Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-30

swindlerS and state treasury ue-
faulters.
And yet son,e men have the cour-
age to ask the people to continue In
power this class Of public men!
VIII they do it? Farmers, ydu
who already bear too much Of the
bGrthen of public taxation, remem-
Der that with the party now IN pow
er we are beginning to dance ut the
greatest carnival OF crime known in
history. Public robbery Is an every
day occurrence, and from the Stale
Treasurer down to Township Treas
urer, your money Is being unlawful
" used and stolen.
Friends Of reform keep your camp
fires burning. Prepare, be always
prepared, to huri from place and
power these men who have and are
robbing the people poor.--Knoxcile
Democrat.
Now read this ..bead-line," show
ing the amount STOLEN, outright,
by the Democratic Treasurer Of Jack-
son county, Iowa:
Only $50 ,OOO.O 90 stolen.
The committee appointed to inves-
tigate the affairs Of jackson county
Treasury, which by the way has been
under the care Of one Of the most
honest and conscientious Democratic
Treasurers in the State, one 50 loyal
to his party in fact that he rolled his
eyes In holy horror at the idea that
the honest men OF the county would
presume to want any one but u
strais ut, honest, loyal, Democratic
county Treasurer, have after u long
investigation, reported that said
Democratic county Treasurer has
misapplied, perverted from its prop
er channel, embezzled, stolen So, 900
OF the hard earnings OF the hard
working people Of Jackson county
Only $1,000! That amt much, IL
IL, for Democratic official to seal
Ia this oasis OF Democracy in the.
State of Iowa? "That's hardly
enough to keep up an officials cred
it," in party of traitors, bounty
Jumpers, spectators, and dealers in
the bodies and souls Of men. And
yet these men have the supreme inn
pudence and effrontery TO ask the
people to elevate them to power.
viii they do it? Farmers, you who
bear your full burden of taxation,
call to mind that the party now seek
ing restoration 10 power has already
treated you to the grandest carnival
of robbery, blood and slaughter,
known la our country's history.
That the time was when public rob-
berry was an every day occurrence,
from the highest to the lowest off,
cial, Mt length becoming SO presump-
tuous As 10 attempt to steal our
liberties and independence as a
nation. But then, fir long time
robberies and murder were no
crimes.
Friends Of reform, keep your camp
fires burning. Prepare, and always
be prepared, to keep from place and
power, those men who In times past
have and still are DESTROYS Of rob-
bling the people.
Such ranting demagogues as the
editor Of the Democrat are always
ready to cry out dishonesty and cor
ruption OF political opponents and
do not say one word concerning the
most nefarious doings of their
friends.
Now we have not word to say in
Col. Henderson's defense farther
than justice and right demands. We
demanded IN investigation Of his
books because we wanted the truth
brought out. And, then, had not
our friend better 60 slow, as our
Treasurer and he trained to a con.
siderable extent, in the same crowd
last fall.
Col. Henderson's nomination was
opposed I'm 1871, by many Republic
cans, and he was only nominated by
small majority, and even after his
nomination his election was opposed
by many Republicans, and he owed
his final triumph at that time to a
considerable extent to the large num-
Der OF Democratic votes he received.
Last summer he seemed to fall In
with the cry for reform, and
opposed by his Influence and vote,
the Republican nominee for Treasur-