Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-02-26
The Historical Seventeen.
(From the Stale Journsll

Nineteen years ago, there W a
Republican mi ,rity for the fr-i
time in the Assembly, but the Sem
ate was Democratic. The next year
the r 'publicans gained the Ssnat,
and lpst the AS 'embly, and sever :
teen years ago the r ,puolicans Dor,
away in both Fl ,uses, and hav,
practically controlled Legislation ever
since. During hese seventeen years
a definite policy has been marked
out, and laws have been enacted
relating to important State matter.
The party can contemplate witt
sa' isfaction the record it has mad,
IN this state and helped to make IL
The history of the nation. for Wi :
consin has kept pace with the pro-
gress of the times. Benevolent it,
stltutlons have been established and
maintained, and our educational sys-
tenn brought to high degree of eff
cheney. The laws passed and iadic-
lously amended from time to time az
experience dictated, substantially
tmbody the views Of the people 10
legislative matters And these acts
are not the crude expressions of Il
party-they are not partisan-but
most of the laws have been passed
and subsequently amended, by the
cooperation OF the best men of both
parties. They embody the expert
enoe and wisdom of the people; they
are the records of compromises be-
tween opposite interests and ideas,
and should only be repealed OF
amended when sufficient cause is
shown, and on the merits of each case
presented
The fact that the opposite party
in the Assembly has large maj ority
with many ambitious men eager for
distinction and ready to put through
new projects, places heavy re-pons'-
oilities upon the seventeen r publ
cans In the Senate. The people will
look TO them, confident that they
will stand firm and united, ,lding
last TO that which 10 good, and NOV
ing forward only when unqnestion.
Gle and substantial reform leads tn
way, as il has 10 some pending mea.-
ures, they will be found in the var
guard.
That they will fully meet the ex-
pecta'ion II the party whose princi
piles they represent, we have no
doubt. and a. they are to be known
10 political history as the Staunch
Seven cen, who held he field during
i partial ami temporary reverse, We
givs list of the Senators with the
nuaFser of years they have been in
the Senate their occupation and It,
cation: Henry D. B 4rron, % years
IN STATE, Lawyer, S.. Croix Fal- F.;
Adelbert E. Breek man, 1 years III
State, Lawyer, Tomnh; Francis
Campbell "a years in State Farmer
Gra,int; Fl ratio N Davis 30 years
N State. b mixer, b Iii Robert {.
Field, 81 years in State, Farmer,
. sea; WlIliam II. Hiner, % years
in Safe, Iron M .nutacturer. + d
du Lac; Gideon G. Hlxon, II years
IN State, Lnm bermen. Ii Croese
John G. Holloway, IL years III STATE,
Banker, Lancaster John A. Joh'-
SOP, 30 years 10 5 ate, VI reliant,
MAIDS n; Evan .. Jones, 20 years
in State, dealer in Agricultural ln-
plements and Farmer, Cambria;
Francis LittIe. g years in 5 att,
Farmer, NJ neral Point; MYron III
McCord, 10 years in State, Lnmbe'-
man, Shawan Robert McCurdy, %
pears in S atc, Insurance Agent
Oshkosh L bert IL. ID. Potter, IL
years in S,ate, Lawyer. Wautoma
JOIN Is. DUMMY, SO years in State,
Farmer and Lawyer, Sank CITY;
Thomas B. Scout, 26 years in Seatt,
Lumberman Grand Rapids and
Thomas d. Weeks, 81 years in State,
Lawyer, Whitewater.
These are substantial representa-
tive men of character and ability,
familiar with the State. They have
helped to write its history, and know
he wants of tho people. Every
Senator but one 10 the list has been
in Wisconsin seventeen years or
over.
Cut out the names and paste them
in your political scrap-book, as list
of the Staunch Seventeen who stood
by Republican principles, and held the
fiald in 1874