The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-11-09

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9.
The Contested Censressi email Seat In
the EOureA Dioericts
We had supposed that the Hon. H. M.
Martin, the defeated copperhead candidate
for Congress in the Fourth District, had
recovered his lost senses and honor, and
abandoned his pretentious contest for the
seat which he we'll knows the citizenship
of the Fourth District do not desire him
to occupy But it seems that We were in
error, and Mr.. Martin seriously meditates
a trip to Washington, the acquisition Of
some notoriety and thereby the pocketing
of as much mileage as his conscience will
allow him to claim, on the pretence that
Hon. J. B. Grinnell is not duly elected
to his seat and Hon. H. NJ. Martin is
In reply to letter from Mr.. Martin,
Hon. J. B. Grinnell has addressed him
an epistle from which we present the fol-
e lowing extract; expressing our opinion,
however, tnat Mr.. Martin is much too
small game for the powder, as our read
ers will agree after reading how effectual-
ly he is used up by his successful COM
petitor. Mr.. Grinnell, addressing Mr..
Martin, says:
Where will the Constitution place you
in "bogus" contest? Can you hope
that any technicality will serve you be-
fore Congress when it is known that
have repeatedly offered, when there had
been no delay to the detriment of your
pretended case, to throw up my certificate
of election if you would prove that even
one-haf my majority was procured by
any improper means whatever? Could
modest man ask seat when as q con-
testant he is unwilling to take proof in
support of his allegations Would an
Honorable hold a seat, if possible, to
misrepresent a people by whom he was
emphatically repudiated 1t is not
strange that you never speak of equity,
and the sacred rights of the people in
volved, for you we'll know that nothing
short OF a new election could make YOU a
real Representative, and that any neglect
of mine will not lend grace to your eff
frontery.
Good law disposes of your assumption
that the charges will stand as proven BY
my neglect and little common sense
should teach you that simple directory
act of Congress cannot disfranchise 1884,.
600 people.
| will not waste words on your pretend
ed excuse for not taking testimony, as
nothing is palmer than that you never had
an approach to a case of contest. 1t
Is SO understood BY all parties in this dis
trlct; certainly by your own, who are
asking that you spare yourself the stuti-
fcation OF denying the validity of the law
giving soldiers right to vote, for which
you as legislator voted, and that you de-
slst from further earning the contempt of
A. .-A'ts~e>y t0u riav1 assalIea without
The least excuse. Your purposes are as
transparent as your hopes, which are
bounded, am told, by 'mieage" and
",n!otoriety," and by possibility of per
diem, should Congress grant YOU time to
take testimony. | now inform YOU that
twenty days after, and several days before
the receipt of your burlesque notice.
winch might have answered, was i'll.
conhned to my room in charge of physi-
clan and further inform you there was
no reason why should believe in vour
sincerity, since your agent, gentleman
OF your own party, who served the notice.
remarked to me at the time he made tho
service that II need not think strange of
IT. Tor though Martin did not expect to do
anything, yet he might get mileage and
illle notorlety to which l ought not to
OBJECT" These are facts which will he
substantlated in the proper place, and I
now further for the fourth time deny that
your interests have been preiudiced bv
any delay of mine, and also that vour Al.
legations In the general and in the detail
are true,
mat you may have no excuse for At.
tempting to take me from my seat during
the next session of Congress. now nro.
pose that 1t you prove even one-four,b of
my majority fraudulent l will throw nm
my certificate of election, and will aoroe
mat the voters who have since deceased
s so.ed Tor US equally although you had
out one third of the army vote,
lhe notices which l have sent. and the
accompanying for taking further testi.
mohy' Will show the merits of your case
II 1t has any. viii you test nv witnesses
or name your own, and be relieved from
IN. 5 charge OF traducing our valiant sol. |
alers' and from an attempt to disfraucbise
the people? J.B. Ga1nNr,1
18th Dist. of Iowa.
sx 90 in Gold or So SO In p.r.~