The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-02-27
Hon. Jas. r. Wilson sn DyAngsen,s
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1t will be remembered that Ls Grand
Byington, going on the presumption that
Vandever had vacated his seat in Con-
gress BY accepting : Colonelcy in the
army, undertook to stsal into his place
by secret circular plot. And Bying-
ton has been occupying the attention Of
Congress during the present session in an
attSmpt to consnmmate his fraud upon
The .peep]s Of the District. We make
. lsw extracts from the speech Of our
Representative exposing the fraudulent
plot Of that unprincipled old traitor who
claims that the Democratic party Of John
SEN county has now come to OCCUPY his
reasonable position of opposition 70 the
Government and the war.
After legal argument. showing that
there was 20 election for Congress an
thonized BY State laws or act of Congress
III the I'd Congressional District of Iowa,
in 1851, Mr.. Wilson said:
I shall use his own papers and proofs,
and Let the House judge from them what
merit there il in his case. l find among
the documents presented by the gentle
man to the Committee Of Elections the
following letter:
DEs NOISES, Feb. 2, 1862.
.DRAR SrR: Your letter was received
yesterday. and have sendeavored to OBJ
tain oue of the circulars issued last fall
by the State committee, and TO which you
refer, but have not been able to do So
They pere not published in the papers,
but sent under sealed envelopes to The dif-
.jerent cosntiSs Of the northern district;
but, - chairman Of the committee, will
state. that . circular was issued recon-
mending to the democracy and conserya-
tive men of the northern district to sup.
port you for Representative in Congress:
and Ill the tickets that were, printed at
our Office for the counties Of Boone, Sto-
~, Grnndy, and Others, contained your
name. / notice that no returns appear
from these counties to the State canvass
ing board to that effect. / have enouir-
ID IT gentlemen from these counties, and
they ~ that the tickets voted in those
cognsiss eoAtAinsd your name, % printed.
which W. not Rstu1ned. trust YOU
will b sloossse1l in obtaining ths seal to
which you are 20 undoubtedly entitled,
and, fbsn the law and evidence, / hardly
80 Asw 3ou can fnil 10 do it.
Win sentiments OF esteem I remain
your ebsdisnt servant, eiE
aerrr @. N. TODD. q
Hon. LE0RAED BYIHGroN. 1.
That, mir, il one Of the documents pre-
sentsd By che gentleman, and it explains
tbs character Of tho whole case. By Sc
cret CIRCULAR, issued bysx committee. the
political friends Of. tho gentleman were
informed that he wcx1d Be candidate
for Congress At the election in 1901
There waS no publication 1t that iact il
the newspapsrs, 70 far a We have any
evidence upon which the least reliance
can be placed.
Do zen deny III assert that never
saw the gsntleman's name presented for
the p6dtion 70 which he aspires in q
1o1AndssPaPss.. The gsatsnsa's friends
published t4evsPapers u macy of the
counties ct tia ID congressional district.
and We al know that it il the practice Of
Newspaper publishsu 70 keep filss Of their
pspen. The production Of the papers
which published him q 1. caAdidste Tor
Congress, 1t any such exists, would hays
been. : very easy aaak, and vhsa - no
duced would be the hsst evidences II the |
case. Bns The papers havs not bssD Pre- |
senied. and the gentlemen seeks By the
athdavit Of Mr.. jenkins to prove one al
the most material facts IN the c.se.-
Where are shs papersy Why we're thsv [
not presented 70 the committee WI
are thst ~ pssdsstsa tosAs House I IA |,
emily answer can give u that there Are
no sush papsre, that the gentleman was
net formally shnonnosd by any nswapa- |
Pr = she dsEist = candidate, and NO |