Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-05
SENATORIAL.
(Chapter Ky


Again we wish to repeat the question
"are we republicans" Can we allow
the personal enmity of c. N. Goddard
and A. X. Bailey for the republican
candidate for state senator, DR.. F. w.
Daubney, aud the libelous attacks of
the Republican to enter iinto Jour con-
sideratiOn of the question as to for
whom we shall cast our votes for sena-
tor? Voters, do you:remember that be-
fore the term Of Office Of the next state
senator expires U. s. senator will be
elected by the state legislature, and
can you afford to run the risk of hav-
ing democrat elected to the U. S.
senate, by voting against the republi-
can nominee of this district for senator?
These are matters entirely outside the
fight in this county, which should be
thoroughly considered by every repub-
lican before casting his vote. On the
other hand we make the assertion that
the primary cause of the charges pub
lished in the Republican is the desire
of Messrs Goddard and Bailey to de-
feat DIR. Daubney, and that the sole
reason of this desire is the fact that
DR.. Daubney cannot be brought under
absolute subsection to their will. We
think these facts can be easily proven.
The first cause of enmity is because DR..
Daubney has twice defeated Mr.. God
dard for mayor of DecOrah; and second
because he refused to buy the support
Of Goddard and Bailey by supporting
Harry Goddard for the postoffice. The
charges talked so much about had been
conjured before this proposition was re-
fused, and were well known to Mr..
Bailey. Now, if he thought any such
thing was true, would and should he
not have published it long before the
morning of the county convention,
which instructed for DR.. Daubney? If
these two are not the leaders in the
bringing of this suit and in trying to
defeat the republican ticket this fall,
why was it that the Republican said
that the suit against DIR. Daubney
would be brought long before it was?
Why was it that the notice of suit lay
on Mr.. Bailey's desk some time before
it was served? Why was it that Mr.
Bailey did the unheard of thing of
publishing in full the petition in the
case, which occupied three columns of
the first page Of his paper? Why was it
.that several thousand copies of this
petition were printed in supplement
form and sent through democratic pa
pers and otherwise to every part of this
and Howard counties! Why was it
that they wrote letters to leading re-
publicans in all sections, asking that
they write to the county central COM
mittee to the effect that DIR. Daubney
could not carry their respective pre-
cincts? Do not these facts prove be-
yOnd refutatiOn that Mr.. Goddard and
Mr.. Bailey have made up their minds
to defeat DIR. Daubney at any cost, and
are leaving no stones unturned to ac-
complish their fiendish purpose? Have
you ever heard of such methods being
used, and is it not plain to any fair
minded person that has watched their
actions for a few years, that they are
loyalists when they can rule, but
ruinists when the people rule? They
have not advanced a single charge that
cannot be answered, and in the name
Of common justice, is DIR. Daubney
guilty of anything simply because A.
X. Bailey says so? Has it been the
experience of those who have read his
paper that what he said politically
was always true?
To be continued.)