Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-10-19
Opening the Record.

The following straightforward letter
was sentby Mr.. Hazelton to the State Gen.
trail Committee las will be seen by the
date--soon after the failure of the Mil
waukee Conference. Its contents might
have been written in Hebrew or Chal-
deac for all the Committee seemed to
care, as it was left unanswered and I'M
noticed for weeks II will be seen by
this letter, that instead of holding off
and endeavoring to dodge issues, Mr..
Hazelton was anxious and urgent tina. a
decision should be arrived at as soon as
possible, to the end that the division in
the party might be healed before it be-
came incurable. This only goes to
prove what we have asserted from the
first, that Mr.. Hazelton was doing all IN
his power TO present a united party front
to the enemy, and that solid line was not
formed was due to the imbecility of the
State Central Committee, and not the
obstinacy of the regular party nominee
III LHlS district.
BoscoBEL, Wis, Sept. %, 1882.
TO the Republican Central Committee Of
the State Of Wisconsin, Gentlemen:-
respectfully submit to you the state
ment Of theAdelegates of the Republican
convention recently held at Monroe, by
which was nominated as a candidate
for congress from the third district.
| have the honor to urge that you will
give this statement of facts careful and
candid examination, and that, if there is
any reason to question the reliability of
this statement, you avail yourselves of
any trustworthy sources of information
whereby to test the accuracy of the same. |
| submit to you, and appeal to you,
to determine without unnecessary DELAY, |
whether was fairly nominated by the
Monroe convention. If you decide the
question in the negative. promise to at
once place my resignation as candi- |
date, in the hands of the chairman of that |
convention.
1would scorn to come before the voters
of the district as candidate if there is
just ground to question my right so to do.
But if the convention charged with the
important duty of naming a candidate
for this district, in the exercise of its
proper functions saw fit to place me in
nomination, | know of no reason why it
was not at liberty so TO do.
l was no stranger to the district which
has conferred this distinction upon me-
For twenty years have resided in Grant
county. Again and again has the county
honored me with its confidence. Three
times l have been elected to congress
from what was the old third district.
There was not delegate friendly to me
in the Monroe convention who did not
know me personally, or one who did not
reflect the overwhelming sentiment of
the constituency he represented in Civ
ing me hearty support.
| am not suffering to be returned to
congress. But if have been duly and
fairly nominated, according to the time
honored usages of the party, claim that
the Central Committee is bound to re-
cognize me as the candidate, and the
only candidate of the party in that dis
trict. If am not strong IN that district,
as some of my enemies affect to think,
let those who believe in fair play turn in
and give me strength.
No person who has anything to do with
the distribution of patronage can avoid
making enemies; but | give it as my de-
liberate conviction that / was never
stronger with the people of the district,
than | am to-day.
have been urged to resign MY eandi-
dacy without regard to the question of a
fair and honorable nomination, as a step
toward the selection of some person ac-
ceptable to the delegates who seeded
from the Monroe convention, when they
ascertained that my nomination could
not be defeated-as if a candidate were
at liberty to consult his own interests or
wishes in such case, without reference
to the authority which has placed an inn
portant trust in his hands.
If disorganization and Generalization
of the party in the Third district is the
end to be attained, there is, it may safely
be assumed, no surer method of accom-
plishing it than by recognizing the right
of u minority to thwart the will of the
majority, duly and fairly expressed, by
demanding that the candidate who has
been thus agreed upon shall surrender
his candidacy at the dictation of such
minority. If the Republican party has
reached this stage in its career, it has
but one duty yet to perform, viz: to fold
its hands and quietly surrender its assets.
| await your decision of the question
herewith submitted to you, gentlemen,
and remain
Your obedient servant,
GEO. G. HAZELTON.