Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-20
THE WOMAN IN POLITICS.
How She Conducts 9 Newspaper During the
2 . Slt.t = Campaign.
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L rze Rochester Democrat. I III
We alluded the other day to a pc
litical paper edited by awestern lady,
A number of the paper issued since
the electieniin her locality shows that
her entire ticket was defeated; and
we Judge from hasty perusal of her
articles in references thereto that she
feels very much worked up abousit.
SIT is true" she says, shat we have
been defeated-badly, woetully de
feated; but truth crushed to earth
shall rise again" This is the correct
ed spirit, and we would that the other
articles mentioned exhibited a like
Difference to the voice of the ballot
box. They do not: Indeed they
show condition bordering on hys-
terics. #E8ssH6E8H
"Oh!" she says, "that sweet man
Joseph Ferguson is defeated. We
would have stood almost anything
but that. He, was faithful, he was
true, he was all that the warmest fam
cy might have painted him. Yet the
minions of the ballot box7have cho-S
sen to vote for the other man! We
cannot think of it with any patience.
1t shows that. the people are not pres:
pared for the divine right of suffrage.
There is, indeed ,sno ray of sunlight in
all this vast abyss of woe. "
: Tho lady has a husband. We learn
that the husband read the article and
didn't like it at all. He said that in
his view there, was vast difference
between admiration and love, and if
he knew anything about it it was the
latter sentiment that dictated the ar
ticle in question. &c
"We weep BITTERLY the old lady
remarks in another place, lover the
slight vote accorded our candidate for
treasurer. 1t was shame. 1t was an
outrage. No nobler man ever lived
than Mr.. Smith. AS a husband and
the father of ten children he has not
his equal in the world
ssThat is hit on me-" said the hus-
band turning pale. "It's very strange
| that women can't talk politics without
rejecting upon somebody. It's most
| remarkable that they can't go prop.
err distance with their admiration and
stop there. The readers of this pa.
paper will judge to a man that this
article is direct reflection on the
writer's husband.
He read in another place "There
is no person in this country who did
not love orr candidate for county
Judge. i We speak earnestly-they
loved him; Then why was he de-
feated? The cause is obvious We
allude to the conspiracy now familiar
to our readers. 1t was that consplr-
acy that killed him."
$50 they loved him. did they ?' re-
marked the husband with intense
scorn and flashing eyes. This comes
of women talking politics. Suppose
all the women were to vote-where,
would be domestic confidence then !?
There would be but one prosperous
class in the whole community. Ev-
cry divorce lawyer in the country
would be as rich as CrGsus. | shall
go mad!" Il
A portion of the paper is badly
printed. The type seems to have been
smashed or something. The last
words of the editorial page that are
readable are, Good heavens! that
this fiend in human shape"--and
there an end. Who the fiend in hu-
man shape is, the readers of the pa
per are not informed. 1t is only evil
dent that there was q dreadful ugly
accident and one or two persons must
have been badly hurt We await fur
Their particularsAwith some anxiety.