The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-22
A TRUE BILL.

Ing election and the more the people
study the republican county
ticket, the more they learn of the can
didates and the way in which they
were nominated, the more they are in
clined to free themselves from the
office.seekers and silver-republican
ring, which is now dominant in the
democratic party of Crawford county.
The Review has no quarrel with the
democratic candidates, we have dis
eussed their merits and dement's fairly
and have given credit to those to whom
credit is due. The Review makes the
following specific charges which are
capable of proof before the Judgment
of the voters:
Fisst-The democracy of Crawford
county is at present controlled by
a half dozen men, who parcel out the
offices. who say who shall and who
snail not be nominated, who promise
Offices years in advance and who in all
things conduct the affairs of the demo-
cratic party as if it was a personal
asset and belonged to them in fee
simple.
Second-This ring or clique is com
posed not of old-time democrats who
love their party for it's principles, but
of office.seekers, and a few ambitious
notoriety hunters, who left the republi-
can party largely on account of disap-
pointed hopes and ambitions and who
now seek to make the democratic party
a personal weapon to vent their per-
sonal spites and to promote their W
schemes.
Third-These silver.republican lead
ers have sought to suppress and Cypress
all of the o!d-time democratic leaders.
They have knitted every old-time demo-
GRAFT just as they knitted Chas. Bullock,
unless the old-time democrats in CUES
ton would bow to their yoke and wear
the collar of allegiance.
Fourth-The Bulletin is not the organ
of the democratic party. but the organ
OF this gang, who W it body and soul.
who dictate its every policy and who
say whom it shall and whom it shall
no support. And we further charge
that when any democrat has sought to
use it's columns for the discussion of
any project of which the gang has not
approved and which would have any
tendency to weaken the grip which the
gang now has upon the democratic
party, the Bulletin has cast slurs upon
the individual, questioned his good
faith and democracy and has sought to
drive men out of the party if they
were not willing to do the bidding of
the gang.
We charge that in the instance OF
John Holland, the Denison gang failed
to keep its word, and after inducing
him by false promises to become q
candidate, dropped him and re-nomi
mated Mr.. Gigax. We charge tina
similar promises we're made ane
broken in the case of Frank Awkward
and that Henry Bell forced the rams
to break it's promise to Aylward, ant
to take L. M. Baer's own delegation
away from him by treachery and de
ceit.
We charge that the Office of super
visor has already been promised TO
} next year to a citizen of the southern
part of the county and that it ha
! been agreed by the gang, despite thei
protestations to the contrary, tina
VIM. Flaherty shall not he nominate
| next year.
? We charge that at the last moment
the gang brought forward a candidat
/, against Fl. H. Klinker for coroner an
Y used every effort to defeat him. bu
that they began too late and failed t
accomplish their purpose.
We charge that democracy in cor
vention assembled, declared for th
two term rule and that, that party ha
4 broken its pledge to the people in tn
y denomination of Henry Bell and &c,
e Myers.
c We charge hat the gang at preser
y expects and has promised to re-nom
y nate every one of the present offic,
g holders next year with the exception
Flaherty, to whom they have mac
e promises which they do not intend
y keep.
These are charges that cannot |
e successfully denied by the best jud,
ment of the democratic voters OF tt
county. They will doubtless be denie
: by the editor of the Bulletin, that is
! be expected, but the mass of dem
cratic voters know that the statemen'
contained above are true and correc
We assert that there is but one wa
in which the democracy of this count
4 can be relieved of silver-republica
4 and otfice-seeking rule and that is /
. showing independence and convictio
: and defeating the machine-made tickt
5 at the polls. If this is done. anothe