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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-12
The South Carolina legislature at it's

The South Carolina legislature at it's
recent session, passed a resolution by a
unanimous vote, thanking Hampton for
his impartial course as Governor, and
for the faithful manner in which he has
redeemed his pledges. The significance
of the expression was in the fact that
the resolution was offered by a leading
Republican member and received the
vote of every Republican in the Legis-
l~ature, including the colored members.
Now, we would like to have some one
of the rabid, INSTRUMENTATION papers
explain this action on their theory that
the policy of Cancellation has been bar
rem of results, and that it has failed to
secure in any degree the impartial rec
ignition of political and other rights in
the South. We submit that the South
Carolina Republicans ought to know
whether Hampton has exercised his
power to Cypress them or to protect
their rights according to his pledges,
and that until they complain, the anti
policy men have no occasion to distress
themselves.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-12

The Dubuque Herald one day last
week, with a lack Of professional cour-
tesy, a disregard of truth and a coarse
ness which We were not prepared for,
even from it, stigmatized the Iowa
Press Association, comprising in it's
membership nearly all the editors of the
State, and certainly some of the most
honorable and respectable members of
the fraternity, as "a few dead-heads
and dead-beats sailing under the name
of the Iowa Press Association" who
had arranged for a grand excursion
without money and without price" The
article coming to the notice of Mr.. Ma
hin, of the Muscatine Journal, he wrote
the following letter to the Herald,
which Mr.. Ham publishes, without,
however, retracting his offensive cpl
thets, or ~apologizing for his u%nprovok-
ed attack upon his editorial brethren
throughout the State:
l was surprised to see in an exchange a
statement charging the Texas excursion
as a dead-head, dead-beat affair, &C.. |
cannot understand upon what you base
such a charge. 1t could with equal
propriety be made against any business
man who s%olicits the best terms possible
for anything he desires to purchase. l
have made the arrangements with the
railroads, and in no instance did | ask
for anything free of charge, though the
railroads unhesitatingly offered to haul
our cars free. We pay for the cars the
same as an association OF other men
would pay, and we have not offered or
expecting to receive any more hospital
ity than the same roads have given to
excursion of bankers, business men, and
others, who have gone over their lines
at different times. | despise dead beat
ing, land l admit we have some dead
beats in our fraternity, as much as the
writer of hat paragraph, and 50 far as l
can help it the association shall not be
justly charged with anything of the kind.
[ write to you because of my acquain-
lance with you, and my belief that you
will see that our association is treated
fairly by the Herald.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-12

THE recent decision of Judge Blatch-
ford in the case Of the government
against S. J. Tilden, for income tax,
brings into prominence one Of the is
sues of the last Presidential campaign,
1t has been demonstrated that the
charge of fraud and perjury against the
Democratic candidate for the Presiden-
cy was something more serious than a
campaign SANDER. 1t shows that at a
time when loyal men were making all
sorts of sacrifices for the country, Mr.
Tilden was Systematically and dishon-
estly trying to evade his obligations, his
inveterate averice overcoming all in
stincts of loyalty or ~decency, if he had
any. Those who opposed Mr.. Tilden
for President, because he was a dishon-
est man, are clearly justified by this de-
cision.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-12

The Fort Dodge Gazette, referring to
the clause found attached to q large
proportion of the acts passed by the
Legislature, providing for their taking
effect after publication in the State
Register and State Leader, at Des
Moines, ~pertinently asks: "Arc there
no other papers in Iowa?" The answer
always given to that question by the
parties who run the State Register has
been in effect: "In the dispensation of
State spoils, none worth considering"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-12

IT must be that the political editor of
the Inter- Ocean is temporarily absent
from his post. In the issue of yester-
day. we find a reference to Secretary
Schurz as having done "a very COM
mendable act" in appointing two ladies
as visitors to the Washington insane as
sylum; and in another part of the pa
per, an editorial opinion that in appoint
ments for foreign service, under the
government, no account should be tax
en- of political services or recommend
alton by politicians" Verify, if the L
0 keeps on in this way, it may soon
find itself endorsing the Cincinnati plat
form, and treating the administration
with candor and fairness.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-12
The Iowa Editorial Excursion.


Iowa editors who contemplate taking
the trip to Texas, leaving Burlington on
the 23d inst, will be interested in learn
ing hat an invitation has just been given
the party to return from Texas by way
of the Hot Springs and Iron Mountain
route. The invitation must be submit
ted to the Executive Committee before
it can be accepted, however.
The arrangements for the excursion
are now complete, and everything prom
Uses a pleasant time. The trip is to in
clude a visit to Austin, "a point not menz
toned in Secretary Neiding's eircular,l
where the peculiarities of the Colorado
river country will be seen. 1t is also
expected that the party will be treated
to a ride on the Gulf at Galveston in a
government steamer.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-12

In the independence BULLETIN of March 20,
Bro. Toman cOngratulates himself upon the
decision OF Coy. Gear not to appoint a certain
prominent gentleman, referred to as "a citizen
in this section of the State,'' a membe of the
State Board of Railway commissioners. While
this may be a pleasing. reflection to Bro. To
man the gentleman alluded to do doubtless has
reason, also, for self-congratulation that, dur
Ing an extended and quite active participation
IN party politics.. no one ever had the temerity
to offer him a bride for his support. Waterloo
Courier.
The above might be interpreted to
disparage the value of the g~entleman's
influence, but, accepting it as it was
probably intended, we cheerfully give
place to the Gouricr's assurance that
nobody has ever dared to offer to bride
the gentleman alluded to-" To make
it complete, it only needs the compile
mentary assurance that the gentleman
alluded to- never offered to bride any
body, which, no doubt, the Courier is
prepared to give as promptly as the 9th
er. Without presuming to doubt the
suficiency of the Couraer's information
we have simply to say, that we said
nothing about the offer of a bride to
anybody. That is a suggestion Of the
Courler's own, and whether the Juggling
of it in, in this place, is fortunate OF
otherwise to the gentleman whose cause
the Courier champions, we leave it anG
him to settle. The extent of our critl
cism of the gentleman Git may not b.
the same alluded to by the Courier
was, that he was a trading politician, Of
the class who hold that office and party
spoils are legitimate articles Of traffic
one of the sort who arrange combina
tions in which the people are unimport
ant factors, and who, when they suppor'
any mar for office, consider that they
have placed him under obligations tt
further their similar aspirations, regard
less of all considerations of merit or fit
ness. We do not think that men VIII,
have no other special prominence thar
as machine politicians, are the sort from
which to select members of the Railroad
Commission. IF the Courier thinks diff
ferently, we shall not quarrel with it.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-12
Those Questions.

Some weeks since a correspondent at
Hazleton appended to his communica-
ton certain questions relating to the
financial issue, which we promised to
attempt to answer the following week.
The did not appear, however,
and we have no better excuse to offer
to our correspondent for the omission
than forgetfulness, our attention about
that time being p%reoccupied by another
matter. The questions being again
brought to our attention, for lack of time
to make the necessary research, we sub
mitted them to a friend with more leis-
ure, and give below the questions and
his answers:
l. Why are the Banks gathering in
all of the Greenbacks.
In answer to this query, we ask what
evidence have we that the Banks are so
doing? Is not the idea due to the i'm
aginatory representation of u green
back friends, who are e~ndeavoring, with
feverish anxiety, to persuade us that
the Banks are. in some mysterious way,
getting the advantage of the rest of us.
The Banks held a smaller amount of
greenbacks at the close than at the be-
ginning of 1877. In proof of this, we
give the latest official table furnished
by the Comptroller of the Currency,
which shows the amount Of legal tender
notes held by the Banks at the date Of
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-12
The State Convention.

The Mt. Pleasant Journal, one Of the
ablest Of the Iowa Republican weeklies,
the editor Of which is a relative of
Frank Hatton, denounces, in unmeasur-
ed but dignifed terms, the attempts be-
ing made by the Burlington Hacheye,
the State Register and other papers be-
longing to an editorial ring to force the
Republicans of Iowa in the State Con-
vention to make open rupture with the
President, and proclaim war upon his
administration. 1t combats vigorously
the shameless assertion of the Haukeye,
that Iowa Republicans are "a unit in
opposition to the Southern policy of the
administration" The Journal says what
is undoubtedly true, that the Republi-
cans Of Iowa do not share. to any appre-
cable extent, the bitter rage and disap-
pointment of the small ring of hostile
editors, who are making a clamor dis.
proportioned to their influence; nor dc
they propose to let them control the
Convention or dictate it's platform. The
Journal says in conclusion:
To-day there is throughout Iowa, and
the country at large, a kindlier feeling
for and a better understanding of the
President, than there was a year ago
and while there is a difference of opin.
ion as to the wisdom Of specific acts o.
the Administration, there is no differ
ence of opinion among the people at
large, as to the motives governing the
Executive. He is almost universally
regarded as honestly e~ndeavoring to rule
in the best interests of the Who'll.
country, it is known that he does no,
seek a second term; the people wan
peace instead of war, and any attempt
from whatever source, to drive the Re
publicans Of Iowa into an attitude Of
hostility towards the President, at tn.
dictation of those whose motives, at thu
best, are not regarded as comprehensive
ly patriotic, will meet with the rebuke
due to their arrogance, or result in tn,
weakening, if not total rupture of the
party, which is not prepared to yield t.
the dictates of any arrogant oligarchy
nor to permit less than half a dozer
"hostiles' to prescribe what will b.
said and done in the State Convention
this year" There can be compromise
but no prescription.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-12

THE Denison Reuiew expresses what
amounts to a popular conviction, when
it says that if the Iowa Legislature
we're only to meet once in ten years the
State would be FIVE times better off, not
merely on account of the expense, but
because it unsettles without, except in
rare instances, replacing with some
thing better.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-12

1t is hard to satisfy all tastes. When
Andrew Johnson lost his temper and
called his opponents dead ducks, there
was an cutlery of shame and indignation
against q chief magistrate who disgraced
his position. And new that Mr.: Hayes,
amid every kind Of irritating hostility,
carries an even mind, he is denounced
for his amiable ccmplacency, and be-
sought to get aDgry.-Harpcr's Weekly:
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-12

1t is saddsning to see our hair BIOS
soming for the grave too early. More
especially women feel this affection,
and it is ever a greater deformity to
them than to men. Ayers Hair Vigor
removes it and restores the hair ONE
times, but its original color always.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-12

SENATOR DORSEY offered a resolution
the other day requesting the House
to return the bill relating to the Hot
Springs Reservation, upon which he got
tackled the amendment providing for a
lease OF the waters to a private company.
The House, on the motion of Mr.. Bur-
dick of this district, objected to the
gigantic steal, and Dorsey wants to get
the bill back to the Senate where he
can try some new scheme for robbing
the public of these few healing foun-
tains. We hope this matter will be
closely watched Times.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-12

SECRETARY EvARTs, being in Chica-
go, on his way to Omaha, with his wife
and daughter, to meet an invalid son re-
turning from China, was interviewed by
a reporter of the Tribune. He express
ed himself freely on national topics.
without letting out state secrets. lie
declared the Administration in fine
working order, perfectly harmonious
and happy, and, furthermore, that none
of the Cabinet has any Presidential as
p~irations.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-12

THE latest illustration Of the old ia
BILE of the fly on the horn of the OK is
the labored and lame attempt OF the IN
ter Ocean to criticise the utterances OF
Secretary Evarts, in a recently reported
interview in Chicago.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-12

It is amusing to so see how ready the office.
holding editors are in ~denOuncing Senator
Howe's late speech. They show how little
confidence they have in the Presidents profess
sions of civil-service-reform. by their anxiety
to prove their devotion to him. and their read
mess to belabor anybody whom they suppose
inimical to him.-Munchester Press.
Probably the editor of the Press
might not consider it so amusing, if the
ofice-holding editors should turn around
and, in critical form, examine the tenn
per and analyze the frame of mind which
induces him to attribute base motives
to his contemporaries, because they hap
pen to differ with him in their estimate
of public men. 1t is just possible that
all office holders are not so subservlent
as our friend evidently thinks he would
be, if placed in their situation.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-12

THE passage in the United States
Senate of a bill creating a national COM
mission of inquiry concerning the liquor
traffic of the country, is a tardy recog-
milton of, and concession to, the moral
sentiment of the country. The bill will
not, probably, fare so well in the Demo
cratic House, for the reason that the
fruits of such inquiry might be inimical
to Democratic successes in the future.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-12

The House Judiciary Committee have for the
second time sat down upon the bill that pass
ed the Senate, providing for the removal of the
United States District Court term from keo
kuk to Burlington. The bill will be laid or
the table. McCrary is ahead; Hatton Is behind
Dubuque Times.
Pertinent young fellows who mistake
sauciness for ability, and who presume
upon a mutual admiration sort of prom
~inence, to undertake tasks beyond thei'
powers. are apt to come out behind.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-12

THE Manchester Press clips a para
graph from an exchange, wherein a cor
respondent at Des Monies, writing to
the Chicago Tribune, says that the Re
publican State ticket for the June Con-
v%ention has already been nearly made
up" and then goes on to designate the
candidates whose nomination, in this off
hand manner, the Republicans Of the
State are expected to 60 down to Des
MONIES in June and ratify. The Press,
in most unreasonable humor, refuses to
be satisfied by this arrangement, and ex-
presses itself in this style:
but we would like to ask. by what authori-
ty 1.-The Republican State ticket has been near
ly made up" so far In advance of the holding
of the State Convention? Who is it, then, that
dominates candidates for us, and what Is the
use of a Convention, If it meets merely to rat
ify the decision of a few men who have alrea-
dy made up the ticket? Why go through the
form of a Convention if it is already settled
who are to be the candidates? 1t Is barely pos
sible that, one of these days, the Republicans
may conclude to nominate candidates for State
officers, themselves, and not impose that duty
on the half-dozen clever gentlemen at Dcs
NtOlucS WIN, IL dppcdIS' NAVE tHlS ycdI Sot tuc
ticket nearly made up"
We are glad that our contemporary has
found out that there is a Republican
machine in Iowa. IF it will investigate
a little further, it will find that the ring
that now proposes to take the making Of
nominations out Of the hands of the
people is the same that played that
game so successfully last year, and the
same that is now proposing to bulldoze
the State Convention into making war
upon the Republican President. The
Press is probably ready to endorse the
latter part of the programme; it should
not be so squeamish over the first part.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-12
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION

The Twenty-Second Annual State Conven,
ton of the Republican party OF the state OF
Iowa, will be held at the City OF Des Molhes'
wednesday, June 10th. 1878.
for the purpose of making the following nom
nations:
A candidate for Secretary Of State.
A candidate for Auditor of State.
A candidate for Treasurer of State.
A candidate for Register of State a O1hce
A candidate for Attorney General.
a candidate for Clerk of Supreme Court. .
A candidate for Reporter of Supreme Court
The ratio of representation will be one dele
tinn thereto. one delegate for every two hun
dred votes. or fraction over one hundred votes
cast for Hon. Frank T. Campbell for Lteuten
ant Governor, at the General ELECTION IN 1877
mittee. JACoB hlCH' Cnairnian.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-12
For copying from another paper a

For copying from another paper an
option that the State Register would
not have ~eulogized Mr.. Updegraff, had
he not voted for the Capitol a%ppropria-
ton, and for adding our own surmise,
that the reason for the Registers drool-
ing over the General Assembly, might
be found in the fact that the rule of
close appropriations was not applied to
the Capitol, the young man Col" talent')
at the State Capital, goes for the Bull
LETIN rough shod, one day this week.
Getting through the froth of his article,
we come to the following paragraph:
The BULLETIN represents a locality which
has an insane ASYLUM that has already cost
the State three times too much, and the trOu-
BILE ailing it now, and making it exercise its
favorite, pastime, is that said institution did
not get, by half a hundred thousand dollars or
more, the amount of appropriation that it
asked for. In its spite over this, the little Bull
LETIN is willing to do Democratic service by
belittling and misrepresenting the good work
of economy and retrenchment as done by a
Republican Legislature. 1t would rather have
the State Treasury bankrupted, and the Re-
publican majority in the State cut down into
defeat, than to have the inordinate appropria-
ton asked for by the State institution at indie
pendence cut down to its just proportions.
TO illustrate the cheek Of the author
of the above charge about the insane
hospital costing too much, it is only nee
essary to remind the readers that the
State is building in his own town a st.
100000 State House, and that he has
never uttered a protest. The charge,
that we are feeling bad because a larger
appropriation was not voted the insti-
tuition at this city, is pure invention.
No man can find in our columns a single
syllable protesting against cutting down
this or any other appropriation, or in
complaint of their paucity. We did ex-
press our contempt. for the style of ar
gument adopted by certain members of
the Legislature, in opposing the appro-
priations, and upon this is founded the
Registers ill-natured remarks, above
quoted. Its attack occasions no sur
prise, however. 1t is as inevitable as
cause and effect, that when hypocrisy
and demagoguery are pricked the Reg
| lister should rise uD and howl.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-12
INDEPENDENTS. Iowa. March 81

INDEPENDENCE, lowe, March SO, 1878.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors OF Blu.
chanan county, Iowa:
GENTLEMEN:-The Auditor has issued the
following warrants during recess:
Ian'y 1910 }. G. Ticknor, for District
Court Juror, by authority of
Clerk of Court ............... & 20 10
Jan'y l0-To Western Farm Journal for
Estray paper, by authority of
Code, See 1470. . 90
Jan'y 81 Ito j. A. Poor, for clerk hire,
by authority of Supervisors
Jan'y 3l-Geo. b.. warne, salary and
Clerk hire, authority of Sup
crVisOrS' order, ................ 1ib 6f
Feb'y ITO w. f. Parker. for salary
Co. Supt, authority of Super.
viSors' order, Observation-Disclosures. "a 80
Feb'y .s-To Circuit court jurors, au-
thority of Clerk of Court, {. 40 90
Fck'y $50 Il. V. Hayden, for Short
Hand Reporter, authority of
Judge bagE u 90
and clerk hire, authority Of
Supervisors order. ........... 1873 a}
Mar. Ito j. A. Poor, for clerk hire.
authority of Supervisors Or
der 30 90
Mar. ROSA Cooper, for labor at
Poor House, authority of
Poor Farm Com ............. Is 90
Mar. S-W. L. Parker, salary Co Supt.
authority of Supervisors Or
der N w
Mar. 25-To Treas. Pocahor tas Co. for
taxes on county lands,...... % 33
Mar. 26--TO Treas. Palo Alto Co, for
taxes IN county lands,....... Is 30
Mar. 30-To Geo b. Warne, for salary
and clerk hire, authority of
Supervisors order, ............ 1888 "a
Mar. 1910 j. A. Poor, for clerk hire,
authority of Supervisors or
~ M
April Ito W. e. Parker, for salary
Co.. Supt. authority Supervts-
OrS' order, ............-..... 81 %
BRIDGE FUND
Mar, l5--TO Chas. Clubine, for hauling
plank, authority Of Bridge
Mar. 29--TO ThOs. Taylor, for plank
Com Observation-Disclosures 81 n
GEO. b. WARNE, Co Auditor =
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-12

Petitions from Theodore and Matthias Web
er, asking for %refunding of poll taxes paid by
them before naturalization, were disallowed.
Petitions from Jn0. +. Hale, VIM. ii. Corn
well. w. II. stumble, and Henry Mills, were
dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
Petition of G. E.. Brainard was dismissed for
want of evidence.
Petitions from L.. d. Curtis and Adam limp
fer were continued.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-12

The premium on gold is I of a cent.