The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-08-12

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The Delevan Repub lican and
it's Candidate for Governor.
| In the last number Of the DeleYan Re
publican there is assomewhat lengthy ar
| ticle with the caption sour Next Govern
or" The Republican advocates the NOM
nation { Hon. A. Van Wyck, and almost
claims to have been instrumental in bring
! ing him prominently before the people
for nomination. In the course of the
srticle, it,speaks Of two OF three disad-
| Eantages under which he Ilabors. 1st-
| He has not been prominently before the
peopleas long as some of the other can
didates, and may not have as many per.
sonal friends. I'd 1t has been reported
he was not doing anything for himself,
was Indifferent in the matter and was like
| " toilet 1t goby default. And 3D. =" Since
the Kenosha TELEGRAPH hadspassed out
Of the charge Of Col Frank, it Lad taken
a rather neutrallpositiQn in. politics and
had not thus represented the hearty sup
port which Mr.. Van Wyek receives in
his own county. ~ grr
Judge Van Wyck has not. resided in
the State as long as some others who are
spoken of for nomination for Governor,
we think. however that he is sufficiently
well known to have the support and con-
fdence Of the people. AS to the reports
of his being Indifferent and not laboring
to secure his own nomination, we think
that, having allowed his name to go thus
far before tue people, he 1s.anot entirely
Indifferent, but we trust that he will leave
the nomination with the Republican
Electors and in the hands of his friends.
The "heretofore comparatively neutral
position of the Kenosha TELEGRAPH
''since it went out of the charge of Col
Frank" is new to us. The proprietor,
[publishertand responsible editorial in
one-bas not been neutral, but he has al
ways claimed to be among the most adj
vanced of the party of progress, and that
the Republican party is the party of pro
lgress. Under these circumstances We
can celyconceive howthe TELEGRAPH
could have taken rather neutral posi-
ton in politics"
Z The TELEGRAPH has not tried to fore
stall public opinion and to control the
nominations to be made for State officers
We have not been long connected with
4 the press, andare not very extensively
known through the state, and we have
thought it would not become us to as
sumo to be what we know we are not
Besides we believe in the people making
the nominations and not the press. Tho
power is in the people, and the people
acting according to tie best information
J they ean>obtain.through the press a1id
J other sources, should make the nomina
tions. This is now and has always beer
the position OF the TELEGRAPH. Andws
trustthat the position Of the TELEGRAPI
VIII be appreciated by an intelligen
people. 1aaaa ga sal ysd
Believing that Judge Van Wyck occu
pied prominent position before the PEG
pie for therofice. Of Governor, and tina
their good opinion of and confidence il
! him were not misplaced, we have fron
time to time given expression to what W
! believedto be that opinion and confidence
$ And in pursuance of this belief we hay
placed the name of Anthony Van Wye
dinthe TELEGRAPH as a candidate for non
nation for the Office Of Governor. And
EnoW remains to be determined whether th
l 1people-the republican Union electors
4 acting through their delegates in Conven
I ton, will confer upon him the nomination
: make him their standard bearer, and eleC
d him to the office of Governor If the
do, we repeat what we have said on form
er occasions, that, in our opinion, he wi
discharge the duties of the Office wit
g credit to himself and to the satisfactlo
of the people Of the State.