Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1869-03-12
o1A.SsS ~ ASAtHsS SaS II kSS.s VII


Our readers will I'll recollecs that during
the late campaign. L. A. Thsnas, Jo Rhom-
berg and the Denocrscy Of Dsbsque, food
ed the district With accusations against Mr..
AllisoA Of ~ boldsse aad most unscsupulous
character, charging him, among other things,
with having swiadled the people through his
eosnsesiou viii The 8. C. 1 p. r. R., and
lined his pockets with ill>gottsa gains as the
sacrifice Of the public isierssss. The people
Of Tie district, knowing bow these charges
originated, took them for just what they were
worth and reelected Mr.. Allison BY an over.
whelming majority. L. A. Thomaa, one Of
the authors Of these charges, Who hoped to
ride into Congress upoa thsn, received in
the entire district oss hundred and forty
nine out Of nearly thirty-6ve thousand votes
cast. Smarting under this ignominious de-
feat this viper hes lately been seeking re-
venge by again vilifying Mr. Allison aud in.
cluding in his charges Aessrs. Wilson and
Hubbard. Having discovered TIA. the Cin>
cinaati Gasette was lending itself 70 dirty
work Of this kind, be addressed TO that shsst
. long letter brim full Of oil manner of lies,
told with such positivsnsss - to receive au
editorial reference aad sadorsemsnt. The
principal charge Was that Nessrs. Allison, VIII.
son and Hubbard Of ~ State "seeured the
soastruesion Of thas hsaseh iron the Presi>
dsat aad thsrsby secured 70 themselves
4lle,ooo seeA."
A Ssw days since Mr.. Wilson rose to .
personal explanations ia tie House Of Rep.
rsssssaaivss asd said:
"Nr. Speaker, do not rise to request an
opportunity to enter personal explanation
on the records Of this House, but to demaud
the right Of personal vindication. For near.
y eight years have been in the public ser.
vice in .his Houas, aad / had hoped to re>
tire without the smen Of smoke upon nv
garments. Through oil Of the exciting
scenes Ct the 9ast eight years, and not until
now, have had laid at my door charge Of
corruption. But it meets me now upoa ny
outgoing from the scenes and associations
oi this Hall, and challenges my probity ~ .
public servant"
He then read the article from the Cincins
natl Gazette, and said, among other things:
How Am 70 mest this charge and sdi.
tosial indorseuentf When nine days moss
shall have passed, ~ congrsssional career
win have ended. This brief time will NOT
admit Of saeh - invsstigasioaas vosh seem
proper In this case - i is presented By this
most false aud libsloss writer, Who datss his
letter At Dsbaque, love, more than one
thousaad milss dissaas from The capital. In
view Of thsss facts uhat noss i la 10 ne
than to deuouncs this estirs charge - false
in every part, and -, 70 ne u this time, On
isexplicable sxhibilios q psrsooal maligni>
y aad Aatsf What has promptsd this ting
| do not knov, and eli the more woader q
its coming in thess closing days Of my COM
ssessional sarees. Never before have such
shadows erossed my patti, ihough thsss date
back four years or more, ior the facts out Of
which they claim 70 have been formed lis in
shss distant Pese'
"Mr. Speaker, no naa ksows ny csnnec. |
tion With ihis cass 20 perfsctly - John |. |
Blair, Of The State Of New Jersey. His pres>
snce in this city q this time i ny good for.
tune, and nov present his affidavit oover>
ing the cptirs ground Of ofthisinfAmousc charge.
And ask that il may b rad By ths Clsrk,
and request The attention Of nsmhsss 70 IL"
The Clerk read as Sollsvs:
United Syatcs ef AMeyics,
Dist. Of COisMbia, WssRf.g1oa Co., %. |
!, John /. Blair, Of Blairstovn, New Jer,
ser, on my oath do state that an president |
of The Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Com. |
pany, and have been . dirsctss and ths pres.
idsnt Of said company from ths date Of its
70 ~ present tins thasI have |
read carefully IL letter Of . correspondent |
Of the Cineinasli Gasette publisAed 10 the |
issus Of sAid aevspsper Of IL 18th iast., aad |
pufporiing to hare been writlsa from Dubu> |
que, Iowa, Of date February 8, 1859. where's !
10 i i CHARGED hat thsee memhen Of he |
Hosss u Representative ffoa Iowa, name. |
y, tbe members from the 6rsk, third, and |
sixth districts Of said State, procurod cse>
tain legislation 10 Congssss, participated in |
~ Organisation Of said company. and devi. |
atsd III line Of the road thsgsof ftom that |
intended BY the legislation Of Congress, and |
that each Of said members received the sum |
Of $4,000; and on oath further sSy that |
! have sinee The organisation Of said compa.
ny bsen IL 6eaneial nanAger anA agent
that personally supervised The stock sub, |
scsiptions to hid eompany anl psesussd III
suhscsibsss 10 ~ same; that their names
are disclosed 10 report On Gle N the oG6ce
Of the SecrstaY Of The Islesios; hat Hon. |
James +. Wilson has ten shares, or 81 900 |
Of All stock Hon. WilliAm b. ANiaon Ia