Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-09-21
FRESH FACTS.
A Clear and Impartial Statement OF The ATTEMPTED
Steal In LaEaYe,teC nnnfr-

A Clear aad Impartial Statement OF The ATTEMPTED
steal in Lafayette County.
The fact in relation TO the western
district are simple and are soon told.
The towns comprising this district
and the number of delegates each is en-
titled to in the county and district con-
ycntions are as follows: Belmont. 5
votes; Benton Z; Elk Grove, 4. Kendall,
4; Monticello, ?: New Dlggings, 7; Sey-
mour, 4; Shullsburg, 10; White Oak
Springs, ,; Total As. At the primaries.
which were more largely attended than
ever before, all these votes were secured
for Mr.. Hazelton except the 10 votes
from Shullsburg, II vote from White
Oak Springs and possibly one vote from
Kendall, which were for Mr.. Keyes.
The call for the western assembly dis
trict was made and signed by all the
members of the district committee and
placed in the hands of the county COM
mittee August 30th last, and il is as
follows:
REPUBLICAN DISTRICT CONVENTION
A Republican District Convention for the I'd
or Western Assembly District OF Lafayette conn
ty. Wisconsin, will be held at the Court House.
in the city Of Darlington, on Tuesday, September
10th, 1882, at , O'Clock p. m, for the purpose of
electing two delegates to represent said district
in the Republican Congressional Convention TO
be held at Monroe on Thursday, the 18th day Of
September, 1882. Each town viii be entitled to
the usual number OF delegates.
JOSEPH HoRSLRY.
ROBERT RENNICK.
The county committee issued their
call, which is rs follows:
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION.
A Republican county convention win be held
a. the Court House, in the city Of Darlington, on
Tuesday, September 18th. 1859, for the purpose Of
clecting two senatorial delegates 10 represent the
republicans Of this county in the congressional
convent ion 10 be held at Monroe, on Thursday.
the l4th day of September; also a district conyen-
ton for each of the assembly districts in this
county, 10 elect each two delegates TO represent
said district at Monroe.
by Order Of the Committee.
CD. HELM. chm.
These are the only calls for a conyea-
ton in the western district, emanatin,r
from the county of district committees.
or from any assumed or pretended au-
thority.
AT II O'Clock M. of the 18th instant
the usual hour-the county conven-
ton was called to order in the Court
House at Darlington, a temporary or
ganization was perfected and n COM
mittee OF credentials appointed. Mr..
Thomas Bainbridge, Thomas Bright and
William Walton, the contesting dele
gates, were all present in this conycn-
ton, claiming to be delegates therein:
so were all the delegates from this dis
trict who are favorable to Mr.. Keyes'
nomination. The convention then on
motion of Mr.. cambridge adjourned
until ? O'Clock p. III.
At 2 o'clock p. m. the convention re-
assembled. The committee on creden-
tials reported there were no contesting
delegates from any of the towns. The
committee reported full delegations
from every town in the county, and the
report was unanimously adopted. The
convention then proceeded to and elect
ed two delegates at large, from the
county, for senatorial delegates to Mon
roe. One of these delegates is the JOS
eph Blackstone, Esq, from the western
district. As soon as the business of the
county convention was completed, about
one-half past two O'Clock p. M. the
western assembly district convention
was called to order by John Rudd Esq,
chairman of the district committee, he
reading the above call. At this dis
trict convention every delegate from the
western district was present and part
icipated in its action, except the ten
delegates from Shullsburg and one from
White Oak Springs. This convention
unanimously elected as delegates to
Monroe: William Mates, Esq, of Bel
mont, and Benson Spensely, Esq, of
Shullsburg, who are the regular and
bona tide delegates from the district to
Monroe. This is the record upon which
they stand.
After Mr.. cambridge and his friends
had moved, voted for and carried a mo-
ton TO adjourn the county convention
until two O'Clock p. m. for the commit
tee on credentials to perform their labors
and the members of the convention to
get their dinner, they secretly met at
about one-half past twelve O'Clock. The
only regular delegates present were a
portion of the Shullsburg delegation and
n delegate from White Oak Springs.
Any other persons participating were
bogus delegates from some of the towns.
Very few were present ut all.
Joseph H0rsley, one of the district
committee, and whose name is appended
to the above notice, at least one and
one-half hours before the time fixed for
the meeting of the convention specified
in the notice. without the concurrence
of either of his fellows, assumed TO call
the pretended convention TO order. An
organization was projected, and Thorn
as Bright and Thomas cambridge were
elected assembly district delegates to
Monroe. This prematnrely delivered
rump convention, not content with
electing two assembly district delegates.
assumed the power, which no one by
any system Of reasoning can pretend
exists is An assembly district convention,
of electing and did elect William Walton
Esq one of the senatorial delegates
from the county at large. These three
individuals 10 contest the seats Of the
three regularly elected delegates. Such
is the record upon which they stand.
burlington Republican.