Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-08-19

testimony of L. d. Holford, of Blooming.
ton, who says, "That since the CON-
mencement of the present campaign for
Congressman he heard j. Allen Barber |
state in his Office, at Lancaster, that he did
not expect to be nominated for Cor gress-
man, and that the object of bis being
candidate vas to defeat HazeIton in Grant
county and give the nomination to Mr..
Wilkinson or some one outside. That he
wanted to see Hazelton beaten.'
Thus Mr.. Barber is charged-and the
charge substantiated-with allowing his
name to be used for the benefit of another
politician and wire-puller, and standing
stool pigeon for the sole purpose of divi-
ding the vote of his county and beating
Hazelton.
The Grant county Witness and Mineral
Point Tribune are as bitter and vindictive
on G. Q. Hazelton as ever. They charge
him with being young, being new conner,
an office seeker, a politician an ambitious
man, and lay at his door many other
crimes. The only charge against Mr.. Ha-
zelton which appears to have any weight,
is the latest, which is, that he charged
widow lady $222 for procuring pension
which was much more than claim agents
were in the habit of charging.
In La Fayettc county the aspect of af-
fairs has not materially changed. The
many friends of Hon. H. s. Magoon, know
ing his ability and standing in the county
and the district have been anxious to
bring him forward as candidate, believ-
ing that he could be nominated, and know
ing that if nominated he could be elected
and would make very able and efficient
representative, have been untiring in
their efforts to bring him out, but the
whole matter has been ended by Mr.. Ma
COON himself writing letter to the Re-
publican thanking his friends for their well
wishes and preference, but positively de-
Ginning to allow his name to be! used in
connection with the Congressional nomi-
nation. This leaves the course clear in
that county for Hon. Allen Warden, who,
]. is conceded, will receive the earnest and
undivided support Of his county. Mr..
Warden is well and favorably known in the
in the district, is an old settler, is capable
and honest, is not wire-puller or ambi-
tious politician, and is not a stool pigeon
or tool for any man or set of men, and
from the present aspect Of affairs. his nom.
ination would harmonize the various dis
cordant elements in the district better
than any other candidate proposed.
In Green county they have candidate,
Judge Dunwiddie, but from the tone of
the papers we should judge his name is
only used to concentrate the vote and cast
| it solid for some other man. From pres
| ent indications the people at the coming
county conventions must choose between
Warden, Hazelton, and Wilkinson; for
Barber, Thomas, and Dunwiddie appear
to be brought forward either to divide or
concentrate the vote of their counties, and
not with any fattering prospects of success.
nay The Mineral Point Tribune, in try
ing to explain the apparent discrepancy in
the call for county convention contains
the following sentence: 1.-THE intention
was to base the representation on the last
Presidential election, instead Of the last
State election, as many understand from
the term general election"
The sentence is to us rather enigmat-
| ical. If the writer means to say that
"many understand from the term general
election" the last Presidential election,
we can inform him that he is not compe-
tent to judge what the people understand
for every school boy knows that our State
constitution provides that 1.-THE general
election shall be holden on the Tuesday
succeeding the FIRST Monday in November,
in each year," and consequently, every cit
izen is supposed to know that the last fall
election is the last general election wheth-
er It is d Presidential, State, Congressional,
or county election. 1t is very easy to see
through this whole matter it was the in
tention to have the call as heretofore, on
the last general election, but when it was
found that the delegates from the town of
Mineral Point would be reduced from 1fre
to too, it was resolved to Ego back" on
tho record of the party and base it on the
Presidential vote. We do not blame the
Central Committee for this, for from what
we can learn, the chairman did not con-
suit the other members of the committee,
and we cannot blame the chairman, for
according to his own admission, he had
nothing to do with the notice, but left it
entirely With Bennett, of the Tribune.
It will be remembered that ar attempt
was made with similar motive of depriy-
ing many Of the towns Of a just reprcsen-
tation by introducing a resolution in the
county convention, in 1868, basing the
representation on the Republican vote
alone. instead of on the entire vote. If
this resolution had been adopted at that
time. IL would have reduced the number