The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1859-10-14


DEMOCRATIC CLUB.-Last Friday NOR
ming appeared in the Pilot call for
Democratic meeting to be held on the
same evening, for the purpose of organizing
a Democratic Club. A handful of poll
ticians, and a few voters gathered in haste,
in all about 30, among whom were about
dozen Germans, assembled and organic
ed Club, called meeting for making
speeches on Monday evening, and appoint
ed five honorables for speakers Though
a German speaker was appointed, no no.
tce was given in German. On Monday
about $50 persons met (about 500 to 1000
democrats were then in the villare) to lis
ten to the speeches Of the ''honorabes,"
after which a general Misunderstanding took
place.
We were, and are yet of the opinion
that the whole organization was the work
and the intrigue of homo office seeking
wire-puller, who wants to procure for him
self the office of Clerk of the Court There
fore the short and insufficient call in only
one Democratic paper instead of three },
therefore the entire disregard of the Ger
mans. Then, since we know that JERE
CROWLEY, the editor of the Pilot. an old
politician, was one of the principal men of
the call, nobody can make us believe that
it all happened by accident. Under these
circumstances, we cannot but advise every
German-every democrat-possessed with
some selfrespect, to keep away from this
irregular organization.
Our Democratic readers will be surpris
ed and astonished to learn that the above
ungentlemanly fling at the sterling Democ-
racy of this village, appeared in the last
Nord- westen, paper supported by the par
ty Of this county, and whose editor has al
ways received the crumbs that have fallen
from the Democratic table. We are at a
loss whether to charge tupon his stupidity,
or to his jealousy of those who are working
for the success of the Democratic Ticket.
Certain it is, however, that his article is a
tissue of faslehood and misrepresentation
from beginning to end. We have never
seen less truth spoken in the same space,
and the editor is bigger fool than public
sentiment awards him, if he thinks the Ger
man Democrats of this town can be gulled
with the silly twaddle of CARL SCHMIDT
Our readers will bear us out that since the
establishment of the Pilot we have given
Mr.. S. no cause for such an unproyoked
attack. He has always received courtesy
and gentlemanly treatment at our hands,
and has never had an opportunity of find
IL fault with US for lack of either. We
cannot conceive, then, why our name
should find its way in such questionable
shape into the columns of the Nord acesten,
unless it was by the dictation of those who
have fed upon the party in this county I'M
til they have nearly ruined it; and who
now, instead of using what little influence
hey possess-and it is little indeed--to
promote harmony in our ranks, they seek
to throw fire brand into our organization
to create confusion and defeat. But they
are known, and they ,ciU be watched.
Now to the Democratic Club. The call
was published in the Pilot on Thursday, at
the request of several active, Ire Demo
crats-not one of whom is a candidate for
any Office that we are aware of. The meet
ing was largely attended-a majority of
those present being Germans, and major
ity of the officers of the Club are staunch
and sound German Democrats, who will
continue to do battle in the good cause,
notwithstanding the foolish advice of the
.Vortl- westen.
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUs.-Our Democratic
friends will remember the Democratic