Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-10-12
More Blunders.

The peace committee, which was APP
pointed by the State Central Committee.
to pick the snarls out of the badly
tangled party lines, in the Third Dis
trict, have journeycd down to Madison
and then have journeyed back again,
and for all the good their journeyings
did they might as well have remained at
home. Up to within day or two of the
announced meeting, it was generally
supposed that this committee was to
decide upon the question of who was the
regularly nominated candidate for Con-
gress in the Third District. Both sides
to the controversy had the testimony
ready to prove the alleged legality Of
their position, and there seemed rs if
the first step to a successful settlement
was about to be taken. 1t was noted
aud commented on that this meeting
was called right in Mr.. Reyes dooryard,
so to speak, instead of al the point
where the frauds were committed, but
so eager were all to have something
done that this was waived aside as of
minor Importance. Just on the eve of
the conference, to which had been in
vited both of the Congressional commit
tees appointed by the opposing conyen-
tons at Monroe, it was announced that
the committee would not open up the
question of right or wrong, but simply
use advisory powers.
The result of the meeting has been
Just exactly what was expected when
this announcement was made. and that
is nothing. To-day the party in the
district stands in worse plight than it
did before this junketing expedition was
organized. The State Central Com
mittee, subcommittee. visiting states
men," all, profess a great anxiety to
have the tangle Strengthened out, but not
one of them has the "sand'' 10 start nj
it in the only sensible and satisfactory
way-by deciding, first, the question of
title, without which decision further
progress in any direction is blocked.
Since the organization of the State Cen
trail Committee under its present head.
that body has been noted for the asinine
proclivities which it has exhibited. hut
in all its career it is safe to say the COM
mittee have never displayed the donkey's
ears in greater proportions than when
dealing with this question in the Third
district. BY prompt, firm and iudic-
ious exercise of power, thorough ex-
animation of testimony and the express
ION OF an official opinion as to which of
the two opposing candidates was right
fully nominated, the whole trouble would
have been settled in breath. Justice
would have been done and the mass of
the party would have bowed to the de-
clsion, and united front could have
been presented to the enemy. Instead
Of doing this, their plain duty, the com
mittee saw fit to coquette with the stu
alton, dancing attendance first here and
then there, resolving one thing one
minute and its direct opposite the next
and performing nothing. If the Third
district is lost to the Republican party,
this fall, it will be chargeable directly
to the impotency of this committee,
which has been thus bobbing about like
a hea6lcss rooster rather than an impar-
tial body, which is supposed to have in
charge the welfare of the party through
out the State. A little horse sense, dis
played in the nick of time, would have
prevented what now seems an irremidial
blunder.