Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-08-21
For the Bulletin.
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MAScn1sTrn, Aug. 18th.
EpIroR BULLETIN:
Delaware County holds
convention at Delhi on Saturday ne,
TIE convention will censis, of so delecst,
Of which IS will be aiority.
Caucuses have been held in Colony, On,
da, Hazel Green, Cofns Grove, aud b,
aware townships, seeding IS delegates
the County convention, all Allison delsga,,
and the majority Of them strongly ins,rus
cd for Allison.
Las, night the Caucus of Delaware tow
ship, which sends - delegates TO the Con,
~ convention, was held a, Man,hssts
This is the only poiat where any Grav
men we're 70 be found in the county. The
10 one moro ss Delhi, . gentleman who is
staunch Republican wherever his mare
placed upon the tickle, for coroner or iustic
of the peace, who is suhdued,ly talking I
Graves. ] am told tina, be had anotAs
supporter there, bu, he died Of dsliriur
tremens last week.
The Graves men Of this city, headed b
! the banking interest. issued one OF ,hei
loudess no,es, tpsr telegraph to Dubuque
giving utterance to the Ascedouian CRY TO
help-sor Graves best workers to come o,
the frs, tram. Accordingly, hi,her came on,
of the only osiensihly honset rsa, aud on.
Of the only ostensibly temperance men
among Graves Dubuque srrportes, healet
by Graves himself. The good teGplar but
son>holed the temperance men; the church
member struck out for the pious: while Jaky
With An eve to business, rushed TO the found
~. where about three dozea employees were
.; work. Last evening in caucus all bu,
,hir,y>six Of them voted for Graves. Thence
be vent TO the backyard. opening { coz,
versaiion BY asking the proprietor ii be vas
coming out to the caucus that evening".
The mas of bricks said he wss, and vas
going to have his teams quit one hoss earlier
than usual, TO bring in ds,sat voters ,e
defeat . scoundrel by tie maze Of
Graves, Who vas cUt trsinS 10 foroe
himself into Congress afsins, the wishes o;
an indignant public and 70. The benefit Of
the New .k-Dsbusus whisky ring. he
spsu; the day will s;Dilar 6.iissnss sni
success. The Caucus ., night YES lA-Ssly
attended. there being bsivesn l5e sAS zoe
present The Graves me- we're Get in io.,e.
from Is TO is (counss Differ being pres
sni. Tvsl,y.nins deleeAtss to Tia eosnty
convention we're elecHd, AID s-ougiy H.
a,rue,ed for Allison. Every r-fsrescs to
Allison vac recsived viii hearty applsase-
The Graves men never peeped. GrsSsssat
his workers left on tie MIDI ishs .IsiD. Del
aware county, ron see, 10 absolassly and be-
yond contingency sure fsr Allison. Gresl.
backs, whisky, lies, and den ocraiie votes in
republican eaucuses esu nc; prevail in tie
country. Thauk hsayss tia, IL ikis con-
gressioIal district. outside Of pubu9ss city,
.'ihe Lsri God omniPosss; rsigne,L.'
Jsky Graves plan for he fs;sre:
His only effort nov il, 10 - fsls.fy the
history Of the DEbuqus convention - to
get the Allison delegation. - veil .. Lis
own, kicked on, of the wes, Union eonven.
ton. He claims tina, in the Daba2us county
the 81 Allison delegates, With
their presiisn, AID secretary, seeded from
Ils SO Graves delegates, And raised .
row. This tendency to Inversion srd per
version appears TO be IN essential chsrac>
.eris,ic ofibe Graves intellect For instance
he Claims that be has been the making of
Dubuque, when IL 10 the fact that Dubuque
hss been the making Of him. He claims
10 have been exceedingly generous TO his
fellow citizens, when his iello~ ciiiEsus have
been exceedingly geneross.o him. So nov
ne claims to have carried the dialogue eouu.
ty convention, when in fact the Dubuque
county convention carried Lim-ss the apps.
ties carried his cheating aud lying proto,
types, Ansnias and Sapphira-te bis po>
litieall grave.
Giving up all hores ~ his own >ue>
cess, or for the admission Of his rnsers>
bic abortion Of bastard delegation, con-
ceised In corruption snd born in iiiqaity,
be hes done every thing possible TO intensity
and rnisrtpressnt the matter ~ order that
the very fight inauguraied ty hiua-usy
be used ~ pretext for excluding from the
West Union convention the delegations OF
posed TO him. This TO embArrsss Ar. Ali
sous chances. because the Nsw YarkeDa>
buqne whisky ring rather risk sny hes nan
than Allison, whom they knos TO be their
bitter, inveterste. and unpurehsssble foe.
An additional motive will be appreciated by
the members of the L. s. grand jury before
whom it Was sworn that Graves received half
the profits Of the Rhvuberg di.tillery. and
who can imagine ib(ofnspeial consequences
to our banker in case Of decision in the
pending great Dubuque distillery sw.ndie
trial, adverse to Rhomberg / Company
Let the country look out for this move.
That tits Graves pet scheme 10 enough TO
damn it among sil honest men.
Mr.. Graves nov has his hired men on. in
every county, disappearing the facts Of
the Dubuque county convention. concociing
before shand the fright kind Of . " com
mit,se On credentials" representing to eaeA
country candidate that his chances are good
with the Graves delegation but worthless
With the Allison delegation admitted at
West Upion-do you see the point?
Ii. McCasEsY.
P. S.-Bho wants to purchase IN orphan
delegation? No questions answered IS 70
pedigree. Terms, cash or barter. address,
e. ore waaL n Dutnrne Irwa