Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-07-22

best Republicans from the party and
kept other men from joining it.
The soldiers have not their proper
proportion of Representatives in Cor
gress.
Mr.. Hazelton cannot be elected if
nominated.
These three points should prevent
Mr. Hazeltons' nomination, but, shall
we present others?
Our Own and the Peoples Contest.
Certain parties are industriously
repeating assertions that Col. Clark
is making his own fight through this
paper for the nomination for Con-
gress. They no doubt intend their
assertions to carry with them the in
ference that Mr.. Hazelton has No
newspaper and is making no fight
for himself. Mr. ii. is an exceeding
ly modest man and wouldn't do it.
We make different inference. We
infer it as their impression that no
newspaper can favor a mans nomi-
nation unless be has bought the pa.
per, and no man can do so unless he
has been bought. Having bought
their own "pufls" with mon
ey, and having bought their
own friends with promises of office,
they think no other man can have
compliments or friends without hav.
ing bought them. Six and eight
years ago it was not this paper that
was "owned." No, no; we have
since been very confidentiaIly told
it was another paper that was "under
mortgage" etc. -Four years ago
there was no money used to "spike"
Democratic or any other guns, and
no parties were hard at work under
certain other arrangements. With.
out running in this line any further
just now we say right here that
Col. Clark HIS never exercised or at.
tempted to exercise any influence
whatever over the policy of the pres.
ent editor. He has not been consult.
ed more than others. We have made
1t a practice when thinking of tack.
ing our editorial sails in the course
of new or unfathomed seas to consult
with prominent men. No doubt
policies in view have been modified
by their counses. But we have rad
no more attention t1 Col. Clark than
to any other Three years ago when
we conceived the idea of preventing
Ludington's nomination and starting
boom for Smith for Governor, we
sought the advice Of every promi-
nent Republican lawyer and other
prominent men in town. We found
but one who thought we could safely
undertake the job and he was not a
lawyer. Two years ago when we
undertook TO defeat the election of
Mr.. Reyes for u, s. Senator we did
It, altogether on our Gown hook"
Not man in town gave us advice
or particle Of assistance in that d.
rection, and none knew what was
coming until they saw by the paper.
v e recently directed a few pretty
severe editorials against certain laws
on our Statute books Those. ed-
torlals we are told threw GER
tain parties in rage. We
regard the laws as outrageous bur.
dens upon the people, but there are
aitew persons immensely benefited
by them. One of these persons
long a prominent Republicsn-liv-
ing moro than u hundred miles from
Lancaster, swore that he would
have revenge on Col Clark-that
he would do all ho could to defeat
him in any aspiration. Yet the fact
is, Col. Clark nor any other person
on earth knew anything of those
articles until they were printed.
The reader perceives that an editor
must be very carefulno to say any.
thing that may stop heavy taxes.
If those who pocket them can't hurt
the editor th9y will at least hurt his
friends Right here, reader. if YOU
arg a taxpayer, can we impress
upon you the importanco of
standing by your friends
Now, as we have said before, we
do not wish in our opposition to Mr..
Hszelton TO say anything that will
hurt any nomination that may be
made, but these charges that Col.
Clark controls the uttsranGes in this
paper are direct insult TO the
editor. Nothing controls us but
the good OF the party and the good
of the people. While the present
editor is at the helm of the HERALD
there is not money enough in Grant
county or the 30 Congressional Dis.
triot to buy change of its policy.
Desiring in the. nomination Of Con-
gresham, TO work in harmony with
Col. Clark we have at his reouss.
withheld some points and tempered
language that might otherwise have
been used against Mr.. Hszelton and
nothing has been written by Col.
Clark, nothing dictated by him for
this psper in his own interest or
against Mr.. Hszelton or any other
man. At the Senatorial election
last Fall we submitted to a similar
restraint at the request of Mr.. Ry-
land. When others are concerned
it is right that we work in harmony
though the truth is we would have
more faith In our batteries if we
should open them out IN full force.
In that case we'd bet q thousand