Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-09-28
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Of the great fraud attempted to be prac
ticed in Lafayette county the adhcrent
of Mr.. Keyes have endcayored to max
it appear that the change Of Mr.. Stick
ncy's vote wa all that prevented Their
from winning. With this end in vie,
they have rung the changes upon tn
Slickney matter until it 9ecmd rs if tn
true merits Of the ease and the point
on which hinge the right and wrong G
the whole matter would be entirely
obscured.
Whether Mr.. Hazelton or Mr.. Keye
is the regular nominee is the question
upon which the people are just nov
called TO decide. This decision mus
rest upon a prior N as to whether tn,
Hazelton or Reyes delegates from tn,
western district Of Lafayette county
were entitled to seats in the convention
TO reach n decision Of this point We
must, again, first find ont which Of The
two nominating conventions was tht
rightful representative Of the Rcpubli.
party, called through the regular
channels and in accordance with tho
u-agcs and customs which have obtained
m the party during years past.
In order to enable the people Of IN,
district the better to elucidate this prob
lem we print in another place the testi
mony taken on this point before tn,
committee on credentials, nj Monroe
Ii is not necessary 10 recount tiat testi
moHy here. II is as plain as the Eng
lish language FAN make it. A few word.
Of explanation are, however, permits.
sahlc.
50 great was the turnout ut the eau.
en-. held at New Diggings Sept. Q, thai
it was first Judged best 10 hold it in The
open air. The result OF this attempt i.
graphically told in one of the affidavit,
signed by u number of reputable citizen,
aud shows the inception of the Balm
bridge-keycs plot. After finding that a
majority ofthe Republicans were honest
ly m favor of Geo. G. IIazelton and had
elected delegates accordingly Mr.. Balm
bridge has notices posted for u caucus
10 be- held the next Monday evening.
The testimony Of the man who posted
these notices is given rs also the fact,
brought ont ia his cross-examination.
that the notices were not posted until
Monday. The testimony Of other Wit
ue-7cs shows that they We're each and
every ouc posted in out of the way
places, evidently with an intent to pre-
vent their being seen. That evening
sly men as testified to by Mr., Mason
and eight rs claimed by Turnbull, met
IN nm out of the way school house and
elected Reyes delegates. This was the
manner in which Mr.. Kcvcs' supporters
were secured. In explanation Balm
bridge claims that no call had been is
sued for the election Of delegates to the
western assembly district convention.
Yet Shullsburg elected ten delegates,
which participated in the bogus Kcyes
convention, underline same general call
Go which objection was made and were.
in fact. the only duly elected delegates
who Gid participate in that slippery
gathering. The fact then remains that
either the cambridge delegates or the
S~hull,hurg delegates were fraudulent
and therefore, providing the 1880 CON
y%cntion had been regular and fair, it was
MINT, q quorum and could not there
fore claim power to elect delegates to
the Monroe convention.
Thc fact remains that If was not n
proper convention, that it was fraudu-
lcut'y aud clandcstinely held. as stated
in The report Of themajority Of the COM
mitteo on credentials. 1t is a fact also
taat not 2 soul in Darlington outside Of
Those participating, not even the sheriff
who live, in the Jail connected with the
courthouse knew OF the convention
beng heid unih about lifetime the regu-
lar convention was called 70 order.
y testimony 'ar'her goes TO show
'''' y mas oe'n t'e custom IN Lafayette
county ever since th' hePuoilcah party
was organized 10 4 a county conven-
ilan III Darlington which convention
elected Two senatorial delegates TO the
congressional convention and then sep
'rltcd INFO tive conventions one for the
eastern district ana ono for the western
district amt each elected two delegates
'' 'le congressional district convention.
~ tlls county convention delegates
"tf' ~en from every precinct m the
county and thtir credentials were passed.
upon toy 70 committee appointed by the
convention sitting as one body. After
ward, the senatorial district delegates
were elected and then the other dele
gates. IL stated above.
such was the course pursued at Oar
linSion on sept II. B~ainbudge and
his c%oniederates participated in the tenn.