Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-10-12
A COPPERHEAD.LIE!
Base Forgery!


On Tuesday morning, just rs election
opened, the following printed circular
appeared in thisc city, purrorting to have
been received by VIM. II. Mcclure,
Esq, postmaster elect, through the
mornings eastward mail:
MARsHALLrowN, Iowa, Oct. Sth, 1885,
To dc Loydl roters Of he 6,h Congressional Dis
trct:
am panied to announce to YOU that we learn
by telegram, just received, that the severe ILL
ness which has so long Frustrated Hon. w. 4.
Hubbard, and prevented him from meeting
in his death, at Rushvillc, Indiana, on the 7th
instant yesterday morning.
AZ this late hour 1t is impossible for the Cen
trail Committee to meet to determine what
course is best to pursue, and assume the re-
sponsibility, after consultation with friends
here. 10 suggest the Hon. q. NJ. Woodbury.. of
Marshall county, MS the most available man to
receivc.our snftrnses, Let this be understood
by every Loyal voter that our great misfor
tune may not result in victory to our oppo-
nents and triumph ihs Comprehend ticket.
Chairman Union Central Committee, 9th Dis
trict.
Times (ArarshalD Flint.
| This of course produced an excite
ment in the Republican ranks; and a
telegram was Immediately dispatched
to Mr.. Aldrich at Marshalltown, to
which the following was returned at 10
o'clock A. NJ:
MARsHALLrowN, Tuesday, Oct. o.
To SENATOR J. II. POWERS, CEDAR FALLS -
The report of Hubbard's death is N copper
head lie. No circulars issued from this office.
q. NJ. WOODBURY.,
[Signcdl J.B. GRINNELI,,
T. CHAS. ALDRICH.
| Posters were at once issued from this
Office, containing the above, and end
ing as follows:
"CITIzENS! Behold the traitorous ,les-
peration, which would give Congress
! into the hands of .Johnsonism, by such
lying fabrications Let this base for
gerry serve only to bias, the cause that
has dared to put it forth.
| HURRAH FOR HUBBARD!
VOTERS TO THE POLISH
These posters were not only arrayed
mt the polls and about town, but were
sent off by the western train, together
with Geographic dispatches in every di-
rcction. The result was gain to Hub
bard, instead of a loss, rs intended in
the pitiable fraud
To what dirty trickery is copperls0d-
ism reduced, thus to attempt the cheat
ing Of the people by such vile forgeries,
rs the only means Of carrying an elec-
ton. Put forth thus ut the last moment
with the hope of its being too late for
correction in season, 1t would not have
been wonder for the mean stratagem
to succeed in defeating our Congress
man. No thanks to tho bungling cir
cular or its traitorous authors, but to
the indomitablc, wide awake Rcpubli-
can leaders of this city, that the foul
scheme did not carry. See this intend
ed mischief of copperjohnsonites COM
ing down upon their own pates, as wit
messed by the largely increased gains
for Hubbard in this city and elsewhere.
Who was 1t concocted this nefarious
circular? What copperhead Office
printed the forged document? Shall
nothing be done to bring to legal JUS
tice these pcnitentiary criminals, these
political villains, thus by indictable
fraud tampcring with the elective priv
ilegc, the dearest right of American
citizens? Such are the practical qucs-
tons that naturally arise.
p. s. We learn by disbatch from
Nevada, that the forgery there had an
effect in taking votes from Hubbard,
until corrected at noon. We also learn
from tho Marshall Times that tho sham
was got out there Monday night and
that 500 dollars reward is offered, for
the detection ''of the ghoul that wrote,
and the miserable pimp that printed
the bogus circular" That is light
follow up the scamps!