Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-02-06
King Us. HaZsiton.

MIR. Owen King has his sharp
sticks Whitfield 20 punch up our r. .
ressntative in Congress, Mr.. George
G. IIazeton. There is no doubt
that Mr.. King wants Mr.. Hazelton's
office as badly as anybody 10 the
District wants him to have it, and
there is just as little doubt that his
sole hope Of getting it is in the fact
that the House to decide the ques.
ton will be Democratic House.
And vet Mr.. King has had his
agents going about the country who
have picked up the following''points"
on which he pretends the merits of
his case rest. We get them from
the Darlington Democrat. The first
items are illegal.
Mr.. Hszelton's official majority is 80 votes.
which Mr.. King seeks to overthrow by the
proofs of Illegal votes, bribery, intimidation,
d.. a..
Inc ioHo"nS Is summary OF Mr.. King 3
claims of illegal votes:
Grant County Town of Woodman. 80
Mount Ida, l2 Mount Hope, 5; Patch
Grove. s; Bloomington, 8; Lancaster, 8 (;
Wyalusing, s; Boscobcl, 70; Platteville, 90;
Hazel Green, 8 ; jamestown, Ala.
Iowa County Highland 5 Mifflin 4 !;
Mineral Point 20 Linden 5.--3&
Crawford County, Wauzeka Is.
Richland County:--Beuna Vista s; Dayton
3-8.
Lafayette County:-Willow Springs s !:
Argyle 10; Belmont 8; Wayne 8; Wio,s s;
Darlington 5.-4l,
Green County York 10; Monroe 9 :;
Broadhead 6.-25.
Mr.. King claims votes over cast for Hazel,
ton in the following towns, through the use of
bribery or purchase, or promise
Grant county:-Dutch Hollow, part of
Potosi, 80 Boscobel g.
Crawford county:-Seneca Q; Eastman @
Iowa county:-Highland s Mineral Point
8 Dodgeville s.
Richland connty:-Ithica Q; Bloom 8 !:
that the inspectors of Bloom were not syo-n
as required by law, and the whole clecti on
was illegal Hazeltons majority there was
10.
Errors in the town of Watterstown, Grant
county votes and in Potos, Grant couns
ty, of Q votes.
Votes polled togeth r and counted, in Day
ton, Richland county,2.
Illegal elections in the town of Marshall,
Richland COUNTY; Forrest, same county; VOID
man, Grnnt county, and Eagle, Richland
county.
20 voters in Prairie du Chen could not
vote on account CT polls no. being opened as
required by law.
fntimidation.-In Bloomington, Grant &C y
~, 20 voters were compelled TO vote for
Hazelton by threats of foreclosure of n :
cages by Clark & o. B. Thomas, ang p on.
ed extension of time, ETC., Patch Grove, s %
MIR. Hazelton under same state of facts, by
Geo. Ballantine and o. B. Thomas. II
Ridgeway. Iowa comfy, 20 votes same carl.e
Mr. King claims that Bloomington aai
Patch Grove should be excluded from the can
vass. Bloomington gave Hazelton 1913 ma.
lority, Patch Grove gave Hazelton IS ma
lority.
In Mineral Point 90 illegal votes were ast
'or Hszelton who were not registered as re-.
zuired by law.
IL will be seen that the above bill will re-.
quire the taking OF an immense amount of ties.
iimoDy.
1t is quite probable that in the
whole District some illegal votes
were cast, but il we may take party
history for evidence the chances IRE
that teD illegal votes were cast for
Mr.. Reyes to one for Mr.. Hazeltcn.
And that the cases made out have
very littlo foundation in fact is prob
able, judging from those Of which
we know something from par ties
concerned. For instance, it is
charged that 20 voters were com.
PEELED at Patch Grove to vote for
Mr.. Hazelton on q threat by Mr..
George BsllantiDe to foreclose mort
cages. This and similar statements
grew out of declarations of speakers
on the stump that if the elections
were carried by the fatlsts, creditors
would in self.defence be compelled to
foreclose on their securities. OF
course Congress will not call this
bribery or intimidation. And we
are of the opinion that even the
Democratic Congress will, when
they come to hear Mr.. Rings proofs
regard the fabric he has woesn of
very flimsy material. The people
are too ready to believe the Demo.
cratic House will give them away TO
Mr.. King. There is chance for
Mr.. Hazelton.