The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-10-02

q his elsrtion? will .ndeavor,
briefly aad csaAld1xto state them.
F,ss,, Mr.. Sweat is farmer, a TAX
payer. and an anti.monnpolist, stand.
ing square'y and firmly upon tho an
ti.monoroiy platform adopted by the
Republicans 81 Iowa, in convention
assembled, at Dcs Moines. 1873. As
such, he is pledged, it elected, not to
play into the hands OF monied cor.
porat,ons, but TO keep the peoples
treasure securely locked III the coun.
" safe to disbursc not one dollar,
except on the order OF the lawful
authorities, aud to discharge his du
tics without fear or favor.
Second, he may not give the edit :
or Of the Citiaen the printing Ut the
delinquent Tax lists.
Had Mr.. Sweat been base enough
to make the required pledges in re-
lation to dcpositlng the county funds
he had strong assurances that he
would receive the hearty support OF
the men who now 80 bitterly oppose
him.
He may have been an admirer o.
Horace Greeley, as were thousands
Of our staunchest Republicans; bu,
it can be proved by competent and
reliable witnesses. that he voted fol
Gen. Grant at the last Presidential
election.
That Mr.. Sweat figured with the
old secessiunlst, whom the C,tisen
styles prominent Democrat, tor a
nomination in the Peoples ConveI'
ton, is basely false. He was oppos'
ed to the peoples movement, sc-cal.
led, from tho beginning. and did
what be could TO disuad. other Re
publicaus from participating in it. as
can BE- atundan,fy proven. The
facts in the case are that the promi
zen, De. .,ocrat asplred TO the honor
OF rcpr. senting The people Of Tatna
county III the State Legislature; and
surprising that Mr.. Swca. was IN
sympathy with the peoples move
ment, from the tact OF his being q
n emher III she Patrons Of Husband
ry, approached him, and end"avored
by sundry hints, 10 impress him with
h,s-the prominent Dem ocra,'s-s"
perior fitness Tor that responsible Pc
si,ion. So it was the prominent Dem
ocrat who did the figuring, and no,
the Republican candidate for Treas
urer. Aud the editor Of the Citizen
is now figuring with The Said promi
nent Democrat 10 defeat all honest
and deserving Rcpuhlican--a true
and brave soldier" who served his
country not for the pay and shoulder
straps Of an Office, but as a private
But our editor. as authority for the
!" Anamalous' position in which he
places himself, in opposing the cleo
ton of a worthy citizen and soldier,
oaotes the following resolution Of
III. Republican State platform w 9
declare it the duty oi Republicans to
oppose the election OF bad ma" and
an incompetent candidate. whether
he is a candidate upon our own or
any other ticket" Now, as Mr..
Sweat's ability is not questioned, we
are 10 take il for granted that our
conscientious friend opposes bis cleo
ton because he is a bad man; per
hsps . disAensst or in,n,sra! man.
That the stock holders aid officers
Of bank should oppose the election
0 man 10 the office OF Treasurer
whom they cannot us. and control,
is natural, perhaps, if not right; but
tor w. q. Cambridge, whose vile
SANDERS have blackened. the iairest
regulations, to object 10 1'hos. J..
Sweat on the ground OF immortality
or dishonesty, il ridiculou>Iy absurd.
Responsib!y yours,
NV pAvpu