Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-10-23

Tuesday was cold rainy day. Never,
thecss, at 3 O'Clock p. NJ, the Court House
was crowded with the voters of buchanan.
for the purpose Of hearing the joint discuss,
ion between Hon. VIM. b. Allison and Hon.
VIM. Mills, rival candidates for Congress
Doubtless ninetysnine-hun OF those
present had assembled with the expectation
Of hearing dignifed, candid discussion Of
the great questions at issue between the par.
ties What was their surprise and disgust,
then, to find that it was 10 be turned into
personal attack upon Mr.. Allison by Mr.. NJ.
BY agreement Mr.. Mills spoke one hour, Mr.
Allison one hour and half and Mr. Mills
a half hour, 10 close. Mr.. Mile occupied
about fiiiy.fiv minutes Of his hour in at,
tempting to show that Mr.. Allison had sold
out the interests Of Northern Iowa for per.
sonal gain through his connection with the
s. c. 4 2. r. II. He simply rehashed the
pamphlets on that subject circulated thro
the district by Allison's personal and polti>
cal enemies. He did not mention the fact
that although this railway project has been
matter for public scrutiny for years, it is
only discovered TO be a swindle when a can
didate is before the people for Office. DUR
ing the closing five minutes Of his speech,
Mr.. Mills made some illusions to the fnan-
eisl question, without particular force or
point.
Mr.. Allison spent just half hour in
clearing away the mist Mr.. Mills had thrown
around the railroad question. His explana.
ton Of his connection with that road, and
his defense Of it, we're entirely satisfactory
to his audience as evinced by the hearty APP
plause extended him. In fact he placed
Mr.. Mills in such q ridiculous position and
convicted him of such despicable misrpre>
sentation that that worthy entirely lost his tenn
per in his closing speech and beloved like
the ''stump.'ailed bull" to which he SO DEL
icately referred. After thus summarily dis
posing OF the personal ISLANDERS uttered by
his opponent Mr.. Allison proceeded to a
logical, statesman.like review of the political
situation, and closed in strain of remarks
bic cloquence and power. lie was enthusi>
ostically applauded. His speech was in such
striking contrast to that Of Mr.. Mills that no
man Of discrimination could fail TO respect
him for bis superior candor, dignity and
ability.
When Mr.. Allison closed il was nearly six
o'clock and was growing dark. A large
share of the audience left. Ofthose remain
ing, a majority were Democrats and two
were ladies. These latter could not long
endure the style of the speaker and left the
room in evident disgust. Ono would natur>
ally suppose that Mr.. Mills would endesvor
TO demonstrate the fallacy Of Mr.. Allison's
explanations, and thus for,fy his first posi-
ton. The fact that he scarcely even ats
empted to do this, and that the very small
attempt was an utter failure, was very con-
elusive evidence that no such fallacy exist
ed and that his charges were entirely ground
less. Mr.. Mills put in the most Of his time
in such a TRADE Of rambling, disjointed mis-
representation and abuse as we have not
heard since he opened the Democratic cam
paign in this city BY his speech from the
Montour House steps. We wish every Res
publican had remained to hear him through,
for nothing could have more emphatically
confirmed a Republican in his belief in the
justice, honor and morality of the cause Of
liberty al patriotism. Take it all together,
ii was a most complete triumph Tor the Re-
nublicans.