Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-10-12
Mr.. Lees Greenback Convention.

The Greenbackers of Grant County
held their nominating convention yes
terday. There were just ten ofthem.
We will no. give their names, for
some of them don't want to be named,
and others will be glad when their
heads become level, that their folly
was not put on record. The ten are
nearly all good, intelligent men, espe
cially those who made no public ex-
hibition of their intelligence. They
were born TO be leaders, even though
they lead nothing but themselves.
They began business by reading the
Greenback pla form. 1t is not bad
platform, only it is planed down SO
slick and set so slantin dicular that
whoever attempts to stand upon it
slides down on to the gray back plat
form. When the time for nominating
candidates came about, Mr.. George
w. Lee took from his pocket paper
crumpled up as if it had been jammed
into several Democratic pockets. He
read from that paper "a full list of
nominations for the county offices,
and then moved that those be their
candidates. The names were as fol-
lows:
For Sheriff, Fl. S. Keene for Clerk
of the Court, A. G. Morse for County
Clerk, John Reed for Treasurer,
Wood for Register, ]. Hay
den; for District Attorney, T. j.
Brooks; for Coroner, o. Is. Phelps.
The ticket and the manner of its
production startled the other nine
Greenbackers, and there was an inci-
nation to get their backs up. Mr..
Lamson wanted to know if any of
those were on either of the other
county tickets Mr.. Lee said he be-
lieved Mr.. Brooks was, but no others.
Then Mr.. Lamson wished to know if
they were all Greenbackers. Mr.. Lee
answered that he did not know, but
he was willing to vote for sll of them.
The President suggested that one
man ought not to name all the candi-
dates, and he inquired if no other
Greenbacker had anything to say.
Mr.. Lee said he had named all the
candidates, but it was after talking
the matter over with others. Where
upon there were inquiring whisperings
among the other nine as TO whom he
had talked with. Pretty soon Ovid
Phelps went in and had a quiet talk
with Mr.. Lee, which partially solved
the difficulty in the minds of the other
nine The question was put whether
Mr.. Lees ticket should be their NOM
nations. Two votes were heard in
the affirmative, and none in the mega
tive. So the child was born. Mr. s.
n. Jones was then put in nomination
for Member OF Assembly from the Sd
district. Some one said, Z" Who shall
we nominate for the lst district ?" Mr..
Lamson said, speaking as one having
authority, 81 don't propose TO nomi-
nate for the 1st district?" If they
don't care enough about their inter
ests to come here, let them go to the"
- He didn't say where, but we
suppose he meant the pace whe, e
they are all going. There was much
nobbing about the I'd district Finally
G. w. Lee was nominated and he
made a speech, on CALL We didn't
understand why Mr.. Jones was not
called on for speech He can beat
Mr.. Lee at that, two to one. After
Mr.. Lees display of talent at log
rolling a ticket, we believe Mr.. Jones
could beat him at some other things
Mr. Lees ticket has Mr.. Keene's, MI
Morse's, and perhaps one other name
upon it, who were candidates for
nominations at the Republican Con-
vention. Evidently he judges all men
by very natural rule and thinks
they have sore heads Then he placed
two names from the Democratic ticket
on his ticket This shows how affec-
tionately Mr.. Lee will nurse his rag
baby. When little privations come
up among the members of the family
he will tickle one with a rattle-box
and another with a sugar-plum. Mr..
Lees ticket had not a lively birth
It's funeral is already past. 1t died