The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-10-29
VOICE OF THE PRESS.



II the governor may require the militia
Of the state TO do one unlawful act. what
is TO limit TO limit his power in this d.
rcctionY He may with cqryl propriety
order them to attack and sack the prem
ises Of private individual, who is inim-
ical 70 him Or his masters.
Sherman's criminal act Of yesterday
puts an end TO all prctensc Of claim 70
the support Of the republican party.
That party has long enough endured his
serriLe t0adyism u ~orporaa0ns. his utterly
INSCRIPTIONS selfishncss; and his entire
want Of integrity. His hold upon tho
party has been steadily slipping from
his hands. He has now let 60 entirely.
Good enough. The party - better on
without all such.
sherman says be is the lat republiea.
governor of IOica, and after being petted
twenty years he is now doing his best
TO make the prediction true. Every
honest intelligent citizen would rejoice
TO know that the state Il no more U b
cursed scikh republican gOcernOrs such az hs.
We predict, however, that he will be tho
last insane military despot who will
undertake 70 override the will Of the
people and disregard all law and justice
In the exercise OF brute force to depose
. public officer. simply because that
officer dared 10 do his duty In defense
Of the integrity Of the people. So mote
it be and let all the people say, Amen!
The Register heads an article with tho
significant title: Don't s.-ikc Union
Soldiers in Iowa." It is pr per to say
that there is no reference il the article
to the striking down Of IT, one,arned
IN tho III met Envarnn Gh0runO ana
auditor, on the order Of hi. excellency,
issued warrants to pay the counsel en-
ployed in the trial Of thu rnandamus
cases in the circuit court. The amounts
paid were as follows: To Hon GalnshA
Parsons. $3.50; to Hon. w. n. Stone,
$3.50
The trial Of the case occupied nearly
four days That gives MIR. Parsons
$1S75O per day, and Governor Stone
$11250 per day How is that for 'ex-
pert" compensation.
Mr.. Parsons charged over $31 per hour
for the time employed in court! We
shall expect the Rsgister to vigorously
denouncc that as robbery of the state.
But maybe, after all. il isn't wicked 70
rob the state; only when corporations are
bled is there any crime in the act
The Capital, Of August 19 says: Supt
Meek, of the Wabash road. is currently
reported to have said, The republican,
party OF Iowa dare not nominate man
for governor that the railroads don't
want" How is this, fellow republicansf
ID il true that we have that sort OF
II, But Of one thing we are certain
the passes of the people Of Iowa are
not cravcns nor serfs, and the time 10
near Ut hand when they will sit down
with tremendous weight upon the cor
porations and their agents hat assume
to boss parties, die te nom
nations and control the pol
itics Of the state. The dynasty
Of little men and diminuitive bosses, who
by virtue of their connect N with GER
tain powerful corporation. assume the
airs Of dictation, Is about It an end in
Iowa. The handwriting 10 alreadv Wis
ible on the wall.
II at the state convention the same
methods prevail that won partial sue
cess in the Polk county convention, then
the Capital will reserve its congratula-
tions for the defeated candidates. For
man who wins . nomination BY
such methods, or who is known in
the state as the favored candidate OF
the corporation ring. No candidate
and no party can afford this year to 60
before the people Of Iowa, bearing the
heavy weight of obliquy resting upo.
the corrupt regency that for several
years has been dominant in the execu-
tive Office of the state. That regency
dies hard, but is doomed to destruction,
il it is not strangled ut the convention,
the people will crush it at the polls in
November. This is the Capitals note Of
warning, and not threat
We learn from q thoroughly reliable
source that q certain railroad superin-
tendent, who bears very close relation
to the Register Office, recently boosted
that the republican party in Iowa dare
not nominate any man the railroads do
not want.
II that is really the attitude Of tho
railroads il il about time to accept their
challenge.
The republican party Of Iowa must
must crush that corrupt regency or b
defeated before the people. There j. no
alternative.