Plains Journal: ''Since the withdraw
al of Mr.. Jown Walker as a candidate for Gov
ernor, We see his name mentioned in connec-
tion with the office Of Auditor. Now, SO long
as Mr.. Walker was candidate for Governor
he receive d encouragement and support, and
in our opinion would have been a formidable
opponent to CritteEden and Hockaday in the
nominating conven ton. The farming class
was, SOLID for him for that position. But, for
reasons hest known to himself, Mr.. Walker has
switched himself eff the track for Governor on
to the side-track for Auditor. So long as he
sought the office to which the farmers thought
he was entitled, SO long they would have stood
by him; but when he gets scared at the Crit
tenden and Hockaday booms, draws off then
seeks to dsplace from position the best Of
fcer the State of Miss souri has had for q |
decade, the people say in the slang of the |
day, it's entirely too thin
"From the expression Of the press and the |
people, the Democracy Of Missouri have made !
up their minds long ago on the Authorship. |
Thomas Holiday has been the nominee of the |
Democratic mass es for that office from the be- !
ginning of the campaign, and the State con-
vention will not and cannot do otherwise than |
ratify that nomination. That he has made an |
honest, Efficient worthy and exemplary official, |
everybody knows, and rs his section OF the |
State, and, in fact, the State at large, insists
on his denomination, the people see NO reason |
whatever to swap him of for new man."
ORDINANCE.