Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-08-25
The Cross Roads Tilden and Hendricks
Club.
FROM THE "CRoss ROADS,
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FROM THE "CRoss ROADS,
Which is in the State Of Iowa.
For the Bulletin.
1t was grand thought, no sooner ut
tered than took like wild-fire, that we or
ganize here at the CORNERS" Tllden and
reform club. All the citizens seemed to
be ecstatic over the subject, and even the
dogs went wild with their demonstrations
of joy. But I found it was not so easily
done after all. l tried to explain the
thing to their comprehensions, that we
should first raise poll on the top of
which should float flag, then we should
organize ourselves into company, with
uniforms, torches, notices, &C., then we
should have band of music, so that
when all rugged, and with appropriate
devices, we could make display worthy
of our cause, and would tell against the
black Republicans. But met with seri-
GUS difficulties i'll the way, first for want
of means to do with, and then the appro-
priateness of the devices. For instance,
if we raised poll, the east side ought to
be hard wood to represent our principles
of hard money, and the west side soft
wood to represent our other principles of
soft money. And then, as to the flag and
notices, there seemed to be as great or
greater difficulties in the way. The peo-
pie here had contracted so long that they
seemed to have but very little of any
thing to make flag or banners of. The
ladies showed much patrio tism by offer
ing what they had, but it was insufficient
The idea was suggested of sending to Bro.
Tilden for help, but then we thought we
needed what he could spare to buy the
needful with. The conclusion of the
matter was finally this, that confederate
flag should be raised on the saloon of
such dimensions as we could make it, and
that would represent the principles and
ideas of our great reform party better
than all the devices and notices that we
could get up. That flag, proudly floating
in the breeze would tell what we were
when we sought to save our rights when
the black Republicans undertook to rule
over us, and would tell what we are now,
that We change not, and the great work
is to reform our country, reform our con-
stitution and legislation of all those OBJ.
noxlous appendages that makes men of
our chattels. Some thought we ought to
have something that would show our fl
nancial policy, that in the success of our
party, money would become plenty and
good and prosperous days would general
ly cnsue. That reputation and contrac-
ton, against imitation and the payment of
our honest debts, would have the money
in honest hands that know how to use it,
and the taxes necessary to run a well con-
trolled government would rest upon the
laboring classes. That some such show
these hard times, would secure lots of
votes for our great reform. But they
soon saw the impossibility OF any device
of the kind, unless we set aside one of
our candidates. With two such opposite
characters on finance as Tllden and Hen
bricks, we must adopt our platform of re-
form policy on that subject, and not try to
be wise above our leaders. TWAS thought
that showed the wisdom of our party
leaders, that no policy should be adopted
other than reform. On that plank, Til
den and Hendricks can stand and no in
telligent man can raise an objection. We
can denounce In unmeasured terms the
financial policy of the Republican party,
demand the abolition of the resumption
act of 1875, and say, 1--WE believe in a
system, well devised, and above all en-
trusted to competant hands for execution.
The matter of organizing a Tilden and
Hendricks club was finally settled "thus
", that as soon as the deacon could get his
barrel filled, we would meet en- masse on
the public square march through the prin-
cipal streets, and halt in front of the
saloon, where, after taking drink, we
would raise the flag, give three cheers,
spend one half hour in speech making,
drink several toasts, then such as can go
home. ).