Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-11
The Result OF the Senatorial
Contest.

The Legislature by joint ballot last
Wednesday week elected Hen. Angus
Cameron of La Crosse az The successor
Of I3on. Matt. Carpenter. the vote
standing G8 for Cameron and 80 for
Carpenter. This result was achieved
by the treason Of eighteen boiling Re
publicars who sold themselves to the
Democratic element, ignoring alike the
truest interests Of the nation, and the
glory of the great State of Wisconsin.
Mr. Cameron is an average lawyer, a
man who can look wise and keep his
mouth shut, and thus will pass for the
pcrSonifcation of wisdom. To put
such man in the place of Senator
Carpenter at this particular juncture Of
public affairs is burning shame,
disgrace which will forever attach to
the Republican party. It is placing a
pigmy where a giant has walked the
attempt Of q sluggish raven to soar 10
the eyrie of the eagle. There was
vacuum in the Senate when Mr.. Car
penter was defeated there is a vacu-
um still. Mr.. Cameron may rattle
around in the place where Carpenter
has been, but it will be but hollow
echo We shall hear rather than the thun-
der of eloquence.
1t requires no far sighted vision to
discern why this disgrace to the State
The independence Of Mr.. Carpenter in
asserting what he thought to be right,
and the determination not to be over
ridden by the hirelings Of Metropol-
itan press, tended to arouse the ire Of
those papers who could neither coax nor
drive, and a series Of attacks and char
ges were made upon the moral charac-
ter of Mr.. Carpenter, not one Of which
has ever been substantiated, but all
have died by their own cur8ing. Ills
congressional record has been severely
criticised, but by none more honestly
than by himself Encouraged by all
these apparent weaknesses, Mr.. Wash
burn, one Of the immaculate, a man
whom the state and nation have hon
ored far beyond his deserving, with all
the cunning of a fox, the sel6shness of
hog, and with a lack of principle that
betokens the evil within him, has
striven for his downfall that he might
build the superstructure of the House
of Washburn upon the foundation ru-
ms of his truest friend. Eighteen men
ials were found ready to kill that they
might be participants at a feast. They
have slain, but the feast is not yet
Never in the history of the govern
ment have Its interests demanded such
men as Matt. Carpenter in its Iegisla-
tive walls more than now Treason Is
threatening our Capitol, and already
the 4oul atmosphere is distilling its poi
son. The victory of disIoyaIty will
cheer the hearts of traitors, as it de-
presses the hearts of loyal men. Urea
son is stronger to-day than one week
ago. because one of the faithful SEN
tineis upon the nations wall has been
stricken down. Give the glory OF the
deed TO Iago Washburn, and let the
shame be his also man honored
once. despised to-day, and as void Of
Pokticai life henceforth as an Egyptian
m1mmy, for were the reelection Of his
victim 30 &c left to the decision Of the
people BY ballet, &n daadred thousand
majority votes Rouid attest che conf
dence of the people ia tkeir fallen
ckief' aud as truly express the hatred
they have for him who has brought up
0n himself his OWN damnatiop.
L has been said that the defeat os
Carpenter would be the dismember.
naens Of the Republican, party. Not
So Its members viii rally as of yore,
in defence Of the principles which gave
it birtb. The fall Of a lsaaet wiU nos
produce panic, and though it is called
RpoH 10 accept pewter for gold, and
r2ousa aa Aehan in It's camp 1t viii not
surrea2er. neither will it be conquered.