Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-07-31
Shall Money Win It?

Shall Money Win It?
For the first time in the history of
the Republican party in this district,
"a candidate is presented to it for
nomination to Congress, whose claim
is based mainly upon the considera-
ton that he has money, and that he
is willing to spend it freely to secure
his own election. Aside from the
suggestion of his availability i'll be-
ing able to draw votes from the Dem
ocratic whiskey element of Dubuque,
this ability and willingness to launch
out the grecnbacks III lavish style is
about the only stock in trade that the
supporters of d. n. Cooley have i'll
this canvass. We are not left to
guess in what manner this ''liberali-
ty" will be exercised. Already, while
yet the nomination is pending, we
see the influence of Mr.. Cooley's mon
ey in the canvass, in the attempted
Or actual subsidization of the press
and the feeling Of supporters. In al
most every county in the district we
hear of men who have received con-
fidential letters from Mr.. Cooley or
his agents, in which the money con-
sideration for expected favors is sug-
gested distinctly or remotely. The
Cooley canvass seems to be conduct
ed upon the assumption that every
man has his price, and that dollars
will win against all odds.
If these things are truc-and they
are capable Of proof-they indicate
that Mr.. Cooley has very loose ideas
Of political morality; in other words,
that he is corrupt man, and not
worthy to go to Congress as the rep
rcscntative of any honest constituent
cy. For the Republican party to &C
cept and nominate him at the present
time, would be, in our opinion, to
invite shameful defeat, where glo-
rious success is attainable. To NOM
mate such man at any time, would
be but a sorry commentary upon its
assumption that it has virtue within
itself to correct its own abuses. Ey-
cry consideration of consistency and
principle, to say nothing Of success
in the future, demand that the party
in this district set it's foot upon the
aspirations of men who seek to OBJ
tain the places of honor and profit
within its gift, by corrupt means.
So far as the BULLETIN is concern
ed, its way is clear in this matter. 1t
will i'll every legitimate manner seek
to prevent the nomination of Mr..
Cooley, and unsuccessful i'll this, will
plant itself upon the Republican
platform of last year, which declares
it to be "thc duty of every Republi-
can to oppose the election ofbad men
and incompetent officials, whether
they be candidates upon our oacn
Or any other ticket" !and re-atfirmed
in the resolution of the last conven-
ton, which "den,ands that only
honest and capable men shall be
elected and appointed to office"
With this warrant for its action
the BULLETIN will to the best of its
ability oppose the election of Mr..
Cooley, as an unsafe and unfit man,
and thus in some measure help to re-
move the discrcdit to the party in
volvcd in his nomination. In this
course we confidently anticipate the
support and cooperation of the great
majority of the honest Republicans of
Buchanan county. We are already
aware that large number of the
most prominent and deservedly influ-
entail men among them have already
taken this stand, and will adhere to