The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-04-20


was the Democratic candidate for Chair
man Of the Town, and leceived the bitter,
though unayailing, opposition of Mr. HAM
ILToN.
In the Spring Of 1s5, ALEX. McCoL-
LuM was the Democratic candidate for
Chairman of this town, and was defeated
few votes only by the treachery of Mr..
/ HAMILTON, who abored for the election of
Wm. ALDRIcH, Republican, thereby giving
the Republicans the preponderance in the
County Board.
In 1856, Mr.. HAMILTON again supported
Mr.. ALDRIcH, Republican, for Chairman,
against the Democratic candidate, and
| again Mr.. ALDRIcH was elected.
The efforts of Mr.. HAMILTON, and his
constant treacbery for several years, very
much weakened and disheartened the De
mocracy of Tive Rivers, who about this
| time had no confidence in HAMILTON as a
party man.
In the Fall of 1858, Mr. HAMILTON was
candidate for the nomination for State
Senator, and failing to get the nomination,
he bolted several of the Democratic candi-
dates, two of whom-TEMPLE CLARK for
Assembly, and JAMES 3. CROWLEY for
Register-were defeated by very small
majorities. He never gave any other rea-
son for boiling these candidates except his
failure to be nominated for State Senator.
In the Spring of 1859, Mr.. HAMILTON
was the Democratic candidate for one of
the Supervisors of the town, and elected.
In fact, for the last three or four years he
had been elected every Spring to some
town or village Office by the Democracy,
until he had obtained the habit of boast
ing throughout the county that he owned
and controlled the politics of Two Rivers,
and he had apparently good reason for
saying SO.
Ia the Fall of 1859, JOSEPH RANKIN was
nominated by the Democrats for Member
Of Assembly. Again Mr.. HAMILTON was
found laboring for the election of the Re
publican candidate-he and his clique of
followers. His only reason for opposing
Mr.. RANKIN was, that RANKIS did not
vote for his (HAMILToN's) nomination in
the Senatorial Convention Of 1853.
Mr.. HAMILTON had succeeded in gather
ing about him clique of men in Two
Rivers, who believing him to be TIE source
of power and Office in the town, were ready
to DO his bidding for the sake Of the crumbs
he distributed to them.
These men, though constituting but a
small minority of the Democrats of the
Town, were, from the fact that they blind
ly followed their leader, able to be con-
centrated at short notice and working al
ways together, could carry Democratic
caucusses in the Town, and make and con-
troll all the Town nominations, and these
nominations generally bad ones, have been
endorsed by the large Democratic majority
Of the Town.
The Democracy of Two Rivers had be-
come sired of supporting year after year
the same sett of loafers, who we're always
insisting on the aight ticket when them
selves were cand:dates-and boiling when
any one not of their clique was nominated
"a set. of men whose only occupation
was seeking and holding ofice-men who
were tax Eaters and not tax payers; and
this spring, after Mr.. HAMILTON and his
followers had in the usual style packed
caucus with his creatures and seized the
nominations, the Democrats of the Town
turned upon them and overwhelmed them
with defeat. 1t was the might of an out
ragged and long suffering public opinion,
and not your influence, nor that of any
other outsider, Mr.. Editor, that defeated
Mr.. HAMILTON and his satellites at the
Town Electon--and it is the very general
opinion here that they will never again
carry matters with the high hand as here
tofore.