Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-22
THE POLITICAL POT.
Said to be Boiling Harder Than
Ever.
THE START WAS ONLY 4 SIzzLE
Moro Candidates Who Want ONCE Are
Being Found-some ofthe POSI-.
bilities-New Men Appear
ON the Horizon.

ON the Horizon.
From Tuesdays Daily.
A few days ago people thought the
political pot had begun to boil; it was
just a sizzle. The boil is lust COM
mencing and from this time on the
contents of the republican receptacle
over the fire of politics will get hot
ter and hotter and move faster and
faster until the day of the convention
when it will reach the hottest point.
After that time the "plain people, will
take a hand and in November will ex-
press their preference in no mistaken
terms. 1t is queer, but it always hap.
pens that il a man has political bee
buzzing in his bonnet during the sum
mer and fall he makes no mention OF
1T until after the first of the next jan
uary, except perhaps to very few of
his most intimate friends. That may
be accounted for by the fact that
probably the issues of the, last cam.
/, paign are. likely to get mixed with
those Of the next. AT any rate people
say that G. G. McIntire is candidate
for the Office OF county attorney sub.
ject to the decisions of the republican
county convention. Mr.. McIntire has
not been around to this office to say
anything to the contrary and it may
be stated with reasonable degree of
certainty that he would not refuse a
nomination. j. r. Blake, of the firm
of Blake & Hall, it is limited, may step
into the breach caused bv the retire;
ment of County Attorney A. w. Enoch
IT the next convention so elect and
the people so will it. Up the Des
Moines valley comes the news from Ell
don, the busy railroad town, that l.
II Tomlinson, one of the leading att
torneys of that place, would be pleased
8 to be instrumental in sending Wapello
county criminals over the road for two
years commencing January 1, 1901. AS
ito another term deponent sayeth not
+ but lis willing to let the present take
caro- of itself. On the other side of the
fence no new candidates have express
ed desire to serve their country In
the capacity of legal adviser of the
county and commander-in-chief of the
roads within the county which are
wont to get into tangles when a far
mer concludes that six inches OF
ground rightfully belongs to him and
proceeds to set the fence out in ac>
..cordance with his ideas of justice. His
neighbor looks on with envious eyes
and straightway consults the county
attorney with view of securing the
indictment of the infringer. Candi-
dates do not know what they are rum
ming up against when they ask to be
elected county attorney.
-Four men are in sight at the present
time for the Office of county recorder.
This surely is republican year else
candidates would not be so thick so
early in the game. Tt is said that j.
G. Slaughter, at present constable in
Justice Campbell's court, could be In,
duced to take the position without its
being rendered to him on a silver sal-
yer. w. G. Taylor of Eldon, is said to
be a candidate and if nominated will
contribute to the campaign fund 10
the ratio that the Office generally
gives. J. G. Prosser, of Center town
ship, and David Throne, off this city,
are spoken ofaas "recordial'' possible
ties in the event that certain things
come to- pass. Church Porter, the pre-,
sent recorder, it was rumored, would
be "a candidate for THIRD term but
that gentleman told a reporter that
Mic lSIJOLO was QIlIuCsF llCIef dSdll IL
seems that the feeling is that 1900 is
no one seems to have even heard OF
any candidates for this Office ON the
democratic side of the fence. A few
other candidates names are whispered
of with republican proclivities but the
sound is so faint that it may never be
heard.
Besides H. J. Wing, the present dep
suty clerk, there are two candidates for
the Office of clerk of the district court,
who, it is said, come out openly and
above board and ask, the suffrage of
the people. w. r, Coles, of South OF
tumwa, who went into the convention
two years ago with the solid support
of the South Side delegation for this
Office, is willing to take the Office. ii
rs said, without much pressure from
the party. John f. Berry, of Adams
township, it is said, would very much
like TO call the jury and perform the
other things conected with the office
of clerk, and it is said, he will not
have to be asked twice to take the
job. A young attorney, whose name
could not be learned, is said to have
also expressed a preference for this
Office after looking over the list of Of
fees to be filled this fall, but his name
could not be learned and it is probably
only another whisper cruelty strangled
at birth.
Harry Hammond seems to have q
cinch on the nomination for the office
of county auditor that is so far as
cinch on anything Connected with
politics can be cinched this far ahead
in the game AT any rate tha nnliti.
cal horizon is clear so far ~as known
for this, Office at, the pres
ent time unless some aspirant is hatch
ing a deep laid scheme to wrest the
plum from Mr.. Hammond.
For the Office of supervisor absolute
ly no candidates can be found, pre-
sumably because the emoluments are