Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-09-02
County Convention.

PNSHS1u NDuhtJ AVhFcE-
ton wilt meet in Lancaster next
Tuesday. A full set of candidates
tor county offices viii be nominated
"a Sheriff, County Clerks Treag.
urer, Register of Deeds, Circuit
Court Clerk, a Destrict Attorney,
a County Surveyor and q Cor
oner. For the Sheriffs place the
candidates are James Barnett, of
Boecobel; Anton Smith, Of Lam
caster; ]. L. Rewey, of PlattevilIe !;
J. +. Lane, of jamestown r. A.
Wilson, of Georgetown; Frank
Thompson, OF Hazel Green; Matt.
Birchard, of Fealimore, and we
have heard it intimatsd that Mr..
Lewis Okey, of Cassville, ia on the
list. Ii the people do their duty
they will not select man simply
because be wants the salary. Bst-
ter select the poorest man on the
list than the richest. Better have a
maa who has served his party well
and bis country we'll. Better have
q man who oares for other peoples
comfort as we'll as his own. Better
not have ring man or you will get
him beaten,if it is Presidential year.
For County Clerk there are three
or four candidates. We suppose Mr..
f, S. Kidd's health puts him entire
" out of the question. We have
heard Dir. Traber and Mr.. Hill, of
PlattevilIs, and Mr.. Morse, of Fen.
nimore, talked of. They are prob.
ably competent end worthy. We
last week named another man we
know TO be competent and worthy.
He has not been out drumming up
the people. If they select him it
will be- case Of the office hunting
the man. He was Union soldier
and left an arm on a rebel battle
field. He Is a frst-class penman,
quick of perception and off.hand in
public acts. Until q year ago he
lived in Potosi and few years ago
the Potosi delegation presented his
name for nomination to the Legis-
lature. Bloomington and part of
Beetown voted for him and he came
near receiving the nomination. Del.
egates will do themselves credit who
vote for him for County Clerk next
Tuesday.
For Treasurer we presume Mr..
Lester will be re-nomlnated, but we
think the nomination an improper
one. He disposes OF the patronage
the public puts into his hands, not
for their good, but, as if it were mere
spoils to be divided among his
friends. If advertising is done only
that somebody may get pay for it, it
ought not to be done at all. Besides
we offered to do it for nothing and
save the county the cost. Farther,
in his effort to keep it away from the
HERALD he failed to do it legally and
the money for it is thrown away ,pur-
chasers Of certificates are disappoint-
ed and the county set back q year on
lis titles. Mr.. Lesler is "clever fell
low" it is true, but the most expen.
sive luxury this country produces is
its "clever fellows" No one has
been named but Mr.. Lesler that we
know OF except Mr.. Geo. Nevins, and
he is. mistakenly, a candidate for
Register OF Deeds. He could have
been nominated for Treasurer had
he offered himself for that office. To
us the Office itself is small game. Po-
litically it is no matter who gets it.
For Register of Deeds, w. 2. Dur
ley will be re-nominated and ought
to be. Grant county never had
more competent, attentive and oblg.
ing officer. The office has not been
worth anything since he has had it
until this summer.
Herman Buchner will be nominal.
ed for Clerk of the Court. He, too,
fills the bill for the office be holds, to
perfection.
L ]. Arthur and r. G. Orr are the
candidates for District Att'y-either |
of them worthy and satisfactory. We
make no preference between them.
We have heard of no contestant
for the Office Of Surveyor against Mr.. |
Barber, the present incumbent, and |
a more competent Surveyor could |
not be found.
And it will be useless to effer OPP.
position TO so weighty an incumbent |
OF the Office of Coroner as Mr. Lys-
ter.
Let US be hasty in nothing. Put
forward good men for every Office.
If the ticket is what it ought TO be
successful work can be done for it.
With proper county ticket from
one to FIVE hundred votes may be
added to the general ticket. IF q
bad ticket is put up few honest men |
will take intnrast IN ~