Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-08-29
Address to Republicans Of the I'd
Assembly District.

The call to nominate Republican
candidate for Assemblyman has been
published. 1t now becomes the duty
of every voter who would rather see
q Republican than Democrat elect
ed, to fall in ranks with the Republi-
cans and attend the town caucuses
and then if they see FL take the sense
of the meeting, as to who would be
the proper man TO nominate, and at
any rate elect set of good and able
delegates that will by their votes re-
feet the general feeling of their re-
spective towns.
Republican voters should now be
thinking of candidate. Don't NOM
mate on the spur of the moment.
Think before you act. Nominate a
man who is popular in his own town
and who is not obnoxious to the rest
of the district.
There is great deal at stake.
The next Legislature must elect a
United States Senator. That Sena-
tor will be Republican or Demo-
crat. The thinking people of this
country have already staring them
in the face the fact that the South
ern Democrats, assisted by blind
Northern Democracy, and by all who
have left the party that made and
saved the Union, and by those who
by profigacy have brought hard
times upon themselves, are trying
to regain by the ballot and by Leg
islation an equivalent of what they
lost at the point of the bay onett.
Republicans do your duty. Attend
tho primary meetings. Send men of
sound sense as delegates. See that
every man who would rather have
the successor of Senator T. 0. Howe
Republican than q Democrat votes
on next election day even if you
have to take your own team and
take him to the polls and take him
back home. BE In earnest. Give on
next election day q good hard days
work to the Republican cause.
Are there not some honest union
Democrats and Greenbackers that
are not willing to see the Southern
Rebel Democracy control both houses
Of Congress If there are there is
one way to prevent it and that is by
electing Republican State Legisla-
lures and thus insuring the election
of Republican U nited States Senators.
La it policy to trust our fate to the
control of the late enemies of our
common country? The Republican
party is party of advancement. Its
leaders have made some mistakes
but tor every mistake and for every
dishonest act by our leaders there
havc been ninety-nine beneficial meas.
ures carried out to complete success
by the Republican party. OF course
thcre is more fault found with the
Republicans in the North than there
Is with the Democrats. The reasons
are plain. The Republicans are 10
power and in Office and have the
work to do. The Democrats are
sitting back and looking for faults
and mistakes. If they see one they
direct the eyes of the whole nation
to it. They ignore the good work
and are looking only for
the filth. Would they do any better
were they in power2 Are they any
more deserving? Do you believe
that the Democratic party as a party
is any more pure or has any more
ability and honesty in it than the
Republican party? Ia their record
as good? Answer these question,
justly and you will vote for the old
Republican party. We are willing
to stand or fall by just review o.
eur record.
What evidence has the Democratic
party given of reiorm2 Do you
find it in the reduction of the army
or In the good faith (?) in which
they have stood by the decision Of
the electoral commission ? or By
their revivipg the old doctrine oil
State Rights in South Carolina by
setting up the State courts agains.
the United States courts? or by
their reunion with the Green back ers
in the last LEGISLATURE If not here
then where do you find it2 dc
not say there are no good men 10
the Democratic party. l know there
are. But do say that any party
that is controlled by the Southern
element will breathe through all their
actions the general feeling of the
Southern common people. The
Democratic party is controlled by
the Southern leaders just the same
az the Republican party is controlled
by Northern leaders and Southern
tactics are controlled by the late
rebels the same as Northern tactics
are controlled by Northern union
men. Vote for the party whose
record and promises are both good
III preference TO the party whose
record is bad and who makes but
few promises for the future.
L. j. ARTHUR,
Chm I'd Assembly Dist Committee.