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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
Keep It Before the People.

That Mr.. McCcney, the Democrat.
ic candidate for District Judge, join
ed in the card to Judge Wilson, ask
ing him to be candidate for Dis
trict Judge, and expressing the hope
that there should be no candidate in
opposition to him. That the Demo-
cratic papers Of Dubuque, the Herald
and Telegraph, both endorsed the
nomination Of Judge Wilson, and
joined in the wish that no opposition
candidate should be nominated. AZ
ter all this the Democratic party put
up Mr.. McCeny as candidate for
Judge, not with any expectation that
he would be elected, but to fill out
the ticket and draw out the vote, with
the hope Of helping Mr.. Ainsworth
in the race for Congress. These are
the real facts in the case. Several
+, wcll-known Dubuque Democrats say
no greater misfortune could happen
to the people Of this Judicial District
than to have McCcny elected Judge.
The habit of intoxication has OBJ
tanned such mastery Of him that
during the September term of the
Circuit Court in Dubuque county, he
came into the court room in such Il
state as to disgust even his Demo
cratic friends. The Dubuque Tele-
qyMrh attempting, after his nominal
ton, to apologize for this falling, adj
mits that he lad that habit, bat saws
he has got over it now. But we call
attention to the fact as stated above,
and further, we have it on the testi-
mony of parties in Dubuque Of I'M
questioned veracity, that on the 18th
and 18th days Of September, 1874,
Mr.. McCcny was SO intoxicated that
he could not walk straight in the
streets, and further, that both in the
Circuit Court and before a macis-
trate he was too drunk to talk intclli-
gibly. We demand from the Times
that it shall notice this statement.
Voters Of Buchanan county, it is for
you to say whether man SO lost to
all sense of decency rs to appear in
the courts and streets so drunk as to
disgust his friends should be trusted
with the power and dignity of Dis
trict Judge. In short, is man that
is utterly unable to control himself,
a fit man to be trusted to control 9th
ers? What farce would the sen.
tence Of a criminal be coming from
the lips of an intoxicated Judge.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
LAST WORDS.

In this, the last issue Of the. Btu
1Er1N before election, we have this
one appeal to makc-to Republicans
as to their duty next Tuesday:
CONE OFT AND VOTE, EVERY ONE
OF IoU.
NOTE ACCORDING TO YOUR HON
Est DELIBEHATE CONVICTIONS OF
DUTY.
TOTE WITH A FULL SENSE OF THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ACF.
BE VIGlLANT TO DEFEAT FRAUD.
Do this and We have no fears OF
she result.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
ORIGINAL NOTICE.


JoTN SHOEsMITH,
ISAAC Brown, SANFORD In Circuit Court
MYERS & Co. +. X. SUN
NER. GEO. W. PATTERSON. Of
AETNA MANUFACTURING
J. S. HOWELL Il Co. JOHN Buchanan County.
MILLER HIRAM CHAMPLIN.
j. T. BROOKS. BEARDsLEY.
BELLS & Co. BABCOCK &
STILsON & n. }. PECK.
TO said Dettndants:
VOU are hereby notified that on or before the
L 10th day of Ocrober. a. 3D. 1874. there will
be on file in the Office Of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court Of Buchanan county. Iowa, the petition OF
John Shoesmith claiming Of you thirteen hund
red dollars, money due on four promissary notes
executed by Isaac Brown to plaintiff; also asking
the foreclosure Of title bond on the s x OF the
NV 4 OF Section Is. in Township eighty seven (S7)
Range nine(9) West p NJ. buchanan county,
Iowa. No personal Judgment is asked against
any defendant except Isaac Brown.
Now unless you appear and defend before noon
OF the second day Of the November term of said
Circuit Court of Buchanan county to be held at
Independence in said county. on the I'd day OF
November A. ID. 1874 default will be entered
against you and Judgment rendered thereon.
10.4w W. G. Il J. Is. DOMAIN,
Attys. for Pl'f.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
Does the Namo Fit?
Chairman Rep. Co. Central
Oct. 3, 1874.

In the midst OF the loud professions
Of reform and opposition to monop-
olics INDUCED in by the Anti-Mo-
nopoly party, it may be well to en-
anime and find out, by its record, if
it is really entitled to the name it has
assumed and wears SO vauntinglv.
1t is true that its record is short, bnt
it is long enough andcrookcd enough
to show that its name is Il misnomcr.
The name prpsumes, and its papers
and orators assert with great JUNCTION,
that the Fundamental principle of the
Autobiography party is the regulation
and control of railroads and other
means of transportation, by law. All
sensible men admit, and few Anti
Monopolists deny the proposition
that State legislation will not alone
accomplish the end, but that the
power of Congress must also be called
in to afford efficient and certain relief
from the cXactions Of the railroad
corporations. Now let us see how
the Autobiography party stands ON
this demand. During the last session
of the Iowa Legislature, to wit, on
the 9th day of March, 1874, Mr..
Dixon, an Anti-Monopoly member of
the House. obtained leave to intro
ducc the following resolution, which
we copy from the Journal
Reso.ced by the General assembly
Of the State OF Xosca.: That our
Senators in Congress be instructed,
and our Representatives requested to
secure the passage of law by Con
@rcss regulating freights and fares
on railroads, in all eases where such
regulations cannot he reached by the
legislation of the several states.
Now this resolution, looking to
practical and valuable measures to
control monopolies, the reader will
naturally suppose that it received the
unanimous vote of those members of
the House who called themselves
Anti-Monopolists. Let us see. The
resolution passed by Il vote of 81 to
SO; Republicans and 6 Anti-Mo-
nopS beng absent or not voting. OF
the Republicans, ~ voted for the
leso,1 ton, and against it. OF the
Anti-Monops just y vot, Il for it, and
30 against it,; and among these latter
who thus stuffed themselves by &c
tusing to give practical effect to their
assumed principles, WAS the Repre-
sentative from this county, Mr.. Span
glcr. This is the record of the two
parties in Iowa (therc is no Anti
Monopoly party anywhere clSc) upon
this vital question to the interests of
the farmers and producers. And
now what vas the cause of it? Sim
ply this, that the Democrats having
already secured control of the new
party, had at its first State Convcl .
ton injected into the platform
the old doctrine OF States rights, the
same upon which the South justified
the rebellion, denying the right of
Congress to control railroads, and
the Anti-Monops in the Legislature,
to square themselves with the plat
form, ignored their principles and the
interests of their constituents. Now
is it not misnomer to call this an
nti--Noaopoiy party:
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
Ainsworth tho Dom gcglc.

One of the points that Mr.. Aims
worth attempted to establish III his
rambling tiaymcntarv haranguc Ill
this city last week, was that the Re
publicans in Congress were not IN
favor of cheap transportation, and
,bc manner in which he undertook
to prove this assertion, was charac-
tcristic of his unfair and uncandid
style of argument. He brought for
ward the resolution offered in the
House, IN April, by Mr.. Young, m
.tructins the committee Oh Railways
and canals to report a bill for the
Improvement of the great water
ways of the country, and setting a
div for its consideration. Mr.. Mus
worth triumphantly pointed out, that
on this resolution, the nays were IS
Republicans to Democrats. Mr..
.iipsworth was thus careful to give
the negative vote only, because
full statement would have shown
that "A Republicans, or majority
voted in the affirmative. He omitted
to shy also, that this Young resolu-
ton was brought forward after the
House had given very full considera-
ton to the transportation question,
and more than II month after the
passage by it, of the McCrary bill,
the vote upon which showed the Re-
nuhlicans almost a unit in favor, and
the Democrats nearly unanimous
AGAINST il. Neither WAS Mr.. Aims
worth candid enough to tell his hear
crs that the whole subject OF water
transportation had been very OK
!haustivclv considered by the Senate
COMMITTEE on Transportation, and
presented in their report. The Kc-
nublicans in the House who voted
against the Young resolution, did
not do so because they were opposed
to the principle of it, but because
they deemed that all that could be
done, or was prudent to be done, in
enc session, had already been accom-
plished.
The truth is, the resolution intro
duced by Young, had no sincere or
honest purpose. The Democrats
saw that their record already made
ON the transportation question, was
x.istastcful to the people, especially
their votes against the Smith reSolu-
ton. declaring the right and duty OF
Congress to regulate interstate COM
n,crcc. and so this Young resolution,
making q show of interest in the
waterways Of the country, was III
ti3Huced as a means of making an
amended record.
Mr.. .Ainsworth, by telling half the
truth about it, AMI s1pprc sing that
which would contravert his asser-
tions. seeks to make it weapon
against the Republican party. In
the light of facts, and in the we'll de-
fined record of both parties Oh the
transportation issue, this attempt is
not even moderately successful, but
it serves to illustrate the dishonest
and tricky. style Of Mr.. Amsw orth's
campaign speeches.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09

the officers hereinafter named are to be filed. to
wit:
BY vote Of all the Electors Of the State:
The office OF Secretary OF State.
The office Of Auditor Of State.
The Office Of Treasurer Of State.
The Office Of Attorney General.
The Office Of Register Of the State Land Office
The Office Of Clerk OF the supreme Court.
The Office Of Reporter Of the Supreme Court.
BY vote Of the Electors Of the several Con
grcssional Districts:
The Office Of Representative in Congress from
each Of said Districts:
By vote Of the Electors OF the several Juiicia
Districts. except the Twelfth and Thirteenth:
The Office OF District Judge in and for each Of sait
districts. except M aforesaid.
The Office OF District Attorney in and for each o
said distOicts. except Us aforesaid
Whereof oil electors throughout the State an,
the districts mentioned will take due notice, am
the Sheriffs Of the reveral counties will take OIL
cial notice. and be governed accordingly.
And do further proclaim. and give notice. tina
on the day of said General Election the Office
named below, having become vacant, are TO b
filed:
By vote Of the Electors of the Senatorial Dis
tricts named:
The Office OF Senator in the General Asscmbl
from the Sixth District in the place Of Rober
A. Dague resigned.
The Office Of Senator in the General Assembl
from the Eighteenth District. comprising tn
county Of Mahaska in the place Of James A
Young. removed from the State.
BY vote Of the Electors OF the judicial Dis
tricts named:
The office OF District Judge in and for the Firs
Judicial District, in place Of Joshua Tracy, re
signed.
The Office of District Attorney in and for tn
Third Judicial District in place OF VIII T
Laughlin, resigned.
The Office Of Circuit Judge in the Fourth Judica
District in place of Addison Oliver resigned
Whereof all Electors throughout said District
will take due notice. and the Sherffs OF the severa
counties therein will take official notice, and b.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
Original Notice.

LoRENA S. TUCKER, Plff In Circuit Court, Blu
rs chanan County. No
ANDREW J. Tucker. Def't vember term 1874.
To Sail Deftnddnt:
VOU are hereby notified that on before the
i Goth day Of October. A d. 1874, there will
be on fe in the Office OF the Clerk Of the Cir.
cnit Court Of Buchanan County. Iowa. the pc
tition Of Iorena $. Tucker the plaintiff aforesaid
claiming Of you divorce from all the bonds Of
matrimony now existing between you and plain
tiff.
thereto and defend before noon OF the second
day of the November term Of said Circuit
Court to he held at Independence in said county
on the end day Of November 1874. default
will be entered against you and judgment rem
dered thereon and decree entered as prayed for
in plaintiff petition.
sw4 NJ. II. EASTMAN, Atty for Pitt.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
S.iLE OF SCHOOL LANDS.

THE County Auditor of Buchanan County will
L sell at Public Sale at the Court House, indie
pendence. oct. Goth. 1874 at o'clock p. NJ. to the
highest bidder the School Land, described as the
east half Of section two (2) Township eighty seven
$50 range ten 1O) in parcels OF eighty acres each
according to platt. to be seen in Auditors Office
Sale 20 lie n arc, r Ian with Sta'lte.
ID. A. MCLEISH.
evil County Auditor
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
Qlls abulltti'l>
Republican State Ticket.

Republican State Ticket.
For Secretary of State,
JOSIAH l.. YOUNG.
For Auditor Of State.
r. Il. SHERMAN.
For Treasurer of State,
WIN. CIIRISTI.
For Register state Land Office,
DAVID sECOR.
For Attorney General,
". +. CUTS.
For Clerk of Supreme Cont,
Il. J. HOLMES.
For Reporter Of Supreme Court,
JOHN s. RuNNELLs.
For Member OF Congress.
CHAS. T. GRANGER.
Of Alamakee,
For District Judge.
u. s. WILSON
Of Dubuque
For District Attorney.
]. Is. POWERS
OF B1ackhawk.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER or THE TREASURY,
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7fh, 1874
q Whereas. by satisfactory evidence presented to
the undersigned. 1t has been made to appear that
THE PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK, OF lNDBpES-
DENcE" in the CITY OF INDEPENDENCE, in the
County OF BUCHANAN. and safe Of Iowa, has
been duly organized under and according to the
requirement Of the Act Of Congress entitled An
Act to provide National Currency secured by II
pledge of United States bonds. and to provide for
the circulation and redemption thereof. approved
June 3D. 1861 and has complied with all the pro-
visions of said Act required to be complied with
before commencing the business of Banking un-
der said Act.
Now. therefore, T. JONI JAY KNOX. Comptroller
Of the Currency, do hereby certify that THE Pro
PIES NATIONAL BANK OF INDEPENDENTS" in the
CITY OF INDEPENDENCE in the County OF b.
cHANAN and State Of Iowa. IL authorized to com
mencc the business OF Banking under the Act
aforesaid.
In testimony thereof witness my hand
II. s. and Seal Of office. this 18th day Of Sep
tember, 1874.
JOHN JAY KNOX.
92m Comptroller Of Currency.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09

Thus ii appears that the first year of
Anti Monopoly administration not only
secures no reduction of taxation but
gives us an actual increase over the aver
age for the preceding four years of Re
publican control. If our purpose were
that of the dishonest partizan we should
doubtless dismiss this question with the
above showing, leaving you to infer that
Tie Anti Monopoly Board were deserving
of reproach for not performing what was
/ promised for them by their party cham
| pions last year.
How easy to exclaim, See. your first
year of Autobiography rule increases your
rate of taxation one mill per ccntum, and
your taxes, to be paid next year, 81, S36,-
! l6. What kind of rctrcnchment and re-
form is that" Now, while on the one
hand this would be statement of fact,
on the other it would be unfair to the OPP
position if left unexplained, because the
natural Inference would be that it was
something which could have been greatly
bettered by Republican administration.
The truth is, the Anti Monopoly Board
found, just as Republican Board would
have found, that there were certain in
cvitablc expenses OF county government
to he met; that certain per ccntagc of
the small bonded Indebtedness of the
county must be paid; that the cost of
maintaining the county insane must be
provided for; that bridges must be con-
structed; and that the only way to provide
Tor all these necessities was by taxation.
In view of all that had been promised
for them by the expoundcrs of their party, |
and with knowledge that the people |
had been deceived into expecting great
things of them in this direction, they I
made every possible effort to justify such
promises and expectations. But they did
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09

Here again it will be seen that
though the Democrats of the House
were largely in the minority, they
furnished as many votes for the bill,
within two jas the Republicans, and
while a decided majority Of the Re
,uhlcans in ~" House rof"d ng"i"sf
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
Money to Loan.

Having made arrangements
Tor funds with Eastern capital
ISIS, the suubscriber is prepared
to negotiate loans on long time at
reasonable rates. Mortgages and
notes bought. Enquire at Office of
Jamison 4 Begun, independence.
Arch {. Smith.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09

Inadvertently an error crept into this statement.
as issued in the Extras, = the number OF days be-
ing given fifteen instesd OF fourteen. / am
very CAD Of an opportunity To correct it before
e'e ti0n although it makes difference in the
showing. that the present Board is no improve
ment ON it's Republican predecessors in this re-
tpcct. l certainly aimed to make the showing
corrc t. even 60 the figure /. J. H. J..
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
The Salary Grab.

THE Conservative is continually
bowling that the Republican party is
the "Salary Grab Party" To show
how f,lse and dishonest this is, and
that the Democratic party, the party
40 which Ainsworth belongs, is more
responsible for the salary steal than
any other, We append the vote on the
l,ill in both houses of Congress, with
the relative proportion Of votes cast
for and against it by each party:
sENArF-.tor tie LiH
Republicans. ---........... 20
Democrats and Libcrs ......... ID
1yuiua tie bill.
Republicans. ......- ~
ErWill be seen that though the
RcpahIicans in the Senate outnum-
he. the Democrats and Liberals,
,morc than two to one, more thuM
.holfthc votes for the bill were by
Democrats.
noUsE-.tor tic MH.
Republicans. 49,. %
Democrats -. ........ %
Ay"i,st the bW
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
Second Tuesday in Oct. A. D. 1874,

PURSUANT 70 Law. l. CYRUS c. CARPENTER,
Governor Of the State Of Iowa. do hereby proclaim
that at the General Election, to BE- held on the
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09

| ounfy manag, m,nt that needed reforming. W,
will quote few out of multitude of Anti Mo
nppolr uttcrancts TO refresh their memories
Why, their ry first call for conventicn, in 1877,
headed Anti Monopoly and Reform assumes i
as self ridehf fatf that abuses existed in count,
government. Its language being:-
'WHEEEAs. 1t il self-cvdtnt fact that tn,
present abuses i'll National. State. and Cb"n',
government need correction and Whereas we be
iieve there is no hope for reform in either OF thu
pr sent political partl, -. etc.
And then again. SIC how we We're going to rack
and ruin. oppressed with high taxation and mort
cages all Of which was to disappear with the ad
vent of Anti .Ionopolism, Said a COnseru lie,
corr, spondent Oct. 6. 1873, in appealing to mer-
chants:-
Are you ready to clasp hands with our oprres
sors and help us on to ruin!"
And said the C. .nsereati;' Oct. s. 1S13:-
Taxation and oppr, ssion the rulc-hard
times and mortgaged farms the RESULT,
Here was the remedy pr, scrbcd by the C0nset-
nnir'. Oct. g. 1873
Vote the Anti Monopoly ticket next Tuesday
Vote 10. r,i1enchnlen1 and ctOntny. Vote against
the ring
We'll. the patient took the Ant: Monopoly dose.
but has it cure d the dis, asr: md now for those
terrible c0rmorants. the ofc-holdcrs. Said the
& nssrratir. July 30. 1873:
They the people) do not understand why the
county flic.s should b.. run at the present high
rat, when spectacle and competent men can be
found who would be pleas, d to take them and do
Tie basin, ~ at ma.h lower d. arr than the people
are now forced to pay.
See again how they Ned by correspond
-nt Of that paper. who now holds the first Office
in his tDwaship. anl. OF course knows how it is
himself. to witt:
As il is svlfevidcnt that Office hpldcr> no longer
execute the popular WISHES Of the people, but IN
stead OF seeking to serve the interests Of their
constituents. by reducing the public burdens,
They :, ile with avidity Every opportunity where
by they may enrich themselves ut the expense Of
the people
Listen aso to another Conservative cOrrcsI o Id
ent an excellent gentleman. and a candidate on
the Anti Monopoly county ticket for the coming
election. who On the 10Th Of August, lSs:, gave
utt.rance tothe following
Il do ask that unite the election Of off
make our laws. and to Ill our offcts by men
after our own hraits. BY thus dom. We may Oh
lin that .eded egis. alton by which We may
protect oar.oiv, from ,po.ies. extrayaganc
AID oppression In every form. We
.ah c. rtain ind men among us who know the
VANS and possesses the brains to make our laws
nd al uic,s for us, and tl,se, too. who will
Dc willing to work for 'twu-th.rds. II not Tor on
lalf If what il now being paid"
The s.lf sacrificing patriots vino were ready 10
li,molatc themselves on the official alta at one
,af or two-thrds rates before last years election
Iayc not been discovered since.