Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-29
The shoe Pinches.
In the JOURNAL of the 10th, inst.
appeared this editorial article:

The Shoe Pinches.
In the JOURNAL Of the 10th, inst.
appeared this editorial article:
"LUcAs REFORM: For the pur-
pose of making little political capi-
| tai Mr.. Lucas donates, or pretends TO
donate, one-fourth of the per diem
allowed him by law as member OF
the Board of Supervisors while in
session. But there's nothing to him
der his suing the county and col
lecting the pretended donation after
election. He makes it up between
sessions. In little over two months,
he made bill of over seventy dol
lars, and drew his money from the
Treasury last month. He draws
81 30 per day. and 6 cts. per mile for
riding up to the west side of the
county about every alternate after
noon. A ride of ten miles up and
ten miles back, between dinner and
supper, gives him $3.50 for the time
and si.20 for mieage-s3.70 for his
half day. He has to go up aud see
that bridge three times a week for
fear that Christofel or some other
Radical will run away with it. And
this they call reform"
The Democrat OF this week contains
the following:
LUCAS REFORM"
EDITOR DEMOCRAT Please permit
me to use small space in your columns,
to answer an article published in the
Knox vile Journal, of the 9th, with the
above title. an
So far as the editor ofthe Journal is con-
cerned, no notice Of his slang would have
been taken by me, as / consider him
totally unworthy OF notice by any honor
able man but thinking that some Of his
readers who do not know his total dis
regard OF truth m ght be deceived by his
publication above referred to, 1 wish to
make this statment:
! / am charged in the first place with
giving to the county one dollar of my
per diem. That is true. tits next stated
that intend TO sue the county and col
lect the amount given the county by me,
al the end of my term. This statement
isa base slander, and the editor OF
cowardly falsehood when he published
ii.
have received but s3 per day for my
services as County Supervisor ever since
the commencement Of my term of office,
when the ether members received 81, and
this / have done because thought il my
duty to do so. have acted in good faith,
and intend to continue to do SO, and time
will show that the editor of the journal
has made himselfa slandercr by PUBLISH
ling TO the contrary. ~
1t is next charged that / received too
much pay for my work between sessions.
This, like the other charges, is utterly
false. have larger bills, sometimes. in
vacation, because / have far more work
to perform than either Of the other mem
bers during vacation, and neither Of the
other members of the Board will say that
! / have charged for more days than my
duty required me to spend in thecounty's
service.
care not for ordinary campaign
charges usually indulGed in by partizan
editors but when my integrity as a
| public officer is attacked, as has been
done in this instance, 1 am compelled to
| brand the falsifier as he deserves.
II. u. LUCAS.
Several inaccuracies appear in Mr..
Lucas article, to-wit:
| lst The article referred to did not
appear in the JOURNAL Of the 9th,
but did appear in this paper of the
18th.
I'd. The article contained no word
of slang.
3D.. The article did not state that
! Mr.. Lucas intends te sue the coun.
ty," but only that there's nothing to
hinder lis suing the county, and
collecting the pretended donation
after election.
4th. The article does not state that
Mr.. Lucas received too much pay for
| work between sessions.
There are at least three direct false
statements In Mr.. Ilucas' communica-
Z
ton. The gentleman should be
little more careful to make his state
mepts at least nearly agree with
! truth before he becomes SO ram
pant in charging falsehood upon
others. There was SO much Of truth
4 i'm what we said, and 1T fit father
Lncas so closely that he squifns un-
der it, and tries to divert attention
| by hurting anatheInas at the JoURS-
AL. He entirely fais to show t hat
there was single false statement in
the article which has made him fut-
ter and show his wound. lie and
his party want the privilege of beat
ing Radicals over the head and call
ing them thieves and monopo,ists
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