The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-02-01
SENATOR ALLISON.

The next Town Legislature. will
have 10 discharge the important til.
ty of choosing some gentlemen 10
succeed Vim. Is. Allison In the Sen.
ute of the United States. III view
" this fact tho Register, and small.
or ring organs, arc beginning to
groom Mr.. Allison for Il third term.
just what IRE the claims OF this gen.
tIenan 10 such flnttcrlng distinction,
would puzzle hts most enthusiastic
biogvapArrs to state.
Mr.. Allison came from Ohio to
this state In the year 1857, when but
- years OF age, and commenced the
practice OF law In Dubuque. Not
much IL known concerning him un-
I'll the breaking out OF the rebrllion,
when, ut tile lisk Of lis young life,
he threw himself into the breach,
and boldly took Il position on the
s,aff Of Governor kirkwuod. and
aided In organizing volunteers for
the suppression Of the rebellion. He
WAS hever organized" himself. but
as IN "orgunizrr' of his volunteer
ncighhols. hs was Al inpetuons aud
reckless leader
HIS intrepid words of encourage.
ment to the volunteers when they
started southwark, were uniformly
the following. Ito forward, bruy.
boys; do Your whole duty. Teach
the cavaliers that the round heads
know how 10 give ami take cold
steel, My postoiiicc address will r..
main al Dubuque, Iowa."
Long after the "organizcd" volun.
teels We're out OF sight on their
march to the front, Mr.. Allison was
found still bravcly p.rched on the
Governors stuff In the most expos.
ell position. IL held this place TN.
til liz was elected 10 tile Thirty
eighth Congress. Then, rs soon ~
| the ASPECT Ut affairs about the Carl.
tut afforded assurances or SAT, ". h..
moved forward aud took up II posi-.
ton Oh the Potomac. where he has
been cntreachcd ever since.
| This brief but brilliant military
record, Ii relied upon to keep the
i Senator solid with the soldiers OF
the state. and further. to largely
atone FOR the pan,ity OF notable
achievements IN his civic career
When Mr.. Allison took his seat In
the House Of Representatives March
4, 1868, HE was In very limited cir.
cumstances, financially. He hid
scarcely served half term In III,
House. when he aided In the pass.
age Of the uct OF july 1864. granting
ten sections OF luLd, aud $4,000 IL
subsidy bonds per mile, 10 en;lb!,
any company that might &c drSig.
mated 10y the President Of the United
States. to build railroad from
Sioux City 10 connect with the In
ion Pacific. The records In the of.
tlce Of Secretary OF State nj Dies
Moines show that ". Is. Allison and
Jas. +. Wilson, both members O,
Congress, were among the corpora,
tors OF 'he Sioux City 4 Pacific con-
pany, organized under the provis
ions OF this extraordinary grant
The grants to this company w.r,
the slitn-st Of nll the cx,raordinar,
swindles connected with the paciii,
railroads. They received 5000 acre,
OF land, md $4,000 subsidy pei
mile. AMI this, too. for the pulpos,
OF building road over the sleat
level OF the Missouri bottoms, run
ming east OF south. instead Of west
the direction Of the main line.
Messrs. Allison and Wilson M,
now both possessed OF immens,
wealth. The former has been re-
warded for his close attention I,
. prirdte interests by four consecutiv,
terms IN the House, and two IN III
Senate, and the latter has just bee
elected to the Senate for the term .
six years.
Mr.. Allison's public career ha
been contemporary with every Ian,
grab, every bond swindic, ever
subsidy scheme, the demnnctizatiel
villainy, the Credit Mpbilier swim
dies. and the thousand aud on
shameful public plnnderiny, tina
have dalkened the record OF Ame,i
can public life for the past twea'
years. Instead of raising his voic,
against these outrageous wrongs. h.
, has been cheek by !owl with ,iei
! chief perpetrators.
We shall. from time 10 time. nj
before the people If this state, I'll
. record of this aspiraat for fafts,,'
Senatorial haaors. This artiel,
merely furnishes an index To who.
chapters that lie beyond, low