Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1884 — The Congressional Candidates Compared. [ARTICLE]

The Congressional Candidates Compared.

Logan sport Journal. —~’ —r The Pharos delights to harp on what it chooses to call Mr. Owen’s failures. Pray, now. at what did Mr. Wood ever achieve success? He was a shyster lawyer, ridiculed even in a Justice’s court, and made good laughing stock tor the last session of Congress. He has neither money nor property, excopt what is i u his w ife's name. His law practice, what little he has, is gained by encouraging his clients intp litigation. He attempts to keep Up his dignity and inspire his associates with an idea,of his resources and 11 berality by giving dinners, when away from home, and borrowing money from some member of his party to pay the bill. Mr. Owen is not a millionaire, but he has made life a success. He has demonstrated his ability in more directions than one. He abandoned the law for other pursuits, "but he could whip Tom Wood at the bar.