Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-10-04
CHASE'S LETTER.
The Atlantic Postmaster Replies to Those Ac-
cusing Him of Party Treachery.

EDITOR LEADER: InaSmuch as THE
Leader has loaned its columns for the
dissemination of matter rejecting on
me and impunging my motives in con-
nectiOn with the nomination of Gen
eral Weaver and the refusal of large
numbers of democrats in every county
in the district to support him, l ask for
the use of its columns to present my
side of the case, willing after the facts
are known to leave the democracy of
this state to judge who is entitled to
the anathemas of honest democrats,
not only in this district, but through,
out the state and nation.
In the early summer the populists of
this district met in congressional con-
vention and nominated Weaver for
congress, adopting as the article of
their party faith the platform adopted
at Omaha in 1892, by the convention
Weaver was at that time resident of
Des Moines, and his nomination could
be looked upon in no other light than
that of the nomination of carpet-bag-
ger. Honest democrats out this way
who remembered the carpet-bag era of
the republican party Immediately fol-
lowing the war, and the position taken
and reiterated by the nOtional democ-
racy at that time, were opposed to hay
ing anything to do with him for this
reason, if for no other, and they paid
little attention, or gave little credence
to the reports put in circulation at that
time that deal had been entered into
between Weaver and certain so-called
leaders or the party in Council Bluffs
by the terms of which Weaver was to
compel the populists to endorse the
democratic county ticket in Pattawat.
tamie county and the democratic can
dldates for judges in this judicial dis
trict, in return for his endorsement by
the democratic congressional conven'
ton. No action was taken to prevent
the contamination of the damnable
bargain because it was impossible fol
democrats to believe tina. the party in
this district had sank to such depths
as to have in it's leadership men who
were willing to barter all of principle
democracy holds dear and force then
into liason with the chief of a coterit
of political prostitutes-whOse smile.
and charms are for sale to the highest
bidder, north, south, east and west
white or black, democratic or republi
can-in order that they might improve
the chances for electing county officer!
in one of the nine counties in this con
gressional district.
But the exposition of the deal came
when Mills county democrats, under
the leadership of Lew Genung, who
bolted the nomination of Judge Magee
the democratic candidate for congress
two years ago, passed resolution in
structing its delegates to the congress
sional convention to vote for the nom
ination of Weaver. Then it was thai
the democrats of this district, who arr
such from principle and not for thu
spoils of county offices, took alarm
Cass county took advanced ground il
opposition to the consumatiOn of the
unprincipled deal and in its county
convention, held July %, the following
resolution was introduced and adopted
without a single dissenting vote:
ReSOlaed. BY the democrats of Gas!
county that they reject with scorn anC
contempt the scheme proposed by Ger
tain so called democrats to deliver tht
democratic party of this congressional
district into the hands of the populists
that they instruct their delegates to thu
congressional convention to oppose
such cowardly surrender with voice
and vote; and they hereby serve timely
notice upon the conspirators-should
they succeed in the accomplishment OF
their fell purpOse-that the democrat!
of Cass county will not consider them.
selves bound by the conventions act
ion insisting that the support of J.B
Weaver is not and can not be construed
into being test of democratic part!
fealty."
The delegation selected from Gas!
county was an unusually representa-
tive one, numbering such men as l.. L
DeLano, candidate before the state
convention last year for Judge of thu
supreme court; Judge Willard, demo
cratic candidate for attorney genera
two years ago; DIR. J. Emmert, member
of the Iowa state medical board. an
pointed by Governor Boies; A. Gard
ner editor and proprietor of the Cas-
County Democrat; Hamilton Wilcox. z
sterling democrat and leading business