The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-03

But what was the next step? Why this
same man, Notwithstanding JhlS, notwith-
standing had voted for the river and har-
Dor DILL and was as much of thief then as
am now, went to distinguished gentle
man In GAINESVILLE and proposed that joint
Delegation should be gotten up TO return me
20 Congress and send him back to the State
Senate My friends accepted one-half of the
proposition and it was the first half. Jap
plause and laughterl
Wnat next? Then, again, when [ was in
Dakota, this same man stood on the streets
OF GAINESVILLE. and rode on the railroad trains,
declaring that was a packer of conven-
tions When old Rock again had stood by
me, why the plan was when I came from
Washington to put the river and harbor bill
to the front the moment that should set
loot on the SOIL of Wisconsin, to get up an
Indignation meeting call on me TO explain
my vote as Senator Carpenter did on the
pack salary bill telegraph it everywhere,
stampede the county and district and
thereby defeat my nomination, But my
constituents did not Indlgnate much, and /
did not indignate at all [Laugnter.l The
caucuses and primaries and conventions
were held. and, so far as have ever heard
not the shadow of a delegate IN old Rock
lifted his voice against mel speak OF 1t in
gratitude, rather than in boast-and they
bore my name to the convention, and were
met there by the delegations from other
counties, and, although the river and harbor
bLA Was AOPD 0AOLS ia buG 1IOHG, W6S &c
cepted and nominated again. and virtually
by a unanimous vote, after my friend and
colleague, Mr.. Caswell, had been compli-
mented by his county, and again express
my gratitude.
Then what? Isay when was in DAKOTA
this summer
THIS SAME Mr.. SENATOR RICHARDSON
said to J. G. Metcalf. of the First National
Bank of GAINESVILLE, s..If can be returned to
enc Senate again can be Governor of Wis
1fhf1d1
want you to do what You can to get the
delegates in the First Ward" He was adj
vised to be very quiet about it,
for l had friends there who didn't
ike the way he had treated me- He said he
was gong to be quiet, and he went quietly
through the ward, and he went quietly
through his own ward-these are miserable
things TO talk about, but they are necessary
TO others-he went quietly through his own
ward; he came in with a list of delegates for
himself in his own ward Hon James
Sutherland and others made few prelimin-
any remarks. Those present wrote out a
different ballot, and the mighty candidate.
for Governor through all this trouble didn't
succeed in carrying his own ward, and not
ward In GAINESVILLE and not a dele rate in Polk
County, and then he said he was not can
d1date. Now he is telling that am packer
of caucuses. Who ever heard of me trying to
manipulate caucus? DID you, or did you?
haven't been In caucus for ten years. /
don't like to use profane language, but /
would like to borrow quotation. II l did
try to pack a caucus, and was a candidate
for Governor, Will 'swear" would pack it
so could carry my own ward at
least [Great laughter
MThis is the foundation and the animns of
THE INDEPENDENT MONUMENT
Other candidates who come here for your
support went into the county convention
were defeated, raised the black flag and
marched over to Delavan; and say. gentle
men, after some fidelity to Republican prin-
ciples, it you owe any duty this year it is
that every leading man that has undertaken
that movement shall stand where they have
selected their own ground So much for
that
Now, then, as to Mr.. Winans and the
"blatherskites' and 'cramming the lie down
Threats, etc, Mr.. Winans had said in his
meetings that would not dare state from
rostrum that he cheered for ValIandigham
In the Chicago Peace Convention. repeat
what said in my own town. Mr.. Winans,
You did cheer for Vallandigham IN that con-
vention, and saw 1t with my own eyes and
heard 1t with my own ears" ISensation and
much applause.l / have not stood up in
front of rebel Democrats for nine years in
Congress to come home and be bullied by
their sympathizers in Wisconsin. Applause
breaking out again and again. l am at lib
erty to refer to Mr. Stannard of Mil
ton, who was also a spectator in that con-
ventlon, if friend Winans wants
any more confirmation 4 was there
through the entire convention and it was
the darkest day Of this Nations life. II
seemed as if the foundations had broken up
Chicago was filed with treason as a city was
never filed before, and what we heard and
what we saw seemed TO be the doom of the
Republic in spite of all our brave boys could
accomplish in front with the enemy.
But this may be regarded as question of
veracity between Mr. Winans and myself; or
he may not be aware of his own adminstra-
tion. Give me your attention and will now
wrap the
LINKS OF COLLATERAL TESTIMONY
so tightly around him that ii he shall DENY
this again, he may see stars AZ MONDAY
I have no examining business to do laugh
ter and applausel First as to filling the
decimated ranks of the Union army"
They put that in their circular Hear
the testimony OF Il f. Woodruff one
of our weathiest. most substantial
and patriotic men in GAINESVILLE. He is not
man who backs down very much He saws:
"These meetings were first called and gem
orally held in the old Hyatt House hall One
adjourned meeting was held in Mr.. Winans'
office in Tallman's Block That is all there
is of his calling meeting and being Chair
man of public meetings. About the same
time, in Mr.. Winans' office urged him to
come out openly on the side of the govern
ment and talk to his people, saying to him
they would listen to and follow him.. He did
uOb answer DV WORD or QeeQ. again, during
those dark and anxious days, a prominent
Democrat from abroad) made a speech in
Myers Block in favor of Judge Cothran. He
pronounced the draft law unconstitutional
and SAID if Cothran was elected he
would 80 declare it The Union men, fear
ing such talk would lead to open violence
against the government in our city as it had
in others, formed a secret league for the de-
tense of the law here IL was understood a
secreI league was organized by the copper
heads. In
TALKING WITH Mr. wINANs
about 1t, he said We have lust as much
right to form secret leagues as you have
During the funding of the draft the.govern-
ment had offered to three-year men who
had been in the service two years and over
the balance of their time il they would re-
enlist. Many of them did so and were cred
tied to our account, and at time when we
were paying $500 for raw recruits but we
had made no provision for the payment to
them Of the loo bounty. At ameeting held
in the courtroom OF Major Block Mr.
Williams proposed, and earnestly advocated.
taat we were in duty bound to pay the bounty
to the veterans who had re-enlisted and pro-
posed that it should be left to tie of the
citizens to determine. The vote was called,
and held ia the We Side Engine House.
Mr.. Winans opposed it, and by an almost
unanimous vote of the Democrats and some
Republicans it was defeated :"
IT it shall be made to appear that in the
Chicago convention Mr.. Vallandighan was Mr.
Winans' ideal statesman then, If he didn't
cheer him he ought TO. In April 1868. after
Mr.. Vallandighan hadsbeen defeated for Con-
greSs he returned to Ohio and made those
terribly seditious speeches By order of
General Burnside he was arrested He was