Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-10-15
Mr.. Barber's Record.

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The Dolly Warden party 10 this
district opened the canvass by de-
claring In their c Invention that II n.
j. Allen Barber misrepresented his
constituents. and constantly voted
in Congress against their int. rests.
Since pa ting their candidate in the
field, they have, by gross misrrpre-
sentati0n Of facts and unblush ng
falsehoods, undertaken to sustain the
charges made in their platform Mr..
Warden and all his strikers are wide-
ly publishing what they call ere
cord of Mr.. BARRIERS votes by which
they make il appear shat be has con-
stantly sustained high prOtec i've
tariffs for the benefSof monop)lias;
that be has voted against amnesty;
that his votes prove him to be a
know-nothing, an enemy to civil ser
vice reform and a friend to the prin :
ciple of granting land subsidies to
corporations For any Of these
charges there is not the least fnnnda-
ion. as we will attempt to show:
TARIFF.
On the 10.h OF April, the following
resolution was passed in Congress
RESOLVED That the tariff shonld be 50 re-.
| formed as TO be tax for revenue ony, and
not for the protection Of class interests al TIE
general expense.
The resolution was referred - The
Committee or Ways and Mans
(Fhis committee having in charge all
matters relating to tariff } on vote
Of SO to 49, M. Barber voting in the
affirmative
Mr. B3rher voted TO remove all du-
ty from tea, coffee, salt and coal
The committee of Ways and Means
reported II bill making a reduction OF
10 per cent. on all tariffs. A mrm>
Der moved 20 make the reduction 20
per cent. The chairman of the com
mittee, who had been at work for six
months on the tariffs, assured Cons
| gross that 10 make the reduction 20
per cent would not leave sutii ient
income 70 pay the expenses # the
government, pay the public debt, and
Gay the soldiers their pensions Mr.
Barber voted for the 10 per ceat. re-
| ductiOn.
We submit to every candid man
do the above votes Indicate Nc. b ir-
Der TO be "ferociOus projections ~
Are they not consistent with the FOL.
loving resoluGon, adopted at Mr.
B s suggestion, by tie convention
which dominated him n:
Resolved. That labor is the true source o.
wealth; and that all laws for the raising O
necessary revenue should be 50 framed a. tc
be least oppressive upon the laborer, and bes
secure him ample reward for his toll.
AMNESTY
On the 18Th Of January. 1872, Mr.
Barber voted in favor Halls Amnes.
y bill, by which all disabilities ne
removed from all rebels except MN
hers of the u S. Congress and tic
ers Of the army ard navy who wi b.
drew and went into he rebel scrv ice
the total number of whom in al The
land does not exceed 200 Do The
people demand any more liberal am
nesty measure than hat I? We thiuk
not.
KNOW-N0THINGIsM.
All the ground that exists for ac-
cusing VI Barber of now-not hlng-
ism is, that he voted against suspend.
ing resolution proposing TO 81
amend h constitution that any for
eigner without regard TO age or OIL
or qualification. would be eligible to
the Office Of President Of the United
States a. soon as he became neu raj.
lied. WAC hI.mes him for that votei
CIVIL sEvICE.
NJ Is 4rber is called an enemy ia
civil service reform because he voted
against hill which provided, in sub
stance a. follows: That it sh ,nid be
Z penal off'nse, subject TO fioe Of
500 to 81 900 for a member of Con.
gress TO express an opinion respect,
ing the fitness or unfitness of an ap
plicant for appointment; except it hc
done in writing, and then only al the
roques' Of the President or head Of 8
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blame misrepresentation for that vote
PUBLIC LANDS
Some hair-hrained reformer pro-
posed an article to the constitution
setting apart all public lands exclu-
sively for settlers under the home
stead law. and rendering the pnr-
chase Of a foot by any party Tor any
nurpose an absolute impOssibiity
II; for instance. a settler wished a
huv q piece Of government land nj.
joining his 100 acre homesteal ], he
would be, nader the above article Mt.
terly unable to do SO Mr. B uher
voted against the proposition, and for
that vote is charged with consortirg
with land monopolists, and in favor
If Undergraduate land grants. Il he
charge well sustained ? We Ri k
not; and - the people will saw or he
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