The Kenosha telegraph and tribune. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1859-1860, 1859-10-13
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racy.
Harrison G. Hobart The Democratic candidate
for Governor, in his late speech at Horizon
took occasion to speak Of the administration of
Gov. Barstow, and admitted that the charges Of
corruption and fraud, which had been made
against it were true. 1t will be recollected that
Republicans were charged as being villifers
in asserting that Barstows ad ninistration was
dishonest. That 1t was dishonest and corrupt
is now admitted by the Democratic candidate
Tor Governor. It was certainly 11nkind in Mr..
Hobart, thus suddenly to turn upon his LONG
'led friend Barstow-friends they had been
through all the political manouverings, schoo,
land speculations and ballot stuffings of the reign
OF Barstowism; to thus prove treacherous to
barstow, we say was most ungenerous Bar
stow rendered efficient aid in procuring the NOM
lnauon OF Hobart in the late Democratic Con-
VentIon' and but for his management, Hobart
would PROBABLY have failed of q nomination.
bus now does Barstow take this treacherou
conduct Of his former friend and accomplice /?
OF course he is highly displeased with it; and
accordingly no and his former Secretary of State
A. L Gray have published card in reply.
To Hon. Harrison c. Hobart.
| We have just read in the Milwaukee News.
! OF the End lust, the report of speech deliver
/ go by you at Horizon on the seth ult, in dis
cussion with the republican candidate for Gov
ernor. Towards tho conclusion of that speech
you asked Gov. Randall to say whether he in.
tended on that occasion, rs he had the previous
/ evening at Oshkosh to review the acts ot
Barstow's admin stration,' and upon Mr.. r g
replying IN the affirmative, according to the re
port OF your remarks you proce eded to enter a
c0gnooH, on behalf of the democratic party, of
all that was chorgcd by its enemies against the
BarstoW administration, and even a little more
You speak of the report of the investigating
committee as if it were conclusive, and had not
been fully met by the reply of two Of the officers
OF that administration, and fully refuted. You
say great wrongs were committed in the man
agement of the school land Office" and that the
democrats who We're in the legislature were on
that committee, and assisted in the exposure .
Speaking for the democratic party, you say 1--WE
neither endorsed the Bashford nor the Barstow
cOrruptiOns," &c &c.
Now, inasmuch as you are admitting all that
Gov. Randall can possibly charge against Bar
slows administration, we would like to under
stand whether you know what you are talking
OF, and mean what you say. If you do, how is
1t that SO intelligent gentleman, and so watch
fuI a politician as yourself, was the active cham
plon Of Barstow's denomination in 1855 and
the president OF the convention which accorded
to him that honor? And how did it happen that
you accepted the aid, and gladly, too, of the
same Barstow towards your own nomination for
the office of governor? No one ever heard a
whisper from you before that you entertained
any such sentments--not word Of the sort
have you ever put opon record And if it be
your intention TO promote your own success in
this canvass by attackinga former democratic
state administration, had youxnot better think
again and see you can mako any thing by
such course?
We have thought fit thus to notice your
speech, lest silence on our part might be con-
9tIaed as an admission of the ruth of woat you
have chosen to admit for us.