Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-02-25
CARPENTER AND THE SENATOR
SHIP.
Opiaion- Upon the Result From Abroad.

Opiaion. Upon the Result From Abroad.
We copy below some Of the expires
sions Of the leading press outside O.
Wisconsin upon the defeat of Matt
Carpenter for the United States Sen
ate. The Republican papers Of THU
State are almost unanimous in the
opinion that his loss to the State anC
country is a deplorable one at this
time. The publication of their views
seems unnecessary, but the following
are somewhat significant:
DISTINGUISHED FIGURE IN THE SENATE
From the NV York, Daily Graphic Gnd Republican.
Other men, less known to the gen.
eral public but active in recent ses-
sions, will be missed if not mourned
and perhaps no one more than Mr.
Carpenter, the present President
pro tenn. He is a marked man in the
body over which he presides. His en-
trance into the senate was specially
memorable, and Mr. Sumner, who
was chary of compliments to his com
RAIDS, greeted him with unusual com
mendations as the brilliant young Sen
ator from the West. His Senatorial
career has been marked in many re-
spects. He has taken an important
part in committees, and has been one
Of the leaders in debate Some OF
his speeches have shown unusual force
mastery Of facts, and oritorlcal power
He has held his place in spite Of pow
erful combinations and intense ami
mostly, and, though he has been de-
feated by railroad ring and temper
arily remanded to private life, there is
every reason for thinking he is really
stronger in his State than before the
election, and will soon be found the
most available man for some impor.
tant public service. He has unusual
talents and skill in useing them, and
an ambition and aptitude for political
life which few men possess. If he
has made mistakes he has suffered the
penalty and learned from experience,
and, like Mr.. Douglas, whom he re
sembles in more than one respect, he
is one of the men it is impossible to
Kill.
NO EQUALIN THE SENATE.
From the Brooklyn Eagle (Democrat)
Mr. Carpenter is the ablest states
man Of his party in the Senate. We
do not except Mr.. Roscoe Conkiing,
who is an orator and a special pleader
of great ability, but who is little of a
statesman. Mr.. Carpenter is also
conservative in the quality of his mind,
and is both educated and disposed to
prefer law to force and the people to
mere party policy. lie is justifiable
absent now, looking to his claims for
reelection. Were he present, hear
ty indignant protest would be heard
from a leading Republican against
the Louisiana outrage and against the
admission Of such an adven-
turer as Pinchback. Both parties are
in raising the Senatcs stan
dard Of ability Il is not pretended
that any Republican, of the ability of
Mr. Carpenter can succeed him from
Wisconsin. We would rather have a
Democrat of almost any grade than
even Mr.. Carpenter, for Democrat
is right by instinct, and Mr.. Carpen-
ter becomes nearly right at times in
spite OF his associations of party
kind, and not because of them. a Re-
publican however being apparently
inevitable from Wisconsin, Mr.. Car
penter ought to be that Republican.
THE BOLT UNJUsTIFIED.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean (Republcan)
The purpose of the boiling Repub-
licans has been accomplished. Sena.
tor Carpenter is defeated and Mr..
Angus Cameron has been chosen as
his successor in the United States
Senate. Boitiny a party nomination
deliberately made IS never UNSUITABLE;
for if a nomination sufficiently bad to
warrant the refusal of support on the
part of any members of the party is
really made, such reasons warrant a
withdrawal of the dissenting members
from the party organization. In the
case in question no reasons of any mo
ment appear 70 have been given by
the boilers for their refusal to support
Carpenter. They sought to secure
the nomination of another man; and,
it becoming apparent that failure
awaited them, they refused to take
part in the party consultation. The
course Of Mr.. Carpenter throughout
the long and heated contest seems to
have been characterized by eminent
fairness. Early in the canvass he
publicly expressed a desire that the
contest should be conducted with
''forbearance, charity and wisdom, so
that whoever might be nominated or
elected Senator, the party could close
up its ranks and present an undivided
front to its enemy"
CANT CONGRATULATE.
From the Chicago Journal tRepubliean.)
The defeat of the Hon. Matt. II.
Carpenter, of Wisconsin, for re.elec-
ton to the United States Senate, is
not an event Tor conGratulation. Mr..
Carpenter has individual peculiarities,
but lie is one OF the most brilliant
statesmen in the present National
Congress. SANDER has done its worst
in his case, and he himself has made
some mistakes, but the Republicans
of the Wisconsin Legislature, all
things considered, owed it to him as
we'll as to able craftsmanship to re-
elect him. The few Republican bolt
ers wEo effected his defeat have made
4 sorry job of it, aud, what is worse,
they have no reasonable or honorable