Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-08-17
Look Before Leaning.

IOOh DtlOTt itHplHSs
The Grant county citizen has his
hands full and his political pocket run
ming over this year The Republican
elcctor especially, who does not feel
what q glorious privilege it is to be an
American citizen is no man at all The
gloriousness is projecting in every direc-
ton. Not only can he participate in
the nomination of seven county officers
and then take off his coat and assist in
clccting them but he can double the
privilege by doing the same for MEM
Der of Congress, and thereby hangs a
tale.
1t is asserted in some quarters that a
change in the representative is needed
that the present member has had the
office quite long enough, that he is dan
gerous, that he is everything that can
be urged against him and nothing that
can be urged for him. All of which is
a nice little scheme to catch the I'M
wary This unfortunate class, however
have guardian angel in THE HERALD.
lis whole existence in fact is devoted to
exposing the traps and pitfalls which
are laid for innocent feet. 1t thus be-
comes its duty TO point out to the I'M
SuSpccting that these smoothly told
stories and plausible arguments are adj
vanccd by persons who have n, private
aX to grind and one for which they wish
the people TO turn the grindstonc The
VOLTS ears can at any time be seen stick
ing out from under the sleeps clothing
if one looks sharp. But they hope no
one will look sharp. They are working
upon the supposition that the people
will not stop and think. THE HERALD
therefore says to the Republicans of
Grant county think before you believe
every story that is told you against a
tried public servant; think when you
arr asked to give your vote in caucus
or ut the polls to throw overheard a
mGn from your own county; think
whether it is worth your while to be
eats paw to assist in pulling the poll
tical chcstnuts out of the tire for persons
Who has no claim upon YOU whatever:
thiak whether YOU will assist in legislat-
.rg man out of office to crafty the
ambition Of a political ring who found
tHcl could beat him mo- other way We
hHtc neither fear or doubt of the result
when the Republican, of Graut county
2 into this matter with thcircyes open.
l'ui again there are other facts which
arr worth considering. The present
member. Hon Geo c. Hazeton, is now
serving his third term and this is made
one of the strong levers with which a.
throw him out of his seat. "Rotation
in Office is the war cry and like a
Chinese gong it has been sounded until
al argument j, lbs, it, the din. We
have already in other i-sues Of TuE
lttEALp, called attention to the fact
that the powerand weight Of influence
was welded, al other things being
equal. by the older members of tbe
House The position assumed in The
National councils ny the Soutl, before
the war and the East since has been
called 10 mind and :. is therefore nm
necessary to 60 over this again. AL
mittiGg these facts is admitting the
further prop ssition that the best thing
district, having a good representative
can do is to return him just 50 long as
he can be induced to return It is no,
only a question Of right bui a question
Of policy as we'll; the two terms in this
instance are syuonomous.
As t. The question OF goodness, mean
ing careful attention 10 the interests
81 his district and a prompt and earnest
cndeavor to see that the wishes of his
constituents are faithfully carried ont
no mancan say, truthfully, that Geo. G.
lIazelton has not done all and more than
was expected. Patriotic to the core he
has not by any means neglected national
in local interests. The record of six
years work j. open 10 the inspection of
anybody and we defy them to place their
finger on any part Of that record for