Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-11-12


rdicuing our improvements. and
our public aan, and using over
means in his power TO brlng The nam
Of our village into reproach. For in>
stance, be wound get off something
ike this: Talk to a Patteville
man about the cities of Chicago and
New Orleans. the great commercial
emporiums OF the United States, of
ali their magnifcence and splendor
and OF the immense amount Of trade
and commerce controlled by them
and he would ask you, "Hsve You
ever heard Of Plattevile ?" Talk to
Platteville man OF the Pacific Rails
road-that road which spans a con,
tinent, affording accommodations to
millions OF people, which will bring
into market the thousands of barren
acres hitherto regarded as desert.
tell them Of all this, and they will
ask you, Have you heard of the
Platteville and Calamine Railroad p
Talk to them Mr. III. would cons
tinue, "of Webster, and of Henry
Clay, and Calhoun and of all the
great men whose names are inter-
woven with their nations history.
and they will ask you, Have YOU
ever heard of Major Rountree ?" In
this way he went about the country,
making q personal matter of it, ass
saulting our citizens, and creating a
feeling against us. And our people
hearing of his doings, as they naturally
would, exercised their prerogative
by scratching his name. The result
would have deem different had MIR. H.
treated Platteville as he should have
done, but he set out by abusing
and villifying our town-expressing
himself as not caring whether the
people here voted for him or not
that be would be elected nyway.-
Taking all these things into consid
Grafton, we do not mach wonder that
SO large vote was poled against
him."
Making up their minds 20 oppose
Hazelton-thopgh not really wishing
his defeat in the county, they went
to work to make the most they could
by their votes To make a certain.
ty of having some one to represent
at Madison the Plattevile local in>
terests, especially the railroad they
are building, the Republicans Joined
teams with the Democrats and gen.
orally went for Robbins for the AS.
sembly, and for Seaton, Dem, for
Senator. Mitchell, regular Republi-
can candidate, was consequently de-
feated Further than the defeat of
Mitchell, the action OF Plattevile is
not disasterous to the Republican
party and, as Robbins is a Repub-
icau, there Is nothing lost except
Trough the tempory disruption.
Most unqucstionably Cir Hazel>
ton did wrong by his course in per
sonal offse givin toward Platte>
vine and especially in doing so where
ever he spoke through the county
His place anG righ was to speak pe.,r
and Cancellation everywhere, Wha
ever others might say and act to
ward himself Mr.. Hazelton has
seemed TO labor all along under be-
lief in his own sufficient popularity
to accomplish any amount Of popular
triumphs. The result allowing him
but meager majority in the county
must satisfy him of his mistake; and
a,s0 teach the lesson that, even Re-
publican conventions based upon
two thousand popular majority, may
be protested and cut down for toler>
able reasons. Mr. Hazelton, repre-
senting as he did, the party in the
whole county, and having said in his
remarks on accepting the nomina7
ton that if elected he would 'frmiy
promise to represent alike atI parts OF
the county," had no right to use any
thing like the words reported above
no doubt correctly by the Witness
Mr.. Hazelton had some warm sup>
porters in Plattcville, nearly hum
bred Of them, among these Mai.
Rountree. J. F. Kirkpatrick, Ed.
Estabrook, Thos Chapman, NJ. z.
Rindlaub, } II. Evans, James Bevans
and others These be had no right
to offend as be did and notaing but
their more than common firmness,
manliness and fidelity to party and
principle led them to stand firm and
vote for Hazclton, the traducer of
their town and people.
| Granted, the conduct of more than
four hundred Republicans at Platt-
Vile in bargaining and supporting
Seaton for Senator is ineXcusable,
however much their local affairs
seemed to demand the like. And,
we ask now on behalf of the hum
druds Of their friends all over the
county, that they do not again by
such action jeopordise the public and
party interests, come what wiil-un-
less indeed the party candidates be
so incompetent as TO be, if elected, q
disgrace to the country and dishon
or to the party. Hazelton is largely
capable and. as to moral attributes,
nothing tangible was offered against
him.
As to the Hazel Green and Platte
willie schism there will be one if not
two railroads running through them
within few months, and these will
heal them over. So far as legisla
ton is concerned, no doubt the Sena>
tor and every Asscmblyman from
Grant county will unite in support
ing every measure that either may
watt for the next ten years.
PlatterilIe has already, doubtless,
all required legislation to insure
railroad. This, then, ought to be
enough, and we shah suspect all fur.
Their agitation at future elections to
tie merely peas mai or demagogue IN
vention when used to elect indopend
ents.
As to Hazl Green, 1t every MON
Der from Grant support her by ati
friendly legislation till they yet a
abroad. 1t is unjust and right