The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-08
NOS nackinp caucuSses, Wc.


for the party and for ourself, yet we
lost all personal and party feeling, while
listening to the swelling sentences, the
rounded periods, the almost boisterous
rhetoric of the gentleman last named
Such turning denunciations of the crime
of talking politics, and canva'slng the
merits of candidates for nomination, with
the people-such praise of the honesty OF
the masse.-such lofty Indifference rs to
his own personal promotion-such elo-
quent panegyric of bis own spotless and
unapproachable virtue, was glorious to
hear. As he sat down, we remembered
that it was notorious that Ii. n. TwoM-
BLY, had the most Unsuitable hankering sf-
ter office, of any man in the county; that
at the last election of county officers he
was q candidate for effico here, while
citizen of another state; that as early as
May last, he began to figure for tho Sena-
torship, and labored steadily to secure the
nomination; that he burdened all of the
mails going into the Chippewa Valley
with letters to politicians there; that he
has done the same thing for Mr.. CoPP,
though perhaps not to SO great an ex-
tent; and then after all this to hear from
him of the stupendous crime Of tamper-
ing with the people, of influencing romi-
nations. We repeat it was glorious to
bear.
OLIVER GIBBS JR., too, lamented in
doloful strains over the iniquities practis-
cd at caucusses and preliminary meetings,
and loaded the guilty actors with tho
crushing weight of his sublime and burn
ing indignation. We'll, no one doubted
divers fitness to speak upon this sub
ject. Why, OLIVER, you know, and SO
do we, that you are accounted the best
fgurer-the sharpest yorker, on a
small scale Of any man in Pierce Co., and
we have no doubt you have fairly earned
the reputation. Why, sir, no man has
ever done the work in this county that
you did to secure the office you now fill SO
well. Months previous to the nomina-
ton you had your men selected and at
work for you in the various towns-fore
Sailing the action of the people-infuan-
cling the primary meetings ,-and yet you
put on the semblance ola virtue You have
not and cry out "there is something rot
ten in the state Of Denmark !"
DR.. MAxos, also. was yirtuously indig-
nant at the same crimes. But he did not
deny when charged in Convention, that
he traversed the Chippewa Valley to Sc
cure the nomination of Mr.. Corp, that he
had labored in this county to influence
the action of the primary meetings, in
order to secure such delegation rs he
desired, and unless report greatly bellies
the DR.. he is the best specimen of polit-
ical trtchster which the county has ever
yet produced.
Now ~s wish it to be distinctly under
stood that we find no fault with Mcssrs.
TwoMBLY, GIBBS, or MAxoN for taking
such an interest in politics. We claim
that they, and we, when we feel IN inter-
est in tho success or defeat OF any candi
date, have perfect right to 60 out and
advocate our opinions and carry our points
if possible. What wo object to is the dis
gushing afectation of superior virtue on
the part of these men. We confess that
we went over the county to defeat Mr..
Copp. We supposed We had RICH. to
do SO, and we did it openly and honors-
bly,. This charge Of tampering with tho
people is perfectly idle. Men who feel
an interest in politics here, land everywhere
lay their plans, and work to carry them
out. 1t has been done in this county at
every election, and no one thought of its
criminality until the recent defeat of those
who have worked most at tie business.
AS We witnessed their defeat with their
own weapons, We thought
LET it work
For tits the sport to have The engineer
Hoist with his own petard, and it shall 90
hard
Bat I will delve one yard below their mines,
And blow them at the neon"
4th.-We come now to the fourth
ehargt-of forgery. 1t is we'll known
shat last fall we labored with what little
ability we possessed for the nomination
and election of CHAs. B. Cox. A few
day. before election, we went over most
ofthis county electioneering for him. 1t
is known too, that the question of the re-
duc!lon of the price of School Lands, ex-
cited large degree Of interest in the in
terror portion of this county, and the rel
atiye position of the two parties on this
question is equally well understood