Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-10-31
Mr.. Davis, Card.

WIS printed IN Tue river raiis Reporter,
aud also struck of on slips aud widely
circulated. We should have been hap.
ny to have printed the card il we had
been furnished with it last week, but !. is
now too late. and We merely aIlude to
some of its positions.
Mr.. Davis grants equal patriotism TO
both, aud says that each have upon
their persons the incontestable evidence
Of their personal heroism." The differ
ence in this respect IS this Mr. Paine
received flesh wound in the leg, which
is nearly healed, and will cause TO disa-
bility, while Mr.. VIM had leg shattcr-
ed on tho battle field, aud walks about
with a wooden leg, for which he paid
ono hundred dollars, earned by hard SER
vice in the ranks at thirteen dollars a
month. Mr.. Winn's Claims in this re-
srect are UNNECESSARILY the greater.
The next reason Mr.. Davis gives in ia
vOr OF Mr.. Paine is lis superior qualifi
Cations. This is simply claimed, no,
proved. Mr.. Davis speaks of the " bust
ness education of Mr. Paine" He has
had ~ business education, except such
as men i'll ordinary business acquire
he has TO advantages over SIR. VIM in
this respect. We need a competent man,
and each Of the candidates is competent.
But Mr. Davis thinks the clerk must
he school-master to Instruct tho Super
visors, and that Mr.. Paine is the man to
DO it. Hesays:
a now Bonr'l of Supervisors is to
be elected as well IS Clerk, The candi-
dates selected are new and untrcd men,
measurabIy unacquainted with the duties
which they will he called upon to dis
charge-aad gutte unequal to The re.
q"ire",fnts Ct their office witAoHt proper
Instruction."
Tbs is rather rich Mr.. Davis has
been in the county about two years, and
vet he tells such nen ms ). D. Trumb.e.
A. ellison. J. 4. Stirratt, J. Il. South
wick, j. A. Short. aad others, that the
men they selected to manage the affairs
Of the county. arc quite uaeqaaI TO the
requirements Of Neir office aoit.tont pro
per ius.s.c!ioa.
Mr. Maynard, the Gully candidate in
this District, who is superior business
man, i well acquainted with county af
fairs, end has Ind experience as q county
Surcr'isor,-he is "quite unequal" and
must have proper instruction" from
Mr. Paine, who has had no experience in
county business
Tom Lauder, who is so good bus;-
ness man, tia, although warm Repub-
lean, lie has always been kept in impor-
;ant Office in tho democratic town of
Martel, Tom Lauder, or Mr.. Hodges,
who has heretofore been a member of
the County Board,-they ara also quite
une9uai'' and must receive "prcpcr in
slruct;on" f.om one who has had less ex-
pericuce than they.
r. H. Sands, also, who only last fall
received the warm support of his Dis
tr;ct for the important Office of Sheriff,
ne is suRequal' and must learn the les
son OF duty from Clerk who is also q
.snew and untried mar."
Mr. Davis is cheeky We believe
that Mr.. Paine himself would not claim
to be the superior Of these men.
Mr. Davis last Argument is drawn
from locality. He urges the election of
Mr.. Paine because the locality he ives in
is entitled to the Office. There is some
truth in this, but Trimbelle never had a
county Office, Oak Grove never had one.
Diamond Bluff, and other towns, never
had one, but they don't propose to bolt a
nomination in consequence. Mr.. Davis
SAYS, "we feel kecnly the injustice of
this condition of things" Who feel it
He, late conner, feels It most keenly.
We do not know how far this section
al feeling will influence the vote in that
section of the county, but we do know
that the pillars of the Union party in the
town of Pleasant Valley ,-such men as
Messrs. Trumble, Walsingham, Barton
Steele, Harris and Sands, never promp-
ted Mr.. Paine to the course he is taking,
but regret that he, brave soldier and q
Union man, should accept nomination
from the party to which be is opposed.
Mr. Davis card is not trump card.
- ThePolk County Press publishes
an able article in favor Of the election o