The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-04-03
Windmill VS.. Bridges.

ROCHESTER,, Mo-, March 81, 1874
EDITOR RzPCBLICAN-lt is not my province,
neither is ii my purpose in this communication,
To ru,hlcssly and wantonly assail the private
character OF any individual. consequently l shall
not follow in the footsteps of the ''Gnnge'' cor
respondent in your last issue. He raises the
same old hue and cry OF county seat supremacy
that we have heard for the last seven years,
whenever any one, outside the hallowed pre-
ciucts Of Savannah. has demanded equal and
exact justice To every part OF the county. We
hiy. no right 10 inquire into the conduct and acts
OF county officials They arr our servants, yet
We mutt bow in humble and abject submission
or, pcrcnIuce, live IN tin county seat. ''Gran-
GER IA. given the citizens oi the county this
alternative: choose We THIS day to become hum
bile an,i abj-ct slaves 10 c0unty seat ring AMI
suliri III silence all the pains sni penalties said
clique mIy impose upon you, or come into the
county seat and become one Of the boys.
y, 10 the last part oi "GIangrrs' Qet me say
here that he has stolen the ti,Ir) decree, Frank
intend, To rNercis. his own Judgment, AMI be
guidc,i by the dictates of h!s own conscience.
The iirst clause has Il broader meaning; it means
suilecIivn AMI sticnc.. As Tor Frank indiyidu-
ally he will ever be found arrayed in active OPP
position IL "Grangrr' and his little clique
Ne seriously think of putting hard peas in cur
diiapIdated boots and make apiisriniiSr to sa-
v.nnah, (the Mecca of Andrew county, and sit
at the ircI Of this modern Glmalicl and lcars Ut
HIM to walk ia tine WAYS of the truly 'Lpi'
clique. We may defer oar visit until warm
weather.
Granger charges us with 'waitin:, for
chance 10 give Savannah a crack. ami have
Il me ni the expense Of truth and justice" II
/, passing strange that this wis. man would
bring grave IN accusation against lis, and
then like the ponpou, bigot lai he Is, fall int
the same error Then h, instituted some i'll
quiry,' &c. We gare you the answer of the
Court to the briugr petition, IN the language OF
Of the members, and have three reliable wit
uessrs 10 that Tact; and one of them, u grungrf,
made such in II constitutional manner, not SAL
Ing under Ulcn colors MS your CORE pond INT is
Bur, rs we follow the poor fool throu III his COM
munic alton, we now and then glrim OF real
son M his mass OF silly gibbcrish. For Instance
hr says that, through the influence OF one OF
the Grange County Judges no less than eight
bridges were built in Rochester and Monroe
townships last year" Now. il the said G ,unty
Judge did wrong, expose his action TO the gaze
of the people of the whole county; il he used his
! influence unlawiully. let the people know it;
dOAt rear back your haunches IN imitation OF
your long cared kin. Try and he man; il you
townships, You can have the privilege OF cross
ing them or staying west of Platte River, just as
your nuli,h propehsites may determine.
Mr.. Editor, rs We said before, the taxpayers
of the county do not enmpan of good roads, un,l
l will take the liberty at setting Judge Cast
right In this matter. For the last seven years
the eastern portion of the county has been totally
neglected; ami the records will show that the
Judge has not secured the erection Of single
bridge, unless the same was pettioned for, aud
absolutely necessary for the accommodation
| of the public The Judge ha. won the respect OF
| his neiyhbors, but, at the same time, We claim
the right to critcse his actions whenever We
| deem ii necessary.
"Granser, wants to know how much taxes
! We pay? We will wnger this bastard Granger
thai We pay more taxes than he does, and pay
them more promptly. But suppose We paid
none, should We be o:traci.ed by such nincom-
| you must be rich In ardrr to stand up with
| ''Granger. We have been misinf0rmed rs TO
the tenets Of the order, or 'Granger' has told q
deliberate lie; believe the latter to he the true
condition of the matter. Granger repeats
the uii,mam moriens of the truly "l0ii' clique
and seeks to defsrpe aud blacken the reputation
of the order AFTER stealing their livery to cloak his
own inhrmities. We do not claim To b. u Grnn-
ger, neither do We attempt to deny their in1u-
ence. We can say this much, that the order In
| csms on the windmill, and can't see the pr0tec.
tion I, the county property, one hundred dollars