Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-07-23
Who Should go TO Congress.


Union, who was at Washington during
several months of the late session of
congress as correspondent of the Mil
waukee Sentinel, has again taken
charge of his paper. He is satisfied
"a to the needs Of the Third District
in the next congressional race and
succession, and wants to see live
man nominated by the Republicans.
And in this view of the case all good
Republicans in this district will cer>
tainly agree with Mr.. Smith, of the
Union
Nearly every paper in the third
Congressional district has had some
thing to say regarding the coming
candidates for Congress. There are
several candidates in the field, all of
whom have their personal friends
and their influence. These candid
ates can be found, we believe, in
every county IN the district except
Crawford. We have none, but we
feel as deep an interest in the matter,
as if we had one of the strongest
candidates in the field. As this sub
ject is one which interests all alike
il should be discussed fairly and
soberly, and without regard to local
ity or favoritism These should
have nothing to do with the question,
Who is the best man, the one who
has the most energy, plack, personal
influence, and "gst up? should be
the only question asked and when
this kind of man is found, the en-
tire Republican strength of the dis
trict should hear him upon its shout
ders to seat in Congress. The
position is too important to be
thrown away. We need Congress
men, in the practical sense of the
word, too much To send any kind CT
man to Washington.
Some people believe, and that IS
unfortunate for our Congressional
interests, that sny clever, fair mind
ed honest, easy-going, good fellow,
viii make a good Representative.
They were never more mistaken 10
their lives They never take into
account the sharp men he must meet
N Congress, the work he has to do,
the personal influence, pluck, back
bone and energy he should possess,
in order to be somebody in the
House | requires more than being
nice fellow, to amount even to a
crow of pins" in Congress. 1t re-
quires more than cl3verness of
character, and sitting in Congress
sional seat voting right on public
questions, to make such man as we
or any other district needs. or one
who is worthy his board. If man
never saw Congress, nor studied the
leading characters who 90 there
from all parts of the Union, he has
no conception of what shoGlt consti-
tute the qualifications of member.
Whoever goes TO Congress and in
tends to represent his district even
fairly, he must prepare himself to
meet some of the sharpest and
shrewdest men in the country. He
must be able to draw on their friend
ship, to get their confidence, to WELD
an influence which will compel them
to respect. him, even if it take twice
his salary. When he has done this,
ho will be in a position to be honored
and respected both in committees
and on the floor of the House.
The interests of q district, in Con-
gross, depend altogether upon these
qualifications. An innocent, modest
wel-meaning man, who would not
iniure flee without remorse, would
be the most useless piece Of Congress
sional timber that could be found in
the whole nation. We want O man
with fire in his eye, one who can
tackle the Dawes, the Garfelds, and
the Holmans, who can command IN
fuence and get it. If a man has not
the "makings" Of this kind of Con
gresham he should be let alone.
We have the right kind of blood in
the district, and lot Us draw it out.
We do not wish TO ar~ogate to our
If the selection of candidate for
Congress from the third district !;
but as we have right to our opin-
ion, aud rs good a right as any one
else to designate candidate, we
propose 10 take hand in the matter.
What we have said Of Congressman
l. -
knowledge We believe these quail
tieations TO be indispensable in a
candidate for Congress- and therefore
hold to be the duty of this district to
throw aside locality and favoritism
and support the man who Will make
the best Representative from the
standpoint we have given.
We have looked the field all over,
have considered the question careful
t., soberly and without prejadice,
and are convinced that George c.
Hazelton, of Grant county, is the
man whom this district should honor
with the nomination for Congress.
Aside from being q man of honor
and ability, he possesses the peculiar
qualifications which make an infiuen-
tial and 8 successful Representative.
He is that kind of man who can
enter the House with influence. He
has that wide-awake, energetic, so
cial disposition, which make mans
career in Congress successful when
all else fail Combine these traits of
character with his learning and elo-
quence, ard we have man who will
make one of the best members OF
Congress. lie can command respect
and influence, and can make others
feel the power of his words. The
more magnetism man has in him,
the more he is worth, and the more
he is worth, the more he can
compel other members to pay him
respect and attention. Mr. Hazslton
is Just that sort of O man. One SEES
sion vr0u1d oOpCipoa tho mann hers