Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-09
"Them Reyes Papers

The State Journal gives q list OF
forty odd papers that favor Keyes,
but like its other statements on the
Senatorial question, the list is inaccu.
rate. 1t includes the Waukesha Free.
man. That paper pulled Mr.. Reyes
for his energy and few other quail.
ties, but in the same article gave good
reasons why he should not be elected
Senator, and then named Judge Dyer
as its choice. The Journal also man,
ed the Adams County Press as
Reyes supporter. This paper EN-.
phatically declares in favor of Senator
Howe as its first choice. AS to some
of the others, the Watertown Repabli-
can is owned by Mr.. Reyes who is
clerk in the State Insurance office.
The Lincoln County Advocate is con.
trolled by a timber agent. In 1877
it was Greenback organ. A timber
agency may have changed its politics
as we'll as its preferences for Senator.
The Hudson Star is in the hands of
Hold Taylor, another timber agent.
The Sparta Herald is run by Mcbride,
a clerk in the school land office. The
Racine Ne,cs, claimed for Reyes, had
an existence of few weeks. We
understand it has no existence now.
"Welch's paper is published semi.
occasionally, for the amusement of bis
children, WEIGH supported reformer
Taylor for Governor in 1875. So of
the rest. With few if any exceptions
the Reyes papers are managed by
timber agents or clerks about the
various State departments, who feel
that they owe Keyes something for
helping them to positions. They
represent nobody but their supposed
owners. There is not dozen of
influence in the whole lot. Concern
ing the Journals list we copy below
remarks by the Sheboygan Herald:
This list appears quite formidable at the
first glance. But when subjected to mo-
ment's analysis il speedily loses importance.
In the grst place, we note that, according to
the Blue Book, there are one hundred and
fifteen Republican papers in Wisconsin 1t
thus appears that sixty>eight Republican state
papers have so far neglected to declare in
favor of Reyes. Looking deeper, we discover
that the Madison Journal is the only English
paper in the list that pretends to have any
thing like state circulation; that thirty
papers of the list are almost wholly unknown
co the people outside of the villages in which
they are printed; that the Madison Journal,
Hudson Star and Times, Ashland Press, Por-
tage Register, and Jefferson Union, and one or
two others. are the only Republican papers in
the list of any prominence in the state that
some of the papers in the list have only been
established few weeks, others have suspend,
ed publication once or twice during the year,
while one Cat least) of the number only appears
occasionally and does not pretend to be
newspaper. 1t occurs to Us that Mr.. Reyes
newspaper backing is not half so tremendous
as it has been represented in the Madison
dispatches, But suppose we continue our
researches. We find that the sixty eight
papers not claimed by Mr. Keyes include
nearly every Republican daily newspaper in
the state aud nearly all the Republican week.
lies that are printed in the cities of the state.
We find that both the Republican papers of
Milwaukee. both the Republican papers of
Fond du Lao, the Republican papers Of Osh.
kosh, Green Bay, Appleton, GAINESVILLE, Beloit.
Eau Claire, Ripon. Kenosha, La Crosse, Min.
eral Point, and such old and Trustworthy
Republican papers as the Racine Journal.
Grant County herald, Bsraboo Republic, and
Dunn County Nesss, are positively and EN-.
phstically opposed TO the election of Mr..
Keyes. Il is thus plainly apparent that an
overwhelming majority of the Republican
papers Of real weight and Importance are not
IN favor of gratifying the ambition of the
Madison Postmaster TO succeed Judge Howe
In the Senate. Whether these papers repre-.
sent the views of majority of the Republicans
of Wisconsin ne have no means of knowing
but we have somewhat extended acquaint-
ance among the Republicans Of Sheboygan
County and we are fully persuaded that there
are not dozen Republicans in this county
who favor the retirement OF Judge Howe from
the Senate in order to make place for Mr..
Keyes