Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-12-25


The Democrat of this week quotes
from the VOTER of last week por-
tion of an article, heading it "Those
Democratic Skunks." This heading,
as we'll as the garbled portion of our
article, is credited to tho Vo-
TER. We are not surprised at this,
however, as 1t is in keeping with the
character and course OF that paper for
years. The expression " Democratic
skunks" was invented by the editor
of the Democrat, and by him applied
to Changers. The same is true Of the
words" dead beats " and "hypo-
critesp Further, the same editor
says:
Those old Democratic sl1unks y
Sain,M Breckenridge, John Randle,
Esq. Gopehnd, the Rouzps, Hyatt,
the App!egntes, ARA Lyman, Esq.
Shaw, Esq. Counsel, Allen Short,
Wmsh Wilson, IL. ID. Lucas, Prof.
Xentz, e. III. Robinson, Col. Math-
ews, ET Sheriff Vincent, w. j. Mil
lard aud scores Of others who think
that the Radical salary -grabbers and
Credit Mobilier thieves should not
be further trusted, will please shake
their Clothes we'll before coming near
the fpaus of the nasal organ Of the
Editor, of the Tofer. You are
knhvn by your smell if not by
| sight, you know, and said Hoter
manA means Just what we said y
which is a rery important matter TO
understand.
AIl"Democratic skunks,n dead
beats 8 and "hypocrites will take
notes and govern themselves .ac-
cordiugly.
The gentlemen above named were
all Republicans, aud acted with the
Repnhiican party up to last fall
Most of them we have known for
years, and were counted as our per-
sonalslriends. For aught we know,
we lnay so count them to-day. I'm
less sfsare sadly mistaken in these
men, and their associates in the
Grange generally, they have good
sense epougli to know the meaning
of English words such as they have
found in the two newspapers in this
town in the past year, discernment
enough, to sec TIE spirit controlling
each, asid justice and eafdor enough
to condemn the wrong and commend
the right. BY their good sense, dis
cernmnnt, justice and candor, in this
mHttek we are willing to let our
wordsa3and their spirit be Judged.
we cTtsfSt att With tifrrn in such A.
political organization as that with
which they acted last fall in this
county; but because our friends, aud
hundreds Of good men in the county
choose to differ from us in politics,
we shall not hesitate, for fear of Of
fending them, to speak plainly Of the
wrongs in their party. We believe
with our friends above named that
the Radical salary grabbers and
Credit Mobilier thieves should not be
further trusted" and We also believe
with them that the Democratic saIa-
ry grabbers and Credit Mobilier
thieves should not be trusted, and
we further believe that neither Rad
icai nor Democratic mileage grab
bers should be further trusted that
the Democratic party should not be
trusted, and that any party hav-
having the old Democratic party for
its foundation and controlling e!e-
ment will be led astray az was the
Grange party in THE county last fall,
tothe regret aud chagrin Of every true
Patron in the county. If we refer to
the old party as the Democratic cat
in the meal tub, or the old Demo.
cratic skunk after the Grange chick
ems, we speak Of it rs q party, Of the
old organization, which is corrupt
and corrupting in its influence, and
not Of the individuals who may have
always acted with it, or who may be
temporarily acting with 1t. The
facts that the Democratic party in
this county dropped its name, and
that a majority of the Grangers,
some OF them Republicans, acted
with it, did not materially change
the party.
The Democrat has been telling US
for years that the Radical party was
corrupt and rotten, and that it stank
in the nostrils Of the people, while
the men ii names above were acting
with the Radical party. 1t has not
hesitated to deDounce Radicals indis-
criminately as thieves, whelps,
pimps, etc, nd ip.fnit,Gm, and made
no exceptions in favor Of Samuel
breckenridge, John Randle, et al.
Have these men reformed or has