Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-09-28

Nearly w weeks have elapsed since
the curtain fell upon the closing scenes
Of the Monroe Convention. 1t was
hoped that the State central committee
would do something towards clearing
the political waters but the committee
refused to act ON the ground that they
had no jurisdiction. The only balsam
these gentleman could offcr ,,as the
proposition that both Hazelton and
Reyes withdraw and allow 4 third man
to be nominated.
Mr.. Hazelton offered to submit his
case to the committee or any body of
fairminded men and abide by their de-
cision after a hearing of the testimony.
II IS understood that Mr.. Reyes refused
to entertain such 4 proposition. 1t
matters little whether he did or not so
long as the committee refused to act.
But the gentleman offered to withdraw
entirely if Mr.. Iiazelton would do the
same. The fact that Mr.. Keyes enter
tains no hope Of an election is plainly
evident from the parrot like persistent
cy with which he pipes this single note.
As admitted by his supporter, Mr..
Chandler, in a letter recently published.
the eX-boss had no shadow of q chance
for nomination at Monroe, admitting
infcrcntially in the same breath that his
only expectation was to deprive Mr..
Hazclton of the nomination. Being a
shrewd politician, Mr.. Keyes is sharp
enough to know that he has nothing to
lose and everything to gain by such a
course. Confessedly not able to have
secured the nomination at Monroe un-
der any considerations, he now offers to
give up an empty bubble, a ghost Of a
barren ideality, something he never had
never could have obtained and does not
now possess, ii his opponent will wave
all right and title to a position which he
has received from the hands of a major
ity OF the electors of the third district.
In honor Mr.. Hazelton could not
Withdraw, however much he might de
sire it. This view Of the question may
be "sentimentality'' as stated by a daily
contemporary, but it is u sentiment that
involves the organization Of the Repub-
llcan party. The right Of the majority
to rule is the foundation of all true Re
publican government. If the will Of
this majority can be SET aside 1t the in
stance of any one man. or set of men
who are INSCRIPTIONS enough to use
fraudulent means to accomplish their
object there is an end of all party organ
ization. 70 secure the defeat OF so
pernicious a doctrine it were even bet
ter to 90 down, after n fair fight, with
colors flying. 1t is far better to be
beaten by an open enemy after asquare
contest than it is 10 cowardly give way
before a band of camp outlaws.
From every portion of the district
comes the cheering words to Mr.. Hazel
ton ''stand by the ship and we will stand
by you With such support and en-
enlargement, with the consciousness Of
being fairly nominated by an u%ndoubted
majority olthc delegates OF the district,
he would be less than n man that did
not turn a deaf ear to all threats and all
compromises in which not only himself
but his friends would be bound hand
and foot and delivered into the hands
OF the enemy. Facts are stubborn things
and when once the people Of the third
district thoroughly understand and APP
preciato the true inwardness of the out
ragcous trick by which the wishes of a
county were sought to be thwarted, from
that moment the election of Geo. c.
Hazclton by a rousing majority viii be
assured.