North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-08-04
Clayton County.

Clayton County.
We clip the following Photographic of
Clayton County affairs and persons from
the Independence Bulletin, u leading Re-
publican of nine columns, published by
VIM. Toman, Esq. The Bulletin is the
official paper of Buchanan County. Mr..
Eibocck is not the acting p. M. at Elkader
as Mr.. Toman states, but an article in this
issue over the signature Of G. Douglas
tells why he is not acting.
"The Republicans of Clayton Co., held
their convention for the nomination of can
diditcs to the Legislature and county Off
GERS on the 10th inst. Clayton is the first
county in the third. District to make Legs
isatiye nominations, and the result is
rather unexpectedly indicative of hostility
to Mr.. Allison's Senatorial aspirations; not
so much however in the candidates nop-
inated,- Judge Samuel Murdoch and III.
B. Tavlor--as in the resolutions passed by
the convention. One of these endorses
Judge Williams for Senator, and another
is in the following language:
I'd. That while we are proud to ac>
knowledge that the past success of the
republican party has been largely due to
its patriotic, free and independent news
paper press, we unqualiiiedly condemn
the Infamous practice inausurated in this
congressional district, of substituting and
corrupting this. which should be the great
CONSERVATION of public virtue, by the use of
Federal patronage to accomplish personal
advancement.
There are two editors in Clayton Co.,
who have been appointed postmasters
through Mr.. Allison's influence, namely,
Col. E,bocck, of the Clayton County
Journal and Tompkins, of the McGregor
Ncws. Eiboeck has always been warm
and consistent friend of Mr.. All son; not
more so since, than before his appoint
ment as Postmaster at Eikader. SO that
the above resolution so far rs it is intend
ed to charge him with being subsidized to
support Mr.. Allison's aspirations is unjust
and untrue. We furthermore believe him
t, be unpurchasable by petty posto0ice
With Tompkins of the Meas the case il
different. There is the very best of rea
SONS for believing with regard 20 him tina
the resolution of the Clayton county
republicans hits the nail right on the head
and that it was framed especially to NEE
his case. We have had the opportunity t.
learn little of the inside history o
Tompkins' twistings and turnings during
the last Congressional campaign and pre-
dicted nearly year since that his lacilit,
in turning to the winning side, and hi
disgusting svcophancy toward those wh'
had favors to dispense would ultimately b,
found to proceed from his hope or eXpec
tation of some petty Office. Ne is one o
those Drawing, foulmouthed demagogues
who, aspiring to a reputation Tor radical
ism, substitute frothy denunciation an
intolerant assertion for argument; NJ
elk to silence their opponents rather b.
the casting of fifth than by lcgitimat
means, and whose venal pens are Away
ready to serve the needs of him who Cal
pay their price. OF the four editors VIII
have been made postmastcrs in this Dist
Tompkins is the only one of whom Their
is good reason for saying that he owes hi
Office to base sycophancy, and a goin
back on his own record.
In view of the above facts we believ
that the action. of the Clayton county cor
vention has less significance as repudi;
ton of Mr.. Allison than as a rebuke, {
the toady Tompkins, and that Eibocck
defeat for the Legislative nomination Wa
not so much because he was friend
Mr.. Allison. as that he was so unfurtun
ate as to be brought forward and support
ed by Tompkins. If the whole matte
shall result in deprivng Mr.. Allison
, the Senatorial contest of the support {
the Representatives of Clayton count,
, that gentlemen may Law the blame upo
the editor of the Nc,cs. Several week
since. that paper came out with one OF /
characteristic articles upon the Legislati,
| question, and with ieverish desire
t show Mr.. Allison how zealously it W;
E laboring in his behalf. announced
5 grandlloquent style that the nomination
candidates for tie Legislature would tul
exclusively upon the Senatorial question
} This evidently aroused the enemies
Allison and the result is before US. 81
; it is not unlikely that the Clayton coun
! Representatives, Notwithstanding the rest
| luton passed with such unanimity by Il
Y convention which nominated them, W
. Ultimately be found casting their votes
: the Legislature Tor Mr.. Allison. Jud
t Williams is not candidate. nor is it ike
that any other man from Northern low
= wtl become formidable competitor +
q the place