Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-11-16
Review Of the County Senatorial Elec-
tion-The Story Of Haman and Nor
decai, the Jew-The platteviile Wit

Review Of the County Senatorial Elec-
tion-The Story Of Haman and Nor
decai, the Jew-The platteviile Wit
ness.
The Platteville FITNESS has u
lengthy article upon the disorgani-
zsxtion of the republican party in
Grast County-written the day af-
ter election, when it was supposed
and hoped the election between
Hazelton and Dewey was so close
that either must "haue a miserably
small maiority'--the wish father TO
the words. The Witness next pro-
eeeds to deplore the causes for this
fearful falling of in the magnificent
republican majority sloAich Old Grant
rolled up from year to year in the past, /"
and also, (which has almost resulted
in placing The democrats once more
in pow er1--all of which, apart from
being utterly false, except as to that
particular town of Platteville, again
shows that the Witness is rather pleas
ed by what is so deplored. Again
the wish is father to the thought.
And so on through, The Witness ar
ticle, over column in length, is a
tissue of falsehoods and false pre-
fences from beginning TO end.
Lest somebody may suspect that
we aim to force conclusions, we copy
into the Herald the entire article
from the Witness, and itmay be seen
on tt . first page of the Herald.
The Witness speaks magniloqueRt-
ly of the republican masses of Grant
County and of .asir being sold and
run by ring, and of what the peo-
pie of Grant County mean to do
with the "domineering dynasty"
The reader of the article alluded to
will see at once that when the in
dignant republican masses Of Grant
County are alluded to, the editor
only means the republican masses OF
PIatteville, the Mountaineering dy-
nasty" Of Plstteville, the Platteville
ring, AID the Platteville masses be-
trayed and gibbeted by their own
leaders. The " itaess and the re-
publican masses of Platteville were
the victims Of huge joke played
upon them by q sort of King Junta
reigning 10 their midst, whose habit
rTss loag been TO play at thunder
bolts and occasionally a bolt darts
upon his own people. And at the
late election such q Joke of bolt
struck homcward and damaged the
entire household of King Junta at
PIatteyille. In the language of the
Witness, borrowed we suppose from
our sagacious friend, Leonard Coates.
s'thsy oop and blixzened asoaye and got
moot" 1t was the play of Hamant
and Mordecai recorded in the book
of Esther: Haman was the kings
servant and did his intellectual brain
work as Premier; Hannah hated the
Jews and wanted them hung, but
the old king was inclined for mercy
he got the king into trouble about
the Jews, and the king at last saw
In Haman the chief of all his troubles
but Hannah resolved 10 hang at least
one Jew and doubted not the king
would grant this one favor Hannah
caused to be erected q gallows fifty
cubits high wherein to hang that
good man, Mordecai, the Jew. The
joke of the affair was that the king
went back on his Premier and order
ed Haman hung upon his own gal
lows fifty cubits high, whereat the
people rejCiced. And just so at
Platteville King Junta had Pre-
mier and the latter was jealous of
sundry rival Mordecais and wanted
them hanged the people of Grant
County were on the side of mercy,
bat the Platteville Premier wanted
at least one Jew out Of the way so
he built a gallows--upon which him
self went up about fifty cubits high;
ann the people are everywhere re-
joicing-we mean the republican
masses of Grant County,
As for the part played by Gov.
Dewey, under the PlatteviIle Jnnta,
we fail to call TO mind o scripture
parallel; but in one of Esop's Fables
q cat is made to scratch roasting
chestnuts out of the fire for Pre-
mier monkey. The Governor, usu-
ally wide awake, was caught for
once il she Platteville Premier mon
key trap and made to do the scratch
ing of the Platteville Junta. Joel @.
Sqnires got the pay for Dewey'sI
work, and many think the reward
went into the pockets of q more de-
serving man and one who will build
just as many miles of railroad.
The Witness speaks of 1.-THE repnb-
lcdn masses of Grant County (of
Plattepilie is nssant, hauing resolusd to
break UP the political ring" &C., and Of
doing 80 if they (Platteville,) have
TO surrender the offices into the hands
of the democrats. The PlattevilIe
Junta have tried the break up and
surrender policy and have not only
broke themselves but have so far
surrendered to the democracy
as shown by their vote on the gener-
al ticket, that they have but little
left to showl over. Besides, thew
have cut off their own means of re-
treat to their party by oft afiirma-
tion upon oath that "we'H not vote
or Haxelfon, nor for any man that |
sper uoted for him." Consult Babcock, |
Overton and Durley. Whom the
gods would destroy they first make |