The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-08-23
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An examination of the proceedings
of the Democratic Ward meetings, as
presented in Sundays Courier. is cal
oulated to occasion wailing and gnash-
ing Of teeth, among the so-called
".Old Guard of that party. Indeed,
the whole affair was neatly managed
BY the Crescent Club. so as to pre-
vent the masses OF the party from
having any voice in the nomination of
candidates, and thereby secure the
defeat of such tried and true wheel
horses as Stackhouse, Jones, Gsvisk
and Miller. If we rightly compre-
bend the character Of the delegates,
AZ we'll as the manner of their ap-
pointment, we think it will be wisdom
on taeir part to emulate the self sacri-
icing spirit of our friend Willard, and
withdraw from the contest in order
20 add to the harmony of the Con-
vention. In every Ward meeting the
committees were controlled by the
Crescent Club, and the delegates were,
consequently, dictated By that organ
ization. The viciousness with which
resolutions were passed, protesting
against converting the Convention in
to mass Convention, shows the dis
trust of the masses" entertained by
the Van Ripper club. Il is also sp-
parent that the club has unlimited
confidence in its ability to whip in
such men as Gayisk and Jones, after
cheating them out Of the nomination,
and compel them to support the tick
ct. We regard this confidence as we'll
founded. There will be a little
healthy swearing, considerable sput-
tering, and some hard talk INDUCED
in, and then all will be as harmonious
and lovely as a May morning.
Ia the palmy days of the Democrat
10 party, it was one of the cardinal
principles that the offices ought al
ways to be given to those who did
the hardest work for the party. The
indications are. this year, that the Cres-
cent Club proposes to discard this
principle for the one which proved so
disastrous to the Wing party, viz i,
that to secure and establish new con-
verts, the better way is to give them
all the Offices. The old wheel horses
will not kick in the traces under any
circumstances. 1t is on this new
principle Of party policy that we are
to account for the zeal with which the
Crescent Club is laboring to secure
the nomination Of our clever young
friends Jimmy Lauer and Jimmy
Ferry. BOsb these gentlemen are
very generally understood. by Repub-
licaDs, to have voted for Mr.. Lincoln
as late as l864-and the former
was SO ardent a Republican as to
obtain the appointment Of Deputy
Sheriff under Captain Darling. The
setting aside of such Democrats as
John Ga7isk and Jacob Miller, who
have born the heat and burden of the
day, and never wavered IN their allie
glance aud fidelity to the party in its
darkest hours, to give place to these
new converts, shows that parties, like
Republics, are ungrateful, and that
merit is hinderance, rather than a
promoter, of promotion.
We shall watch the contest with in
terest, as with impartiality. and make
such record Of the proceedings as the
facts seem to indicate. We now re-
cord it as our unbiased opinion that
the old wheel horses will continue to
be wheel horses. while the young and
sprightly colts, some of whom have
but recently been turned into the
party pasture, will take their position
IN the lead. The party lash is already
prepared for such as manifest dispo-
sition to hold back or kick in the
traces.