St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-04-29
st. Charles Republicans.

pCiCN W boy iC" WOEuS W tic Nc-
publicans of st. Charles Township, in
regard to the differences which have
arisen in our ranks, it seems to me
without just cause, in reference to our
town election. will here only say,
that with it ! had hoped all our
differences would cease, but which
hope, it seems, was destined to spec
dy disappointment. Again, without
cause or conceivable object, and with
ruthless hand, has the flaming brand
been hurled in our midst by those
whose Rcpublicanism has just wax
ed to life, men who are ignorant
Of the doings of the Republican party
in this town less than twelvcmonth
since, and who, Judging the future by
the past, may be equally careless and
ingnorant of the doings Of the party a
twelvemonth hence-or even sooner !;
when the Republican ardor which has
so suddenly welled up in their breasts,
as suddenly abates.
l confidently believe that many are
not aware of the true state of the case,
some believing that the present acting
Republican Town Committee have
rather assumed the duties of the Of
fee. Indeed / was told, and by a
gentleman of character too, that the
committee were the only ones that
knew Of their appointment as such.
think l convinced him to the con-
trary, for upon reading the record
which produced, he replied, PITY
they had not known that before"
Messrs. Editors, for the benefit of
others, will you please republish the
proceedings Of the Republican Caucus
held in st. Charles just previous to
the August election of last year, in
connection with this article, that all
may see the regularity of our pro-
ceedings? 1t will thus be seen at a
glance that the present acting COM
mittee was regularly appointed, and in
giving the call for the recent caucus
to appoint delegates to attend Coun-
ty Republican Convention were but
doing their duty as said committee.
The chairman of the committee was
present at the caucus and called the
meeting to order, when Judge Collins
arose and made motion to adjourn,
which motion was carried and the
meeting adjourned, the Judge in the
meantime giving notice that an hour
hence there would be Republican(D
caucus at place designated by him
and he has since openly stated that
the caucus which was broken up was
packed for that purpose In CONVEX
sation with him few days since, to
my inquiry as to his motive for such
procedure, he replied, He didn't
recognize the committee" Well,
suppose he did not? We can COLI
ceive Of such thing as committee
surviving without the recognition of
the Judge, his aids and abettors, and
would rather take the record than the
opinion of any one as to the standing
of the committee The Judge thinks
their time had expired. Well, suppose
ing he does, what of it The record
says nothing about it, and for aught
we know to the contrary we may be
committeeman for life but happily
custom steps in, in such cases, and
establishes a twelvemonth as the
usual period of duration for such off,
ces. Inever knew an instance to the
contrary unless especially appointed
for longer or shorter period.
Again, if the Judge did not recog-
nizc the committee, why was he
there with his boastcd packed COM
pany? Oh, but, says he" The meet
ing was headed Republican and we
had right to go there and do as we
pleased" l deny his premises You
cannot always tell by the heading Of
an advertisement what is to follow,
and the heading in this case does not
by any means constitute it a Repub.
lican caucus. The footing, sir, is what
gives it Republican authority. The
caucus was either genuine Republi-
can caucus or a nullity; according to
the Judge it was the latter, and he
has unwittingly gone in with his
packed crew, and carried motion to
adjourn what he himself declared to
be nullHy!!
It further seems to me that the
Judge has begun his career as chair.
man of the newly appointed boiling
caucus committee 10y singular re-
missness Of duty. Not recognizing
the old committee, it was plainly his
duty to have called what he and his
friends would recognize as reliable
caucus. The Judge is usually accu-
rate. in business matters, and the only
reason l can conceive for his not
issuing his call, is, that he is in a
minority upon his own committee
Myself being one appointed thereon
and not recognizing the authority Of
the boiling concern, of course do moi