Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-09-03
The Fenn1more Resslutions-AD Dan
gerous Experiment,


any good result, but fraught with ia
tai mischief and evil. They diminish
the prospects of any Grant county
candidate before the nominating con-
vention at Mineral Point, and If either
Col. Clark or Mr.. Hazelton should re-
ceiye the nomination such spirit as
these resolutions breathe would tend to
demoralize the party at the polls, and
deliver over this unfortunate faction
torn Congressional district to Demo
cratic rule.
Suppose Col. Clark should be NOM
mated. Mr.. Hazelton and his friends
are denounced as being guilty of "a
bold, audacious fraud which only finds
a parallel in the Tammauy rings
They will regard Colonel Clark as the
author and adviser of the Fennimore
meeting, as the latter believes Hazel
ton the manager of the Boscobel eau
Gus. Would Colonel Clark accept the
aid Of the votes of the dishonest
knaves who endeavored to cheat their
fellow Republicans out of their politi-
cal rights, by trick that gang of
horse. thieves would be ashamed OFFS
And would Hazelton and his confed-
crate political black-legs vote for the
candidate Who has so badly and fear
lessly portrayed their baseness and
shameful trickery? And should Mr..
Hazelton be nominated would the
pure and scrupulous Republicans Of
Fennimore vote for political scala>
wag, the author and inventor of all
party guile, deception and fraud?
So far as in our power, we have dis
countenanced all attempts from every
quarter to sink this contest between
rivals, either of whom is worthy of the
public confidence, into disgraceful
and disgusting personal recrimina'
tions. We have been requested tc
publish the Fennimore resolutions,
and the same appear in another col
umn. At the same time justice tc
Mr.. Hazelton requires us to state that
as far as we have observed, none o.
the papers advocating his claims, es-
pecially the Boscobel Dial, have even
made an unkind allusion 10 either O
the competitors in the Congressiona
race. And further, we have not hearC
of single Republican in Boscobel oil
Muscoda or Marion, and the other
towns where it is commended his specia
| friends assembled like ku.klux bands
at the whistle of their leader, and
voted for Hazelton delegates in the
woods by moonlight; we say, we
| have not heard OF a single Republican in
those towns complain that he had moi
ample notice, and that he did not sane
| ton the whole action of his Republi
can brethren. If they were disfran
chised by the hasty action Of the Ha-
zelton ring why do not these voters
make the very "welkin ring" with
| denunoiation of the attempted fraud:
Our columns are open to their com
plants. They are dumb as sheep be-
fore their shearers. They never dream
cd that they were wronged till they
read the Fennimore resolutions. But
the town of Mt. Hope after this terri
BILE tempest in Fennimore has held its
caucus and elected Hazelton delegates,
and refused to sanction these reso,
lutions.
The solid truth about this whole
thing is right here. There are sever
al towns in the Third Assembly dis
trict, including the city Of Boscobel
that are nearly unanimous for Hazel
ten. Whether decorous or decent
they rushed right into caucus and ex
pressed their choice, whether wise
or not. The caucuses were fully at
tended. No Republicans there desire
new deal. If a majority were trcked
out of their choice they still have the
right of meeting, recalling and deolar-
ing what the choice of the Republic
cans in the particular town really is.
Mr.. Hazelton had nothing to do with
the ardor of his friends. Nobody
could be cheated when everybody
was of the same mind. The Republl-
cans of each town had the undoubted
right of appointing the time and place
of The caucus, and it seems that they
are satisfied with the notice actually
given.
But the Republicans of Fennimore
were about as unanimous for Colonel
Clark. No one blames them. Col
Clark is good and true man, every
way worthy of their confidence. Mr.
Hazelton did not attempt to dictate
when they should hold their caucus
They appointed the time and place
and caucused Themselves out Of the
district They became so furious
against Hazelton that they forgot to
elect delegates in favor of Col. Clark.
The valiant town of Fennimore-cen-
ter of old Grant-the Hottest terra
frma in the State, has petered out to
] a simple protest AGAINST GEORGE c.