Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-30
What Is the Matter With the DEM
cCratlC Ticket, Judge?

Our old friend, ID NJ. Harris of the
Missouri Valley Times, III his issue of
The 2O.h, makes IA Few Pertinent Sug.
gestlons" about the republic An conyeil.
tlon. We are glad to note that ID NJ.
IS still going after them with the old
lime vigor The Judge says every man
dominated at that convention is y res
ldent"t Logan. The Judge says that
tiuif, III ifvy, Garrison and Fallon 5.
nephew of j G. McCabe's all reside! is
~ Logan, and unworthy of support.
Does Gilmore live i'm Logan. Judge,
ana Is he related to some of the gang 2"
The above is taken from the Dunlap
fierald, and being addressed to me per.
sonally. feel it to be duty owe TO
my young friend os the Herald to an
swer 1t. And first to his question as to
Gilmore and the gang" | admit that
ne does not live in Logan, but that he
ought to, and while he may not be a
blood relative, yet he has all the symr-
toms of the gang" am not an as.
pirant for any Office nor never epect to
be, and therefore what think can he
OF no special moment to any one, but
my democracy is certainly unquestjon.
ec; Tor near fifty years. in sun shine
ana storm, without recompense or the
hope OF reward, have, with my hum
biz ability, marched in the front ranks
OF the democratic party and supported
the candidates of the party when NOM
lnstsd, and have always attended the
conventions of the party and voted the
ticket nominated, but in this case | |
found the so called democratic conyen.
ton dominated by the Loga gang com
posed of both democrats and republic
cans, so much so that when arose to
place In nomination candidate | was
interrupted by young Loganite with
more Zeal than knowledge, and when |
found that such feeling existed
that even ID. M. Harris could not be
kindly heard in democratic conyen-
ton there must be something wrong
don't you think, Bro. Herald?
But the Herald asks: "What is the
matter with U. j. Hooks candidate for
Audito?'
We answer: Mr.. Hooks, in open con-
vention, declined the nomination.
The facts are that Bassett, for Clerk.
Evans for Recorder, all declined the
leaving the ticket with
only ID. L. Child, for Attorney stand
log alone like beautiful column to a
temple after the temple has fallen in
decay and lies at the base of the col
umn in ruin.
why not support ] +. O'Connor Z"
we can. rs he is on the independently
ticket for u RIDER, having declined
the democra &c nomination.
Hlt az To Ito position of Gilmore
and Hall bein. democratic candidates
IS enough to make horse laugh! 1t isle
. notorious fact that the Democratic
and Republican conventions were both
'nn by the Logan Gang, both in their
interest, and supporting Gilmore and
Hall and expecting the people to vote
Wis combination ticket.
but you ask: edo Won want the
? infested warrants paid ~. ,... 49,.
non Of Supervisors? That is legal {
lnestin. and no difference who consti
.utes the Board of Supervisors, they
have nothing to do but obey the order
of court. We are decidedly i'm favor of
a clean sWeep-the old Board has been /,
removed, now let us retire Huff, the
man who issued these warrants now
in controversy and commence new
administration with new men who are
now before the paople on the Indepen-
dent ticket and who all have clean, hon
orable records. | am for the Indepen-
dent ticket first, last and all the time,
and we presume after our young dem
friend has had fifty years po-
litical experience he will understand
why an old democrat will sometimes
refuse to support a county ticket la
billed DEMOCRAT, but who are the APP
pointees ofrepublican leaders aud who
have no sympathy with the Democrat
ic party. ID M. TIA RRIS.
Code Of Iowa 1897
SEC. All TssuING WARR ANTS -