The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-07-18
any other candidate. The DeIevan

any other candidate. The DeIevan
paper very properly say5:-
The question is not who will please
ourselves best, or serve our individual
interests most; but who can lead the
party to a sure victory, and, when elect
ed, serve all our interests and that
of the State and Nation the best.
" We may think that whoever is nom
mated can be elected. This we be-
lieve to be mistaken idea, and one
that for our safety as party is alto
gether too prevalent. We are not the
old First of other days. We now have
Jefferson County added to the District
with its 1,50O democratic majority, and
we may prepare to see $500 republican
votes cast for a prohibition candidate. |
Turning to the last election we find
there were 1861 more votes cast for
Messrs. Winans and Blackman, the
democratic and prohibition candidates,
than were cast for Mr.. Williams, the
Republican nominee. We remember
also that the people are constantly
changing their location. Emigra. ion
from and immigration into the district
is constantly at work to reduce the
Republican strength. The population
of the territories, notably that of Da-
kota, is largely Republican; this dis
trict has supplied large proportion of
that material within the past two
years; besides foreign voters are con-
stantly settling among us; they seek
the older settled counties, and their
political bias is largely democratic.
Here are two silent forces, emigration
and immigration, which are at work
to reduce the Republican strength in
the district. Hence we say that in the
present condition of the district a
nomination is not equivalent to an cleo
ton. In looking over the field, we
think every good reason, every sound
consideration, points to Hon. L. B.
Caswell, of Fort Atkinson, who would
be elected beyond a peradventure, and
who could serve. the district with great
credit to himself and profit to his con-
stituency. He has had eight years, ex-
perience; the first six were in demo-
cratic House, the last two in a republic
can. His ability as one Of the fore
most lawyers of Wisconsin, as a BUSH
ness man of large experience, and a
most successful legislator, is conceded
everywhere in the state. In Congress
his ability was acknowledged by po-
sition on the committee on Appropria-
tions, one of the leading committees In
the House. Here he was given the
Craftsmanship of the Postal Service.
His bill carried over forty millions a
year; this work was given to Mr.. Cas-
well following the Star Route frauds
with al. the responsibility of guarding
the service, which he not only did, but
made sufficient saving for the Postal
Service, so that he was enabled to re-
port bill reducing letter postage to
two cents, which became a law. If
Mr.. Caswell is nominated he will COM
bine all factions of the party in the
district. He owes no i'll will to any,
but is friend to all. He is popular at
home and will we'll nigh carry Jeffer-
son County, as he always has done.
In one of his campaigns his majority
in that county was 500. These are
some of the considerations which COM
pei us to believe that it would be the
part of wisdom for the Republicans of
the First district to make Mr.. Caswell
their nominee"