Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-11-13
Eieotion Isesn IL Inc County.

We are unable this week to give the of
fetal result in this county. The vote was
very light; personal and local causes made
strange results in some places; for the
slightest causes men deserted their party
candidates and supported Others, from
whorn they tenfold widely differed. In
some parts democrats were stubborn and
refused to yote--an unheard of event; re-
publicans cross-fred on not seeing the
old enemy to fight; they wanted an ex-
cuse to bolt, and sranting, they had no
difficulty in finding or inventing an excuse.
On the Republican State ticket there was
no platform Of principles, consequently
| nothing to vote for but men; the demo-
crat had a. rickety platform, which was
better than none; consequently they had
something besides men to vote for. They
had the argument, and our mon couldn't
meet them, got mulish and split their
tickets. This is an introduction to the
general result in the county.
Milas X. Young is elected Senator aud
David Parsons County Superintendent,
there being no opposition; also, Major
Rountree, Henry Patch, James w. Sea
ton, D. L. Seaton, and Jessie Waldorf are
elected Supervisors. These were the candi
dates of the Union and Republican Coun-
ty Conventions.
William Brandon is elected to the As.
tembly from the 1st District by a large
majority over Billy West and others.
Allen Taylor is elected from the q
District by small majority over Smcad
J. I. Mills is elected in the third district
scarcely any opposition being offered
w. w. Field is elected in the fourth dis
trict over Houghtailing, by a meager ma
jority. Negro equality, amalgamation and
other issues as foreign as a last years alma
nae were raised against him, but the real
cause Of his running so far behind bis tick
ct was local Jealousy. For this they want
ed to oppose him, and made the Niger
pretended excuse for doing SO.
Samuel Newick IS elected in the fifth
district over Jared Warner-the latter be-
ing the regularly nominated candidate and
Newick the independent.
We cannot say how the State ticket
stands. Harvey may have majority OF
500 to 900 in the county. In one or two
towns, the farm mortgagors voted for Fer
guson. making that question their sole test.
This is paying off the debt due republicans
fol enacting for their benefit, that farm
mortgage law last winter, Ferguson has
out promised Harvey, it seems. A bogus
ticket, headed "Union Peoples Ticket
was voted in some towns, the candidates
being Ferguson for Governor, Billings for
Lieut.. Governor-the rest being the State
Republican ticket; Warmers rame was on
this ticket for Assembly in Patch Grove,
but we don't think he ordered the tickets
They probably came from Madison by or
der Of the Mortgage League.
STATE ELEcTIoN.-Qur latest news is
from Madison and Milwaukee papers Of
Monday, from which we learn that the leg
islature will be republican in both branches,
and that Harvey is elected Governor with
out much doubt, with The balance Of the
State Republican ticket, except Solomon
for Lieut.. Governor, who is probably de-
feated by H. NJ. Billings. People voted
crazy all over the State as well as in Grant
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Straw BuRNING.-We are asked to no
/ tice the impoyerishment which must follow