Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-03-26

at all time. and under all clfcumst6neea
Ardent "a We were in our advocacy OF ths
loan we saw that the dissifeeted people d
Filth street il they were treated at all cav
alierly, might form a nucleus around which
an opposition would gather that would de
feat our fa, orite Cedar Valley loan in the
s.y. and hence in the county also. We
therefore in peri ct good faith, with no more
idea of blackmailing than Iiubbeli has OF
honesty, declared in our article OF Nov. 9Th
that "tbe fair thing must be done for the
Fifth street people" In the course of the
canvas, of the loan we were flooded with
communications, large portion OF which
were written by Iiubbell, though they bore
signatures as various as the number he has
wronged is great Finding tiiat these co -.
munications were overcrowding our col
umns, and excluding. sr..,. q -. -.
est to our readers, We st l6st told Hpbbell
that though we-had no Stf,ctscn4 to<s fsif
and full discussion, we could not devote the
whole paper to his productions. He replied
that the communications were all written at
the request of the Railroad Company, and
that it was important that they should APP
pear in our paper, as the DEN Graf had more
influence with the people Of the county, on
account Of its Independent position ON the
currency question, than the Gazette and
Ne,oS together. lie further stated that he
was paid literally for them, and that it
would be a great accommodation to him to
have them published. We were immova-
ble, and refused to insert his communica.
tions. In the course of day or so Hubbell
and said if We would publish his
communications he was authorized to pay
therefor at the usual advertising rates That
offer we Of course accepted, and Hubbell
soon after handed us two drafts drawn by
John L. Cook. Esq, each for two hundred
and fifty dollars, at the same time presenting
ls u contract in his own handwriting for
our signature. That contract speaks for
tsef Here it is:
For the consideration of five hundred
lollars to us in hand, paid by the CT ago
H. l. Il. X. Company, and the ssi-sippi
Missouri iaiiroad Company, We, Richard
son II West, hereby agree, that we will,
within the neXt twelve months, from Nov
3, 1853, and not after, advertise in the Iowa
Daily and Weekly State Democrat news
PAPER office in Davenport, Scott county.
owa, to the amouIA Of five hundred dol
ars, at established advertising rates, for
'aid Chicago Il Rock Island Railroad Com
'any, and said Mississippi i Missouri Rail
Road Company Said printing and adver-
Using to be only for the direct business Of
aid two Railroad Companies, and for no
'ther parties directly or Indirectly.
RICHARDSON Il WEST
At this time llubbell has nothing to do
With the editorial management Of the Dem
cRAT, but, as we have said, he still lounged |
bout our office, and the police business be-
ng dull, he occasionally contributed char
cteristic item, OF which the following is a |
pecimen:
Who OpPosEs lr2-We venture to remark |
hat the greatest portion Of those who OF |
'ose the Railroad subscriptions about to be |
=, ted do so through some unworthy mo-
i've, some pique, some fanced wrong, some
ersonal spite against either the directors Of |
he NJ d Nj. K. X. Co, or against those,
whom they soppose the completion Of the
Dad will in some way benefit
That squib was inserted by IIubben sur
eptitiously, without our knowledge or con
ent and was intended, as he afterwards (
oasted, as liit'at our best friends. The
ext morning, when We discoyered what |
he scamp had done, We notified him that a
epetltlon of the oiense would involve his
peedy expulsion from the office.
AT the time of the execution Of the con
ract, Hubhell asked us " hat We were 20
ng to pay him for his services. We in |
uired, "What services ?" He tod us long |
tory about the trouble he had had with |
he railroad men, that he had frightened |
hem 10y representing that the DEMOCRAT
vas about to oppose the loan, and if We on
y knew his wear and tear of conscience,
We would think fifty dollars a small com
ensation. We repudiated his conduct,
nd told him that we did not thank him for |
ying about our paper. From fifty dollars
e came down to ten, but We refused to
ay him one cent, at which he reprOached
IS for ingratitude, just as he does in yester-
ay's communication, and boasted of his
owers as writer, and Of the influence (?) |
which he would withdraw from the Dem.
GRAFT, and cast in favor of the Noos.
Soon after there appeared in the Gazette
ertain articles rejecting on the DEMOCRAT.
nd making dark insinuations concerning
lack mail, which upon inquiring We learn
d came from Hubbell We went directly
o him and inquired what it meant. He
aid he was not the author Of the article in
never dreamed o f such
hing as black mail in connection with the
that he would make an
ffidavit to that effect, If we would pay him
he fee he had earned for his service in the
egotiation, and that he would have such
n affidavit published in the Gazette. as he
1as "all right with Add H. Sanders and the
'ooks" We of course declined. In the af-
ernoon of the same day Hubbell made his
ppearance in onr office and renewed the
We told him ct once that it
vas useless to talk, we would not give him
ne cent, that we were satisfied that he was
he author Of the article in the Gazette, and |
hat he was taking this course to black mail
8, that in politics and character he was
played out" and that We had
ut one favor to ask of him, which was to
eep out Of our office-which request he
as carefully complied with. He left in a
assion, and since that time. .various covert
Illusions, and blind insinustions have ap.
a. /ot a. ko