Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-05-14
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votes without intent Of wrong
to others, of course. Now It's noon:
town business next in order; Tafton
stii@ willing to trust her chances at
the polls; moves and seconds 3 reso-
luti6n instructing the board to count
the vote, make returns &c. Acting
no doubt from "honest convictions OF
duty" The chairman refused to put
the motion to the people, and Blooms
ington act No, 3 is passed. This is
the ''secret understaSd ding" this the
excepting of forces within call;.l this
the "artifice and intrigue on the
part Of Tafton The polls now close,
and the board of course being willing
to satisfy I'll they could, permitted
the vote lo be counted-unofiicially,
ofcourse. Tafton had seven MAORI.
ty. The people, still supposing them
selves in Wisconsin, not Kansas,
called a special town meeting for the
express purpose Of determining the
will of The people theron.
From the 9th of April, to the 23d,
Bloomington is attempting to bastar>
die the election. We won't pay any
attention to it; don't intend to- vote;
voting won't change the name
of the town; it is an act Of the
Legislature, &c. They did succeed in
keeping many Tafton men at home.
Election day came; it rained the night
previous no work could be done; no
excuse for not being at the polls;
but Bloomington men refused to come
out, knowing themselves to be in the
minority. Their plan had been laid
we don't intend to vote; the ''hand
writing was still visible upon the
wall" and more visible the public in
dignation. Tafton polled ~ votes,
and circulated petition to the Coun-
ty Board to be unbastardized, which
has been signed by $50 voters-more
than two-thirds majority of voters
voting at any election ever held in
the town, 185 being the highest nun
Der cast at any election in the town
of Tafton. Pretty we'll understood
here is it, that majority of our peo.
pie favor retaining the namo Of our
township and village?' Certainly
your arithmetic and computation
must be of Bloomington proclivities,
for by no other way could you figure
ono-third Of the voters for Blooming
ton. Give us the figures Of the whip
ped and spurred rcmonstrances. We
do not believe there are fifty voters
in this town VINO have signed or will
sign it. If you deny it, accept this
challenge: We viii pay for adver
Using your list Of petitioners names,
and also our own, and will post two
names in favor of Tafton for every
one against. We now look for you to
change front and to petition the
County Board to vote upon the ques
ton. With all Of your record, won't
vote-not amount to anything if you
do, and if we had Of known to have
come out as we'll to have stayed at
home from tue election we could have
polled twice as many votes as you,
&c, thereby hoping IN due time to
get the post office chahged in name
to bloomington, and If possible be-
tween this and fall to educate Bloom
ington into the people preparatory to
the fall election, telling them It's done
now, let it go, don't make any more
fuss about it, it is injuring us, &c
Please not set up manufacturing pub
lie opinion in opposition to Mr.. Co
yer, who deals largely, you imagine,
in that line because he does not see
the propriety Of changing the name
Of our town to 'sqit our own fancies,
and swallow those big grains of al
lowance with which you hope to gull
the County Board, and by which the
Legislature was duped into changing
the name Of Tafton to Bloomington.
A public necessity compels us against
your enterprise, ''to lend the desired
prestige of our names.