Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-09-18

are advised by the Democratic organ
to vote for the good natured man
who rs not radical to hurt"
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From the Democrat
| STuDIoUsLY INCORRECT. The Pella
Btadc anu the Fotcr Of this city, both
make Incorrect statements in reference
| to the Democratic Conyention OF the 9th
inst. They charge that delegations were
| packed by the editor of the DEMOCRAT,
and that result not desired by the
Democracy Of the county, was arrived at.
| The mater is a small one. to be sure, as
1t is notexpected that the two papers re-
ferred t0Swoula publish the truth in re-
| ference 10 any action we might take ifan
untruth would suit their purpose better;
| but In oder that honest men may not lac
| misled, Ave will say that III no manner
/ did we Interfere with the delegations
from the ditfereIst.tn ynships that from
Washington, Franklin, Pleasant Grove
and Knoxville ndta single Granger was
| selected As n delegate, and only Lake
Pssiirie and iaeiana SEPT delegates OF that
Clay, IjEerty, Dallas Swan, Perry and
| Rod R0cHSwere not represented at AL,
| which would not have been the case had
we undertaken the job Of Setting up"
the pegs. Simlnit2aad one man on hand,
and he voted Hefh b. Modocs, whilst
Lake Prairie ana Mlsaaant Grove were
divided. el,et the truth be told.
I'm ,reHrenee to the fact that the
convention wustpacked, and that Nc
Cormac wrtsae Of the instruments
by whiel1that result was reached,
the Bad ahe VOTER only stated
what wk Openly declared by dele
gates In tile convention; and only
stated tlie truth, as any man who
was preS1 and knew anything of
the cira hstafices could easily see.
How wa il with the Knoxville del
egation ~ How was it chosen. and OF
what material was iteomposedo No
notice was given Of the meeting TO
choose these delegates, and hence on
lya few select members of the party
were ustified by whispers on the
street. The mass OF the party, even
i'm town, knew nothing OF il until the
splectinls. were EtaSlp, and fer more
lfhaS aMetK naitprwutd, t.ynYrtt-Tsot as4
Artaln where the CoNVEETION (?l
was held or who WAS present. FL
naliy, after the County Convention
had met and done the bidding OF
Chief Mccormack, Mr.. Anderson,
Chairman OF the Co. Central Com
mittee, frankly admitted that the
delegates were selected at his office
one night, and that only five persons
were present, four OF whom were
John l.. and Charley Mccormack, #.
j. Anderson and Tom. Jones. The
fifth gentleman was probably the
"devil" Of the Democrat Office, or the
Grange candidate for Deputy Treas
urer. Mr.. Anderson did not choose
to state which. The delegates Sc
lected by this little ring, or more
likely chosen before hand by Me-
Cormack and Anderson, were:
il Mccormack, A G Cunningham,
| L j Anderson, I B Jones,
C. b Boydston, A j Kerr,
j s, Cunningham, I' NJ Frnsl,
Ell Amos, j X Roberts,
J Il Thompson, y $ Pierce,
james FUNK, Sam'l Harvey,
& Mcklnnis.
All of these persons live in Knox
Vile except the four last named
Two Of these four live immediately
joining the City limits if not WITHIN
the Incorporation, and Mr.. Harvey
and Mr.. McIiinnis were put on to
represent the Democracy OF the re-
iDainder of the township, without
any expectation that they would DC
present To vote in the county con-
yentioo. This is the sort OF farmers
chosen by the Head Center to sell out
the Democracy 10 the Grange ticket.
| The Convention wasn't packed On
no. 1t was merely understood that
the delegates chosen should be such
AS would vote To sell out. OF course
that was all right. "ReforIn" is tiie
watcli-w0rd. 1t was not necessary
that they should be Changers, if they
were only in favor OF McGorinack,
Green r.. Clark and "Reform.
The disciple Of truth says: "Clay
! 7 :k,,,.y nailuo Guan Perry and