Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-04-23


our quota was made full and the mon
ey appropriated to no other purpose.
When | presented said motion some
Of my republican friends opposed it,
orin fact opposed the raising of q tax
under any circumstances, for any
such purpose. | ofcourse voted for
the motion with the republicans and
democrats, and the motion prevailed,
and that is the reason some of my
enemies made the declaration that
Anderson was "going over to the
democratic party O, the ingrati
tnde of man! For three months, z.
NJ. Collogan to catch at what my po-
!itical friend said in the heat Of pas
sion, is like tile drowning man catch
ing at straw lie knew that the
assertion that | Was not termed a IN.
ion man at home would not hurt me
here, but it was to hurt me with the
radical party Of Grant County, by
circulating the report that had be-
come "estranged' from the union
party. 1t is false and absurd and
shows what asmall mind he is pos
sessea Of lie himself knows better.
But the man who penned the article
for him as lie could not do It himself,
knew no better. | have no illsfeol,
ing for his man Friday" and for
the EXP. NJ only silent contempt.
The assertion that offered myself
to any party that would accept Of
the honor Of my company and inhu-
cnce, is rs false as Satan. In The
spring Of 60 the people of our town
run bnt one ticket for town officers.
The convention offered me the nomj-
nation Of Chairman of Board of Su>
pervisors, or any other Office of the
town, and / received all the votes
cast in convention but two for the
said office of Chairman, but refused
to accept any Office. | did, however,
accept Of the office of Justice Of the
Peace, in Spring Of &C. There were
two tickets in the field, and l was
run for chairman ofthe board by both
tickets apd was Of course elected So
much for being "found available and
rich?
Three months p. NJ. collogan,
through his man Friday" denies
that he kept the post office in his
whiskey shop. CoIIogan pretended
to keep q hotel 1of the merits or do>
merits Of which viii leave the pub
lie to Judge. But this much 1 do
know, his whiskcy shop, dining
room and kitchen were all on one
floor, and thin partition divided
these, the Office was kept from his
whiskey shop, and Of the noise and
confusion That rcigned there | will
leave it to the public TO nudge. What
Collogan had for customers who pre-
ferred to trade where the smoke Of
poor tobacco and the jabber Of poor,
err English, / am at Q loss to under
stand, unless it was poor beec or
poorer whiskey, and | am sure that
no lady who went after her mail
bought any Of those ar icles. The
charge that the restoration was obs
tanned BY a petition circulated ont
side Of the town and no friend Of his
signed it. The petition for my ap>
pointment as p III. was never taken
out Of my store, but signed by the
petitioners to the number of'80 at
my desk, and ] allowed no person to
sigL it who lid not receive their mail
at this office. AS for none Of his
friends signing the petition there is
good reason: simply he has none.
Bat heobtained his petitioners for
his appointment as 2, NJ away from
tie Office, to wit: At Fairplay and
vicinity with the exception Of three
or four in his neighborhood. The
reason that three months T. NJ Col
logan was permitted to retain the Of
fee SO long after | had a legal right
to it was not caused BY whistiey shop
or that ! thought the blow would be
too hard for him in his very weak
state of health, or that / had any
sympathy for him. 1t was that my
commission as p. NJ. did not reach
me for two or three weeks after my
appointment. The next morning az
ter | received my commission | re-
moved the post office from ColIogans'
into my store amid the reioicings of
all parties concerned in receiving
mail matter at the office.
Jamestown April s, 1867. WARDEN ANDERSON.