Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-10-30

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can tickets to circulate. They wanted
bogus tickets in order that they NIGH
perpetrate their fraud. 1t is useless fol
Ed. Pollock to come the innocent dodge
in this matter, for his trickery is tor
well known and understood by the
people. He has luckily been caught
and exposed. If he hadn't brains
enough to carry out his scheme, he has
shown that the disposition to do it is moi
wanting, and he is not to blame for moi
having brains.
| A Forgery.
Last weeks issue of Ed. Pollock s
sheet contains letter, dated from Sun
Prairie, Dane county, and signed u
E. Peckham," claiming to be Repub.
lican, and making an argument against
r. NJ La Toilette, and in favor of Burr
Jones. The letter, as will be seen from
the communication herewith published,
and addressed to Gen. Bryant, is BASE
forgery; and was doubtless written by
Pollock himself or some other one OF
Burr Jones' paid tools. Pollock also, in
| the same issue of his Democratic sheet,
publishes another communication pur-
porting to come from Monroe, Green
county, written in the same strain, and
signed "Green County Republican, !"
which it is reasonable to suppose, from
the evidence in the first case, is also a
forgery. We have called the attention
of Republicans, time and again, to what
they may expect from this fellow Pol
lock, who is known to newspaper men
far and near, as disgrace to the jour-
nalistic profession. He has ever been
ready to sell himself, soul and body to
anyone who cared to invest in such car
ron, and at last he has succeeded in
finding purchasers. Four years ago.
the Democrats by procuring the publ
cation of the forgery known as the
''Morey letter. in contemplate sheet
called The New York Truth, just on the
eve of the election, carried California
and Nevada. Burr Jones and his hired
tools like Ed. Pollock profted by their
example and success, and are now at
tempting by similar means to secure the
defeat of Mr. IA Toilette. Republicans,
and honest Democrats who do not APP
prove of forgery, read the following,
and see to what depths of villainy
scoundrels who should have place in
the State penitentiary, can stoop, in
their efforts to carry the election:
sun PRAIRIE, Wis, Oct "a. 1884.
To GEN. GEO. Z. BRYANT,
Madison, Wis.
Dear Sir have seen the letter
printed in the weekly Teller of Oct. %,
1884, purporting to be written from
Sun Prairie, dated Oct IS, 1884, and
signed j. E. Peckham, in which the
writer claims that he and his Republic
can neighbors object to r. M. LaFollette
on account of alleged ''bossism," charg-
ing he represents a faction &C., &c.
1 pronounce the letter base forgery,
and it but illustrates the desperate
straights to which the Democratic NOM
inee must be driven to obtain votes.
In the first place, there is no such
man in the town of Sun Prairie as j. Z.
Peckham, nor has there ever been such
man here for the last twenty five
years. have taken pains to see and
read the article to j. A. Peckham and
to j. l. Peckham, and both of them
declare the letter to be bogus one, and
that they are unacquainted with any
Peckham of that name. Both of them
declare that they have not written any
letter to any paper in their lives, for
publication. 1t could not be j. |. Peck
ham, because he is boy, and these are
the only Peckhams that could have
written the letter.
| also saw Henry Peckham and Addi-
son Peckham, all of whom are ignorant
of any person by the name of j. E.
Peckham. From this evidence l con-
clude the letter to have been manufac-
tured for the deception of the voters of
Grant county.
The Republicans are solid in the town
of Sun Prairie for r. NJ. La Toilette,
and the result of the election in this
town as well as in the village, will
show that such base attempts to deceive
voters is the vilest and most corrupt
method of the Democracy in this vilest
of all campaigns as conducted by them.
The Republicans are good tor fifty
majority in the town OF Sun Prairie.
Very Respectfully Yours,
l.. " Lewis, NJ. d.
P. ST. am resident here twenty
five years and would know the facts.
l.. V. L.
! have read the article referred to,
and the above letter, and | know no
such man as J. Z. Peckham, and am
resident of Sun Prairie of twenty
eight years, and have been Postmaster
for five years.
G. L. Lorry, P NJ.
SUN PRAIRIE Is MAD
over this despicable "Morey Letter"
forgery, as will be seen from the follow
ing communication sent us by them for
publication:
We the undersigned business men of
Sun Prairie, having read both the letter
of DIR. Lewis in reply to the article
printed in The Teller and the article
itself. pronounce the article forgery
and are unacquainted with any such
man as j. E. Peckham, and concur in
the facts relative to the article in ques-
ton found in the reply of DIR. Lewis.
ALoNzo COBB. Merchant.
g. w. BULL, Justice of Peace
Z. A. WEIGEN. Grain Buyer.
w. I. MoAK, Merchant.
G. 5. PEsLEE, Justice of Peace.
G. A. BRFTToN Il Son. Dealers in
Pumps and Windmills.
E. Z. JOHNSON, Merchant.
S. ID. HAYDEN, Hardware.
] CYRUS STOWE, Farmer.
f. w. CONES. Optician.
DARLINGTON REPUBLICAN Oar.
lington Republican last week published
a e-quarter-column editorial from
our columns without giving credit. The
neglect to give credit was probably an
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