Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-07-19


The Greeley and Brown element in
this county is developing daily, Mr..
Risk, member Of the Republican coun-
ty committee, has resigned and goes for
Greeley, AZ does also Mr.. Albert Risely,
chairman Of MiddleAed township COM
mittee. In Brandon there are NO GRANTEES
Of any consequence. And the ball still
rolls.
| We make the statements relative to
Mr.. Risk and Mr.. Risely authoritively.
and with the hope that our cotemporary
will not say that 1t Is a Liberal lie. Con-
servatjvs.
Our cotemporary's hope shall be in.
dulged. We are not in the habit Of
meeting the assertions of respectable
people with the retort that they are
"given to lying" We win mot say that
the above is "Liberal lie." but we arc
bound to say that the statement that Mr..
Risk has resigned his place on the Re-
publican committee is q mistake. So
also the reference to Brandon il q fla
grant error, and the boast that the Gree
ley and Brown element is developing dai.
ly, unless it means that it is developing
weakness, is tho greatest mistake Of all.
Were it not that we do not admire the
practice Of parading the names Of private
citizens who may see fit to change their
political status, we would be glad to ex.
change straws Of this kind with the
Conservative in the proportion of two to
one But since it has seen fit to drag
Messrs Risk and Risely before the pub
lie, we propose to give the reasons as
signed by the latter for his preference for
Greeley. And here we wish to remark
that we have the highest respect for both
the above named gentlemen, and cordial
ly testify to their perfect sincerity and
honesty of purpose.
We had very full, free and courteous
conversation with Mr.. Risely the other
day, and, We own, wore somewhat sur.
prised to hear him say that he had moth
Ing against Gen. Grant, or his admins.
tration of affairs; that he believed him to
be an honest man and upright President,
and that he did not sympathize with the
assaults upon him by the Democratic
party. "But STILL" he said, II think
there should be change" When pres
scd further for reason for change, he
said substantially: II believe the farmers
have been oppressed by the tariff, and II am
almost, il not quite, q free trader" In q
word, Mr.. Risely hopes to secure free
trade by supporting the high priest Of
protection, the most violent and aggres-
sive advocate of high duties in the coun.
try, Horace Greeley. We have little
doubt that with more light he will see the
absurdity Of this position, and therefore
do not look upon his departure as final.
We have but one word Of suggestion
to the editor of the Conseruatipe, and
that is that he will ind the smplest excr-
else for his talents in attending to the
OBJECTIONS in his own party; and that it
may not be Inappropriate to commence
the work in the Democratic County Con.
vcntiOn.
| AnEAD-John Wiley is ahead on to-
matoes. He laid upon our table this
morning fine, large, plump, ripe "Tro-
ply" the product Of his own garden 1t
is not single, solitary specimen, prema-
turely ri2cncd under exceptional circun-
stances. but one Of bushels all ready for
the table Mr.. Wiley started his plants
last winter. in pots in his store, propaga'
ting them from slips, just like the gerani-
UNI. They were thence transferred in
the early spring to hot bed, and later to
the open garden. The consequence is
that he has tomatoes month earlier
than the usual season, and SO thrifty and
prolific that six plants will furnish him
more than he can possibly use from this
time out. He says that but for mis-
take in setting them out in q cold time
this spring, he would have had tomatoes
by the middle OF June
|
THE Conservative of this week copies
from I'm irresponsible source what il
would fain have its readers believe arc
extracts from a speech made by Hon.
Henry Wilson, Republican candidate for
the Vice Presidency, rejecting in terms
only Characteristic Of the BLACKBOARD and
barroOm loafcr upon the character Of our
German and Irish population. The
truth is, that the speech from which
the extracts in the Conservative are t.
ken was not delivered by Henry Wilson
at all. but by another Wilson, a ranting
know nothing, backyard candidate fol
Congress, in Indiana, eighteen years ago
We would like to believe that the editor
of the Conservative was honest when he
clipped the vile paragraph for his col.
umns, but if we do, it must be at the ex'
pense of his intelligence. II he does not
know that Henry Wilson is incapable oil
the coarseness and vulgarity in which
the extracts which he copies arc couched
he certainly ought to know that theil
authenticity as applied to Mr.. Wilson
have been repeatedly denied and theiI
true origin indicated. The Conssruatiu.
betrays the weakness of its cause when
Il resorts To INSTRUMENTATION and for