Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-03
DO NOT BE MISLED BY UNTRUTHS
Vote Your Ticket Straight Next Tuesday,
Democrats and Disgruntled Republicans
Endeavor to Stir Up Strife.
READ ASHLEY'S LETTER BELOW.

We publish below letter of Hor.
J. B. Ashley, Chairman Republican
Committee of Sank county, which
answers all the lies found in the
columns of the Teller, in the D. T.
Parker, John Swingle and Jim Stone
letters.
This congressional election is inn
portant. It may be argued that one
congressman can be spared from
the Republican column but Repub-
licans do you realize that the Demo
Gratis are trying that same story
and cry in every congressional dis
trict in the United States?It Is conse-
qnently very dangerous to risk the
loss of even one Republican.
Mr.. Murphy can only be elected
by disaffected Republican votes.
One reason Mr.. Murphy gave when
he left the Republican party was
because he favored the free coinage
of silver and he advocated this from
the stump in Grant county.
Do you sound money Republicans
want man to represent you who
has free coinage views? We don't
believe you want to take such a
risk.
Mr.. Murphy says the protection
policy of the Republican party is
responsible for all the trusts. In
free trade England the greatest
trusts ia the world exist; but for
sake of argument admit what Mr..
Murphy says, would you change
these times of prosperity for the
hard times during last Democratic
administration?
Republicans don't make so grave
an error as to elect Democrat to
congress from this district; the
issues are too important to your
selves.
Read Mr.. AshIeY's letter. Con-
gresham Babcock's record has been
consistently Republican first, last
and all the time.
The letter is as follows:
Former Speaker Lenroot, defeated
hn for
governor, delivered a speech at Bara-
BOO last night to an audience of about
100, composed largely of democrats
and gave his especial attention to
Congressman Babcock. Mr.. Len
root, as is well kro own, has been an
ardent supporter of the primary
law, but bolts the verdict OF the
people upon the first occasion. He
seems to forget that the people OF
the Third district have held a
primary and renominated Congress-
man Babcock. 1t is the consensus
of opinion, among most people here,
that his action is brought about Cd
account of Mr.. Babcock and his
friends throughout the Third dis
trict giving their support TO Gov
Davidson in the primaries. He says:
81 cannot support Mr.. BabcOck Tor
reelection In the district because
if l did / would, in view of his past
record, be opposing the principles OF
the republican party In the state. "
He said that Mr.. Babcock had been
opposed to all of the things that the
republican party had stood for IN
the state and that he has not re-
presented the people.
Mr.. LenroOt, like many others Oh
his lik, does not make one SINGLE
specific charge, but deals IN gen
eralities. He does not say that MI;
Babcock voted against sucn ana
such a proposition or bill in the n
terest of the people and point to the
record, but contents himself Win
the general proposition that MI
BabcOck is against everything the
people want. He attempts to at
tack Mr.. Babcock on his position on
the tariff, which is in harmony with
every member of the Wisconsin
delegation, and then quotes pur-
ported interviews with Mr.. Babcocs
that have no authority from him
whatever. 1t is a we'll known fact
that Mr.. Babcock has never had any
change of views so far as the tariff
is concerned, but stands squarely
upon the platform of 1896 which
elected the congress that made the
Dingley bill law. Mr.. Babcock, al
we'll as the other members of the
Wisconsin delegation, believes that
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