Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-08-21
From The Chicago Tribune.
TnE RUW IN THE TaRR,. soU a
RiNTklCT

The Dubuque lap>rs lrin. us The detail
OF the secession OF q lninor lty Of he Repab
liesn Convention recently held in that city I,
appoint delegates to The Congressional Goa.
| yention 10 lie held a. xsst Union on the q
OF September Tie seceiins delegates Il
supper; the professions Of NJ. J. X. Graves
to tie seai 10 Congress nos held by Hon
VIM. b. Alison, while The regular delegate.
favor tie denomination OF NJ. Allison
Among the Graves delegates We fad Tie
name II Rhomberg. TIE noiersoas Dubuque
aiss+4isr. The operations oftae whIsAey mag
have been Professionally iutsfsred with by Mr.,
Ahsson during his service on The Committee
| OF Ways and Means. and they aud their back
en- have right 10 be opposed 10 BE renom>
snsiion. Il is proper, however, thai tbs poo
| iple otths DIALOGUE Dis,rie', sio have no
share in the pro:iis of the whisky ring. should
ts informed shenes this eArseriinsIy sEoss
10 defeSt Mr.. Alison derives 80 inspiration
and lis sDmsai.ioa. And - 10 iourss ii
Da5asae seems inclined 10 give ;hss u .osga-
ton. ue take the liberty 10 10 50.
Mr.. Allison is one OF he foremost mems
ben = tie Eouss q Repr ssn,.tisss-fere>
@ess in point of ssssciis, influence. per,
!lsEisnis r. exre.iesce and Personal worth.
In recognition OF these qualities. SpesSsr
eliaX awarded IL him, although one 81 the
yssnSes, members OF the Hoa... . position
OF lie erea. haancsai committee u Congress.
where as las been. duriag Tie PCS, three
years. oae o. the nlcsi 1ss.-l snd clesr-hssi>
- msaaers Of that body. Indeed, ~e have
good reason 10 believe that lo.hing but The
~sDt Of years prevented him frcn being
Chairman Of the WAYS snd Means Commit
Tee ia the present Congress His public duties
nseessssily brought Lin In se..sloa with
The disiilisg fraternity, and especially with
lie DUbCqns distileries and il is 10 this
Circumstance precisely thai al the po,her in
the Republican Convention 9, Dubuque
is due. Without the sid CT tie dis
condsed Shisky men Mr.. Graves woall not
havs had even The strength 10 seceds.
heolght, p-ehsps, to mention anoissr fact,
OF some local inap ortsi &c. ~hich lass bearing
on this contes.-ss . sort Of second fiddle 10
the Graves orchestra. They are building
bridge across the Mississippi River ss pa
baqae-s railroad bridge Mr. Allison. Who
has lA5ored for many years t. accomplish
this much.needed improvement, Is The Press
idsat OF the bridge company, and The work is
Eo~ so lar advanced thu; lis completion
IS only question Of . few months time.
Against this bridge is arrsyed the en,ire
peanut snt popcorn interest CT Dubuque.
Every man who thinks steam ferry prefera.
bic 10 bridge, and rope ferry preferable
TO 6 steam ferry. and raft better ihas either.
aud ford better than I'll, lie in high dudgeon
on the subject Of the bridge. Just think OF
IT! Whole tains OF cars crossing the Mss
issippi without buying SO much IS = dough
nut ct Dubuque. Down with Allison,
Harrsh fer Graves-Cravss with eap.,al O..
Its . comfort TO know that the Repab>
Leans al Dubuque are wiser than some Of
their sders had supported them TO 10, aud
honesier than some Of their rich nea had
taken hsn for. The piping Of TIE peanut
and popcorn men proved to be equally ins
efeciaal with the dispason oftbe whisky
ring 1t j. apparent from the reports OF yo,b
sides that Mr.. Allison had q decided majority
OF the Republican voters ofDubuque County
on his side. and tina, the seeding move
ment Of the Graves parry was the last de.
vice Gf desperate faction to override the
will OF the people. Ii ought not to succeed
and We are confident that twill not The
contest is nov transferred to the farmers of.he
the whisky ring, and who are M e
iniSiSesci AZ sctt4Dx iuraI CtOl-
owed che ~ AID expediioasly 10
market than IN taking s. u euces from passsn
gers cross woh The rive, at dialogue. The
decision may be safely ief with tn EN-.
The following complimentary notice Of
Mr.. Allison is from ls;e nun Der Of tie
Nesr York Tribune,
I've observe that there is . con.es, for
Congressman in the Third District Of Iowa,
81 present rcpreseuiedby the Hon. Vim. b
Allison. We trus; the Republicans of Ia,
district will re,uominate and re>elsct Mr..
Allison. He is one of the ATTEST mem bers
Of the present House is thoroughly con-
sersani with Legislative business; friend
OF economy and foe to dishonesty; and is
Ia fact. a Representative who would honor
the district which elected him.
All the Iowa Congressman, except Mr..
Allison, who have served more than one
term. have either declined or failed to be
reconstructed. This we consider All addi-
tional argument for Allison's denomination
~ bis long experience will be immense ben
eft in tte councils ofa new deleg ation.'