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

sion was 20 very illogical, or that I
was one Of which we have reaso on L
he ashamed.
J In response to the Republican,
question il we would he governed by
such motive as that ascribcd t.
those masking the charges, we say
first. that it is no, necessary that
man be dishonest in order TO suspect
another OF dishonesty. The adage'
to the contrary are plentiful, but
they have been outgrown. The ques
ton is prevalent, if not worse, bu,
We answer, nevertheless. II there il
al hcrcs. doubt on the part OF the
Commissioners, that the Tama coun
~ stone II not fully fit, in all res
poets, Tor the foundation Of the State
House, We do not want It used
However much the county may be
| benefited BY the selection Of the
State House stone within its bound
aries, our duty, as a citisen to the
State, is paramount to our duty To
the county, aud VIC would not have
any material used in the construction
| Of the State House, which is not first
GLASS in character.
l
In accordance with the suggestion
| of the Republican, we have given q
careful study to the evidence submit
| ted in lie last weeks issue, and We are
satisfied that that evidence is conclu-
sive,-not that tho Oxford stone is
v srthlsss, but that = denomination
| should be made into the merits Of that
stone. Prot. Parker and h;s two GER
ti6ers may be mistaken, Is to the
identity OF the stone,-if not, his cx.
pcr,ence is exceptional, and different
from those in Tama county who have
used the stone tor sixteen years. At
all events. a. the question now stands,
and with the testimony calling in
question the character of the lama
county stone, there is no doubt that
| 4 re-examiua,ion should e made, and
whatever may be the result, il the
re. examination is conducted honora.
bly,, we will oil bow to tho final de-
cisioh.
Postscript.
Prof. Parker has written the fol.
lowing letter to the Iowa City Re.
| publican, about the stone he alleges
was obtsincd from Oxford:
Editor Of Repsbl;esn;
DsAa SRA AS my naMs has been unex-
pee,edly, connected With the question uf
building material for eur State Capitol and
. parties in various quarters desire ~
| explicit; statener: ~ factt over my own
! signature, send you this line fer publics,
| ton.
In 1865 and again in 1869, I sent 70 some
party in Oxford, now unk oown, for the best
stous obtainable for the upper part of the
foundation Of my house aad for pillars un.
| der my piazza. The stone was oolisic lime.
| stone and appeared we'll. Most Of it was
| ,ressed and used % intended. Last spring
| | noticed line Of debris along the base Of
The Oldest wall and around the foot Of the
: pillars and on examination il proved 10 be
con. ,osed Of thin scales and granu!ss from
! ,he sto,,. and in some places the fakes
we're 40 thicn ~ to take OF the marks Of
the dressing. have never noticed any
appearance Of dis.ntehration in or about
| the wall Of 1856.
! A few blocks of this stons-5fteen or
twsnty-wers left lying around On the
ground until last spring. On gather..'S
/! these up at that time. most Of them failed 10
sscome up BY the roeis,' - my assistant in
the work expressed il, but left in the ground
= thin fake, or lamins, if We may % term
it. which crumbled much E.o.s readily than
similar Pieces which had not been % 's-
posed.
Yours, truly.
L.F. PARKER
Iowa City, Feb. 9Th, 1871.
We learn from Mr.. Helm, that, on
Thursday OF last week, in company
with Col. Dewey and Maj. Stein, two
Of the Commissioners, he made an
examination Of the said walls Of Prof.
Parkcr's house, and the three were
convinced that the stone obtained in
1865 are not the Oxford stone At all,
, but may be either the lie Grand or
Timber Greek stone, the former OF
which it somewhat resembles; and,
besides, they were unable to find any
Of the debris at the foot Of the walls
built Of the stone obtained in 1866,
aud which the Prof says has net
crumb!od or showed signs Of disin.
tcgratior. This is evidently the Or.
ford stone. Mr.. Helm says that those
examining the walls with him, dc.
cared emphatically that there was
nothing about the walls to subs,an-
tate Prot. Parkcr's statement. I,
seems that Prot. Parker has been
very much in error, or else others
equally .; capable Is he d Judging
are mistaken.
Bremen county issued but ssrss
marriage licenses last year, and 1t the
last term of the District Court, there