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Newspaper
Western Times
Location
Viroqua, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1857
Page
1
Fragments show a Democratic candidate offering money and facing questions about bribes. The text mentions a $2500 pledge, a $300 note, and a reply asserting integrity, with other notices about a Tennessee court case and reminders on the slavery issue and the 1857 election rhetoric.
Local readers confront Judge Randall and discuss voting rights for soldiers in the Territory. The piece cites the Organic Act proviso barring officers and military personnel from voting or holding office while in service. It notes partisan friction, editorial spin, and calls for scrutiny of Democratic positions around the judge’s fitness.
The piece relays a volley of political claims and denials around Governor Bashford and figures like Waukesha residents Randall and Clinton. Deacon E D Clinton disavows the charges as false, while editorials from the Milwaukee Sentinel and other papers challenge or defend the men involved amid late 19th century partisan rhetoric.
A report notes the Republican Convention in La Crosse failed to provide formal proceedings but pledges support for Fawne Furwr of La Crosse as their nominee. The Democrats favor Mr. Tucker for the same office. The letter laments party division and mockingly references the old Dan Tucker song.
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