The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-05-31
Samples 10 Judge By.

INC les MOiHes IIHS IiHv 10, aild
swears 1t Is anti-monepoly. 1t critl
cizcs orr notice Of the appointment
of l.. $. Coffin rs railroad commits
sioner ms 81 sample to Judge by"
.nw We propos. that the people of
Worth county shall have more than
one sample 10 Judge by, and "rcpub-
lean samples" too. For the Eagle
20 claim any man Of tic republican
party, enjoying the confidence OF its
leaders rs i'll nnti-iaonopolist l. ab-
,nrd. All The risnt monopolics of
tic present LAY have sprung into
existence since the republican party
came into power; they are its crca-
lures, and they In turn support, up
hold and maintain that party in
power. Seventy five years OF human
bondage, whereby the toll OF four
million slaves was appropriated to
others, did not create single mil
lionairc in NIL that section whore
slavery existed. Twenty years Of
republican rule has created thous-
nnds Of millionailcs and made pau
pers OF more than one million who
were comfortably Situated when the
party came into power. It's lcgisla-
ton tends directly to transfer the
products Of labor to the Golfers of
pampere iileness. This has been,
and i the mission Of the party, il IL
has one. Should the board or super
viscrs of Worth county SO conduct
the affairs OF that couaty that its
wealthy farmers and business men
would entirely escape taxation. all
the m N OF every other party would
combine 10 Dust them from office.
Yet this Is precisely what the repub-
lean party iii congress has done,
exempt the rich from taxation and
Farmer Coffin and the Eagle march
to the polls and vote to maintain
this iniquity to perpetuate this most
unjust monopoly Of wealth.
This fact Is what causes the Water
loo Courier, an independent, ont
spoken republican paper, to strong
~ object to the Coffin varnish which
the governor has applied to the
Board OF Railroad Commissioners"
This fact also causes the Marshall
town Times, republican paper that
has not bowed the knee to the Baal
Of monopoly that rules the republican
party and robs the people for its high
priests, to enter this protest against
Mr.. Collins appointment:
ANOTHER saisTAnE."
Governor Sherman has made a
number Of mistakes during his ad-
ministra'ion. None has been much
more serious than the appointment
of Mr.. Coffin railroad commissioner.
Coffin we conceived to be a dema-
goguc from his writings before we
knew the man or had any inforua-
ton regarding him. lie il one OF
the men who talk loudly in the syna-
gogue ard for whom the Lord cx-
pressed his dislike nearly 1000 years
lago. But just as occurred 1000
Years ago. ouch men seek aud find
'ticnt now a ,fen, apparently.
We regret this appointment par
tlcn.ar!y on account of Governor
Sherman, who tried and intended
probably 10 honestly fill the office.
! lie Intended 10 cast some bread mp
on the waters for the grangera, but
he las given them what Is not even
an excuse for a representative man.
and has besides tied another stone
around his own neck.
I'VE fear there is or will be a GEN
eral disposition not to excuse the
governor for making this appoint
mcn'. Coffin his not a good record.
dn3 q rerg little inquiry would hare
disclosed that fact II is not IN him
10 DC either an ornament nor bene-
ut to the commission. lie is inst
such man as tie railroads aLore
all ~onid desire to hare upon the
commission, for reasons rhich are
Jus too erideat. Ills appointment
therefore L. a misfortune. naless the
commission Is 10 be maintained for
The benefit Of and controlled Lg the
railroads.
I'VE dislike to say this Just as
much rs any one can. But We hate
To see such step taken backward
as has been taken i'm this ease. Ii is
not possible that Coffin has been
sincere in the stuff he has for years
been palminS off as grange fodder.
The purpose OF ii has been evidently
to secure just some such object as
has, through the misinformation
or inadvcstence Of Gov. Sherman, i'm
this instance, been accomplished. Ii
ariN not TO to pass this appoiatnae,at
rthom protest. Politics are font
and an aHort sho',li be made to PIT
riHg them. That riH necer be done
II The press md representative poll
tcians acguiesce quietly IN an a,nft
appointment Of this kind. 1t is time
to talk plainly and impress upon the
executive department, that such bust
ness Is OF too serious import to be
INDUCED IN for pastime III TIE
best lie railroads hare made an i'm
portant point IN this appointment.
and Cor. Sherman end the state hare
lost one. Nor can the executive
council be held hiamelcss for not re-
fusing TO confirm the appointment,
to which the members, be it said to
their credit, for time objected and
which some OF them still condemn"
/ The Davenport Gazette. another
republican paper says Of Coflln's APP
pointment:
! II rcfy innocent. dimless and use
less beneficiary o. Ike railroads pho
are assessed for its support"
The Ames Intclligenccr, a rather
decent republican paper says:
why such n good soldier rs Gov.
sherman should appoint such Il bad
soldier ~ L. 8. GOTTA 70 such An inn
nuftaat position. is III rn.trnp DID