Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-04-05
For Lyman and a Long Term.

The Council Bluffs NonpareI, of
April LIST, after mentioning a great many
names in manner that leaves nothing
for the favored ones to complain Of or
to hope for, gets down to some honest
and pertinent talk In the following par
agraph:
Major Lyman is q candidate for a
third term, and Col. Sapp is also a can
didate. 1t has not been the practice to
give candidates in this district more
than two terms and Major Lyman will
have this custom to contend with. The
major has been hard-wOrking mem
Der and has attended promptly to all
the demands made upon him by his
constituents in the departments and
elsewhere, and stands we'll with his fell
low members. lie made fine record
in the Carlisle contest case and both in
committee work and on the floor is rec
Ognized as being far above the average
member. The mistake that the west
makes is in not keeping their members
in congress long enough to educate
them up to properly and successfully
discharge the duties imposed upon
them. Senator Allison is the exception
TO the two-term rule, and the results in
his case are apparent. Colonel Sapp
has served two terms in congress- and
while some years have interviewed and
many changes in the membership have
occurred during the time that he has
been out he would still be able, with
his tact and address, to take the work
up nearly where he left off. His ex-
perience in legislative work in the state
legislatures of Nebraska and Iowa, to-
gether with his four years experience
in congress, should certainly make him
a valuable man in the national councils.
Whether Col. Sapp or Major Lyman
will succeed in capturing the POttawat-
tamie county delegation is a question
In the womb of the future, and whether
the outside counties will be willing to
cOncede the position to CoRncil Bluffs
Is equally uncertain. Pottawattamie
county is not in position to demand
the congressman, but if the outside
counties, after careful survey of the
field, conclude to take a Pottawatta-
ME county man, it would be very &C.
ceptable. THE NoNPAREIL is Of the
opinion that the time is about here
when this district should send a man to
congress with view of keeping him
there until he becomes useful to the
district. In other words that the bound.
airy of the district is now fixed, for some
time, at least, and that the district
should select congressman in whom
the people will have sufficient conf
dence to return him term after term
until he becomes a leader In national
legislation.
But while the Nonparea is thus
magnanimously supporting Mr., Lyman
and Mr.. Sapp, Council Bluffs CORES
pendent Of the State Register, is boom
ing Editor Steadman, of the Nonparea
with equal enthusiasm. The chances
of Sapp are weakened by the fact thai
he is a chronic candidate and not near
~ so popular in his own county a.
either of the other gentlemen mention
ed. So that while there are a dozer
men in the nine counties who are will
ing to assume the labors and honors OF
the Office, there are in fact but two O,
three in actual danger Of the lightning
The Nonpareirs good words for GU,
present Congressman and the equal,
good words in favor of long terms com
prise good counsel which we hope ma,
prevail.