Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-23


Fire. burn; a ., cauidron bubble"
-MAcKBErH.
"The brinded cat hath mewed -
The csuldron of county politics has been
warmed up. The mixed ingredients, the
potent influences, have been thrown 10,
and the managers pronounce that " the
charm is firm and good" and the Herald
comes in, as HEcArE does in the play,
and says
90, well done (! commend your pains,
And every one shall share i the gains"
A Mass Democratic County Conven-
ton was regularly called by the COM
mittee, TO meet at Ellsworth last Satur.
day. a boiling faction of the Republi,
can party called Peoples Convention,
to meet at the Same time and place
The two Conventions fused, and nomi-
mated the following ticket:
For Member Of A ssembly, E. II. Ives;
Treasurer, NJ. B. Williams; Clerk of
Board, III. n. Hayerdahl; Register and
Clerk of Court. c. w. Brown; Sheriff,
I. X. Tabor; District Attorney, P. v.
Wise.
The ticket is very fair one, embrs-
cling old Democrats in Hayerdahl, rad
ical Republicans in Williams. and ring
streaked aud striped political nondes-
cripts in Wise.
AS candidates are so numerous this
fall, We can give but brief NOTICE of each.
Mr. K. III. Ives, the candidate for As
sembly, is man of middle life, and
weighs about l56 pounds. He has cru
dition, wit and hunor, aud is the pos
SCISSOR Of versatile talents. In medicine
he has been connected more or less with
the celebrated DR.. r. J. Walden. and has
even given advice TO that eminent man,
while in Law, we learn that he has
large practice in the courts, has often
been engaged on the same case with
Spence White, and is connected some
way with him in property matters in
Trmbcle. In literature, Mr.. Ives is a
profound reader of the PREscorT jour
NAL, and of his morals it is sufficient to
say, that although living liz " Utah." he
has but one wife. We understand that
Mr.. II. Felt, formerly of Utah, now Of
this city, is preparing campaign edi-
ton Cf life Of Mr.. Ives, which will
contain, among other things, specimens
of his poetry. We shall make liberal
extracts from this work, as soon as it is
published. But notwithstanding Mr..
Ives many qualifications, we are com
PEELED to warn the people that it elected
he will be of no use to them, for he will
start for Madison with his old horse
Jack" and not reach there until the
session is over.
Mr.. Williams il too well known TO
need comment here, and Mr.. Hsyerdahl
has also served the county once as Reg
lister and Clerk of Court.
Clark Brown is on tho regular Re.
publican ticket, and will be elected wheth-
or he likes a. succotash" or not.
Tom. Tabor is q good fellow. Ii ho
can run county Office as well az lie docs
our city pound, he will make first rate
Sheriff when elected.
p. V. Wise, candidate for District At
torney, lives IN an old tavern here, but
he !" can't keep hotel" lie works some
in law, but has no knowledge of Cos
pei. He has low, sweet voice, and is
quite eccentric He believes in gods
and is sometimes afflicted with sort of
ALTERATION of mind, at which times he
quotes Shakespeare in very painful
manner. As he is a warm friend of
ours, VIC have given him special notice
in another place.
The reason this ticket will not be cleo
ted, is that better one, representing the
political sentiment and local feeling Of a
large majority of the voters Of this Co..
has previously been placed in the field.
The adherents of the Succotash ticket
now are Of all sects, but after election
they will all belong to the sect Of Sad.
you-sees.
Some of the Simon pure DEM
ocrats, not liking to abandon the party
organization, held supplementary,
straight democratic convention, and nom
mated Judge Foster for the Assembly,
Mr.. Hayerdahl for Clerk of the Board,
aud p. II. Simon for Sheriff.
Some o! our readers may have heard
of Judge Foster. He came to this Co.
at very early day. and spent the first