North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-09-22
The Scandinayians.

uCdH CoHNeutlou al Wduiooh, tio AcuuiuS
paper in Chicago, Skandinaren, gives vent
to the following remarks:
We deem it unnecessary here to bother
our readers with an extensive report Of all
the proceedings at the convention, as we
are led to believe that the Scandinavians
in Wisconsin have no special interest in a
body of politicians which completely ig-
nores them as a political element in the
State. We don't know whether or not the
candidates nominated will try to govern
the votes of tho Scandinavians, but we
hope they will not add insult to the injur
cd already shown ut the convention. We
hope that the republican party will follow
their old course, at the election, and not
recognize the Scandinavians as an element
in the state, trusting that their candidates
will receive the support of the Scandinav,
ians anyhow!
When the democrats step forward and
give the Scandinavians right good look
at the republican party and the manner in
which it treats them, they will say some.
thing like this: Lcok here boys here is
the party that has fooled you for long
while. Shoulder to shoulder you stood
with the Americans in the battle for free
dom and country the same soil was
moistened with your and American blood;
at that time you were welcome, you were
good patriots but when you come in a
republican convention and ask for one of
your able and honest men the poorest
Office on the state ticket, they close the
door right in your face and kick you
headlong down stairs in tho capitol. You
may feel happy that they will allow you to
chop wood, till the ground, and give pros
perity to the state, while they, through
your influence, go into fat Offices. Are
you such fools that you one time after
another will stand this treatment and yet
cry peccaui, and say oh, don't kick me? /
will never more attempt to get into the
capitol and ask for enything; with my
face to the earth l shall, in humility, re-
ceive from your hands tho ticket you
choose me to vote, and l shall vote it.
And now, Scandinavians, it is for you to
decide whether this is true or not, whether
you will again submit to the terrorism
exercised over you by a party that calls
you friends.
The Femad of Milwaukee in its issue
Of yesterday has an editorial from which
we quote the following:
1t will very reasonably strike our read
ers with establishment and indignation to
see that not a single Scandinavian name
is on the nomination ticket from the
republican convention. We think that
the men, whose names have been put
down on the ticket might be qualified for
the positions to which they are nominated,
but we deem it great mistake of the re-
publican party that it has utterly ignored
the demand Of the Scandinavians to have
ono of their midst nominated to Office.
The number of Scandinavians in this
state is so great that the republican party
would entirely lose its power if the
Scandinayians went over to the democrats
and voted their ticket. The Scandinavians
have always-at least the greater part Of
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submitting without remonstrance to the
treatment of ignorance which they have
received from the hands of those whom
they served SO faithfully, that they gained
the nickname, "voting CATTLE" and not
without reason.
Certainly some of the republican papers
have of late commenced to talk in film.
sy manner Of the Scandnavians, and
mentioned them as excellent settlers, hon.
est and industrious people and recognized
their right to participate in the distribu.
ton of state officers, but it is all but fine
words; when it came to action, when we
claimed that the republicans should prove
their appreciation of the enormous sup,
port they have received from our hands
the party deserted us altogether, and, as
usual, left US out in the dark.
The Scandinavians claimed for their
candidate the state prison commissioner.
ship, and it was altogether undeserved
and unwise that their claim was ignored.
The Fren,ad stands on a broad, indie.
pendent basis, and will, Grst Of all, work
for the good Of the country at large and
our state; but our object in view is also
to take care Of the interests of our coun.
trymen, and to see that their feelings and
rights are not played with, and that they
are not made the tools Of party. We
believe that the time has now come when
we ought to show, that however we ad-
here to republican principles, we cannot
agree to be the voting cattle for the repuL-
lican party. We hope that an able Nor>
wegian will put himself forward as an
independent candidate, and in such case
we trust that all Scandinavians, without
regard to political opinion, will stand
shoulder to shoulder and vote for our own
candidate, to prove that We not only give
our efforts to agricultural purposes aud
thereby contribute to the prosperity of
our state, but that we, through our multi
tude, are power in the states, that we
have full sense Of power, and that we
claim that this power should be recogniz-
ed. In this demand, we stand on the
basis of the American laws, which give to
us the right to vote when we have been
here n year, and no one can prevent us
from exercising this right.