Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-08-10
SENATORIAL MATTERS.

AS the time for the county convention
draws near enthusiasm in political
affairs is at its height. Several OF the
caucuses have already been held, and
interest in the outcome is growing
daily. The fight for the nomination
for state senator is consuming the time
of local politicians, and is indeed being
closely contested.
The PUBLIC OPINION will not stoop
to degrading, disreputable methods to
elect any person to an office, or defeat
his opponent for an office, and has en-
deavored to conduct its campaigns
with fairness and reason. We hope
we have created the sentiment among
the people of the county that our
campaigns have all been fought fairly
and honestly. We will not support a
candidate unless we believe that he
will be able to do more for those he
shall represent if elected than any
other available person. We do believe
that none of the candidates for state
senator, though all are capable, honor
able and deserving of recognition by
the party, would be able to represent
Winneshiek and Howard counties
with so great credit to constituents as
DR.. +. w. Daubney; and in the cam
paign we have not been too cowardly
to admit that he is our choice for that
office. He is man whose competency
and integrity has attracted lucrative
practice, which has given him a very
favorable acquaintance throughout
the county. He is in the prime of life,
is energetic, popular, and is a forcible
speaker; and we believe that he posses
es qualifications the like of which we
need in the halls of legislature, and that
if he shall be elected he will so ably
represent this district in the senate
that we shall have reason to be proud
of him.
In his candidacy for the mayoralty
last spring the opposition hurled every
investive they could command at him.
Decorah never saw such a struggle in
the municipal election and never were
more debase political actions expert
enced in the city; but he was elected,
and by the largest majority the city of
Decorah ever gave to candidate for
may n, and during his administration
the city has experienced the most rapid
and substantial progress in its history.
Those whose falsehoods and intrigues
could not defeat him last spring, are
again, armed to the teeth with swords
of revenge and untruthfulness, strug-
Cling to cast him down, but We believe
that the people of this county will not
permit our politics to be debauched in
this manner. Thinking that the peo-
pie outside of Decorah do not know how
the canvass was conducted last spring,
they are again using every conceivable
method to detract votes from him.
They slander his personal character;
they accuse him of theft; they call him
an unlawful citizen, and whatever
comes into their minds is used as an
argument against him, whether true
or not. We known of such things
for some time, and have been loath to
publish the facts, but they are carrying
it on to such a wholesale extent that it
compels us to cry out for honesty. We
deeply regret that the above article has
been called out, but we do despise un.
clean methods in politics, and think
that the voters of the county should
stamp it out as forcibly as the citizens
of Decorah did at their municipal cleo
ton.