Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-10-12

ceptible OF proof, we would he gla'
to be presented with the proof
While there is no question that VIZ
receive some patronage from the par
ty, IS party, in the shape OF print
ing tickets and posters, il is never
thrlcss inquest enable that we re
ceive that patronage because OF oui
location at Toledo, ana our position
as the county paper, and not at all he
cause the REruDLlcAS is Rrpuhi}.
can paper. Forty dollars. "a year is
all the money we receive from this
source, and this is net very heavy
hit towards prosperity.
II our critic means that the county
printing is a sop thrown to us ne,
cause OF our politics, the same answer
is to be given as before, that what
eve. Of County Printing or advertis
I .rg the REPUBLICAN receives is partly
bv rirtue Of It's location at he coun
" seat, and partly by virtue ot Stat
ute laws.
We were not aware, before that
we were editing and publishing a
paper that belongs to, and may be
controlled Nv some one, or ones.
else. The belonging and comforting
power is, 1t seems, modified 70 i
certain extent Whit that e.Stent
is. we are not informed Serio,. sly,
i! the REPUBLICAN, is. IN any sense, par.
,y property, does there not rest upon
tina. party IN cb!i CATION 10 support
the EApu BMeAN It ought not to he
expected that the REPUBLICAN must
be under Obligations TO support
party to which it belongs, lin a GER
tain sense while that party is under
no obligations to support the RErrB
LEAN. 4 reciprocal relation mus,
exist If any does. The rule inaugn
rated by Andrew Jackson, and acted
upon by sll parties since, ito the
yictnrs belong the spells" is not re-
pndiatel by the Republican party
II the REPUBLICAN is, in any sense,
party organ. or party property, and
in honor bound to announce the
names o! the party candidates and 10
labor for the!: success, then it is the
duty of the party ant! Of the party
candidates and party Office holders IT,
bestow upon the REPUBLICAN all th"
party and official patronage "hr
Republican party cannot hold the
REruBLlcAN to its duty and itself neg
lect or repudiate its own reciprocal
duty.
Now, our critic knows very well,
tina, the last Republican County Con
ven,ion, OF this county. distinctly de
clarea, with the aid, advice, consent
and connivance of our critic,t that the
patronage Of the Republican officials
of '!'ama county should not he given
to the REpuBLEcAS. In so acting, it
decided to that extent SO tar as 1t
could decide, that the REPUBLICAN
was not party organ and not a Re
publican paper. While our accuser
was one OF the foremost in advising
this adverse and conaematory party
action. his criticism of orr action is
not placed on very strong ground y
Now, then, It may not be inappro
pirate to put in a word here respect
inc the efficient patronage the REPrB
LlcAS receives. as porty patronage, ~
asmuch as our erudlta and amiable
neighbor, whose envy makes him ob
HSlouS, Otteit, u tHe lEHe llS tlHctt'l
between truth and error, has fire.
quently asserted that the REPUBLICAN
receives more official patronage than
the Citizen Now, the t,t,-sn knows.
and our critic ought to know. thai:
for the last two years, the RFPuBLI-
CEN has no, received cent OF mon
ey. as party patronage. in which the
Cit,zen has not shared. There is bnt
one county officer who does not di
vide the advertising of ! is office be
tween the two papers, and the pat
ronaoe of that Office. worth more
than the patronage of all the othe'
Offices, goes to the Citizen. We d.
not refer to the iob-work which thu
county officers get done at this office
Tha. is obtained here by reason o
location and not by reason Of on
politics. In tact we do not furnish
all he job work, or blanks, stationo
~, &c. that we might, to the advan
tagc OF the county. Now. then, ",
undertake to say that the REprBLr
CAN does not secure cents worth q
patronage from party office holders, i
this county, on account OF it's part
organism, As party property. or tn
obligation Of the party OF supporiin
it, and yet the party officers coul
give it more than one thousand do
= lars worth which they now refuse t
a give, and portion Of which 1t dii
g penses to Tom, Dick and Harry, i
: other portions of the State. or othe
:. States Cali you this backing you
I friends?