North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-05-26

apolis; and, for their kind attention and
courtesies while with them. they will
please ACCEPT a low bow and should any
of them ever visit the city of McGregor,
they will find the latch string on the out
side of our little cabin on the hill.
DEAR TINES:
have been reading with unbounded
pleasure the ''BILEs'' letter to the TIMES.
under date of "Elkader, May 18th, 1869"
We are laboring, just cow, in these parts,
under the afllicton of the same disease,
(pretty much) as that spoken of by
'Biles,' viz. to-wit: Nearly all of us
poor mortals being asprants for ''fne
fat Office" and most of us living upon the
soothing baln Of promise"
We are told that Sin a multitude of
counselors there is safety but in the
multitude" of political trcksters who
now inflict us as a nation, there is also a
large amount of absurdity and trickcry !;
in fact the rogue sticks out so plainly in
the body polite, and the grains of truth
and honesty are SO closely intermixed
with dogmas repugnant to reason and
common sense, that it is difficult to
separate the black from the white sheep
in the political flock. We have been 80
belogged by technicalities, so mystifed by
professional verbiage, Of a political texture
that am, for one, 10th to believe in the
purity of any kind of politics.
Tikes wants the P. o. hele, B. has the
promise of it, while your humble servant
and "Biles'' look wishfully on and feast
upon promises Of something large, juicy,
and fat. May be Well get it, and may be
we won't / am rather inclined to think
that "Bilcs'' and | will have to wait till
boiled shirtbosoms and shoddy, big
railroads and buncombe, cease to control
the ''destinies Of man." and real worth.
brains, and poverty, are recognized as
"lcgal tender in this green backed
''grecn eyed" and greeny age.
In the Dubuque Herald of recent date,
noticed the following comments and
clip, which has amused as we'll as surprised
the natives" of this usually moral,
upright and honest ~ political hemis-
pherc. The Herald says:
"Some of the radical papers, in view of
the late developments in the Sioux City
railroad case in New York, are anxiously
| inquiring after Allison. Last February It
will be remembered that in his reply to
Col. Thomas, he made flourish over an
investigation that he was going to ask for.
The Cincinnati Gazette is now anxiously
inquiring for Allison, as wili'be seen in
the following extract: :"
"Mr Thomas, of Dubuque, Iowa, pub
lished letter in the Gazette, last winter,
making serious charges against Mr.. Ali
son, member Of congress from that State,
in connection with the Sioux City railroad.
The late suit in New York, in which Chas,
A. Lambard recovered nearly quarter
million dollars as his share of the specula-
tion, as stock holder, reminds us that Mr..
4SlioOh WHO uicO UlC Va Tie idtOIcu lew
that he said he would ask an investigation
by congress into Thomas charges, and
that the whole matter has since been in a
sound sleep. Since the developments in
the Lambard case, the public would like
to know whether member Of congress,
was party in that enterprise by which
the government was cheated out of large
amount Of money. The chiefcngineer, il
will be recollccted, confessed, on the trial'
that the road was not constructed as the
law required to entitle it to the govern
"!ent bonds, Notwithstanding the subsidy
had been received. How about that in,
yestigation, Mr.. Allison?'
Now Messrs. Eds, you and all the gods
of the quill and scissors have not the
wherewith to convince me that am not
"bue blue "loyal,'' upright, and
straight-haired Republican of the blackes
kind. Wasn't nursed by Republican
parent was'n cultivated, and hoed il
a Republican garden, well fed by pur,
springs of Republicanism didn't vege
tate, grow, expand and 'ipcn in thil
vineyard, Iowa? IIav'nt ] showed ;
quill Tor a pcn) before $50, the poo
Indian took up his wiswam and lief