Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-07

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kader Journal, they had, after for
NAL consultation, with the above and
other proofs Of Mr.. Coolcy's doingsl
in the district before them, detcrmin-
ed to push him through ii possible
in spite ofsIds record, or anything
else; md xfllis, too, Notwithstanding
. number 81 chem had already prfi-
vatciy expressed themselves rs tatis-
fed Of his corrupt motives. Nfen
the letter came ont - RELOCATION
was hastily convened 3 concoSt some
plan to: counteract It's effect. The re-
suit Of this conference appears in the
Times, Of Saturday, in the shape Of
a laborea apology for Mr.. Cooley,
and al attempt to divert the inquiry
from his acts and motives, to our previ-
ously expressed opinions Of the same,
and thus raisc dust over an irrclc-
want Issue, under the cover Of which
Cooley may escape too close scrutiny.
Now, %, Mr.. Cooley, and not the cd
itcr of the BULLETIN, is on trial, we
might properly demand that the opin-
ions Of the latter be left out of the
discussion, as not pertinent to it.
But we waive this and proceed to
consider the point attempted to be
made against us by the Dubuque
delegation, which is that we at first
absolved Mr.. Cooley from improper
motives in rendering the 500 draft.
We confess that we were reluctant
to believe that Mr.. Cooley was at
tempting to purchase our support
with money, and although the first
glance at his letter impressed us with
a strong suspicion that such was the
case, yet our impulse was to let him
down as easy as possible, and this
impulse found expression in our re-
ply. We did not at that time feel
called upon to "qucstion" his motives,
yet we were by no means satisfied
that they were honest. We must re-
ply to his letter instantly, if at all.
There was no time for examination
and elaboration, and so we prefer
red at that stage Of the proceeding
to give Mr.. Cooley the benefit of the
doubt, rather than spurn the gift as a
corrupt proffer. But our doubts were
soon removed. We began to hear of
other instances Of indirect protfers
of money in return for influence, and
to see indications that were conclu-
sivc to our mind that other papers in
the district had been approached in
the same manner by Mr.. Cooley and
his emissaries. We became convin-
ced that our little matter was but an
incident in general plan, by which
the generous" ''bcncvolent" ex-In-
dian Commissioner expected to buy
his way into Congress.
Thus convinced that Cooley is
corrupt and mcrcenary politician
merely, whose nomination would
bring inevitable defeat to the party,
and whose success, if possible, would
bring no credit Or strength to it, we
did not hesitate to use his letter as
legitimate weapon to defeat his aspi-
rations. A number Of the Dubuque
delegates knew as long ago as the
Judicial Convention that we were 80
using it, yet uttered not word of
protest. On the contrary, we have
70 acknowledge our obligations to at
east one Of that delegation for va1ua-
bic suggestions as to the way to Sc
cure Mr.. Cooley's defeat in the con-
Others have acknowledged
hat the evidence against Cooley was
and deplored the fix they
we're in by having committed them
selves to his candidacy. We submit
hat if We are to be quoted to prove
Mr.. Cooley honest, these expressions
rom the Dubuque delegation should
'e put on the opposite scale to prove
him corrupt.
The editorial in the BULLETIN of
June 10th is also produced in the
of the Dubuque delegation
@ show that after the reception of
yooley's letter we were willing to ac-
,ept him as u candidate. It. is suffi-
,ient to say that that article was writ
en and in type before the letter came
o hand. 1t would have appeared
June 18th if the BULLETIN had been
published that week. It was written
n fulfllment Of the promise to Will
Jams to notice Mr.. Cooley's candida
". As it contained no endorsement
If his integrity, and as it might be
to induce unity at the
North, we SUITED it to go into the
,ext issue, which was the 10th of
June. a
"A statemeieby Hon. n. c. Deer
u, 5. of Usage, who was summoned
rom his home by telegraph from
Cooley, to come and sound the edi-
or hereof, and who, according to his
'wn statement, responded very reluc-