Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-02-04
our MADISON LETTER.
News from the Capis.. sisy Tho Senatorial
Contest Bagus Dispatches In the Interest OF
the Boilers Rome n~firc ions ON the Course
Of Severe. Promiueut Poiiticiass.

Of severe. Promtncut rOtiliciass.
Special Correspondence Of the raid
MADISON, Feb. l, 1873.
And still the m Is grind out the
grist continnueth thin. A few bills
are introduced, mostly of a local
character, and it wouli seem that
nothing of general importance VIII
be undertaken until the present sen
atorial contesi-.he most bitter ever
witE essed 10 our state--is finally
disposed of. Govern Washbarn
has dumped himself ont of thu arena
with grace peculiar " characteristic
of the distinguished family of which
be is q member, reminding many OF
his celebrated retreat to Fort Pick
ering with his toga drapery at a hor-
izontal attitude. The clamor of q
limited number of personal enemies
JOINING in chorous with q few sore.
heads have succeeded 10 calling the
old veteran out from under the debris
of 10000 maj ,r,ty, but this last most
ignommous defeat, is the Wateil 70,
or Sedan, or both, from which there
is no hope of resurrection. Cadwall-
ader has gone to his Hermitage on
Dead Lake to await the bloom of q
new born spring aud then join the
sad cadence of his political miSerere
to the sweet oarcllings of happy
birds and sonorous frogs who make
Life an eden" in that beautiful su-
burban region. Calkins OF the Ne,cS
says, and most POLITICALLY too, that
Washburn is ian old { undered offic,-
seeker, aud hog in p,l tics" Thi-
comir G from truthful Eliza" comes
gracefully of course, and may be set
Town TO an old grudge. CaIkins con
tinues to nurse engendtred 10 the
,ys when E las, ''oig steal" was
ct locked away 10 the vaults of the
treasury and &C ID woul int" let him
make hog of hims,l. BIT with
,ut there is a grain or so If phil Dso-
ply in E lag, reasoning. Had Wash
ourn stood III Iof fr IN this rush for
the trough, and re-, zs that modesty
is virtue even Washburn ought TO b
cherish, he would not have mad
himself an OBJECT of gener,l ridicul-
nor annihilated the chances of bis
ADLER brother Z B. Washburn OF
Illinois for the
PRESIDENCY IN 1876.
As it is, Cadw.l ader got Lis foot in
TO the STOP, tipped the trough over ano
now there is mourning and moaning
10 the ancient tribe of the NJ. C.'s.
BUT ID THE CONTEST.
Taking bird's>eye view of the sit
uation, affairs remain substantially
che same. Toe frien Is Of the Wes-
tern star of statesmen stand by him
to q man ; there is no budging, no
wavering, no caving in. Sixty votes
for Matt. IL. Carpenter respond /,
the roll-cslI with the precision of a
clock. Seven moro is all that il
wanted and these will come to the
chalk mark before long. The few
who are holding out on the lodged
rag" and sticking to their forlorp
hope Ike a mustard poutice to 3
weak spine are beginning to feel
cheap and in the deep depths of tbeir
hard hearts are praying for this cruel
cup to pass. The
CREME DE LA CREME
of cheek and coDtemptitlsness thus
tar placed on record, was served Up
on Friday afternoon { last week BY
he Fl N. Thos. s. AL en-, whiOm our
Secretary of State and now editor oil
the Oshkosh Northeastern. Tbi-
savory dish consisted in the follow
ing choice morsel
WASHING ron, D c., Jan. 20, 1878.
| To Gen rhos. ). Allen
| Every Wisconsin Republican Congressman,
| inc Iudng Howe, SAYS that the interests OF tht
| party demand that Carpenter and WashburT
should both be thrown overb oard
| John HICKS
| Thnn0h nat nnnaIsto hi. - -
stomach OF the average "boler," j
VS. somewhat too thin to accomplish
its missIt of falshood and when l.,
be following was applied by way OF
countersirii ant it was truly sac
and sickening sight 10 contem Lite
be portesn caunterance of Thoma.
AllenoftheO .hkosh v orth western
| WAsHIsoroS, January 90, 1878.
| Hon. Matt. H Carpenter
| We have gwen no such advice.
+. o. HowE,
/ p. SAVER.
G.. W. HAzELToN,
| CHAs. &. WILLIAMS.
| And thus the readers OF the HERALD
zee, that the old adage The bes'