Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-09-19
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Those s.TWo Horse" tgains
The REpuBLcAy denies that the
Grange had meeting, as referred to
in our issue Of August 3lst; denies
that Mr.. Wilson was ,invltel to adj
dress them on that occasion, ana was
III town and did not do So Lijeral,
SEPT. IL,
Hardly o b'oll IS that was the dc,
Mai Here is what the RkpuGL,cA>
did say
In its last issue, the Li5aG7 makes
the distinct charge that Mr.. Wilson
was requested TO appear at meeting
Of the Oranges. at Toledo, on their
invitation, and that be neglected
.hem altogether, although he was in
town during the day OF the meeting.
We are authorized bv Mr.. Wilson,
to deny most empl,atically ana dis
tinctly, every allegation made in the
charge, to which We refer.
al ,ha, tie REprBLloAS denied or
attempted to deny was the matter i'll
reference to Mr. Wilson neglecting
or refusing to attend meeting Of
the Oranges, at which he was expec:-
ed or invited 20 appear.
Now, then, let Us see if we cannot
put this whole matter Of Mr.. Will
sons double dealing with the Grang-
es and towns people in clear light.
Mr.. Wilson is generally under
stood TO b. = ,cc.., he~ - Tie ord Ter
known rs Patrons OF Husbanlfy, the
/ individual lodges OF which are called
Oranges. We 10 nc: know that the
matter is OF sufficient importance to
call for an admission or DENIAL of
that fact by Mr.. Wilson. Mr.. vii.
son is farmer, Is all know. Being
farmer, VIC 81 ould naturally con-
| clude that other farmers whose inter-
ests arc annually legislatcd upon 10y
| Congress would conclude that one OF
their OWE calling could better serve
them i'll Congress than lawyer, or
even an editor His individual iE-
terests would unite with the inter-
ests Of a majority o. his constituents
as motive power in the perform
anee Of his duty. This being ad.
mitted, what more natural than that
the farmers OF the District. aud the
Patrons Of Husbandry OF the Dis
trict, should generally favor his can
dldacy? We do not know, and
have no data on which to form an
opinion, that Mr.. Wilson even used
the fact that lie is farmer as an
argument to induce Republican
farmers to favor his candidacy. To
do SO would be perfectly proper, le-
| gitimate and honorable. If he did
do SO it is not a fact that can, or
ought to, injuro him with his con
stituents.
We do deny for Mr. Wilson, bow
ever. that he ever used the organiza.
ticn named as lever TO his nomina-
ton; that he ever urged members OF
the order, as members Of the order.
and becaase they and he were mem
Der of the order, to aid him In his
conversation with farmers the facts
that he was Patron, and that they
were Patrons, may have been dis.
closed. We have no reason 10 de-
| ny that very many Patrons OF the
| District gave him aid, but we do de
ny that they did it other than as Re
publicans, and never as Patrons. Is
the Literal prepared to controvert
this statement?
The Libero1 says that Mr.. Wilson
made the remark at Tama City, in
the store OF Mr.. Murray, and in the
presence of Mr.. Murray and Mr..
Sharon, that "thc Changers were
running pc.5ectly 'caa and that you
meaning merchants mast hare some
one IN Congress to coat,.ol Mena.n And
then the Literal. whose editor is a
lawyer, coolly asks Mr. Wilson "to
deny AND dispyore" the statement
We apprehend that Mr.. Wilson will
hardly undertake to dispro.e what
has never been proven, nor any evi.
dence introduced to prove. We
take the responsibility, however, to
deny the statement for Mr. Wilson.
Now let the LiJuaiprove it.