Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1866-10-06
wRAT HUBBARD HAS DONE.

have not bad an opportunity to receive
from hin "a account Of bis acts 10 Con-
gress, or a,s.a,sment Of the grounds U pom
which he claims . re election. And a.
bis frieuds do not seen to come to his
rescue i" this respect, we will take the
trouble to enlishten the people upon the
merits Of the great Indiana conspirator,
by recounting = conversation which is
reported to have taken place between an
honest farmer Of this county aud Mr.
Hubbard, on the occasion Of the Eaters
recent visit to this place. The farmer
met Hubbard on the street, and after ex-
changing The usual civil,ies, the follow
ing dialogue ID said 10 have taken plac. {:
Farmer-W.ll, friend Hubbard, VIVA,
did YOU d. ia congress for US farmers
aud w,rki"gmcn?
H"ttard-To confess the truth, we have
not beea sbls 10 10 much for them, my
good friend. Circum stances made this
'mp'-sihie, hut W. have ioue the more
tor the nrgre.
Furm.r-D,d you 10 anything in .h.
way Of Ii sh,.n'ng our heavy taxes. which
"" have to rsy on all We eat, drink or
wear?
Hubbard II can certainly no, say that
y. id do that, but then We spen. I good
deal of money 20 feed, cIo,he and ln>truc,
our loyal negroes.
Furmer-Did you, then, do any thing
towards bringing hard money into circu-
la,ion. So that = greenback dollar will it,
reality be worth 100 cents?
Hubbard We'll, that we did not do,
but We passed two bills over Audy john
soa vo,o, who wanted to proven, Us from
placing our black friends On al equgl.,
with white men.
Farmer Did you, perhaps, do any
thing to distribute the taxes m ore equal
y, 50 that the burden OF the government,
would not be borne by the farmers and
wOrki"gmeu alo"e?
Huddard-l confess that We have not
done mach regarding tha, but, in place
OF that, we did n grea, deal to equaitz-
the civil righ's, by giving negroes tb.
right to vote in the District Of Columbia
aud the territories.
Farmer bid you do anything to re-
store the Union2
H"bburd-N", We did not exactly do
that. bu, We have fixed things - that, ii
the sou,hern states ever do come into
the Union, they will be entirely powerI,ss,
unless they grant the negroes the right t,
vote.
Farmer-Of course, you appropriated
the money for paying the bounty to our
bravo soldiers 1t once2
Hubbdrd-That was overlooked, bu,
wsdid no, forge, to appropriate The money
for paying $500 bounty 70 our negro
soldiers, aud 81, 900 ourselves,
Farmer-ll~vs you, then, taken any
steps 10 reconcile the white population of
the S"u,h and to convince them that The
re.t"' alton Of a cordial good feeling be-
tween North aud South would b. OF mu.
tual advantage to each, aud necessary for
the greater prosperity Of bath
Hubbard-No, but We have done much
to prove ,ha, the white iuhsbi,an,s Of III.
South are all traitors. aud ,ha. We place
our entire hope upon tho n~gro.
F"rmer-D,d you do anything which
would have n tendency TO develop The re.
sources and advance The general prospect
ity Of northern Iowa?
Hubbard Well, no, not exactly. |
succeeded in gaining perm IS ion for thu
Dubuque & Sioux City Railroad CON pauy
to change the route OF their road, and a,
The same time allow them to retain their
land grant, much OF the land tying over
q hundred miles from the new route; bu,
then We passed law giving the negro
the right To ride in frst. class railway cars
with white folks
Fdrnaer--Of con sc you did something
toward. opening communication between
northern lava ard the gold mines hy
furnishing military protection to trains
on Sawy-rs WACO" road, AID, securing
the establishment, Of a stage line b tween
Sioux Civ AID Virginia Cny2
Hubbard Ne, .aat VA. en,r.,ly over
looked bu, l sold my N,obrarah town.
site (d'rec.Iy 90 the route between Sioux
City and Monta"a) for reservation Zoe
the Ssn,cei Indians. We also sen, IA lot
Of peace commissioners among the l"-
dian. 10 give them ANN uni,on aud ex-
change bead. for furs, and we gave the
negro the rivh, to tote in Nebraska Da.
ko,~, aid the other territories.
Farmsr-I see, Mr.. Hubbard, that you
have represented in congress none but.
the negro .*1s
Hubbard-And I see that you arc a