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The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-01-24
Public Debt.

Pubic debt on Nov. 80 1871, was $2S $780, OIL 73
A9d ChamDersbgrg certificates. 299,74S 81
Add Agricultural College Land Scrip
fhnd, held in trust as per Act ap-
proved April 3, 1872. 2............... $4,000 90
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-01-24

Deduct amount paid by Commission
els OF the Sinking Fund during the Il.
year ending Nov. 30, 1872. 2,476926 90 |
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02
The Present Law.

Last week we quoted from the Re.
vision Of 1860, or the old Code OF
Iowa, the leading section in reference
to the loaning or using of public
funds by County and State Treasur-
ers. We had no copy Of the New
Code before us at the time, and knew
nothing Of its provisions bearing up
on the case. The New Code, which
took effect on the first day Of last
month, contains the following,
which we quote in order that the
subject may be as clearly understood
as possible:
SEC, 1905. IT any State, county, town
ship. school. or municipal officer, or Off
Ger Of any state institution, or other pub
lie officer within the State charged with
the collection, safe keeping, transfer, or
disbursement of public money, fails or
refuses to keep in any place OF deposit
that may be provided by law for keeping
such money, until the same " Withdrawn
therefrom upon variants issued by the
proper officer, or deposits such money
IN any other place than In such safe, or
unlawtul)y converts TO his own use in
any way whatever, or use by way OF In
vestlnent in any kind Of property, or
loan without the authority of law any
portion Of tho public money entrusted
10 him for collection, safe keeping, trans
ter, or disbursement, or converts to his
own use any money that may come into
his hands by virtue ofhis office, shall be
guilty OF fembeZZlement To the amount Of
80 much OF said money as Is thus taken,
converted. invested, used, loaped, or un-
accounted for, and, upon conviction
thereof, he shall be imprisoned in the
penitentiary not exceeding five yearsand
fined in sum equal tn the amount OF
money emheZzled; and, moreover. IL
forever after disqualified from holding
any Office under the laws Or constitution
OF this State,
Section 70 reads as follogg:
!" When q county treasurer or other
receiver Of publ money seeks to obtain
credit on the books Of the AUDITORS
officer for payment made to the treasur-
er he shall make and subscribe an oath
that he has mot used, ioaned or appropria-
ted any Of the public money for his
private benefit, z.or koa' the benefit Of any
othe,. person."
If Mr.. Baker has violated law, un-
der either the old or the new Code,
he is personally responsible. Meth
er his party nor the people do, Gun or
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02
what 10 the Dinerence1 I

"Vote the Reform ticket!" shrieks
McC Cormack, because the Radical
county Treasurer has violated law
by depositing Railroad funds in the
banks. Why did he not cry aloud
for REfORM when County Treas
urer Cunningham did the same thing
with C0dnty funds: Then he Shrek
ed "VOte for Cunningham !" Cum
ninghann was placed upon the Dem
ocratic ticket for second term, and
was supported by this pretended
reformer- this pious fraud-McCor-
mack, with as much zeal as the
aforesaid Mccormack, now displays
for his pet Grange candidates Clark
and Farfis, notwithstanding the fact
that the aforesaid Cunningham not
only loaned the public funds to a pri-
vate bank, without Government or
other security, but accounted for no
interest. What is the difference?
Merely { small matter Of bread and
butter.
This sanctified pattern of honesty
Mccormack, we mean-supported
Mr.. Baker for City Treasurer last
spring, IN order to assist Mr.. Crozier
in riding into the Mayors Office On
Bakers back, although he lMcCor-
mack rew-or said he knew at the
time-tliat Baker had the railroad
funds in the bank. Then his cry
was "Vote for Crozier and crush the
ring" Notwithstanding Baker was
on the Crozier ticket, and if guilty
now was guilty then. What is the
difference? Merely bread and but
ter.
In. '67 Cunningham was a candi.
date for reelection, and was an
angel, and Nc. supported him; in
'73 Baker is not a candidate, is not
an angel, and Nc. is stabbing him.
What is the difference? Is it bread
and butter. or Reform?
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02
The Financial Panic.

The reduction of the currency by
Congress at its last session, without
any provision for an immediate in
crease to meet an emergency like the
present, is now generally conceded to
have been unwise. The recent panic
is attributed by various. persons con-
vefsant with the business and finan-
cial systems OF the country, to vari-
Gus and complicated causes. The
amount of currency was inadequate
to the real business wants of the
country, even when it was in undis-
turbed circulation. There had been
an unusual flow to the West for the
purpose Of removing the wheat crop.
BY this and undue speculations in
fancy stocks, short gold, and other
reckless snd illegitimvte business
confidence in the soundness Of heavy
banks was impaired at time when
there was an extraordinary drain up
on the currency in the centers of
trade. In times of such uncertainty
there is always tendency to with
draw money from circulation and
thus reduce its apparent volume.
Deposits are withdrawn from the
banks and their available balances
The systems ofexchange
between banks and the various
branches of trade and industry are
adjusted to existing conditions, and
any sudden disturbance in one quar-
ter quickly affects all others.
Jay Cook & Co., leading banking
firm of New York failed temporarily
and o panic thus started. 1t soon
extended and forced the suspension
of other banks, and created such
wild alarm in all the large cities
that business was brought almost to
to dead lock in many places. The
flow of currency was checked, and Of
course the sale OF grain and live
stock was retarded or entirely stop
ped. Most of the banks which
did SO only tempora-
rily in order to save themselves
and their depositers from loss by
an unnecessary sacrifice Of their secur-
tiles. Many of them have now re.
sumed business, aud the panic is
practically over. The government
purchased bonds to the amount f$l2,-
00O, 900, in order to supply currency
to relieve the stringency. Latest
dispatches say that trade will resume
its wonted activity in a few days,
and that currency is coming west
again in large quantities, and that
prices will range higher than before
the panic.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02

Baker, in his card acknowledging
his violation of law in depositing
tax-money with The rich bankers
of Knoxville, says he did SO after
consulting friends Of both parties.
On behalf of the Democracy of Ma
rion county, we deny that any DEM
ocrat ever advised Ed. Baker, as
County Treasurer, 70 violate the law.
Democrat.
That is silly enough, isn't it, to
come even from the pen Of a SEN
ator? If there were there were the
least occasion for giving the names of
Democrats who advised Mr.. Baker to
the course he pursued, itcould easily
be done.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02

Baker, and justify the. crime"
"The editor of the Voter wrote his
defense of the crime done by his
leader, but a caucus Of the leading
Republicans forced the article to be
suppressed, and it was taken from
the form and distributed"
There is no truth in a single one Of
the statements above quoted. This
is enough to say of the batch.
Here is another characteristic de-
ception;
From the Des Moines Register we
learn that Hon. John A. Kasson,
Radical member of Congress from
the Capital District, in his opening
speech at Iowa City, boldly defended
the Back Pay robbery, and smoothed
over by honeyed words, the Credit
Mobilier villainy!" "And
these infamies the Radical party oi
Iowa, through their orators upon the
stump, in broad day, boldly and
brazenly defend! And the people
are also warned by this same party,
that unless they elect the Radical
candidates to office, that party will
not permit the passage of q law to
protect the people from being robbed
by the railroads."
The editor did not learn any thing
Of the kind from the Register. That
paper gave John p. Irish's report OF
Mr.. Kasson's speech, but warned its
readers that truth could not be ex-
pected from Mr.. Irish, who has just
ly won the unenviable name of the
"Telegraphic-Liar Of Iowa." Mr..
Kasson does not defend the back pay
robbery and does not attempt to
smooth oyer the Credit Mobilier
villapy. Nobody but John Irish
would ever have thought of accusing
him Of anything Of the kind. The
Republican party Of Iowa does no,
endorse or defend the wrongs men,
toned. 1t does condemn them
without stint. Neither Mr.. Kasson
nor any other public man has uttered
the warning quoted. 1t was concei.
we'd in the perverted brain of the
Photographic LIAR" and is of course
echoed by his ape in Knoxville
Begin reform in your own house
sweep pollution from your own thres
hold; learn the first principles OF
truth and honesty, adopt them in
practice, and then may your preach
ing be listened to with some degree
Of patience by men who know tht
|fneantng ofthe word truth. ''''
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02
Republican state Ticket.

Republican state Ticket.
For Governor:
c. &. CARPENTER,
of Webster.
Lieut-Governor:
JOSEPH DYSART,
of Tama.
Judge of Supreme Court:
J. M. BECK,
of Lee.
Superintendent Of Public Instruction
ALONZO ABERNETHY,
ofCrawford.
County Ticket.
For Representatives.,
S. S. ARNOLD. Dallas.
ALFRED BAKER, Summit
For Auditor,
A. NJ. CLARK, Clay.
For Treasurer,
I. NJ. WEIGH, Knoxville.
For Sheriff,
r. J. GULLY, Lake Prairie.
For Surveyor,
NJ. C. WILSON, Knoxville.
For Sup't. Com. Schools,
JAMES M. RAND, Liberty.
For Coroner,
+. w. STARR, Red Rock.
For Member Board of Supervisors,
ALBERT REYNOLDS, Union.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02

1t would be folly to attempt to no
tice all the false statements made by
the Democrat. But it may not be
amiss to refer to few of those found
in its last two issues.
Last week it stated that the letter
from Peth wht1lEsaeRaarad in q pEsa
vious issue Of the VOTER was written
in this office. That letter was written
in Pella, by man whom the Demo-
crat has hitherto delighted to praise.
We present this week another letter
from the same hand.
Our statement that Mr.. Crozier, the
Grange nominee for Sheriff, called
our soldiers during the war Lincoln
hirelings,' is pronounced a "base
and cowardly SANDER upon as good a
man as the county contains" Our
statement in reference to Mr.. CrOzier
was strictly and every word true, as
men who knew him well at the time
can testify. OF course 1t is no sin
now to have been disloyal to the
government when the country was
in peril. OF course soldiers will
forget these things and vote for Gro
zier, who staid at home and abused
them, in order to defeat Gully who
fought with them and came home
MANNED for life.
The VOTER gave T. J. Anderson
as authority for the statement that
the convention in Knoxville town.
ship which selected the delegates to
the Democratic county convention
was held in the night, and that only
five persons were present. MIR. An
derson did tell the editor OF the
VOTER just what the VOTER stated,
the Democratic denial to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
Several other falsehoods as base a.
those referred to appeared in the
same issue Of the Reform organ |;
among them thosein reference to the
Blade and to the VOTER and the
Grange picnics.
This week the readers Of the DEM
ocrat are regaled with another flood
of untruths. Witness the following;
"The truth Is the Treasurer's Office
has been for years, is now, and will
be hereafter If the Radicals elect
their candidate for Treasurer in, the
possession Of the Banking Ring Of
knoxvillew = Baker was
the Bank candidate two years ago,
and Welch IL the BaBk candidate
nor :" eff Wsloh is elect
ed it is understood that the public
money will remain where it is now
in the Golfers of the banks, in order
that by the use Of money wrung
from the people by taxation the rich
bankers shall grow richer, while the
poor laborers and farmers shall grow
poOrer!" ed. Baker the
Radical County Treasurer and lead
er, placed nearly 100000 Of the peO-
ple's money where he k,aeW sit
would do the most good" to himself
and the rich bankers" VI
"That guard for the last two years or
more, has been watching an empty
snfe." "The editor Of the
Voter, decided to acknowledge the
commission OF the aet charged againa4
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02
Blacksmithiu0.

vBEkTS AND JAMES have opened .
oiecksnith Shop in the building for,
IL occupied by j. r. Roberts, just vest Of
~ nv baak building, and are prepared to
4" sork 10 their line Ia the best manner
'Aif rates. Ten per cont of for cash.
CARRIAGES AND WAGONS.
A.sHAFER 10 carrying on the Carriage
snd wagon business In the same build
mere he Is prepared to do ell kinds Of
WORK In neat and substa ntiAl manner.
psrsons in need of work are invited to
'as~ . call ~ their shop. ltf.l
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02
Notice to Builders.

1NRE UNDERSIGNED are now prepared
to take contrscts for all kinds Of work
in their line Of business, such as
Brick and stone Laying. Plastering
and Cistern and Flue Building,
All of which we propose to do with dispatch,
and in good work manlike msnner. We war :
rant satisfaction.
Materials furnished If required; and a
CREDIT till Christmas will be given il par
ties desire it.
(6401y) BONIFIELD i WEAVER.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02
Patterns OF Honesty.

The Grange party of this county
pretends to be an honest party, COM
posed Of honest men, and governed
by an honest policy. Its members
tell US that the old parties are cor
rupt, and dishonest, have no inten-
tion Of fulfilling their party pledges; ;
that they regard their party orgsni,
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02
Furniture.

II YOUNG would respectfully INFORM
Ia. the citizens of Marion County that hs
has opened . Cabinet Shop on Robinson
Street, west Of the fremont House, up stairs,
in the room formerly occupied by the Republi-
con Office, whore he will have on hand all
kind Of Furniture, and Cofinsof all sises,
which he willsell Low for Cash. (tf.)
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02
M.rtantile, dbe Traoes &f.
Knoxville National Bank.

4 N0XvILLE, IOWA. CAPITAL 100000
Gold, Silver, Government and other
Surities bought and sold. Interest allowed
Etime deposits. Special attention given to
lsctions. Open from . A. NJ. to 4 P. M.
)spt Sundays.
DIRECTORS,
w. Collins, S. L. Collins, rs. Ginning
p A. J. Kerr, jackson Ramsy, 8. X.
p'amy, J. Bittenbender, A. I. Brooks. y.
Woodruff.
OFFICERS.
NV. Collins, President.
). CUNNINGHAM, Vice President.
~. BRIGGs, Cashier. (6.16tf
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02
and Stationery.

LsEkT M. BROBST, Dealer in School
books, Writing Papers, Blank Books,
", 90. Music Books, Musical Instrn-
III music for Sunday Schools, Singing
vss, de. Organs, Violins, Accordsons,
.H'ures and Frames. Wall and Window
~. faper Collars. All at Publisher and
aiscaueers' Pricss. East side of Public
are, Knoxville. 437tf
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02

c. Z. Whiting, Of Mon0na Goun-
ty, has been placed upon the Anti
Monopoly State ticket tor Lieut..
Governor, at last, BY the Central
Committee. The Regtster said some
weeks since: .:.',AsVho is Prindle?"
Now it inquiries; JsANh0 is Whitings"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02
In February last the Democrat said:

In February last the Democrat said:
"The Treasurer, Mr.. Baker, was on
the point of repaying the money to
the individual taxpayers as fast as
the two years elapsed, when the
Railroad Company brought suit
against him to enjoin him from pay
ing out the unexpended tax"
Thus talked Mccormack when he
had special reasons for concealing the
truth. Now he and the Chairman of
his Central Committee labor to ere
ate the belief that Baker intention
ally SECURED an injunction to restrain
him from fefundipg the railroad tax.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02

will sanction, endorse or uphold any
violation Of law, however mucn they
may believe Mr.. Baker innocent of
any intention to violate the law in
what he has done. Neither can his
party nor Mr.. Welch reasonably be
held responsible for any act of Mr..
Bakers which they do not endorse.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02
q. e. Conwell,

hEALER in Stoves, Pinwars, Shelf and
Y Heavy Hardware, Reapers, Mowers and
ficulturaI Implements generally. Agent
M. W. Warren's Patent Atmospheric Port
Soda Fountain. Old Stand, east side
bare, Knoxville. 1,3tf
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02
Knoxville Ma rble Works.

oBiNsON BROS, Manufacturers and
Dealers In Monuments and Head
s.' and Graveyard Work OF every do.
Puoe. Near northwest corner Of Public
are, Knoxville, Iowa. II
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02
Vanhouten & Cathcart,
@. GALLAGHER,

ARIoN COUNTY AUcTIoNRER, will
Aattend to all business in his limo on res-
aoie terms. Satisfaction guarantee
pxville and Otley, iowa.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02
J . ". WILSON.


rToRNEY AT LAW and Notary Pub
Ne special attention given to collec-
kos and foreclosing mortgages. omce'
nth side Public Square, over cid post w
KnoIville. Iowa. (63Ou.)
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02
professional.
A. O. HAYS,

rropNEY AT LAW and Notary Public,
I n,....ntyille, Iowa. Will also attend
J .,s.t;ous, and to Buying and Selling
coilsc'''A'' (N)
md.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02
7. x, Casey,

rroRNEY AT LAW, Knoxville, Iowa,
\ nasos east side of Public Square, and
p 81. % over Conwelps Hardware Store.
4 :, .eac,;ce in Marion and adjoining Coun-
|lli P'"0'''' (tf.)
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02

Lodge No 81, x.Ssvi,. s," a.,s meets
.sst.sswuEIMER Nc'y. ". N. STONE, W.M.
oft prER. No is, r. A. NJ. Knoxville.
hlpM0h O" q. oo or before earh fol moon.
ne.s.rycH. S.c'y A.D. wErHEEELL. II. 7.
K,oxville Lodge meets every Tuesday
0.of-yi visiting brethren cord ,aliy invited.
Ereulns o., JR BROD1H'K. n G.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-06-06
The Wsather in Rxzone ACES.

The late Mr.. Babbage, Of calcu-
lating machine fame, had singular
faculty of suggesting avenues to
knowledge. We are told by one
who knew him well that it seemed
possible to him to obtain an exact
record of the succession Of hot and
cold years for long periods in by
gone ages. His plan was as follows:
Among the stumps oftrees in some
ancient forests, he proposed to Sc
lect one in which both the number
and size Of the rings that have been
annually produced we're clearly
marked. He would write down the
succession of hot and cool summers
so marked in this tree, assuming
that the larger the ring in each case,
the hotter has been the summer.
He then proposed to examine other
trees Of about the same date, until
he found some which recorded a Sc
ries of hot and cold seasons, exactly
similar to that which he had already
noted down, and until the series
extended far enough for him to be
sure that the resemblance was not
accidental, but that he had before
him a natural register of the seasons
which had been recorded in the first
tree. AS some of the trees would be
be somewhat old than the first tree,
while others would have survived il,
he considered that it would be pos
sible, so to say, TO piece out the in
formation obtained from one tree by
means of the others; and that after
examing a great number Of trees,
his record Of warm and cold seasons
might be extended indefinitely.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-06-06
The PTeas the orator ofthe pay.


Hon. Daniel Dougherty, Of Phila-
delphia, in a recent lecture on ora
tory, uses this language:
@The grand days of oratory are
over. The future may give birth to
men who shall rank with the great.
est orators of the past, for oratory
can never be lost while liberty sur
wives, but for all this, its glory, pow
er and pride have have passed away
forever. A power mightier than
any army of orators has arisen
which has dwarfed their genius and
lowered them to the level Of ordina-
~ mortals, and which is changing
the whole world. The power of the
orator sank when the printing press
arose. The orator speaks TO thou
sand, the press to hundreds of thou
sands-the former rarely, the latter
every day. The orator is mortal,
the press unfailing; the one speaks
to city, the other to nation. The
words of the orator die with the
sound that voices them, the words
of the press live forever. The ora
tors are listened to by few Of an
evening, and the press sends even
their words to the world next day.
IL the press then does honestly its
duty with its far greater powers and
labors for the welfare of the people,
the honor of the nation, and the
glory of God, We may be content
that the days of oratory are over
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-06-06
Free Love anal Divcrcg.

Mrs. Eleanor Fletcher Bishop, in
a lecture recently in Brooklyn, on
the subject of"Free Love and Di-s
vorce," said that husbands should
not send their wives alone to fash
ionable watering places, because
there we're temptations and dangers
there. aFree love" she added, ''must
be crushed and aimable dispositions
cultivated. Divorce must not be
sanctioned, unless on biblical
grounds, and then it should be q
case for a jury to consider and not
to be decided by references in secret.
Divorce is the illegitimate offspring
of marriage. Divorce is the saddest
word tongue can utter or pen write.
1t is the death knell of happiness, as
myself and child can testify.
Through it homes are deserted, chill
dren estranged from their parents
and robbed Of their rights by cor
rupt administrators. Free love Gre
ates divorce in a great measure, and
most of the crimes committed are
the result of free love"
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-06-06
FREMONT SANDUSKY COUNTY. OHIO: FRIDAY JUNE G. 1873
qortrr.
From Good Words in Iittle's Living Age.
WILLY.


BIZ c, C. FHASEB-rf TIER
He sits upon his mothers knee,
Patient, with eyes that cannot see.
He hears the soughing of the trees,
He hears the booming Of the bees,
Among the myrtles and the thyme.
He knows when one has stayed his boom,
In sweeping through the sunny room,
Knows that its velvet body lies
Drawing the sweetness of its prize
Out of the slender lips chime.
He knows the time for flowers to blow;
What time the frstred roses should show;
When the first nest is lined, to hold
Its little eggs; and inst how old
The sfarlings are, beneath the ihaieh.
But if the trees be green or not;
Or if the humble bee have spot
Upon his velvet legs or head;
Or il the eggs the sparrow laid
Be blue, or brown, or all to match,
He cannot tell you. God has made
This Willy blind. He lives in shade
Far darker than the yew trees throw
over the garden. 1 ct there grow
Sweet flowers OF. heaven in his heart.
To rs he cannot say, 'I see"
Much that we know of, knows nofhe. tf
SO Willy in world alone
Keeps mid delights that are his own.
He las his garden set apart. or
He talks to God, in angels tongue,
And in his heart such songs are sung
As our dnll ears can never hear.
He would not have rs drop one tear,
Since he is happy, having God.
Willy in darkness is not sad. - s-
We, who have sight, and all things glad,
Are we as patient as is he2
Father, oh teach US 50 to be,
And in the end let Willy sec!