The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-10-31

for procuring Or aiding to procure an
Office"
Now where is 1t stated in that
synopsis Of my speech that l received,or
agreed to veceiue money for procuring
the appointment Z
The circnlar states: "Mr. Lough-
ridge admits that he agreed to receive
$1,000 That is true, butt is no crime
to agree to receive $1,000. The crime
is in agreeing to receive money for
procuring or aiding to procure an Office.
Did I agree to receive that money
for procuring or aiding to procure the
Office? Not at ell. 1t was to be paid
to me in repayment of money I
advanced and paid to tho Editor
Of the Citizen, a. so stated in
that speech, and in Mr.. Needham's let
ter referred to. The money which MI.
Needham was to pay was ia. go to the
Editor Of the Citizen and not to me-
And to claim that In that speech, I adj
init that I agreed to receive money for
procuring an Office for another requires
a great amount of assurance, and an
entire and utter disregard ofall fairness
and candor.
Aside from the extract from nv
speech and a copy of the law, there is
nothing in that circular but hearsay,
sophistry and Misrepresentation /;
statements without evidence, alleya.
tons without proof.
That circular pretends to give facts /;
and how does it substantiate them p
In this way. 'These are the facts a.
related by prominent Republicans Of
Oskaloosa."
Some person told that writer that he
had heard 'promincnt Republicans Of
Oskaloosa," say that they had heard
somebody else say that the facts were
thus and sol To say that such state
ments as these are entitled to serious
consideration, is an insult to the COM
mon sense Of the people. That state
ment as given is not true.
That circular gives the names
Of some prominent Republicans" as
he terms them; who he says, state
that the charges he makes are true.
If that is the kind of evidence de
sired, / refer to 600 influential Repub-
licans Of Oskaloosa, all of them as In
fucntial as those named in the circular.
who say that the charges made are not
true, in their opinion, and men who
know just as much about the facts, as
those named.
On the 9th day Of July last, at q
primary election, in the city of Oska-
loosa, to select q candidate for Con-
gress, I received 6l0 votes, against lao
for all others, and those CLIO Republic
cans, at my home, where this charge
was originated, two years and q half
since, thus say that in their opinion, the
charge of crime against me, is not true,
and ! Offset that against the opinion
of the Influential Republicans " nara
ded in that circular. The writer Of
that circular goes largely into the ex
animation of q case in Congress, call.
edTthe Whittemore csse,S and then
compares me to Whittemore.-
Why does he do tlis7 Only for the
mean purpose Of attempting to throw
odium upon me by the comparison,
when hc knows well, there is not the
slightest similarity in the cases. Wha,
was the Whittemore case7
Whittcmore had the appointment Of
a Cadetship, the law required him TO
appoint a citizen of his District.
In violation Of the law he put a price
on the Cadctship, sent it to q lobby
agent to sell, and sold 1t to a Boston
man for $1,000; gave $500 to the agent
and put $500 in his own pocket and
the House wonld not permit him "a
prove, that after he took the money, he
had paid out money for political pur.
poses, and to claim that it was the
same money.
lie violated the Statute spAen he re.
ceiUed the money.
The circular says: "the only differ.
cnce between Loughridge and White
more is, that, Whittcmore got $l5O(
and Loughridge got nothing"
How very similar the casesl White
more got $500 and put in his pocket
l took $1,000 of my own money and
paid out, for what / considered the
good of the Republican party. How
exactly alike the cases are!
And the circular states what is fals,
when it says that 1 agreed to receive
money for the appointment ; there j,
no such statement in my speech.
The money l was to receive, wa.
money q had advanced out of my own
pocket and paid out for another, on
condition that il was to be returned to
me.
There are in that circular some
copies of old letters and certificates,
which are raked up from among the
debris of the political fight two years
ago. These are all dated in 1870;
there is nothing in them, but what is
either bearsay, or what is immaterial,
and they are now well understood by
the people where they originated.
Reference is made to q letter, said to
have been written by Mr.. Needham to