Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-08-12

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of loud call and imported speakers could not
/ save their first gathering from being a izzIe
! Their fireworks were all squibs. The appoin-
! ted time of meeting found but few in atten.
| dance, and an hours waiting brought only
! about two hundred, who took seats around the
sides Of the hall, leaving large space in the
center which continued unoccupied through
out the meeting. One of our local speakers
who was billed to speak failed to appea,, and
we also missed the cheerful faces of many 9TH
er prominent democrats, whom we confidently
| expected to see there.
Mayor Beckman was chosen President and
two Secretaries were appointed piece of ex-
travagance they could i'll afford, considering
the slim attendance. During the evening a
good share of the crowd was transferred to the
stage, leaving but small audience in the body
of the house, and good part of that stanch
Republicans. A committee to draft resolutions
was appointed, consis ting of D. W. Ballou,
Thos. Moore and H. S. Mulbe. ger. By this
arrangement, the three great divisions O. the
Watertown democracy-the American, the
German, and the Irish-were equally favored.
Had there been five on the committee no
doubt the Bohemian element and the African
democrats ~ of the Fourth ward would have
been represented. The Committee retired
and a speech was demanded There never was
a rose without a thorn, and the 'fiower of the
democracy" as we claim to be here in Water.
town. was provided for in this respect with G.
T. Thorn, Esq, whJ was called out for FIVE
minutes. Gerrit felt anxious-in fact he was
worried about the democracy in this city
They were too strong-they were so sure they
could elect their Alderme that they might
wax confident and fail to vote for President.
This of course was not very complimentary to
their intelligence but they seemed to take it
in good part To stimulate them he said that
Watertown only cast 773 votes two years ago
while Jefferson cast 776; but this only re-
minded us of old times when we used to vote
for co unity seat. He sawed the air desperate
ly, but made no points. We saw several re-
cent arrivals from Fatherland, who anxious to
help the applause along and who sat wi tn No.
10 boots upli tted, and looking anxiously at
their neighbor for signals to make crash; but
those who could understand couldn't see it,
The Committee coming in, Mr. 7. subsidized
% allow them to report. The report was
adopted and committee of one from each
ward on permanent organization was appoint
ed. The Third ward member tried the Sey-
mour dodge, and said 'tyour Committeeman
cannot be, but his protest was feeble; he fell
early and served. The 9th ward man tried the
same game but with still poorer luck, for he
was let off and another man appointed. Mr..
Thorn was here called out again he got a
We felt sorry for him the first time as it was a
delicate matter being limited to five minutes,
to chisel fragments out of a prepared speech at
the risk of spelling it for use later in the eve
ming. In imitation of the Radicals, who he
said, were outside Of the constitution, Mr. T.
got outside of the issue, and tackling the f.
nance question, setup a man of straw which
he kicked over with great vigor. At the height
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fear to meet the bondholders on this issue?"
single voice sal ono, WI ereupon Mr.. 7.
felt better, and getting on to reconstruction
question he gave it short turn, and then sur
rendered the field to NT, Rothe.
This gentleman asserted that tile form and
spirit of our Government must be changed be-
fore we can five happily under it, where
in he showed that he is good orthodox Dem
ocrat of the modern school. He proceeded to
commiSerate hishearersupon INSTRUMENTATION
to negro rule, and by feat of legerdemain,
which the "great Hartz, might envy, proved
that 1t negro voting in South Carolina would
enslave Demo rat in Wisconsin. His audi
ence cheered Justify and seemed to like the idea.
He then threw in some of the stereotyped re-
marks about the sanctity of the Constitution,
with which Democratic speak ers are accustom-
ed to season their indigestible doctrines and
commenced speaking in German, when we re-
tired, bordering deeply upon the uncertainty
of Democratic affairs in the good year 1868,
STpANrF VET TPUE THAT the wild