The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-14
THE sO-CALLED BUSINESS"
MEMS MEETING.

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A few of the members Of the Bust
ness Mems Association Of Cresco have
undertaken to divert its work from
the purpose Of its organization.
A petition, the work Of half a doz-
en- men, or less, has been in circula-
ton here for about two weeks, ap-
pended to which we find the names
of three classes OF persons:
list. Those who knew its state
ments were false.
end. These who were the dupes Of
those men. and who signed believing
their statement to be true.
3rd. Those who signed without
knowing the contents of the paper,
the opening clause OF which is as fol-
lows:
1--WE. the undersigned. business men
OF Cresco, believing that the course
pursued by the Iowa Plain Dealer
in the Vicious attacks at various and
frequent times, extending over the
entire time Of our existence as city,
OF numerous good citizens, has a.
WAYS been detrimental to the welfare
and prosperity of our community,
and we believe has been the means
OF driving valuable citizens from our
community"
The men who penned that para
graph knew it was false from first to
last. But let us see who those num-
erous good citizens" were, that the
PLAIN DEALER has been antagoniz-
ing, and who have been driven from
our community.
One Of them perhaps was A. D.
Wright. Everybody now recognizes
the fact that he was the associate
and partner with a band Of thieves
and though a banker in Cresco, was
covering and shielding horse thieves,
receiving their stolen property ana
disposiHg OF it about the country, his
apparent means and standing as a
business man for years preventing
even the breath Of suspicion assailing
his integrity. As the business agent
of the Mccormick harvesting manu-
facturers he embezzled and appropri-
ated to his own use from seven te
nine thousand dollars. This was his
own written confession to Mr.. Cobb,
the general manager for the house.
His defenders, though cognizant Of
OF these facts were rs Jealous in his
d efense as they are now in this mat
ter, and we find the same names that
were then for Wright, sandwiched in
among better names in this petition
Other good men in Cresco were, with
the PLAIN DEALER, equally as severe
upon A. ID. Wright, and are with it
entitled to a share of the credit for
driving away such q man from among
US.
Perhaps another of the good citi-
zens alluded to was Frank Kyle, who
successfully plundered the county
treasury of some 5000, having for
q friend and hacker several Of the
men whoee names we find on this
paper.
Perhaps we ought not to forget
Col. A. b. Smedley, but should we,
he will not be forgotten by the many
victims of his business methods
None wish them to return.
Ii those who accuse us know of
others that the PLAIN DEALER has
assailed and helped to drive from our
town, we demand specific state
ment as to who it was, and when.
Now, we charge John McHugh and
his associates with driving from our
community Aaron kilnball, with
grossly and viciously assailing the
character and reputation of II. T..
Reed, with traducing the reputation
and assailing the business Of G. l.
White, l.. I. Woodcock, Aug Beadle,
WIN. kellow Jr., c. +. Webster, MA.
Kline, Worden Strother, s. A. Con-
verse, Geo. Morse, and in fact every
person of any prominence with posi-
tive convictions, unless the person
assailed was ready to bow the knee
to Baal.
We have no war to make upon An
ma McHugh or any other woman,
and with John Ntzhugh, our contest
is not personal but political, allusion
to his business methods being for the
sole purpose of showing the unwor-
thy character of the man who has
his party by the throat, to the end
that it may compel him to release his
grasp.
The PLAIN DEALER will not pre-
varicate in abiding to him and it will
be heard.
The war upon it by the leaders in
this, is because the ugly facts in the
records of our courts in the MILF case,
in the receivership case and in the
recent garnishee case cannot be
wiped out or controverted. This il
what hurts. II the PLAIN DEALER
had stated n falsehood, it statements
could have and would have been re.
futed. But Mr.. McHugh, in II column
article, does not even allude to them.
Had he a defense or a justification for
them, he should have taken these
cases to the higher courts for correc-
ton and reversal. But no, instead OF
this, he submits to what the courts
and juries have said, thus confessing
its truth; and then attempts to bull.
doze and destroy those who fail to
see innocence and virtue in his acts.
The movers in this matter are hap
PLY described in a few lines written
in 1881 by Hon. Alinos Matthews.
We commend his words to them:
"Yet, are there in this free born land
Among ourselves, yenaa band,
A bastard race who long have sold
Their souls and consciences for gold.
saints" who ii Satan should sit down
To make a bible of his own,
Would gladly, for the sake of mitres,
Turn his Inspired and sacred writer's.