Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-10-19
Hurting Themselves.


Hurting Themselves.
The ProhiDitionists in Grant county
have persisted in &pe scnseless policy OF
nominating county officers and put
full ticket in the field. That such action
is unwisc in the extreme and detrimental
othe success Of the one object indicated
by their name will be clearly proven be-
fore the campaign is over As has been
heretofore shown the election of a set
of county officers in this any other
county will have no more bearing on
the question of prohibitory legislation
than would the election of a President
of the United States on the revolution of
the earth on its axis. Even the most
ardent prohibitionists do not claim that
it will Those who IRE most anxious
THAT prohibition ticket should be placed
III the field do not deny that such action
is utterly prevalent to the question of
whether the people OF the State shall
have 4 chance to vote on the question of
prohibition.
Admitting such to he the ease the
result of the recent convention is only
delensible on one of two grounds; either
the leaders. or a portion Of them. have
been stricken with an itch for office and
desire 10 use their fellow enthusiasts as
. cat paw to pull the chesnut9 out OF
the fire or the movement is made with
desire solely to defeat the Republican
ticket and secure the election of Demo-
Gratis TO the county Offices Taking the
prohibitonists at their word, namely;
that their aim is to secure the adoption
of a prohibitory amendment to the con
stitution Of the state. no other tangible
reasons can be offered If this be true
on what grounds do they stand
TO an observer reading between the
lines the action Of the recent convention
was not only amusing but instructive.
Amusing rs showing the entire lack of
consistency which governed the assem-
blagc, aud instructive as showing the
lengthSto which n few hot heads can
carry the bulk of their fellows. An in
stance in point was the action taken on
tha two offices of county clerk and dis
trict attorney. la bo'H cases il was
proposed To nominate the Republican
nominees for those offices. both being
good temperance men. The office of
county clerk coming first committee
was appointed to wait on MIR. Hill and
see Just where he stood. They returned
and reported hey We're satisfied 10 sup
port the G ntlelaan on the grounds that
he would work for prohibition although
he couldnot vote Tie prohibition ticket,
with this endorsement the convention
adopted Mr.. Hin, and placed him in
nomination. When the office of district
attorney came up member of the con-
Ncntion arose ard said he had Just talked
with Mr.. Orr who had said he would
certainly vote ior prohibition and furth-
ermore would not vote for any assem-
biyman who would not vote to submit
the question 10 the people. though he
could not vote the prohibition ticket
this fall or, in gaming parlancc. he saw
the former nominee and went him one
better SO far as opinion went But in
the face of this statement the convention
proceeded To nominate one of their own
leaders who happened 10 be mentioned
for the same office. 1t is useless to
dwell upon the irrationality or ineonsist-
incy of these actions for the reason that
those who are responsible for the same
are willfully blinded to everything hay-
inc anything to do with the right and
wrong of the case. Ormore plainly put
they claim an infallibility of action not
justified by facts and common sense.