Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-05-20
RyIand for Lieutenant tioyernor.

| choose candidates to succeed our present
state offices.
1t seems to be almost universally con-
ceeded that Gov. Rusk and Sec Timme
will be their own successors; in. fact,
there seems to be no opposition to their
nomination, as in justice there should
not be Not so with the remainder of
the ticket. The welfare of the party de-
mands that there should be some
change, even if the present incumbents
desire and expect a denomination, which
| am informed is not the case. 1t is
safe to predict, then, that with the ex-
ceptiOn of those above named, new per-
sons viii be elected to fill the state
offices. Great wisdom and care should
be exercised in the matter; no mistakes
should be made. Men should be selected
in whom the people have implicit conf
dence, men of known ability and I'M
questioned integrity, men who are not in
any sense controlled by cliques or cor
ppIDtiOHo, men NnO nave no dllDltlOn
except to do their duty, men who have
convictions, and having, dare maintain
them. 1t goes without saying that the
Third Congressional district, upon which
the state largely depends for its Republi-
can majority, should have responsible
position on the state ticket, and of the
counties composing the district, none
have stronger claims than Grant, nor is
she lacking in material suitable.
In addition to the qualifications men,
toned above, it is fit and highly proper
that men should be selected who win en-
tirely unite the party, regardless of past
issues and differences, for it is to the Re
publican party alone that men can look
for good government, either state or
national.
No true Republican in this district, no
matter to what faction he has belonged
in years gone by, can afford to permit
that division within the party to exist
longer, which resulted in our being mis-
represented in the Congress of the United
States for two years by genial but
came noted in anything for the public
good and only notorious in doing the
will of the leaders of his party from the
South in such matters as the bill for the
relief Of Fitz John Porter and the like,
and also in the defeat for the legislature
in this county of an exemplary and up
right man, a staunch Republican and a
gallant soldier, and sent in his stead a
Democrat, when the district was largely
Republican.
was a supporter of the Hon. G. c.
Hazelton and have no apology for so
doing, nor do | find fault with those Re
publicans who did differently. Knowing
that | was actuated by what seemed but
duty, | am willing to accord the same
motives TO others.
| have no interest in the selection of
officers more than any other citizen who
wishes well to the governments /
am not an aspirant for any office in the
gift of the people, but | believe that the
maintenance of the principles advocated
by the Republican party is paramount
to the interest or preference of any indi-
vidual
Grant County has one citizen whom
perhaps above all others the people have
trusted and never found wanting, whom
they have loved to honor, time and time
again, by placing in positions of trust
and responsibility, and who, on account
of his long experience in legislative bust
ness and especially in the state senate, is
eminently qualified to preside over that
body, and to discharge the other duties
of the Office of Lieutenant Governor,
with credit to himself and honor to the
people who sent him. That man is Hon
G.. w. Ryland. am satisfied that no
better nomination could be made in all
the state, or would so unite and strength
en- the party in this district.
do not know Mr.. Ryland's wishes in
this matter, never having heard him say
a word in regard to it, but | am con-
WINGED that nothing would suit the peo-
pie in this district as his nomination for
that Office, and that with Ryland for
Lieutenant Governor and r. NJ La Fol-
lette for Congress all Republicans would
rally to their support and to the support
of the ticket, and old Grant County
would again roll up her old-time Repub-
lican majority. Let it be so.