Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-08-27
70 THE REPUBLICANS OF GRANT
COUNTY.
| The BOscobei Caucus--The Witness Cores.
pondent Answesed-"Letu us Pull Altogether.n
RoscoBEL, WIS. AUG. "a.

Mr.. EDIToE:-I desire, through your
columns, to say word in reply to an
untruthful, venomous communication,
purporting to have been written by
"An Old Republican," and published
in the last Witness. 1t charges that
the Boscobel caucus to elect delegates
to The Assembly convention, was un-
fairly held, and that the Hon. G. c..
Hazelton was partly TO blame for it.
Now, the truth is, that there was new
er fairer caucus, 1t is true, that it
was the earliest town caucus held in
the county, bat what of that? The
county committee in calling the coun-
ty'and assembly conventions had made
not even a Recommendation as to
when the town caucuses should be held.
The time for holding them was left TO
the discretion Of the town committee
of each town. The town committee
of Boscobel, all Of them honest and
true men, above the suspicion of trick.
cry, concluded to call the town caucus
at an early day. They gave ample
notice of the time and PLACE of holding
it. No caucus ever held IN Boscobel
was better noticed. Aside from the
notice published in the Dial, $50 print.
ed notices were struck off and dis
tributed, and posted, all over this city,
several days before the caucus. As is
well known, the city of Boscobel in
cludes nearly all the inhabitants OF
the town of Boscobel, there being
less than twenty voters residing out
side the city limits, and they live just
on its borders. Thus the notice Of
the caucus was brought before the
eyes Of all. As the result, there was
q larger attendance at the caucus than
ever before gathered together in this
city, upon similar occasion, and eU-
cry man aOas for Hdzelton. And if
four months notice had been given,
the result would have been just the
same. There is not a Republican in
Boscobel that has word to say
against the result of the caucus, or the
manner in which it was held. Re-
sponsible men here, stand ready to
bind themselves to give to. can. Old
Republican" one hundred dollars for
every straight Republican he can find
in Boscobel, who does not prefer Geo.
G. Hazelton to all the other candidates
named. If that aged individual be-
lieves, as his communication states,
that there are some Republicans here
dissatisfied with the result Of the eau.
Gus, he can engage in a hopeful bust
ness by accepting this proposition. /
am satisfied he would make nothing,
buC his time would be better employed
than in writing splenetic letters to the
Witness.
If the town of Boscobel is satisfied,
who has right to complain? If the
town of Boscobel is for Geo. 9. Hazel
ton, first, last, and all the time, how
could either of the other candidates
be affected by the time Boscobel held
her caucus? The fact is, we look up
on this matter Of holding our town
caucus as particularly our own busl'
ness, and strange as it may seem to
the Witness correspondent, we regard
his meddling as impertinent. This
district is a Hazelton district. A ma
iority Of its towns have already held
caucuses, aud chosen Hazelton dele
gates. There is no one acquainted
with the feeling in this district, but
knows that its honest, first choice, has
long beer for Hazelton for Congress.
Neither of the other candidates has
had the least hope of carrying it,
When, therefore. the district has fair
ly gone just as it was known it would
90, there is no occasion for surprise
and there ought not upon the part Of
can Old Republican," or any one
else, to be any vindlctiveness. -
We, Hazelton men, have the inter,
est of the Republican party at heart
even more than the advancement oil
our candidate. We support him be-
cause he is, in our opinion, the best
man named for the position; but in
supporting him we are not dictatoria
towards the supporters of either of the
other candidates. We recognize that
they have as good right to choose as
we, aud have the same right to work
for the nomination of the man they
choose. We have no harsh word tc
say against them, or their candidates
and we have said none. All will bear
witness to this. We want to see Ha
zelton nominated at Mineral Point
but if he is not, we stand ready to put
our shoulders to the wheel, and helr
elect the man that is nominated. 70,
we can cheerfully support either OF
the gentlemen named in connection
with the nomination. Now, we are
not asking too much, when we ask
the friends of the other candidates to
meet us in the same spirit--to treat
us and our candidate fairly, to be will.
ling to submit to the expressed will Of
the majority, to avoid harsh and mis-.
chief breeding statements. 10 rocco,