Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-10-22
THOMPSON.
What the "Reform" Nominees Home
Paper Says of Him.
why IL supports NIagoon.
FRrom The Broodhead Independent.


1t is not always customary for
newspapers to give reasons concern
ing their polotics. If they choose to
support candidate they do so with
out apologies. But we have diff
ferent condition of affairs about us~
La the canvass is one of our citizens,
and to chandler or defame his charact-
or we would stoop TO singular mean
ness, and degrade ourselves. There
fore, We deem it nothing but just
that we state our reasons for sup
porting Henry S. Magoon, the Re-
publican candidate for Congress.
10 our issue of August 18th, we
publish quite u lengthy editorial
upon the probable nomination OF c.
f. Thompson for Congress. What
we then said concerning Mr.. Thomp-
son we said with honesty and sin
cerity. Amongst other things we
remarked GAS q man of honor
and integrity we can recommend Mr..
Thompson TO his constituents with
pleasure We shall look upon his
nomination by the Reformers as a
wise and appropriate selection by
.hem. No man has done moro for
the party in this district than he
nas," etc. Mr.. Thompson has been
i protested temperance man taking
very active part in all our late
temperance meetings, crusades, cleo.
lions, and aiding the radicals n
persocuting the whiskey sellers. He
has been exceedingly Jealous in this
work-often making speeches aud
exhorting his hearers to join the
emperance alliance and rid our
country of its blacklist curse. In
ioing this Mr.. Thompson has done
himself no dishonor, but the people
of Brodhead appreciate his worth in
their cause of right Consequently
we accepted G. F. Thompson as a
strictly temperance man, and one
sho, after taking such an active part
n the temperance cause, would stand
firm to the cardinal principals which
ne so enthusiastically advocated.
On the 25th of September, last,
there was large dance at Monroe,
this county, at Turner Hall. Several
If our citizens were present, amongst
whom were some of our Germans.
During the evening Hon. G. +.
Thompson and some of his friends
paid visit to the hall. ALI were
merry, we suppose, and there might
have been some unusual demonstra-
ION at the appearance of Mr..
Thompson, which certainly ought to
have evoked the respect of the as.
4emblage. So far, so good; but now
iomes the disagreeable-and we sim
,erely wish the curtain had dropped
aud the scene ended at this juncture.
Bat such, it appears was not the
case. During those festive moments
amid the merry dancers, waltzing
around the room in their cheerful
spirit, and tripping through the
may changes of the lanciers, with
all the brilllancy known to the fam
tastic toe, there seemed to be noth-
ing about all this to stay the pollu-
ton which was soon to transpire.
Now, under no other circumstan-
ces, aside from his being candidate
for Congress, would we use our pen
to record single mistake or dishon-
or upon the name of G.. f. Thomp-
SOD. But he is candidate, asking
for the votes of the people of this
District, and as such, he stands be-
fore them as target to be shot at.
Mr.. Thompson, a candidate for the
high and honored office of Congress-
man, and a professed temperance
man, did, at Turner Hall, upon the
occasion of this dance, treat several
persons to intoxicating drinks, and
did, also, drink Of the same himself.
He also remarked to one of our Ger
man citizens that he had made q
mistake in going into the temperance
movement, and he was sorry for it.
He expressed his sympathy with
the claims of the Germans for their
beer, and, thought they ought to
have it, and that he would do all ia
his power to give it to them. He
desired to forget and forgive the
past, and thereby condone the of
Tense be had given this German by
aiding in prosecuting him for selling
intoxicants. This statement of facts
we have studied carefully and weigh
ed all the testimony. We refrain
from publishing names because it is
not our intention to deal in personal
tiles, bat in principles.
To-day, Charles F. Thompson is
Vice President of the Broadhead
Temperance Alliance. To-day he is
functionary in all our temperance
matters. But on the evening of
Sept. 18th, ct Turner Hall, he was
condoning this offensive position be
had taken against the whiskey low
ers by guzzllng beer with them, and
encouraging them to think that he
was hot temperance man after all.
Not temperance man after all the
speeches be had made; all the many
ines he hid presided over the tem>
perance meetings, and counseled
with their leaders as to the best pos
sible manner by which to destroy
their Infamous traffic
We need not argue the virtue OF
such temperance as Mr.. Thompson
has manifested. But let us say that
we do not take any "stock" in such
temperance. And why should we in
the men who advocate and practice
it? We admire firm, infexible prin-
| ciples in the character of man even
if they are contrary to ours some
what. If q man processes to be q
temperance man, let him be one in
both theory ard practice-a temper.
ance man from the heart. We des-
pise these hifalutin professors of
temperance and religion who are
continually playing "Peter." We
hope when the cock crows that the
voters of this District will cast their
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