Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-10-05
. REPTRLICAN CAICIS M
HaZelton Keyes
Delegates. Delegates

We now come to the facts III the towns
of New Diggings and Benton. Both
Mr.. Hazelton and Mr.. Reyes had in
these towns, active supporters, and the
result was looked for with great interest
by the friends of both, outside the towns.
TO verify u statement that the eau
cuses in both towns we're held under
similar notices. we here give the notice
OF the Benton ucu as follows:
"REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
The Republican caucus will meet in
the village of Benton. on Saturday. Sep
tembr 9th, 1882, at 5 o'clock sharp, in
the afternoon, for the purpose of elect
ing seven delegates to attend the Repub-
lican Convention at Darlington, Septem-
Der 18th, 1852"
"By Order Committee"
It cannot in reason be denied, that if
New Diggings could elect under this
call delegates. who would be entitled to
act in the Western Assembly District
Convention, Benton would do the same
under its call.
We will 10Y consider the result in
New Diggings. The attendance at the
caucus was so large that it was first
thought best to hold the caucus in the
street. and an attempt was made to do
SO. The caucu was then called to order
by the Chairman of the town committee,
and two nominations for chairman were
made, the one a KeyeS man, the other
n friend of Hazelton. Pending the cleo
ton of the chairman of the caucus
the confusion and disturbance became
50 great, that the chairman of the Town
Committee found it was impossible there
to organize. This fact is established by
the statement of twenty-eight Republic
cans of the town, who were present at
the caucus, which statement was put in
evidence before the Committee on Gre
dentials of the Monroe Convention. Be-
fore the question of the election of the
chairman of the caucus was put to the
meeting, the chairman of the Town
Committee declared publicly in the hear
ing Of all present, that the caucus would
be called to order in Buxton Hall, which
is in the building Immediately in front
OF which the attempt to organize in the
street had been made, and had failed.
Immediately about eighty Republicans
met in BuXton's Hall, organized the eau
Gus and elected seven delegates to the
District and County Conventions. The
keyes men remained in the street, or
ganized, and elected a Reyes delegation.
Ifthe Buxton Hall caucus was regular,
these seven delegates given to Mr.. Ha-
zelton, gave him twenty-six of the forty
five delegates from the Assembly Dis
trict, OF a clear majority. That this
caucus represented the Republicans of
the town, can hardly be questioned.
when we consider that eighty Republic
cans ont Of 105. the entire vote received
by Coy. Rusk in the town, were there.
Nor viii il be questioned, that the caaIr-
man of the Town Committee, being
unable to organize the caucus in the
street. had the power, and that it
was his duty to organize it where he
could DO 50, giving the people notice Of
the place to which the meeting would
repair for that purpose.
We now come to the town Benton.
At this town. the Republican voters met,
at tie hour mentioned in the notice. In
large numbers, both the friends of Mr..
Hazelton and Mr.. keyes, fairly and
~peaceably organized, and upon a fair
vote, which no one questions, elected
seven Hazelton delegates by a decided
majority, and adjourned. We now come
to a chapter in the history OF this mat
ter where secrecy and fraud are obvious.