Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-08
The CONSERVATIVES Last Grist.


Our contemporary across the way, whicl
should have been published on Wcdne,
day at noon, was kept back until thi
friday morning, with the hope. prob;
bly,, that the BULLETIN might be issued il
the meantime, and that thus the C0hse. Z
dtice's batch of campaign lies and Sian
ders, issued just on the eve of the election
might go unanswered and unrefuled.-
But the BULLETIN did not propose to fal
into that trap. We have held our column
open to show up and rcfute the unscrupu
! lous statements that we heard were com
ing, and although when seen, they arr
rather weak and sclly, we propose t,
show them up nevertheless.
First, the Consai oatioe outlines the klnt
of work Van Orsdors friends have beer
doing around the county as follows:
"All sorts of reports are in circulation
One, that Curricr is to be deputy; another
that Farr has been promised it; another
that several other parties have been prom
ised it. They say anything to get the sa
loon interests. 1t has even been said that
McGill is squirting in the direction of Il
dcputyship; another, that he winks at a
fee of $500; another, that Il Quasqucton
delegate was bought for $50. Some of
these reports Mr.. Laird has thus far failed
to clear up, and he cannot do it."
The greater portion of the above rumors
are started by the lousicst scalawags in
the county, soreheads and whisky soaked
bummcrs. So far as they have seemed to
come from honest men seeking informal
ton, Mr.. Laird has answered them. And
in Winthrop say that Il certain man, who
short time ago came unpleasantly close
to Il cell in the State Prison for swindling,
and who may yet get there, has the prom
Use of Il dcputyship from Van, if elected.
Perhaps if there is clearing up to do, Van
had better try his hand at it,
Next comes this little morcedu:
when this fight commenced, supposlng
that he would have enough discretion 10
keep still, but the BULLETIN mounted il
self on high horse and dared us to give
the name, hurt whom it might 1t has il
now, and we presume it hurts"
The inference here sought to be convey.
ed is that the Conservative, being dared to
produce the name of the man who, it said
approached the liquor men in the interest
of Laird, did produce it. The fact is, that
1t did not dare to do so. The first intima
ton the public had that McGill was the
man referred to came in Mr. McGill's own
letter in the BULLETIN OF last week, and
but for that the COHserUatioe would not
have named him to this day. McGill's
letter did 'hurt," but not our side.
Next in order is an attempt by the or
gan across the way to show that Mr..
Knowles card is inconsistent in saying that
there was no agreement between him and
Laird, anG in the next sentence declaring
that Laird had done as he agreed with
him. Now, any fair man can readily see
that Knowles means to intimate that there
was no understanding between hm and
Laird before or pending the nomination.
After the nomination Laird did promise,
as was said last week, to give Knowles
the deputyship IN the east part of the
county, which promise lie will make good
if elected
In this connection comes in one of our
neighbours strong points. Speaking of
Knowles card he says:
I'VE give Knowles the credit of having
good sense; hence we do not believe that
he had anything to do with the card. 1t
was handed to us by Mr. Laird, was writ
ten on Il slip of print paper, in the hand
of the editor of the BULLETIN, and is I'M
doubtedly put up job on Mr.. Knowles. >
Here is a repetition of the charge of
forgery made by McI.elsh, at Quasqucton,
only the latter did not name the individual
charged with the crime. Oar contemporary
more explicit, says that the editor of the
BULLETIN is the forger. We fling it i'll
the face of the skulEing coward who
wrote it. The paper handed him was no,
in the hand of the editor Of the BULLETIN
1t was copied by Mr.. Laird from the orig
inal card of Mr. Knowles, to which hi,
signature is attached with his own hand
in the presence of witnesses, and which
was left.with us to put in type, the cop!
beng taken to the Conservative. II any
body has the curiosity to sec the manu-
script of Mr. Knowles card, let them cal
at our office The cause that require,
such backing, is very desperate one.
The only other thing specially worthy
of notice in the smut mill across the way
this week is repetition of the charge thai
Mr.. McGill tried to bride Richmond, (vir
tuous souI9 to support Laird, and long
and labored effort to do away with the
effect of Mr. McGill's candid letter of last
week. For this purpose another affidavit
from that truly exemplary individual
Richmond is offered, only differing from
the one we published last week on that il
mentions Mr.. McGill by name As atfida
Wits seem to be in our ncighbor's line jus
now, perhaps this may have some Interest
for it: