Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-03-25
Sauce for the Geese and Foodfor the
Gamblers.

publican and Democratic, will admit
we criticise the acts OF the ReDubli.
can party and when we find it wrong,
DO not hesitate to lay its own faults
Al its own door. It's errors have
been so many and bad that we have
been ready to yield the point that it
deserved TO be beaten bv better
party and would have been had there
been better party. But all the lead
ing measures of its great opponent,
the Democratic party, have been SO
glaringly unjust, aud have SO jeo-
pardized the rights and the voice Of
the people that the people have taken
W arning and declined to trust them.
Their bull-dozlng the elections IN the
South, their attempt boldly to steal
the electoral vote OF Oregon, their
extra session acts and other similar
proceedings have given nearly every
Northern State back to the Republic
can party since the Presidential cleo
ton of 1873, and still they have
learned nothing. Since the last Fall
election they gave further evidence
of what they would do if they had
the power by attempting to give the
Legislature and State offices of Maine
to men they admitted were defeated
by large popular majorities. This was
the affair of State. And now our Ma.
tional Congress, both houses of which
are in Democratic control, are out
raging justice and the voice OF the
people by similar proceedings. In
Minnesota the Republicans elected
member of Congress (Washburn) by
oser 1900 majority, yet the Demo.
cratic committee all agree to unseat
him and give the place to the man
who was beaten 5000. Elsewhere is
a telegraphic synopsis of the report
of the Republican members of the
And in the United States
Senate they are just as basely IN.
dertaking to GUST Kellogg, OF Louis
ana. The movement is led bv Ben
Hill. His report was given to the
Senate Monday. 1t is very lengthy
and dispatches give only the follow.
ing brief outline:
Mr.. Hills majority report goes into the
case very fully. 1t alleges Kellogg to have
been guilty of conspiracy to fraudently use
his gubernatorial Office to prevent free cleo
ton in the Legislature in order that only Re-
publicans might be elected that failing in
this he con pred to change the resul. as re-
turned by the election commissioners that
he prevented The legal Legislature from as.
sembling in New Orleans Dy the use of force.
money. promises Of Office and OTHER corrupt
means; that he conspired frau6ulently to have
Packard elected Governor to aid his election
to the Senate that he excluded the mem.
be.s elect of assembling that he TESTIFIED
falsely to the Election Committee, thus in.
ducing them to declare HIM Senator and that
he secured Government Offices for his CO. con-
spirators Thu testimony is quoted in extern
80.
Some discussion arose as to the
of the report and Kellogg
scored Hill with a short speech like
the following
Mr.. Kellogg made personal appeal TO
the Senate setting forth that Mr.. Hill had de-
clared publicly and privately that he would
drive him from the Senate, and that being
Judge of the case had prejudged il before he
look or collated the evidence. He declared
Mr.. HIPS statements false from beginning 10
end. and that in the 1900 pages of testimony
there was not line connecting himself d.
rectly or indirectly with any manipulation of
returns or with returning boards. He &C
costed Mr.. Hill by taking every means OF
the public mind against him. He
declared that Mr.. Spofford had brought dis
reputable and disappointed men TO Washing
ton. He notified the Senate that he would,
when the resolutions came up, show the
American people whence came the catacomb
Of corpses at Colfax, and impress the truth
on the people. He asserted that the CON-
mittee had not allowed him fair play 10 re-
bat the testimony. He would show Mr.. Hill
to have cut off whole pages Of testimony
favorable to aim Kellogg. He would ac-
cept the truth what Mr.. Hips principal wit
ness, Barney Williams, asserted if a single
citizen of New Orleans could be reproduced
to say on his honor that he would believe
Williams under oath. He analysed the I'M
fair proceedings of Hill 10 the most Scathing
and personal manner. He said every aft,
davit produced against him in New Orleans
was either forged or paid for, and that he
could prove this to be fact. There never
was as foul conspiracy set afioat as this.
He declared that every member of the Legis-
lature swore there was no bribery. Even
the Nichols Government with packed juries,
failed TO indict him. A good deal had been
said about the Custom House, but nothing
about the money paid witnesses against him,
though one witness swore positively TO re
ceiving money 20 vote tor Spolford. He
thought he could compare his character,
moral and otherwise, against Hips, and his
bitterest enemy would concede him to be i'm
measurably superior TO Hill in moral or
physical courage.
When the matter comes before the
Senate for action we shall probably
have field day. Some of our strong
men will make great speeches that
will electrify the people of the whole
land and materially increase Repub'
lican majorities. And the Washburn
case, also, if Congress does so base
a thing as to unseat him, will be the
means in itself of giving the Repub.
licans in the next Congress two, three
or more additional members.
We are telling this and attempting
to hold it in light that will expose
its baseness because we do not want
It done but IN the meantime there are
Republicans, many of them in Officer
who are glad of it because they ex-
feel that as long as the Dem.
ocrats do thus, the people will elect
them or any sort of men to Office be-
fore they will risk the Democrats in
power.
In appears we were mistaken
about the dog law being still dog
law Ii WAS harkad doxn Nnu