The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01
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days ago tic Tribune SAID tnat the real
problem with the representatives OF
Gouldism in the convention was ..how
to defeat Gresham and yet secure =
candidate who could be elected" Sc
it proved. They sought to perform the
work Of their employer in accomplish
ing the political assassination Of
Gresham. and yet wanted to secure
themselves against the charge of be-
traying the republican party to a
crushing defeat.
Some Of the most powerful forces in
the convention might be enumerated
thH:
First-Jay Gould and the Wabash
wrecking crew. thirsting for revenge
against Gresham for removing from
control Of the system Gould's
right hand man, Gen. G. M.
Dodge. formerly Of Iowa. who
was on the ground early and
was deep in the secrets of every anti
Gresham caucus. Little seen by the
public, no man exercised more potent
influence on the result than Gould's
most efficient and capable lieutenant.
Go,ldism as arrayed against Gresham
represented $2OO, ,O00. 900 Of capital.
Second-The Central Pacific Stan
ford-Crockcr-H cr-Huntlngton ring, with its
able, plausible attorney. Greed HAY
mond, at the end OF the California dele
cation. This firm has in its possession
$50 1000, 900 of railroad plumber which
president Of the Gresham stamp might
compel it to disgorge. Naturally it
fought hard to prevent the nomination
Of any such man.
Third-The Union Pacific Credit
Mobilier crowd, represented by Law
yer Thnrston. who is shrewd. brainy,
and nervy. and packed delegation
grossly misrepresenting the granger
state of Nebraska. This ring has $15O.-
100000 worth of railroad Credit Mo-
bilier and other Doodle to protect. It
is deeply in debt to the government.
draws dividends on debts which it new
er intends to pay during the lifetime Of
any human being now in existence. 1t
wants Mr.. David Littler's free and easy
eighty-year bill passed, which it feared
Gresham would not favor. Hence. it
fought him TO death, using the power
OF the granger state Of Nebraska. nine
tenths Of whose population endorse him.
to defeat Gresham. 1t now laughs like
Mephistopheles over the success of
its schemes.
Fomth-Chauncey NJ. Depew. the
railroad attorney and official head of
the great Vanderbilt railroad syndicate
with its $500. 10000 OF capital and its
doctrine of 1.-THE public be- ID" With
Depew as helpers were Tom Plat and
Wood-Pulp Miller.
/ Fifth-The great Wisconsin railroads
were represented by Senator John c.
| Spooner, the well trained railroad at
torney, who manipulated the Wisconsin
delegation and put the votes where
they would do the .'most good" And
the popular sentiment of the state for
Gresham was ignored and disregarled
with the utmost sang-froid.
These were the leading representa-
tives of corporate railroad monopoly.
but with two or three exceptions there
was hardly delegation without a
sprinkling of railroad attorneys and
lobbyists. The land grant rings were
also represented. They argued that a
president like Gresham would have
caused them TO lose millions of acres Of
public land which they had grabbed in
violation of law. Like all the Gouldites
who swarmed in from the east and
west, they wanted no .d--d nasty par
ticular honest candidate, as they call
ell Gresham-no man born in log
cabin and afflicted with homespun.
granger notions about honesty and in
tcgrity. What great schemes of pelf
and plunder might not such man up
set II fntrusted with the powers of the
presidency The Wabash decision
showed Gresham's spirit, and it was
time an example was made of him for
the effect it would have on other judges
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