Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-10-27
To the Citisens Of Wood County.

Helnlock, as it is styled on that memo
rable Tuesday the 2sth day of Sept,
there has been various and conflicting
reports with regard to certain positions
assumed upon that occasion by two
prominent citizens Of the town of
Grand Rapids, to wit, T. B. Scott, and
J. H. Compton. Now, in justice to
those gentlemen, and that the commu-
nifty may be posted, I, as a citizen of
said town, and being present upon the
day OF said capture, will endeavor to
give true and impartial statement of
the facts as they occurred to my un-
Outstanding.
1t has been stated in former arti-
Gle purporting to have come from the
board Of Supervisors Of said town, that
L. 3. Scott and J. H. Compton came
into town on Monday preceding the
election with the avowed determina-
ton of defeating S. w. Hall the peo-
pies candidate for Chm of the Board
OF Supervisors at a special election
their pending to supply vacancy oc-
casioned by the removal of E. D. Hall
from said town.
Now, the facts are, that T. B. Scott
did not come into town on Monday,
but came on Tuesday the day of cleo
ton, and from his own statements to
me at subsequent time, came with
the determination of defeating S. W.
Hall, In which he together with others
succeeded i'll doing
1t is further stated in the article al
luded to that the above named gentle
men used ''threats Of pecnniary loss
by their creditors and loss of credit by
their customers i'll order to force or
induce them to vote for their candidate;
which statement, SO far as regards Mr..
Compton | have reasons to believe are
in a measure true; but from the facts
as they occurred to ne at the time,
and subsequently | have no reason to
believe, that Mr. Scott used any threats
or held out any unfair inducements to
obtain votes for the Scott e Compton
candidate; but / have reasons to be-
l!eve that one elector who was pres
ent upon the occasion, and left without
voting, would, if Mr.. Scott had not
been present, have voted for Mr. Hall,
IN fact | had statement to that effect
from the gentleman himself; but under
stand me it was not from any threats
from Mr.. Scott, but was in consequence
Of certain business relations that exist
ed between them, i'll consequence of
which he did not wish to incur his (Mr.
Scott's) dlSpleasure.
And it is further stated in said arti-
Gle that the men ''employed by them
upon the road were brought to the
polls and induced to vote" Now the
facts are that the men SO employed or
4 part Of them, were induced to come
to the polls and to offer their votes.
one of which did SO, but it being re-
Ijected on account of his non-residence,
he together with the others left. Now
these are the facts as they occurred to
me, and one reason for my noting
them it may not be altogether out of
place or improper for me here to state
Mr.. Scott came to me on Saturday
last in the town of Hemlock, holding
IN his hands a paper, containing GER
tain statements, to which he asked my
signature.
The purport Of those statements
were in a measure to exculpate him
from the charges proffered against him
in the article alluded to, and closing
! with the statement, that r. Streeter
was fairly and iaoncrably elected Cha
Of the Board of Supervisors of said
town.
stated to Mr.. Scott upon the occa-
sion that | could not attach my name
to paper of that kind, without sane
tioning what | know to be palpable
talsehood; knowing as l did on the day
Of election, that r. Streeter was their
candidate, and as l have learned sub
sequenily from him (Scott) that had it
not been for him and Compton, Street
er's name would not have been known
in said town in connection with said
office.
| further stated to him that if he would
erase the last clause from said article,
| would either sign it giving my YER
son and reasons therefor over my own
signature, or | ouId make statement
ct the facts as they occurred to me
and solicit their publication In justice
10 him.
would state in conclusion that | do
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