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April 22, 1866
The Daily Gate City
Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa
What is this article about?
The Muscatine Journal comments on candidates for Iowa's Attorney General position: incumbent Mr. Bissell, a top lawyer whose independent railroad opinion may cause his defeat, and George W. McCrary of Lee, an able young lawyer gaining public esteem.
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The Attorney Generalship.
The Muscatine Journal has an article on the next State Convention and its candidates. On the subject of the Attorney Generalship it says:
'Mr. Bissell, now Attorney General by appointment of the Governor, is a candidate for nomination. He is one of the best lawyers in the West, and a splendid man personally. His very able opinion on the railroad question will, however, be the cause of his defeat. Thinking as much of him as the most earnest of his friends—and all the more on account of the independent, manly spirit of that opinion—we must be permitted to doubt the propriety of his candidacy.
George W. McCrary, of Lee, is mentioned as another candidate. We do not know that he has authorized the use of his name. He is an able lawyer, a pleasing speaker—the most substantial young man in Iowa. Without any fuss or parade he has grown year by year in the public estimation, and is probably better known in Iowa to-day than any man of his age in the State. If a candidate be taken from the southeastern part of the State, it ought to be McCrary, of Lee.'
The Muscatine Journal has an article on the next State Convention and its candidates. On the subject of the Attorney Generalship it says:
'Mr. Bissell, now Attorney General by appointment of the Governor, is a candidate for nomination. He is one of the best lawyers in the West, and a splendid man personally. His very able opinion on the railroad question will, however, be the cause of his defeat. Thinking as much of him as the most earnest of his friends—and all the more on account of the independent, manly spirit of that opinion—we must be permitted to doubt the propriety of his candidacy.
George W. McCrary, of Lee, is mentioned as another candidate. We do not know that he has authorized the use of his name. He is an able lawyer, a pleasing speaker—the most substantial young man in Iowa. Without any fuss or parade he has grown year by year in the public estimation, and is probably better known in Iowa to-day than any man of his age in the State. If a candidate be taken from the southeastern part of the State, it ought to be McCrary, of Lee.'
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Attorney General
Candidates
Iowa Politics
Mr Bissell
George Mccrary
Railroad Opinion
State Convention
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Bissell
George W. Mccrary
Where did it happen?
Iowa
Story Details
Key Persons
Mr. Bissell
George W. Mccrary
Location
Iowa
Story Details
The Muscatine Journal evaluates candidates for Attorney General: Bissell, appointed incumbent and excellent lawyer, but his railroad opinion likely dooms him; McCrary of Lee, able and rising young figure, recommended for nomination from southeast Iowa.