Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-07-21
w hat is said.


Is. letter 10 the Marengo RepuAi-
can, in which he affects to deny the
charges made against him in refer
ence to the sale OF the Oskaloosa
fostohce. We readily comply and
the letter Will he found in another
column. We do not consider it as
other than perfectly proper for us to
set forth, with this letter Of denial,
thesabstanee of the specific charges
TO which the letter purports to be a
response. ur0sS
It is alleged 'ha. Mr.. L., in order
to rid himself of the attacks made by
the Central Citizen, published at
Oskaloosa, agreed with two brothers.
named Hunter, that he would give to
one OF them tn, Oskaloosu Post
Office if they would buy out and sup
press the said Citizen One of the
editors of the Herald. Lieutenant
Necdham, wanted tho PostofIice. and.
by menace, induced Mr.. L. to back
out Of his agreement with the Hun
ter brothers. lie then agreed to paw
the Hunter brothers, one thousand
dollars in lieu of the Postofliee for
buying and suppressing the Citizen.
This contract was carried out and
the Citizen suppressed.
1t is also alleged that Mr.. l.. told
the Hunter brothers that the man
who got the PostofIicc would have to
replace the thousand dollars he had
e pay for the suppression Of the
Citizen. Liest. Ncedham knew Of this
statement Of Mr.. L. and assented TO
It. When Lieut.. Needllam received
his appointment as Postmaster he was
confronted with demand. from Mr.
L.. for the thousand dollars. On
consultation With friends, however.
he refused to accedc 10 the demand
and refused to pay the money.
1t will be noticed that the charge
embraces two points, namely: That
Mr. L. made direct and positive
bargain for the sale of his influence
in the disposition Of the Oskaloose
Posto!Iice for 4 money consideration,
at least for services that could be and
were measured bya money standard;
and tina. after the appointment Of an
officer ofthe Government on his rec
omendation, he ondcayored to cNtort
money from that officer
Somewhat confirmatory Of this
mater. certainly as throwing some
Ii x,ht up,:. it, we give below some
certificates. We have thus present
cd, briefly, the substance ofthe mat
ter which Mr.. Is. letter affects to
deny. Il any one has aoy interest
in this matter it would be we'll to
closely scrutinizc the charges an. the
denial, with their relation to eaG.''
other. We have given nothing Of
the above on any responsibility other
than that of res pcctable particss,nak.
ing the charges.
lsKALoosA, Iowa.
June Is, 1870.
To Hoa Vim. Lough,idge.
SIR 1t having been asserted and quite
generally believed that yon disposed Of the
postoflicc at Osknloosa for pccuEiary con-
sdcra,ion we desire in order to put tllis
charge at rest, that you give direct and cata-
gorical answers to the following questions
:, lst. Did you not, through DR.. NJ. l.. Jack.
IN, promise, or agree that If the Hunter
Bros. would buy out the Citizen office, to
give them. or one Of them, the Oskanosa
postofficc!
2d. Did you not afterwards agree to give
the Hunters $1,000 to buy out the Citizen Of
fee!
3rd Did you not, after making arrange
ments to pay the Hunters $1,000 for the pur-
pose above named, say TO Joseph IIuntcryor
intended to make the man who got he post |
Office, pay you back the money paid, as
aforesaid:
4,h. Did you not afterwarl tell J. r. c.
Hunter that Necd.am had offered to give
S 1000 70. the posiolficc, and that on account
Of the pressure brought TO hear on you from
me .nbcrs Of his regiment in johnson county.
and clscwcre, you would have to give the Of
fee to him?
We desire to state, that by request Of
many prominent and substantial citizens of
Oskaloosa, who are anxious TO ascertain the
facts relative 10 the reported sale Of the Os>
kaoosa postofhce, we this day presented the
the foregoing nterrogn,orics to Judge
and requested him to answer
them specifically, which he absolutely re
fused to do. lie said in general the sharges
were dntrpe, but would not sign a denial
of thcn.-ite also desired private intcr>
view W tn Mr.. Gadd on the subject, saying
,Lat lie would explain he mattor 10 him.
We respectfully prcsen. these facts in
order hat ,.he pcope may consider them
and judge for tLspselyss.
ss H. /. GADD
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