Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-11-29
Plain Facts against PLAN Controdic
lions,

In reply to our statement in refer
ence to the improper means used tc
defeat Mr.. Horsfall in the northern
I district, the Dial has the following;
/ The above sweet morsel is from the Grant
| County HERALD, Of the 10th inst As to the
communications, there is not the least
doubt they exist only in the imagination OF the
| fellow who wrote the article. There is no
question about what the writer was thinking
about when he penned the item, and the Didl
only copies il TO correct few mistakes that
appear therein. They are % that Mr. Hors>
fall did not pay for the first lot of tickets; (2)
that Mr.. Hossfall did not pay for the second
lot of tickets; 90 that Mr. Horsfall did not
own the "electrotype cut" Here is plain
contradiction of three of the assertions put
forth by the HERALD, and they can make the
most oft. In regard TO printing tickets simi-
lar to those furnished Mr.. Horsfall, with DR..
Armstrong; name printed therein, the Dial
sees nothing in it TO rile even the sedate edit
or of the HERALD. The Dial Office is open the
year round, in order to do what work is or
dered by its patrons, and when an order is
received, the work IS performed here just the
same as it is in the HERALD Office, or any 9TH
er printing Office in the country. We adyer-
tise for work agree to do the same promptly
and neatly FL our rart of the bargain and
take pay therefor. Should Greenbacker,
Democrat, Republican or Socialist desire tick-
cts he can have all he has the money 10 pay
for, and no questions asked. The same result
could be obtained at the HERALD Office we
opine. AS far as printing election tickets
goes, there never has been any other opinion
advanced by printers, than that they would
print for whomsoever ordered.-W hatever
4 i. II n~NI fhn
Republican printer who helped him, and Mr.
Field, probably it will never hurt any OF them,
in the least and should the HERALD receive
any communications on the subject, it will
confer a favor on the parties above named If
they should appear in the columns OF that pa
per. and If they are so very naughty that the
HERALD is ashamed to print them. send them
to the Dial Office and they viii receive
prominent position in the paper.
We see no reason why there should
be question as to what the HERALD
"writer was thinking about when he
penned the item" He was certainly
thinking that very shabby trick was
played upon Mr.. Horsfall, but he
wanted to say tenderly what others
wanted said strong. We do not
know what else "the fellow who
wrote "the above for Cap. Ferg inn
AGNES we were thinking about. The
HERALD item did not say that Mr..
Horsfall 0l0ned the electrotype cut. 1t
used the phrase "Mr. Horsfall's elec-
trotype cut" and in the same sense
might have said Mr.. Horsfall's Hon.
est Money" or Mr.. HorsfalPs "No
Reputation" for the whole thing was
a form paid for by Mr. Horsfall. We
are told, however, that the "cut
was purchase made expressly for
those tickets, or at least that 1t was
so represented to Mr. Horsfall to in
duce him to give a second ten dollars.
But "the fellow who wrote for the
Dial sees nothing wrong ia printing
Republican ticket with the candi
date of another party on it ! We put
an exclamation point to that, but il
the same "fellow" should now say
that he sees nothing wrong in print
ing a $40 greenback on the Dld'
press, unknown to Uncle Sam, and
passing it off for honest money, hi;
| bunted vision would not surprise US
in the least. He is mistaken in sup
posing any such result could he OBJ
tanned at the HERALD Office: We
will print genuine tickets for any
party that pays for them but would
not print bogus ticket for any party
for any price. We would not print
ticket headed Democratic and put &
Republican name on it, nor would we
print a Republican ticket with {
Democratic name on it. We had sup
posed that to do so was universally
regarded as dishonorable, and instead
of Cap. Ferg allowing some ''fellow'
to justify the act in his paper we ex
pected him to blow some unknown
fellow h-lwards for daring to gel
into his office in the dead OF nigh
when he was fast asleep and prin
and steal 5000 bogus tickets to de
feat a Republican candidate with
And now we will let Mr.. Horsfal
himself answer the other two
facts to which "the fellow" in the
Dial gives "plain contradictions"
To the Editor of the HERALD -
There appears an article in the Bos'
coboI Dial of the 23d instant, in JUS
LITIGATION of Republican Printers
who, after printing election tickets
for the Republican party, take the
same forms, color of paper, &C., and
insert some other PERSONS name
running on another party platform
for tie purpose of defeating the Re-
publican nominee. All the above il
justified on the ground that they
were paid for it.
But there is an assertion in the
article that concerns myself. II says
that Mr.. Horsfall did not pay for the
first lot of tickets and that Mr.. Hors
fall did not pay for the second lot Of
tickets. 1t is true that ] did not pay
for the tickets as the time / ordered
them. The second lot was not print
ed when / left Boscobe., but wai
sent to Fennimore, so that | coulc
get them without going again Il
Boscobel, but the editor of the Dia
had the twenty dollars in his poke
before he printed that assertion
Therefore he had received the TWEEN
ty dollars from Mr.. Horsfsll, whel
be said he had not. | sent the twenty
dollars in registered letter and re
ceived a receipt from the postmastel
of Boscobel, so that | know he go
the money.
| Yours for the truth and the Repub
lican party. JOSEPH HoRsFALL.