The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-10-21
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The SeMslt0rshiD RccOns:d

Hudson, seems just now to engross large
share OF public attention, and from the
peculiar action of that Convention, /
think 1t deserves the careful scrutiny of
every Republican. / sec in the last jour
NAL that Mr.. Tozer comes out in reply to
some structures of the Prescott Transcript
on his course IN the Convention, in which
he attempts to justify himself and shift
some OF the responsibility on to the shout
ders of others. But it seems to me that
in his anxiety to keep bis neck out Of the
halter of the Pierce County Convention,
which chose him delegate to represent
the Republicans of this County in the
Senatorial Convention, he has slipped his
neck into ga halter" with which he has
pretty effectually hung himself.
l do not propose to follow Mr.. Tozer
through bis long and labored defence, as
it is mainly directed to the transcript,
but will pass over it till we come to that
part Ito use Mr.. Tozer's own language)
sin which l am more particularly inter
ested in explaining" Mr.. Tozer quotes
from the Transcript as follows:
''The Pierce Co. Convention expressed
a preference for G. B. Cox, but most en-
phatically for some man who was resident
of n ither Hudson or Prescott. To this
end three delegates were chosen who were
supposed to be of the same mind, one of
them, MIR. Cox, himself unable to 90,
gave his proxy to Mr.. Tozer, who attend
ed the Convention, stated that he consid-
cred Mr.. Cox incapable of filling the office
properly, and united with Hudson in O.
Letting a man from that place, after the
disatfected delegates had bolted the NOM
nation"
To which Mr.. Tozer makes this reply:
"Now l would say in reference to the
preference expressed by the Pierce Co.
Convention, in favor of Mr.. Cox, and a.
gainst man either frcm Prescott or Hud-
son, that when Mr.. Cox gave me his
proxy he failed to mention either of those
facts; but just as l was on the point of
starting, was informed that such was
the case by another gentleman who lives
in River Falls, Whom l urged to take
Mr.. Cox's proxy and go with me, which
he refused to do. When I told him that
# l acted at all, l would act rs free
! mar, {: thing thing which am fast in saying
did. Ifthose who gave me seat in that
Convention were deceived in their man.
it was because they were not better ac-
quainted with me; for had they been,
they would have known that l would not
act at all in such matters with halter a.
round my neck"
Now l suppose that l am the person
alluded to as the gentleman who lives
in River Falls, and who refused to take
Mr.. Cox's proxy and go with him to Hud
son." | do not pretend to know just
what Mr.. Tozer was driving at in this
paragraph, but he evidently intends to
shift some Of the responsibility of his ac-
ton in the Convention upon tho person
above alluded to.
| will now state briefly what I had to
do with Mr.. Tozer being chosen dele
gate to that Convention. attended the
County Convention as q delegate from
the town Of Gre enwood, and was chosen
Secretary of the Convention. After the
Convention was organized, G. B. Cox, G.
A. D Il and J. S. White were chosen del
egates to the Senatorial Convention. -
Some conversation was then held among
the members of the Convention on the
subject of instructing the delegates to the
Senatorial Convention to use their infiu-
ence to secure the nomination of G. b.
Cox for State Senator. There was also
something said in the same connection a.
gainst the nomination of man from Ell
ther Hudson or Prescott. 1t was sue-
gested, however, by some one that the
Convention, take no action in the matter
but that the delegates have an under
standing to that effect, to which no OBJ
jections were raised, and hero the subject
was dropped.
Mr.. White learning that the Conven-
ton ives to meet the next day, stated that
he could not attend, and requested to be
excused, when a motion was made to that
effect. One or two persons were name d
at Prescott, but it was thought they would
not attend, and / suggested Mr.. Tozer to
the Convention, and stated that he would
be likely to go, AMI that he was well ac-
quainted at Hudson aud would have ms
much influence with the Hudson dele
gates in securing harmony in the action of
the Convention as any man we could send
These statements were made in good
faith, as l had entire confidence in Mr..
Tozer as man, and as Republican, be-
lieying that he would fairly and honestly
represent the views and wishes of the Re-
publicaus of Pierce County generally
BIT ] now have no hesitation in saving
that see Uere deceived IN oar man! Z"
As Mr.. TGzer states in the paragraph
above quoted, l Informed him of what