Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-07-23

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Last Saturday evening, July, Goth
+ being pleasant, the streets began to
nc filled at an early hour, with peo-
,aple not only from the village but the
SadJacent country, who focked in t.
'sattend the meeting of the Grant Club
'3hear the speaking and music. see th,
'4torch company, and enroll their names
y After dusk the Tanners and Cob.
oilers" to the number of ninety, mad
atheir first appear nee in an elegan'
4outtit Of blue oil-clc tn capes, red whit,
Wand blue military caps, and torches
gadorned with flags on which the
4names of Grant and Wilson were in
Jscribed. Many of our first citizens
4could with difficulty be recognized in
Sthe ranks, from their unusual an.
apearance. Farmers, tradesmen. la.
'sborers' merchants, bankers, and al
Aothers looked alike.
4 Under charge of T. R Chesebro
che Tanners proceeded to elect their
4otficers, as follows:
Isl Captain. C. IL Baxter;
u LIST. Lieutenant, I. X. Chesebro:
IND Lieutenant, Chas schmitt.
4 They then under Capt. Baxter'f
.Ecommand performed some military
'Adrlll, and marched through numb Ell
sol streets, to the inspiring music OF
81. A. Burr's fife and John Thomas
sdrum, flashing their ruddy light into
Gall the dark places, and presenting
ia really beautiful and unusual dis
5play. At last the bell rang, the can.
anon doomed, the torches were put
dout, and the Court Room was soon
3flled to it's full capacity.
4 Pres. Rylard called to order, and
ARichard Meyer was made Sec. pro
tenn The reading of the minutes
was deferred. The Chair announced
the following as the Executive Com
mittee of the Club:
Il W. P. Dewey Chm, A r. Bushnell
Il Joseph Nathan, Chas. Schmitt, III
q Muesse, VIM. p Rowden, Geo. Luse
4 F. II. Bonham and II. S. Kecne.
After the constitution and Bylaws
chad been read, some twenty persons
2added their names to the Club,
4raising the number to two hundred
eand one actual voters.
i Loud calls were made for Hon. j
Nc. Clark, who came forward and
5addressed the meeting in strain
y that drew loud and oft repeated
Splaudits from the house. Men are
4sometimes too full for utterance. but
Ahe was too full to be silent; and biz
z7trong and vehement oratory told
8 with great effect on the audience
eve hope his voice may be heard
Mn every neighboring town where
8enough Greeley men can be- found
ssto be worthy Of bis efforts.
& He begun by abiding to the du-
.gtes and privileges Of American clti-
4zens, especially that Of every man to
n think for bimself He then review
81 d many of the attacks of Sumner and
Il Schurz upon Grant. He showed the
sicharge of corruption aud hostility to
Prussia in the French Arms matter
go Dc weak and groundless, for the
4 arms were offered to the Prussian
4 minister as well as the French, and
y sold with the full knowledge and
X consent Of Prussia. ho Defend
;ied the charge that Grant had cor.
Isrupted the Supreme Court by APP.
Npointment of favorites, in an able
manner, showing the great evil and
gpossibe financial ruin that might
]! have swept over the land, had that
SCourtdecided against the constitution
siality and legality of our present cur.
Srency, or had Grant failed to ward
s2otf such ruuous results by filling the
2vacancies of the Bench with men
4 who were known to be in favor of
our present system, till
4 We are free from danger of bank
Eruptcy.
Il In reply to the hackneyed charges
Sof plumber in n. Y. city, by Grants
Hofficials, Leet, Stocking, Murphy
.s&c. he referred them to the printed
8report of the Senate Investigating
@Committee, recently published con-
Staining 1900 pages of evidence.
%One member of this committee is
& Hon. Timothy o. Howe of Wiscono
sssln, and they found as one result of
Btheir inquiries, that in all the trans
n actions complained OF, not one dol.
4 lar had been stolen or lost from tn,
MU. 5. Treasury; that the officials
CHAD not defrauded the Government,
8and that they were acquitted of al
Sauch charges.
a Another of Summers absurd in-
N ventions was the charge that Grant
chad surrounded himself with mill
3 tary ring at the White House. This
WAS answered by the fact that there
fswas not an officer, private or senti
4 incl on duty there, except three:
& Major Babcock, commissioner of pub
4 lie buildings has an office there and
NGenerals Dent and Porter, who as
\ sist the President merely as clerks
4 land cot fidential assistants and
Is That none OF these wear uniform.
The exploded charges of gift>tak-
Hing and favortism were easily met,
%and answered
Coz Clark drew a comparison be-
kstween the waste and plumber of the
" democratic n Y. City government,
I2or Tammdny Ring, and the unpsr.
= alleled closeness with which Grants
administration had exacted honest
3 dealings and correct returns from
3 It's officials The reports of the
b Treasury departments show that
Hthe actual amount of loss from dis