Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-03-22
Mr.. Hussey and the Conservative.
INDEPENDENCE. March 21st. Y,

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EDITOR BULLET1N:-Will you allow
me a small space in your journal, that |
may give a passing notice of that which
was intended for me as a sharp rebuke
and cutting censure, when the follow
ing article, in substance, appeared in
the Conservative of February 18th, [
think:
"Who is the coming man for Mayor?
We certainly wish a mar for Mayor,
who will not go around hunting up tri-
fling suits, in order to get the fees"
For some time | thought I would pay
40 attention to this article, for the fol-
lowing reasons, viz: No we'll bred per-
son will insult another, and none other
can But, as Macbeth said to one Of
the players, "All dogs, ours, bull dogs,
hounds, terriers, and lap dogs go
by the name of dog, so you, are a man."
Now, as all published papers go by the
name of journals, so is the Conservative
a journal, and as | am a stranger in this
county, [ thought best to state some
facts.
From the 18th day of November, A.
D. 1877, to the 18th day of March, A.
d. 1878, | had the honor of acting as
Mayor of the city of independence; that
during that time, there was brought in
Mayors court, for violations Of the ord
inances of the city, thirteen cases, at
the nominal expense to the city of
$68.56, and in not one instance did a
prosecution fail, and the city has on the
Mayors docket, judgments unsatisied,
against the several defendants, to the
amount of one hundred and five one
hundredths dollars. [ could have been
no more careful as to the expense of
the city had it belonged to the estate of
n of my deceased sisters, and l acting
as administrator, and | and my bonds
men all and seyerally responsible. I
have used all the honesty and judgment
[ possessed at the time, for the general
good of the city. [ have been some
what reimbursed, however, as to my
integrity. since [ became a private.
During the time | was Mayor, [ learned
that there had been, in one of the retir-
ed streets of the city, a robbery COM
mitted, and that there was in one of the
banks of the city, money deposited for
the purpose Of covering up the crime,
dlu do oGilCI pdIGIcS ulu HOC, VI udIcu
not, make information, l was compelled
to do so or consent to a violation Of my
official oath. | did go before O. NJ. Gil
lett Esq, made information, the man
was arrested, examined, and bound to
appear at the next term of our District
court, and so far from doing it for pay,
there is no provision by way of which |
can collect n cent, for the work [ did.
The above proceeding was had in the
name of the State. The city had no
more to do with it than any other per-
son. Shall |, shall any man, sworn to
see to it that the criminal laws of the
State and city are enforced, shrink from
duty, for fear the Conservative will cen
sure and cry expense, and whale away
with it's tow string whip-lash? No! no!
The government that does not protect
its people from the pests of society, the
robber, the assassin, and every and all
kinds Of criminals, is not the govern
ment our fathers intended to form, Let
thinking men and women look the
ground over and say whether [ am to be
insulted by the Conservative. Such a par
rot; a mere reflex of gross imbecility.
SAM HUssEY.