Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-10-22
Ten Reasons for Voting Down the
Reform Party.

gressional District of Wisconsin.
Ten Reasons for Voting Down the
Reform Party.
1st. 1t is the old Democratic par
ty unrepentant and unchanged, ex-
cept in name.
I'd. It's leaders are monOpolists,
whisky ring corruptionists, and
apologists of the White League as
sassins.
Sd. Its success 10 the State, and
Nation would place in power the
South, the men responsible tor the
death of over $4,000 union soldiers,
for the enormous national debt OF
thousand of millions, and for roll of
238 All pensioners, drawing nearly
forty million dollars annually from
the treasury.
4th. The Reform Assembly re
fused needed appropriations to pub,
lie institution, made large approprl-
ations to partisans on old claims, and
paid employees for services after it
was asserted that the Assembly had
adjourned.
9th. The Reform Governor tried
to certify away a million acres OF
land to railroad company contrary
to law, and was only prevented by
the interposition of the Interior.
9th. The Reform Governor neg
lected for q long time 10 take proper
steps to enforce the Railway law, be-
cause it was distasteful to an intiuen-
tial Reform official, and though re-
luctantly driven by the lash of the
Republican press to do his duty, he
did not obtain an injunction from a
Republican Supreme Court enforcing
the law until five months after it was
to go into effect.
7th. The claims of reduction of
expenditures, economy, of large re-
ceipts from trespassers on State lands,
are made for political effect. Not a
dollar of money has been paid into
the Treasury for traspass on State
lands, unless Mr.. Whittlesey just
paid 1854 Mr.. Bashford has hand
ed in promises to pay only.
9Th. The Reformers have more
timber agents, five or six times over,
than the Republicans had. This is q
reckless expenditure of public money.
The only excuse we have heard offer
ed for these appointments is that the
men were incompetent TO act as
clerks in the departments here, and
had to have some place where they
could feed on the treasury, and so
they were sent eff into the woods.
Why have they not reported
9th. Not dollar of Reform tax
has been paid. The present amounts
10 the general and trnst funds were
placed there under laws enacted by
Republicans. They were intended
to be used in necessary expenditures
for the benefit of the whole people,
and not left idle, or on deposit for the
profit of a Milwaukee banker, or for
any one else to get interest on. The
trust fund should be invested so as t.
draw interest.
10th. Tue Reform party has fail
ed to redeem its pledges, and has
nominated for Congress man accus-
ed by Reformers of using 1870, 900
blood money" to secure his nomina-
ton. 1t has nominated for the State
Senate 3. S. We'll, a man held in gen
oral contempt, and accused last win
ter by Senator Schmidt, a Reformer,
of attempting to bride him. Finally,
the Reform party is run by the Nj l.
waukee Regency, and its permanent
success would be disasterous TO the
people.-Stdte Journal.
.W Downright lying and the mean
est kind of misrepresentation are the
leading means relied upon to secure
votes for the Democratic candidate
for Congress. The Democratic pa
pers of the District represent G. +.
Thompson as a farmer and Granger,
and nothing more; while in fact he has
not been practically engaged in farm
ing for years, but instead has been a
grain commission merchant, lumber
dealer and land speculator, and has
grown rich by his speculations, not by
farming. All who vote for Mr..
Thompson on the supposition that he
is a farmer aud Granger will be de-
ceived. Like many other men of
means, he owns farming lands no
doubt, and hires some of them TILED
perhaps, but he does not work farm;
does not live on farm and has no
more interest IN agricultural industry
than Mr. Magoon or any other land
owner of the Sd District Mineral
Point Tribune
sn. Gen. B. +. Butler has been re.
nominated tor Congress by the he'
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