The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-11-14
DEN1soN, IOWA, NOVEMBER ID, 1899.
Some Bulletin Falsehoods.

Among other things we find the fol-
lowing in the last issue of the Bulletin
which we wish to call to the attention
of all fair minded voters of Crawford
county.
1.-THE little republican gain of II
votes over last year cost at least $7O a
vote
s'The republican campaign of buster,
SANDER and doodle"
1T took at least $500 to make the
change of as votes in the city of Deni-
son. A dozen so called democrats here
look pretty guilty since election, too.
"Charley Price with the lavish back
ing of two or three banks to aid his
stumping."
I'm spite of lavish expenditure of
DOODLE"
I'm spite of lavish Doodle squanderd."
1.-The republican state central COM
mittee poured money like water into
Crawford county, but the campaign of
Doodle wouldn't work"
sit is said that one vote which Nc
Williams got ahead of Shaw in Union
came very high. A friend counts up
over 500 which was spent for support
in Union. At the same rate all over
the county the Bulletins quely about
the $4,000 campaign fund hit the right
mark
The above paragraphs constitute a
serious and specific charge against the
republicans of Crawford county and
against many democrats as we'll.
Crawford county has always been re-
markable for the purity of its elections
and it should be kept so. If the Bulle-
tin knows of any corruption and brib-
cry it is its duty to the public to give
the names and dates and to see that the
matter is properly brought before the
grand jury that the offenders may be
punished. A prominent democrat of
Denison advises US to pay no attention
to these charges ''as no man of good
sense will believe Them" While this
may be true, the REVIEW believes the
matter too serious to be passed over in
silence. In the first place we wish to
enter specific denial as follows:
First, the republican organization did
not have to exceed $4l, for the cam
paign work throughout the entire
county.
Second. The state central committee
did not expend penny in Crawford
Z county, on the contrary the resources
Of the county committee were crippled
by monies sent to the state committee.
Third. Not one penny was spent by
the republican committee, or SO far as
we know by any republican to pur-
chase any vote or any influence.
Fourth. Whatever money was spent
was spent for the legitimate expenses
such as the democratic committee must
also have had, viz: Hall rent, band,
speakers expenses, postage, printing,
livery, and the expense Of getting
the vote to the polls.
These are specific denials, perhaps
unnecessary ores, but we make them
30 that no man may say that the repub-
licans of Crawford we're charged with
corruption and did not dare deny it.
We believe the democrats spent more
money during the recent campaign
than did the republicans, and still we
do not charge them with bribery or the
lavish expenditure of Doodle. In the
second ward Of the city of Denison the
republicans had one challenger and one
man with team to bring voters to the
polls. The democrats had no less than
seven men who devoted nearly their
entire time to the same work in that
ward. Doubtless some of these men
donated their time as did the editor of
] the REVIEW but if they did not it was
proper and legitimate expense.
{ It is the part of coward to make
charges without specifications, no man
worthy the name will do so. II any
republican offered a bribe, it any demo-
crat took one, let the Bulletin name the
men. 1t is not fair to implicate every
republican voter as bride giver, and
every democrat who voted for Shaw or
McWilliams or Price as bride taker.
The insult is direct and fragrant, it is
meant to be SO and every good citizen
should resent it as slur upon the
good name of our county and our COM
i munity
Mr.. Caswell has shown himself in the
past to be utterly regardless of the well
fare of the community and its good
name, afraid to uphold the democratic
+ campaign in manly way, afraid to
answer a single question put to him by
;he REVIEW, he has sought to Islander
The people OF our community, demo-
rats and republicans alike NY whole
ale charges of corruption.
Il We care not what this little parasite,
4 his man who has not even paid his poll
ak, may say about us Individually but
we do insist that it is shame and