The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-09-24
WILKINSON,

We wish to call the attention Of our
readers, and the voters of the district to
few things concerning the record Of James
Wilkinson the Anti Monopoly Candidate
for Congress. We had occasion to venti-
late a portion of his record last week in
general way. We wish to speak again Of
the charges there made against him. As
we have before stated, Mr. Wilkinson as
serted in his Joint discussion at Toledo
with the Hon James Wilson, that he
{Wilk) had never sought for Office in
lama County. We denied the statement
and now reiterate the denial. We now
say boldly that Wilk is a chronic office
seeker and that we can produce the proof
over his own signature that he has re-
peatedly solicited the support Of leading
men in Tama county to help him to Office.
He dare not deny the truth Of this asser-
ton. We ask him to do so if he aare to
do it. 1t has been suggested TO US by
some Of his friends that we assailed him
too strong last week. We wish to state
that our charges have not been denied.
We do not believe that any one will have
the efrontery to deny them. We are pre-
pared to prove them. We are further in
formed by reliable grangers who prete.d
to know what they are talking about, that
Wilk is not member of any grange at
this time. This being the case, in foist-
ing himself On the voters of this district
as a granger, he is acting falsehood, and
should not be countenanccd by them at
all. His friends publicly proclaim him
to be farmer, and granger. Again we
state that he does not own or control a
foot of farm land in Tama county. The
records show him to be delinquent in his
poll tax, and that one dollar and forty
nine cents is all the taxes that lie has paid
except poll tax once or twice, for the past
fee gears in this county. In the face of
all this, and what we stated concerning
him asst week, this ignorant old fossil
who openly declares himself opposed to
appropriations for such institutions as the
State University at Iowa City; the Blind
Asylum at Vinton; the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum at Council Bluffs, the Insane
Asylum at Independence, and other
public institutions Of the like character
wants to be sent to Congress by the en-
lightencd and civilized people who com
pose the 9Th Congressional District of
Iowa. This man Wiki who was so ignor-
ant that when serving on committee of
investigation in the examination of the
Ex-Treasurer's books in Tam county a
few years ago, that he did not know how
to transfer a sum Of money from one nc.
count to another without handling the
money, wants to 20 to congress. This
man Wiki who acknowledges his failure
at Preaching, his failure as Farmer and
his failure as IA Lawyer wants to go to
Congress. The man Wilk who publicly
proclaims himself to be dolt, dullard,
pumpkin &c, wants to 60 to Congress.
ooh coward concience-howd ost thou
alright US, by this brazen faced impu-
dence Of an INSCRIPTIONS incompetent
fraud on humanity But hold! The voters
Of the district willsnot permit themselves
to be thus imposed upon. They will rally
at the polls at the coming election and
hurl this prcsuming mountebank from the
giddy height of his bold pretentions,
spurning him aside with disgust.