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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-30
Buying a Railroad.

The fact that fruit cars are hauled
from San Francisco to Chicago for
$500 per Car, reminds the editor OF
aslittle story:
Shortly after the completion OF
the Union Pacific, an old friend OF
ours and an inveteratc wag, Ed. Ray,
who owned big rancho i'll Carson
valley, Nevada, came through to
Chicago, and while in the city con-
cluded to buy a carload Of agricult.
ural implements for use on his farm.
He visited the Union Pacific Office
and enquired the price Of a Car, and
the agent, taking his address, prom
Used to drop him line giving him
rates. In due time the notification
arrived, the figures being somewhat
up in the thousands. Ed. read the
note carefully and then sent the fol
lowing reply:
DEAR S1R-I regret that l was not a
little more explicit in my language
yesterday. Your figures would I'M
ply that You understood me rs being
DESTROYS of buying your railroad,
whereas l wish only to hire one ca.
one trip. When | desire to purchase
railroad, l shall hunt one that is
held at lower rates than yours.
Il. RAY.
The result was that Ed. was hunted
up, and negotiations entered into by
which he got his car at reasonable
price, OH the ground, we believe, OF
being a resident Of Nevada, engaged
in building up the country,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-30


Mr.. H. 3. PAYNE, the Democratic
Congressman elect in the Cleveland,
Ohio, District, at a jolli6cation meet
ing, succeeding the election, congrat-
ulated his audience upon the 'great
results accomplished by the indie
pendant Republicans and Democrats
working together on one common
platform of reform" Considering
that the "working' consisted in rally
ing the liquor interest of Cleveland,
and the shameless use of money-of
which he has much-by Payne to
effect his election, his talk about re.
form is sufficiently cheeky. We per-
sonally know Payne very well, and
can we'll conceive the air Of SWIVEL.
ing cant with which he gave the
above utterance. He is a combina
ton of the demagogue and the purse
proud aristocrat, and is no fit repre-
sentative of any honest orprogressive
constituency. He is of the type OF
politicians who rely upon money to
accomplish all ends, and deem every
use to which it can be put, legitimate,
SO that it bring fish to his net. Re
form indeed?
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-30
Musical Festival.

The citizens of Manchester are to
be favored with rare treat. The
Musical Festival which is to come
off from the 18th, to Goth, of November
under the leadership of Professor L.
o. Emerson of Boston, bids fair to
be of more than usual importance.
Some of the best musicians in the
State expect to be present. Professor
Emerson is so universally and favor
ably known by musicians that eulogy
would be supcrfuous; he stands at
the head and has no peers. The
citizens of Manchester will entertain
musicians from abroad to the best of
their ability.
The Hall for the purpose is one
of the best in the state, easy of ac-
cess and commodious. Philip Phillips,
Geo. Parkhurst, Professors Jones q
Violet and other competent judges
speak highly Of the hall, for musical
purposes. Two concerts will be Civ
en- on Thursday and Friday evenings
Nov. 10th, and Goth. Come and let
us enjoy q musical and social union.
Any desired information can be OBJ
tanned of the Local Committee,
A. Baker, d. d. Holdridge, J. Y.
Whiting and of the officers at Man
chester, DR.. T. Abbott, President
Col. Geo. A. Day, Secretary.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-30
and the Iowa Demoo.
raCy Divorced.

Ottumwa Democrat, Sam Evans, Oct IS
On Tuesday, October 18th, the
Democrats of Iowa closed their en-
gagcment with the Autobiography
Troupe, and on Wednesday, October
14th, entered into business on their
own account.
Why such an agreement was en-
tered into; why eighty thousand
Democrats should consent to sur.
render themselves to n few hundred
discontinued Republicans, and go i'll
to Il canvass on the basis of a divis-
ion of the spoils, is something that
we could never endorse or compre.
bend. But they did it, and the result
is shown in the election returns we
publish.
The Democrat opposed such Il Goa.
lition, but a large majority of its
friends were carried away with the
idea that the Republican party could
b. broken up in that way, and be-
cause we could do no better. The
Democrat accepted "Anti-Monopoly'
for two campaigns. But we have
had enough of it; the election returns
vindicate our judgment, and indicate
to US the coulsc we shall in the future
pursue.
"Anti-Monopoly" is a dead cock; i,
has fought its last battle, and only
the trump Of Gabriel could awaken
it to a resurrection. 1t has failed
miserably failed of its object-los,
even the small honors won in 1873
and to-day there is none SO poor as to
do reverence to its memory.
In such state of affairs the duty
of the Democratic party is plain. Its
constituted representatives are still
clothed with all their original power
and the masses demand an immedi
ate and thorough reorganization OF
the only party that can meet the Re
publicans in Il contest for mastery in
a national arena.
The masses of the party are eager
for the reorganization; they deplore
the fact that the Autobiography ticket
was unsuccessful, and at the same
time hail the 18th of October as &
day of emancipation, the events OF
which give them freedom for action
in field where they will feel them
selves at home.
The Democrats Of Iowa are among
the most uncompromising Democrats
in the Union. They have encount
cred the prosecutions Of an insolcn'
majority, but have stood firm to the
faith as given them by the Fathers;
yet for two years they have been cut
off from the sympathy of Democrats
in other States and forced to wear a
garb that neither fit them well or was
at all comfortable. Now the day of
emancipation has come, and hence
forth the Democrats Of Iowa stand
in close alliance with their victorious
brethren of Ohio and Indiana, and
theft trinmphs are ours, and theil
God is our God.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-30

II IS amusing to witness the Anti
Monop papers spit upon Bill Stones
platform since the election. The
Dubuque Herald says that it was a
"kind of all things to all men affair. .
The Jackson Sentinel says it "con.
tanned not single stirring ntterance
did not squarely take hold Of sin
gle live issue before the people, was
intended to please everybody, and
satisfied nobody" The Des Moines
Leader says: "Above all, the party
lacked in a declaration ofprinciples,
and so on, all arguing that the Anti
Monopoly platform was fraud and
deception, and SO intended. The
most tiresome portion of Ainsworth's
rambling, disjointed speech in this
city, was that devoted to the defense
of this platform. 1t would be inter
esting to know just what he thinks
of it since the election.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-30

The Times, a week or two since,
mentioned the fact that the new man.
ager Of the Illinois Central Railroad,
and other parties connected there
with passed through Dubuque on
their way westward on a tour of in
spection. The party made an ex
hausGve examination of the condi-
ton Of the road, and on Friday pass.
ed through Dubuque on their way
home.
Mr.. Clarke's examination of the
road was not mere matter Of for
mality, or curiosity, even; but was
the fcrerunner of important improve
ncnts which he announces will be
entered upon Immediately. He de-
clares his intention to make the ILL
nois Central a better road than it has
ever yet been, and put in condition
to do all the business that can be
brought to it. The bed Of the road
and all its branches in Iowa will be
improved i'll all respects where i'm
provement OF amy kind is needed;
aud in several places the present
steep grades will be cut down, thus
enabling the same number of engines
to draw heavier loads, and at great.
er speed than now-ettecting great
saving Of motive power to the com.
pany, and increase the carrying ca
racity of the road to the benefit OF
the country. The rolling stock OF
line is also to be brought up to the
best possible condition, and every.
thing done that can be done to in.
crease the business facilities of the
road, end secure the confidence OF
the public, i'll the belief that when i,
is thoroughly understood that the
road is being managed for the bene
fit of the public it will rebound equal
ly to the benefit of the company.
The Cedar River branch of the road
will also be extended from Mona
Mitchell county, to Ramsey, Mime
sota,-the main object being to secure
a portion Of the trade in lumber from
the Minnesota pineries.- Dudugu.
Times,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-30
A Ridioulous Idea.

The McGregor Times, the organ
Of the Clayton county Democracy,
has raised a storm about its ears by
the assertion in q late issue that
Ainsworth was elected as an Anti
Monopolist, not Democrat, and that
he should be classed with the former
party. The other Democratic jour-
nails of the District are promptly tax
ing the Times to task for the utter
ance of this chimerical and ridiculous
idea, and maintaining stoutly that
Mr. Ainsworth is now what he al
ways has been hcretofore-a Demo
crat of the most incorporating
sort. Both the Herald and 7ele-
graph, of Dubuque treat with the ut
most scorn and contempt the idea
that in Congress Ainsworth can be
anything else but Democrat pure
and simple. The latter paper, refer
ring to the position of the McGregor
organ, says that it assumes to know
what are Mr.. Ainsworth's politics
better than he does himself; that
while "the Times says Mr.. Ainsworth
is an Anti-Monopolist, Mr.. Aims
worth himself says he is a Democrat. /"
Further, the Telegraph says:
There will be no Anti-Monpoly
party in Congress separate and dis
tinct from the Democratic party with
which Mr.. Ainsworth can act, and it
will be only embarrassing Mr.. Aims
worth in his votes and acts as repre-
sentative in Congress to maintain
that he elected as an Anti-Monopolist
and not as Democrat. There will
be no party in Congress but the Dem
ocratic party with which an Anti-Mo-
nopolist can act. Indeed, if the Dem
ocratic party were true to its ancient
| faith, there would be no such party
heard of in these days as the Anti
Monopoly party.
All Of which must be very interest
ing to the men who voted for Aims
worth, because he had left the Dem
ocratic party and had become true
blue Anti-Monop. Truly the Demo
cratic game of thimble-rig, was we'll
played in this district, and the bitten
are many,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-30

ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC Victory.
The Cincinnati Gazette relates the
following story of German, who
some time ago settled in that city
direct from Europe, with 10000 to
invest. Onthe advice Of his bankers
he purchased some government bonds
drew his interest OH them regularly,
and was pleased with his investment.
'Last Wednesday," says the Gazette
the next day after the Ohio and
Indiana clections-he called on his
bankers to direct the bonds to be
sold. 'What is the trouble? was
asked. 'Why do you sell them?'
The reply came quickly: 4 don't
like these Democratic victories, am
afraid of them. They talk too much
reputation The bonds were sold.
With the proceeds u draft was bought
OH Hamburg, and the money is on ito
way back to the old country"
This is one Of the Democratic vic
tories.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-30
"Our Scaudalous Politics.''

1t is known to us all that the re-
cent tendency of our politics is to put
inferior men into high places. Men
who bride and men who are bribed
talk about the matter without blush.
But now as to the remedy. First of
all, is our basis sound? We name
the basis of our political system uni
versal suffrage. That is, we admit to
the polls nearly all men-the most
ignorant, enighted and irresponsi-
bic, and exclude all the women, the
most enlightened, best informed, and
most heavily taxed. The problem is
to admit to the polls every citizen
who can vote, and exclude those who
cannot. l venture to suggest this
simple rule: admit all citizons,, with
ont regard to sex, who can read the
language of the country understand
ingly. Exclude gross and unteach-
able ignorance, and exclude nothing
else. 1t would keep out the class
whose votes scoundrel can get by
lying and bullying, and an honest
man cannot get by telling them the
truth. The community that places a
free school within the reach of every
family has right to demand GER
tain degree Of knowledge in voters.
Ignorant suffrage is government by
a class; and government by class
has been tried and found wanting.
All the countries Of the world have
tried it with the uniform result of
keeping the governing class barbar-
GUS and corrupt and the masses of the
people ignorant and squalid. At
last we are trying it. New York and
Philadelphia have been governed by
the criminal and grog-shop class.
Behold the same result: The rulers
dcbauched, arrogant, corrupt, and
the masses of the people without ev-
en- enough cubic feet of space to ad-
NIT the possibility Of virtuous and
decent living. 70 govern a country
well requires the loyal cooperation
Of all the intelligence and all the pub
lie spirit which it possesscs.-James
Rurton,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-30
Prefers q king.

The Louisville Courier-.Journal,
the leading Democratic paper in
Kentucky, is engaged in the old work
of firing the Southern heart. The
following ridiculous stuff is speci.
men Of the means employed:
"But if we are to act on different
line, let us act togeather, forcing the
North to conquer us and give us a
military government, or else give us
justice. The government we have is
> farce. The whole South prefers an
empire, q king; therefore, let us, if
we are not going to be governed by
peaceful suggestions, compel the
North, by a state of war which it's
whole energies will be required to
suppress, to change its form of gov
eminent, to hold the South as q van
pushed province, to relinquish. the
revenues drawn from our prosperity,
and to turn us over to the ncgros,
bag and baggage, body and brccches.
Let US crush ont the miserable lie
which radicalism has kept before the
country and the world-that this is a
tree country.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-30

The people of Hampton, Franklin
county, are subscribing TO the stock of a
Foundry and Machine Shop, to be located
at that place. We CLEAN from the Re
cordsr.
- Des Moins has beer-drinking dog,
who takes his three or four glasses of the
foaming beverage a day, with all the reg
ularity and nonchalance of human
topper.
General Heath, a former prominent
Democratic politician of Dubuque, and
postmaster of that city, is keeping dance
house at Cheyenne.
$. w. Putnam, freight conductor on
the B. C. r. & NJ. Railroad, while switch.
ing his train ut Cedar Falls, on Wednes-
day of last week, caught his foot in a
frog, and in this position, unable to get
away, was thrown on the track and killed
by the moving cars. His body, which
was horribly mangled, was sent to Du'
buque where Mr.. Putnam's family re.
side.
"A new railroad company has been
organized in Des Moincs, the object being
TO construct and operate road from Des
Moines to St. Louis. The capital stock
of the company has been fixed at three
million dollars.
-Orwig's paper at Dcs Moines, the
Stae Record, has gone where the wood
bine twineth. Cause, lack OF nourisl.
ment
- Brooks, the ex-Marshal of Fort
Dodge, was recently tried in the District
Court of Webster county for shooting
Haines, IL riotcr, over, II year ago, con
victed and sentenced to the penitentiary
for one month, and to pay fine of 800.
A few days since lie appeared in Des
Moines, unattended, an applicant for an
executive pardon, and in his pocket his
own mittimps for Fort Madison, in case
the Governor should refuse the pardon
The Governor, after thorough examila-
ton of the papers in the case, granted the
pardon, and the Marshal went home free
man.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-30
Rich vs. Ham.

The peculiar characteristics Of un
candor, inconsistency and utter
shamelessness of the Dubuque Her.
aid were never more clearly or more
numerically laid before the public
than in an editorial article in the
Dubuque Times of last Friday, evil
IDENTIFY from the pen of the senior ed
itor, Mr.. Rich. The occasion of it
was the persistent attacks that the
Herald has been making upon Mr..
Rich in reference to the defeat of
Cooley for the nomination for Con-
gress, and the disgusting sycophancy
that that paper has, since that defeat
exhibited toward Cooley himself.
Mr.. Rich proceeds to expose the
double-dealing, the knavery and by
pocrisy Of the Herald itself in rela-
ton to this very matter, and the sig.
nificance Of the .Hernld's discomtit-
ure is in the fact that its own col
umns furnish the evidence that proves
it's mendacity.
The Times shows by copious ex-
tracts from the columns of the Her.
aid that WREN the nomination OF
Cooley was first talked of, the Herald
with a prescience presumably born of
experience, distinctly charged that
Cooley would endeavor to buy his
nomination with money, and that if
nominated, his canvass would be ga
barter and sale campaign" "the most
corrupt campaign ever witnessed in
this section" together with other un-
pleasant facts and suggestions of
like nature. This is pretty well for
the paper that is now alternately Ell
gagged in burning adulatory incense
under: Cooley's nostrils, and anoint-
ing his bruises with the oil of com.
misseration-for consideration.
Its former characterization of Cooley
as corrupt, bad man, ''thc man who
boasts that he can buy his way into
the Congressional seat" call about
whose skirts hangs the faint ofpoliti-
cal trickery," and its present attitude
toward him of cringing sycophancy
can only be reconciled by the fact
stated in its own language, that "Mr.
Cooley has money and is willing to
use it."
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-30
No More Of It.

The Democratic papers, during the
late canvass so loud in praise and dem
onstrative in support Of the mongrel
movement against the Republican
party, now that the election is over,
and they can safely throw off the
mask, are engaged in kicking the
Anti-Monopoly carcass with vigor
and abandon that shows they enjoy
the sport. We give in another place
an article from the Ottumwa Demo-
crat repudiating the alliance. Below
will be found, in the same strain, an
extract from the Clinton Age, the
ablest Democrat paper in the State:
There seems to be disposition all
over the State to turn "Anti-Monop"
out to grass. This is wise. Such a
name is enough to destroy any politi-
cal organization. 1t ought never to
to have been adopted; and the De-
mocracy ought never to have been
caught with a hook so miserably
baited.
In this conclusion, the Republicans
who helped to make up the Anti
Monopoly party, very generally con-
cur. They have no love forthe name,
and are among the first to consent to
abandon it.
Now let us come back to the good
old Democratic organization, and in
vite all who are tired of modern Re-
publicanism to join with us and make
party that none Of us need be
ashamed of.
That the "Republicans, who helped
make up the Anti-Monopoly party, -
are generally willing to jump out of
the Autobiography frying-pan into
the Democratic fire, as proposed by
the Age, is a proposition that needs
to be demonstrated before the most
unsophisticated reader will believe it.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-30

Ar THE Interstate oratorical, con-
test, to be held at the State Universe
ty, Iowa City, on the 5th of Novem-
Der, two Iowa colleges; Cornell Col
lege, Mount Vernon, and the State
Agricultural College, will be repre-
sented in the contest by girls, who
have been chosen for this honor after
sharp contest with the brightest stu
dents in their respective institutions.
Cornell College sends as its champi
on, Miss Matte Clinton, and the Ag
ricultural College, Miss Kate Upper
of Des Moines.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-30

HAM volunteers the declaration
that Mr.. Cooley could have been
elected despite the Toman letter, the
editorial bolt, and the disaffection in
tho north at taking another Dubuque
man. We assert that every Repub-
lican county in the District would
have gone against him with these in
fluences pressing, and that our own
Judicial ticket and nearly every Re
publican county ticket in the Dis
trict would have been carried down
with him, and we appeal to the judg-
ment of the Press of the District for
confirmation of our opinion.-D~bu-
que Times.
So far as Buchanan county is con.
cerned. we unhesitatingly endorse
the judgment of the Times. 1t is the
opinion of the best informed Repub'
licans of our county, that with Cool.
ey as our candidate for Congress, ut
ter and overwhelming defeat and hu.
initiation would have been the por-
ton of almost every man upon the
Republican ticket here. Our own
opinion is that in such case Aims.
worth's majority in this county would
have been not less than 800.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-30
Congressman Ainsworth.

The Conservative publishes no
tees from the Davenport Gazette
and Des Moines Register compli.
mentary to the above gentleman, and
proceeds to say that the BULLETIN
will receive little comfort therefrom
etc. We beg to say that we shall
not be disquieted thereby. We Ger
tainly have no personal antipathy to
Mr.. Ainsworth that it would pain us
to hear others speak well of him. In
his social and business relations, and
as a citizen, there is certainly much
to be said in his praise. Our objec.
tons to him extend only to his dis
qualifications to properly represent
this District in Congress, and as our
opinions are the result of our knowl-
edge and observation Of the man,
they are not likely to be disturbed
by the estimates other journals may
place upon his powers or qualihca'
tons, especially if they have no bet.
ter means Of judging than we.
Furthermore, we repel the charge of
the Conservative, that we have
"abused" Mr.. Ainsworth, unless the
truth is abuse. Every statement OF
fact that we have made concerning
him we are amply able to substan'
tiate, most of them by his political
friends. We have reason to know
also that our estimate of his ability
has plentiful endorsement from the
same quarter.