Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-02-23

The t'.ritol Stone Question.
.fAs fAnA csvHfY RsrusL,cAx ought I,
Be asha med Of the manner il which i, trsatl
cur course ia reference TO the Capitol stcn,
| Question. Wehave right to espsc, Saire.
treatment frsm that sheet. We have abused
no one, OF sai q word on the sul.;ect etoep
WIS, was based on authorities tha, JUSTIFIED
and demanded il. Mr.. De%Sy, ono Of the
commissioners, takes OR Treatment Of th<
subject % no way offensive. We are fully
convinced that the stone selected arv utterly
unworthy Of the plscj Assigned them, aud
have given our REASONS therefor. We .sh
tho satttr tf that paper 10 read car: u!,y.
sad without prejudice, what We publish
this week, ia connection With what We gave
Two wects age, aad III q say IL he thinks
ihcsc stone should bs used for that import
ant work without further Investigation.
lie assumes that our only motive lies in
The fact that johnson county atone we're no,
selected. re ask aim it he would be gov
ernsd BY such motive? II he thinks he
would ne jndscs ~ fairly by his s~n itard.
AID. II not, not. Would ~ hast those
s,oae used provided they are no. ii, mere.
y becauee they lie In rama countye We
$500 Ceetcs VHsutVu VI MN tu0o ~ VOUVvc
il. This 10 . matter Of vast public imro, t.
ancs, and it becomes us all to seek cor.
rec: solution, rather than local or selfish
ends. II the stone ere suited 70 the work
it il all right 70 use them II they are not,
~ We feel assured, they should not be used
At any price. Let us End the truth Of the
matter -ilc~a City Republican.
Our namesake, OF Iowa City,
should not be 30 swirl to apply eve.
rything we said particularly TO itself
As compared with other papers otthe
State which joined in the grand hue
and cry about the State House stone,
the course OF the Republican was
very judicious and dispassionate.--
But our recollection OF the early re
marks of chat PAPER on the subject,
10, that the remarks, while not abu-
sivc, did contain an tnder current of
recognition and quiet, though en-
phatic affirmation Of the charges
brought by the various papers against
tho Commissioners Gnd Prof. Hen.
richs. We may be wrong. but We 50
understood that paper At the time,
and so reco!lcct its tone, now.
We are not alone in assuming that
the motive cf this cry against tie
lama County stone was disappoint
msnt The State Register said that
the imam spirit prompting what
has been said, I" lies in the fact that
certain qnarries did not receive the
contract" That 10 as severe rs any.
thing We said.
Now, Why did we nssAn,e dnap.
point'nch. to prompt to this orpos,-
ton In the first place, only the
papers from those counties whose
quarries had been unsuccessful,
hreathsd word against the stone
selected, the Commissioners or
Prof Hihrichs. The largest and
,4:ost influential papers in tho State,
like the Davenport Gazette, Burling-
ton Hawkeye, susie Register, Coun
ell Bluffs Nonpariel, Dubuque Times
and others, found no fault,.-saw
nothing i'm proper. While almost
every paper, representing a disap-
pointed quarry, commenced a fearful
yell. Do the above named papers
have no interest IN the proper con-
struction Of The State House, and the
selection OF proper stone It is safe
to say that they are a. much inter-
cstcd as our namesako At lows City,
the Gate City, or Mt. Pleasant Jour.
nal, or any other paper that has
broken the silence on this question.
In the second place, the tone OF
the papers making the el,arges, with
the exception indicated above, iu the
case Of the Iowa City Republican,
wa3 not such 40 to command cont
dcncs. TIE Oskaloosa Herald 10 re.
ported as calling Prof Hinrichs "the
Dutch, Professor OF the body-snat IL
ing University at Iowa City," in de-
rision and apparent ma'evolence.-
The Mt. pleasant Journal gave out
insinuations that the Capitol Com
missioners were pr,vy to proposal
made by certain parties to the owner
Of the Henry county quarrics to the
effect that # certais margin could
be SLOWED the parties making the
proposal the Henry quarries could
have the contract. Nobody could
feel any confidence in any such
charge, 30 vaguely made. If the Mt.
Pleasant Joarnal mems business, let
it make the charge IN so many words,
saying that there was such propo.
cal made. and that certain one OF
more OF the Commissioners knew Of
it. It need not give names, until
called legally 90 to DO. Frank Hat:
tons long letter in the State Regis
ter Of the 10th, makes no Roadway
in the matter. and his only re!erencs
to the charge Of corruption is in &C
general 4 way a. to make him, ir
reality, say nothing.
In the third place, everybody who