Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-12-27


lsdspsmdsst. devotes . whole column 10 the
Government horse question. and lsusehes its
ragged thunderbolts at the head Of the "In.
.vssligatiog Comuittss.' Col. Chambers. And
rskes down granny Sanders with teasles-and
rsther more than intimates that she Is inter.
estsd 10 = large and lucrative contract for fur
nishiDg crov.bais We can stsnd the insinua.
ton sgsiDst the investigating committee" !"
and against Col. Chambers. very well; but
when it comes to attacking the honor aud hon.
esty Of our cotemporary. then ws take it up.
and hurl home the insinuation into the very
teeth Of the imp who uttered It, Had the
mean "cuss" . particle Of that respect due to
eyed females. he would hide his head with
shame ssd never look woman In the face
again.
Well. the Independent IL yet strong Of the
opinion that the horses are poorly cared tor /;
that they are not regularly fed that they are
fed in piles. SO that while the strong eat and
grow fat. the weak stand back and starve.
Such is life. He claims that cattle and hogs.
IN large drove.. iron Moline.) eat with the
horses and take the lions share; that out OF
the two hundred dollars per day which Gov.
ssnmsnt furnishes fer feeding the horses, only
about thirty dollars is used. Such is life. too.
1t says that the committee" went over and
reported what they had 10 m eans Of knowin
about; reported that they were "regularly
fed" when they only went once. and then upon
full stomschs from the "wsll.lsden tables Of
the Burtis House," and took Col. Chambers
word tor the balance. Such is the strain Of
the Independsnt; aud then it cites cases Of long
fasting and abstioation from even river water
of cold quarters and litterless beds. The
tale is the saddsst one In all the range Of one
horse, horse literature.
But It Ia easy to see what this ho y ling 10 oil
about. Contracts is at the bottom Of it-or
rather. want Of contracts. How those virtu.
ously indignant people Of Moline have wept
over that array Of horse .fesh-how they have
written to the Department about it-uot for.
getting to state tha. they would take . con.
tract Tor furnishing forage. The dodge is too
weak. and the trick too transparent. The In.
dependent would do better to devote its edi
,oriai strength to come more lsudab!e cur.
pose.
IMPORTANT TO CIrlzENs.-To-day the
Scott County Agricultural Board meets to
transact its business, and the stockholders in
the Park Assnciation meet with the Board.
The most pertinent question is VIII ether the
citizens Of Davenport care enough about hav.
ing the State Fair held at this place next sea.
son to raise few hundred dollars to provide
Tor It. Mr.. Smith goes to Des Moines soon 10
attend the Annual Session Of the State Board
The fair can be had by aekng for It. Will the
citizen, sgrse to raising funds enough to put
the grounds in order for the Fair-say eight
hundred or a thousand dollars? /? II rot, III en-
no effort will be made. fit can be done the
Fair 10 here for the next two years. The Coun.
~ Society don't care , straw about having the
State Fair. only to please tho citizens and 81.
low them to make an honest penny. The Coun.
ty Society can make more money out Of their
County Fair by not having the State Fair at
all. They can and will offer larger premiums
than the State will. Now it all lies with the
people to state whether they have the State
Fair here or not. Let it be decided at once
Probably there will not be much fault found
let the matter 60 as it will. We believe in
the glory Of our County Society-let those
Who want State Fair say 50, and provide .
portion Of the expense and they can have it.
APPoINTMENT.-Som of our citizens
were much surprised, on Christmas morning.
to learn that Charles H. Eldridge had been
appointed Psymaster in the army. The friends
Of our worthy Postmaster were taken by sur.
prise, and bestowed their congratulations free.
~. Albeit. q certain gentleman in our city,
who keeps an eye on business, made an effort
to ascertain when Charley would resign hie
present position, and who would be his sue
cessor. We state this in confidence, not wish.
ing to have it 60 any further.) Charley. oi
course. did not fee! like revealing all the De-
psrtmeDt secrets at once, and declined making
any positive answer. People we're generally
satisfsd at Charley's apparent good luck. bu,
some sour minded, disappointed office.seekere
hinted very broadly that it was an outrage to
give him all the Offices. and wondered wha,
Old Abe would do next to make the people
hate him. The point of the joke became ap
! parent when it was understood that the Charlie,
II. Eldridge was not our Charles Fl. Eldridae
trt another Charles II. Eldrdge living way
down East 10 the State Of Maine. The jok.
was good enough while it lasted.
PERSONAL. - We acknowledge q
pleasant editorial visit from our friend Sargent
Of the Narengo Democrat, one Of the bes
country papers in the State.
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