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

GRIEF Tor Melendy.
FROM the Dubuque Daily Herald.
Poor Melendy is not through with hi,
griefs yet. His party journals charge that
he hos never acc ounted for all the moneys
he collected Of the radical Office. holders,
Astyear, who were green enough to pay.
lie is disappointed candidate for the
marshalship, and is now at home nursing
his sorrow. And now it is demanded that
ne be deposed from his place as chairman
OF the republican state committee, because
Of his prostitution Of the position to selfish
purposes. A recent number Of the Dsven-
port Journal, the new republican paper
established by Gen. Add. Sanders, has the
following about Peter which is certainly
to the point:
1.-The Fairfield Ledger wants a new
chairman of che state central committee,
rice Melendy, whom lit wants removed.
MIR. Mclendy has in come respects made
an excellent officer, and certainly during
the recent campaign worked lsboriously,
but whether unsclfshly or not, il another
matter. lie was the first to lead off as an
ottice-seeker, and was at the head Of the
Iowa horde who invaded Washington. As
chairman of the republican state central
committee, his name was considered tower
OF strength to every republican wanting
office, and it no doubt materially helped
wherever used, as it ought to have done.
Dir. Melendy himself was earnestly desir-
Gus Of securing the appointment Of United
States marshal Of Iowa. We have nothing
to say about that. He had good claims
for it, had a perfect right to apply for it,
and would unquestionably make = good
officer, as he did in the same position once
before. But what shall We take the liberty
OF saying very emphatically is, that when
Mr.. Melendy takes advantage of his posi-
ton as chairman of the republican COM
mittse of this state to boost himself into a
government Office, and uses the influence
of that position to get his friends and bac-
kers into Office, and sometimes over the
head ofjust as good, though not so prom.
nent, republicans as he himself is-he
proves that his lsbors in that high party
position were for his own selfish interests,
not for the republican party, and, there
fore, he has no business in the place a
moment longer than the party can reach
him and drag him from it. We say this
with all personal respect for Mr.. Melendy,
but with a perfect knowledge that in so
speaking we are but giving utterance to
what thousands of republicans feel. Such
frank utterances from republican papers
are not common, hut we are disposed to
inaugurate something new in republican
politics hereabouts-ta talking Fright out in
neetin," without fear of the great men
or small cliques, whenever republicans
high in position forget their position, or
betray them to the injury Of the republican
party.
However we'll Mr. Melendy has filed
his position as chairman of the republican
state committee, he has lost hi. usefulness
in that position by engineering it to put
himself and toadies in office, and should
be superseded by man in whom the re-
publican party of Iowa may place their
confidence as working for them and their
success. and not for himself. What the
Fairfeld's Ledger's reasons are for wanting
a change in this Craftsmanship we do not
know. not having seen it. whole article,
but we do know there are other reason,
more than those we have suggested for
such change"