Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-07-01
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Under the above head the Darling
ton Republican has the following re-
Elections on the nomination Of a can.
didate for Congress IN this District:
Now that congress has adjourned and mem
bers have had time TO reach their homes,
active operations will begin to secure for
each his denomination and election For It
Is as true now Of members Of congress as il
was Of members Of the supreme court, Of
whom Jefferson said Few die, and none
resign And the case constitutes an ex-
cepiiOn to the common rule Of action when
one of them leaves the people free to yolun,
tary name bis successor. In this district
the present incumbent ia demanding third
term. But thus far this year third-teuners
have not been successful and, certainly,
there are no circumstances connected with
the career Of Mr.. HazeltoD, which would JUS
tify his constituents in continuing him in the
public service. On the contrary there are to
our mind potential reasons Of policy why
some new man should take his place. There
are number Of strong men in the district,
any one Of whom would make an excellent
member Of congress, and WAC would receive
the full vote Of the party at the polls La
We arc informed that the republicans of
Green county intend to give their support TO
Hon. j. b. Treat, and we have good reason
to believe that Mr. Treat has many friends
throughout the district who regard him with
favor for that position Hon. o. b. Thomas,
Of Crawford aud Hon J. H. Vivian, Of Iowa,
have also been suggested Col. John g..
Clark, Of Grant has many friends wherever
he is known, and we understand will receive
an enthusiastic support ia his own county
and elsewhere. From the knowledge which
we have of the public sentiment of the dis
trct, we entertain the conviction that there
/ will be a change and that the nomination
nay be reached by any one Of the gentleman
whom we have named.
The Republican correctly estimates
tho wishes and feelings of the people
Of Grant county. No man is more
deserving Of the favors of the Re-
publicans Of Grant county than Col
Clark; hosts of Republicans are
eager to give him the nomination,
and if he be nominated they will be
enthusiastic in his support and will
draw to him the full aud ancient
strength of the party. It's fourteen
years since Col, Clark ended five
years Of hard work in his country E
service In these fourteen years nc
one man in this Congressional Dis,
trict has given so much time and
talent to the success Of the Republi.
can party, without an item Of what
may be called reward for meritorioui
services to country or party. The
public pulse throbs now IN his favor
The people want him. His nomina,
ton will cause general rejoicing anG
his election will be not only a credit
to the people of the District but his
energy and ability in whatever posi-
ton placed, are such that the people
would feel that their interests would
be we'll cared for and that the SC
District Of Wisconsin would be on,
Of distinction in the National Con
gress for the next two years.
In saying this we mean no refec'
ton upon other candidates. AS t.
Mr.. Hazelton our impression is tina
he does not "demand a third term.
We have been told by numbers o
his personal friends that they though
he would not be candidate tina
for the sake Of his own aspiration
they would counsel him to withdraw
tie has enjoyed many honors ant
much emolument from this constitu
ency; he has had his two terms ant
there is no good reason why h
should want to be a "biger maj
than old Grant" Therefore hi
friends with whom we have con
versed think he will not be a candi
date this year. Of the other person
named by the Republican we hav,
understood that none are candidate
except Mr.. Treat Mr.. Thomas i
now Senator from his county. II,
also holds an appointment under tn,
Washington administration that give
him q considerable salary. DR.. Viyi
an we do not think is looking toward
Washington this year. We DO no
propose at this time specially to urg,
Col. Clark's merits but it appears t,
us that in justice to him, in justio,
to the cause, and for the credit ant
strength OF the party, the Ropubli
can nominee for Congress in thi
District this year should be Col
John G.. Clark.