Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-02

/ he call, win TINS appnF'ionmeCt, was
| published. signed by all the Committee. After
| its puslIcaion. .hr. 5. D. Mason, one of the
| County Committee, desired il 10 be Corrected
| by making new appurtionmenl, based ou
| an erroneous construction Of the Res" iution
above referred 10. This / declined 10 do
claiming that the apportionment as alrs ady
made, met the wishes Of those who passed
the Resolution. and what was of more smpor-
lance, secured the fairest possible represents
ton TO the Republicans Of the entire county
Mr.. Mason, in the Pierce Co. Herald Sept.
oath, appeals the case to the people. submits
his proposed appvrtionment,and closes his ar
ticle as follows:
In lying this matter before the people do
no, wish it understood that | am de,,rous Of
stirring up any strife. or i'll feeling. but he-
ing one OF the Committee. residing in the
central part Of the County. and believing that
the Southern and Eastern portions of the
County have rot their full portion of dele
gates as Published in the call, ] simply
make thus plain statement of facts that the
people OF the several towns may turn out
full delegation to the Convention, aud thus be
| prepared To secure their rights.
The editor of the Herald closes his COM
meu;s on Mr.. Nason's article, aud my action
in the apportonmt nt, as fellows:
The cause of this utter disregard for the &C
| ton of tn" Convention above referred 10 is
simply this II makes difference of al least
EIGHT notes against the interests of the Eastcrs.
and Southern portions Of tie Couaty. Let
the Republicans of each aud every town send
| up the full number of delegates to which they
I'll. 4 4
the ensuing Convention As secured to them b Y
| the resolution.
Here is a call 10 war. Here is PROPOSE
ton to rcpudiste the action of the committee,
for what reason?
In the Language of Mr.. Mason. heca Sc the
Southern and Eastern portions of the County
have not their iLli portion of delegates"
In the language of the Herald, because iii
makes difference OF at least eight votes
against the interests of the Eastern and South
ern portions of the county"
The plain charge is that I. AZ Chairman o.
the committee. used the power ves;e in ms
TO give an undue representation to the section
Of the county in which I 1--we, and have de.
prved the Eastern and Southern portions o.
the county of = portion Of their just rights.
Now see how effectually the figures prove
the falsity of this charge.
The towns of Martel. River Falls, Clifton
Prescott and Oak Grove. have 10 delegates
and a total of 49l Republican votes making
little over twenty five Republican voters
for each delegate.
The towns of Trimbelle. Diamond Bluff
| Ellsworth, Trenton. Isabelle, Hartland, I'm
ion. Salem. Rock Elm. FL Psso and Pleasant
Valley. hive aggregate Of 336 Rep blcan
votes and IL delegates. making little less
than 20 Republican votes for each delegate
And yet in face of these figures, while Re-
| publicans in the Southern portion of the Co
have representation 90 per cent greater than
Republicans in the Northern portion of the
co4nty. Mr.. NJ tson calls on them to ''be pre-.
pared to secure their rights" and the Herald
shrieks that hey have been cheated out OF
eight votes.
Let us illustrate again. The first ward n
| Prescott has the largest representation OF any
of the northern precincts, lacking two of it.
full quota, having AZ votes and two delegates
! Diamond Bluff has AZ votes and two dele
gates. Can Diamond Bluff complain Els
worth has * votes snd two delegates. Cal