Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-03-30
Strong VS. Cothren.

The Boscobel Convention was .
muddIe. It was q mad mass. The
men in it were ashamed of it. The
HERALD had no representative there
and the profane members tell as they
were sd glad of it." They
wouldn't have the world see them as
they were for several judgeships. But
we propose to let the light in upon
the "Mass'-not that we have any i'll
will towards those harmless and helps
less men without politics. What was
that mass called for? Who called it !?
If we go to the bottom facts we find
that the men who have been guilty of
the perfidy that has been used towards
NJ. NJ. Strong, if judged by that act,
are dangerous men to trust with the
rights of the people. Strong had been
assured, he had the pledge of Goth
rens honor, that if he would run for
Judge he (Cothren) would not run
and would assist Strong all he could.
There is no denial of this fact. Goth
rem has admitted it, and repeated it in
the "Mass". His honor was pledged
to Strong if Strong was candidate.
Now, who called that "mass" conven
ton? We state it as a fact that it
was gotten up by the two men who
most persistently declared in the
"mass" pow-wow that they came
there for Strong. One of these was
Cothren himself, and the other is a
Crawford county man. Crawford
county politicians have learned how
to make more money ont of the Offices
than any other county in the district.
Crawford county people pay higher
taxes than the people of the other
counties, therefore Crawford county
should say who shall be the candidate.
The nameless committee who issued
the Boscobel call was composed of
these two pretended friends Of Strong.
Cothren was bis Brutus and the other
his Cassius. They betrayed him into
their presence and then stabbed him.
They said.
'Let as be saerlhcers bat no butchers.
o, that We could come by Cmsar's spirit
And not dismember Cesar. But, ALAG,
Cnser must bleed for it, And gentle friend,
Let's kill him boldly. bat not wrathfully;
Let's carve him dish 1T for the GODS
Not hsw him as . carcass at for the hounds:
And Let our hearts, as subtle masters do,
Stir up their servants to an act of rage.
And after seem to chide them. This shall make
Our purpose necessary. and not snvisuE
which 30 appearing to the common eyes.
We shall be called burgers. not murdsrsrs."
This is the way those honorable
men" did with Strong The dog in
the manger is Cothren. Strong if al>
lowed to run alone against Carter
would poll as many votes in the aga
gregate as Cothren. Crawford county,
which four out of Eve times, goes for
its worse man in preference to the
better, would give Cothren more
votes than it would Strong. Parts Of
Grant and Richland would also pre-.
fer Cothren to Strong, but Iowa and
Lafayette counties would give many
more votes for Strong than for Goth
rem. 1t is where Cothren is thorough
ly known that the people do not want
him. At home, on the other hand,
the people have much more confidence
in Strong than in Cothren. And why
shouldn't they have? IF Strong has
any vices the same vices attach to
Cothren in greater degree. If Strong
had Withdrawn Cothren might have
induced him to assign Dick Reed g.
Co.'S temperance certificate to him,
bu, in no other way could he obtain
better certificate. If Strong has been
guilty of corrupt practices Cothren
has commended them for he has rec
omended Strong as a proper candi.
date for the votes of the people for
Judge. Any man will put as much
confidence in Strong's integrity as in
Cothren's. As to ability every one
prenounces Strong the more talented
man and the ADLER lawyer. Putting
these facts together, who is the dog
in the manger? Strong was already
a candidate. He had Cothren's pre-
tended approval and he had the DEM
ocratic committee pledged against a
nomination. Strong smells at the
straw-pile and thinks he will get his
belly full, but Cothren the lurking dog,
erowls and almost frightens him
away. He is over the scare, as will
be seen by his letter in this paper, but,
if Republicans are on guard as they
should always be, he and Cothren
will not together have as many votes
as Carter. Their only hope is the ap-
athy of Republicans. He who is
caught mapping is not a faithful SOL