Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-08-20
Congressional - Another Candidate
Turns Up.

and earnest address Of the Hon. Miles
K Young, on the pending issues. -
He is not one of the professional of
fee seekers, perambulating the conn
try, drumming up sub aspirants" but
it is very clear to US that the Senator
is full fedged candidate for Con-
gress. Neither Colonel Clark nor his
competitor Hazelton OH 4th of July
occasions, have scared higher, spread
their wings wider, or expressed great
er confidence in the infallble rectitiide
| of the "dear people" Senator Hol
lloway does not enter into long winded
newspaper discussions, but the first
thing in the morning that salutes our
ears is the steam whistle OF his wooden
factory, and those who have interpret.
ed the sound say, the whistle means,
I"Congress, Congress, send me to.
Congress. .9aat
i We shall be utterly COMPOUNDED at
the number Of candidates for Congress.
Why should the later candidate sus-
pect his rivals of being "drummers up
of sub aspirants," when like himself,
they are the sworn enemies of sag
gregate capital" which has ruined US
by building rebellious railroads. They
all adopt the same political creed
Taking the cue from the 4th of July
! address of the Hon. Matt III. Carpen-
ter they are ""death" on the corpora
tions. The eloquent Senator ex-
claimed ,sswhy should the rich forever
become richer and the poor poorer"
The "Trades Unions" and "Strikes"
were encouraged as the forerupners of
that contest between capital and labor
which is to "shake the world. : The
only question that can arise between
| capital and labor is, who shall own
capital and determine its profits? SEN
ators Carpenter and Young tell US
that this is question of Sovereignty"
and belongs to~the people, who never
err The farmers are employers of
labor, and own perhaps more capital
and property, real and personal, than
any other class. They are the prima-
L
ry and most sodious monopolists in
view of the men who rely upon wages
for their daily bread, and who are in
the majority in all countries. As this
/ class becomes conscious of its numer-
ical superiority, and learns the prompt
ing of common interest, the owners
of real estate will be the first to feel
the shock OF the coming contest that
is to "shake the world We do not
/ doubt but that contest is rapidly APP
proaching-but the farmers are not
interested in Fastening its arrival
Our friend Dung has made tremend-
GUS onslaught OH the address of the
Congressional Republican Committee.
1t contains those common sense views
that have uniformly been. advocated
by the HERALD. The address" does
not deny the power of State Legsla-
lures to fix the rates of rail road trans
portation. 1t only declares "lhe ex-
pedient too hazardous to be adopted
if better can be found Senator
Young has discovered that the act of
fixing freights is one Of "actual sover-
eighty, of absolute power" The SEN
ator exercises that sovereign right in
fixing the price of his new style of po-
tatoes. We are willing he may con-
tinue to exercise that right. If the
Legislature should limit the price of a
new variety, he might not be so en-
ergetic in improving this important
vegetable. 1t is not always expcdi.
ent for the people to exercise all the
power they have, or might have, un-
der change Of the constitution. This
is all the Republican Address means.
The Address honestly warns us that
the attempt to cheaper transportation
by legis' alive act may prove abor-
tive in the end. A great many spec
Pile" are of that opinion, and if ma
iority should reach that conclusion,
the people cannot err according to
Senator Young. If the Changers
should attempt to fix the price at
which Mccormick or Nanny should
sell their reapers, the manufacturers
could not suffer, for the interest OF
the Changers and that of the manu-
facturers is identical The Changers
may likewise be entrusted to fix the
prices at which the merchant sells his
boots and shoes, sugar and coffee, for
the Granger cannot do without mer-
chants. He is interested in their well
fare, and they may safely trust him to
mark the price of their goods. The
Granger cannot live without railroads
and therefore the railroad companies
may safely trust him to determine
what profit they shall receive. The
very selfshness of the Granger is a
sufficient protection for Mccormick,
Nanny, the merchant, blacksmith,
wagon maker, doctor, lawyer teacher,
day laborer, and wood sawyer, and
railroad man; for the Granger cannot
prosper without all these adjuncts.-
To intimate he might do injustice
would be to s'intimate distrust OF the