Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-10-05
4sh Assembly District Convention
A MALIGNANT soREREAD.

Vllie OU-ettS 3 o-paS HCCA DOA't A-o1,
letting ont considerable of its wind on
the congressional convention question,
has evidently put It's editor in bad hu
NOR, as witness the following article
fromshis pa per of. Sept. goth:
There is IN article IA the last number OF
the Watertown REPUBLICAN, which bears The
ear-marks of-the postmaster of that city,
better known rs the tail end of that kite
just now promif eat in this Congressional
district called "Hon. E. W. Keyes, Conklin
and Moak, in which the writer re-pubIShes
large portion Of the editorial which re-
Gently appeared in the Madison JoMTiah al
ter considerably changing the language
After defending and eulogizing keyes TO
the satisfaction of the writer, he pitches
into Rock county for failing to pay Jefter-
son county for casting three votes for Mr.
Sloan in convention, in 1862, and two votes
in 1864. What are the facts Rock county
has twice, since 1864, assisted in making
Watertown man attorney general OF the
State. Rock county has since 1864, sup
ported jefferson county man for superin-
tepdent of public instruction. The votes OF
Rock county made Mr.. Bingham speaker of
the assembly last winter, and supported BIN
previously for the same position.
In the last Watertown convention. when
Bingham, Conkiin and Moak offered to
unite Jefferson county on Caswel, Rock
county offered TO give Caswell ten votes,
which would have nominated him, but when
Bingham, Conklin and Moak learned the
fact, they flew the track" and Caswell was
defeated by the treachery of the delegates
from Jefferson county, who are now engaged
IN abusing Rock county, and in eulog lzing
keyes for going back on the Jefferson coun-
ty man whom, we are told, he agreed last
winter to support. But we concede the con-
sistency of Bingham Conklin and Moak, as
they are only expected to support some one
of the ''Rlng" headed by keyes, of which
Caswell is not one.
The editor will pardon US for sug-
costing that because his paper has been
SO extensively edited by outsiders for
a few weeks past, he is not safe in as
Stunning that the same is necessarily
true of the REPUBLICAN. Unlike the
editor of the Gazette, we have resided
IN this congressional district number
of years, and being, unlike him again,
familiar with its local politics, we are
not compelled to seek outside aid to
help US through in defence Of our
course, or of our friends. AS to our
Postmaster, we presume be is also able
to take care of himself, and weshave
no doubt that could he have his choice
he would prefer to dangle sat the tail
end of the Reyes, Conklin and Moak
Kite" rather than be at the head Of
those Rock county soreheads who just
now are making simpletons ofthemselves
by their whining and crying like so
many babies. His earmarks may be
very prominent, as the Gazette sug-
gests, but we think.a.the length OF ears
as shown BIZ certain GAINESVILLE polite
ians the last month surpasses our Post
masters to quite an extent, and would
entitle them to the first premium ID
any agricultural fair, if entered for
competition with certain long cared
animals, which shall be nameless in
these columns.
1t is not true, as the Gazette states,
that Jefferson county gave Mr.. Sloan
but three votes liz 1862 and two votes
in 1864. She gave him four votes in
in 1862 and three votes in 1864,
and he could not have been
nominated without them. 1t IS true
that Rock county assisted in making
a Watertown man Attorney General,
but the Gazette had better not pleao
that in Offset, else we may be compelled
to state the whole facts about that mat
ter and show, as we can, that Rock
county. is entitled to no credit on thai
score. The claim that she has supper
ted Jefferson county man for Super
intendent of Public instruction is fal-
lacious. Mr. Craig, when tl.us supper
ted, was a resident Of Dane county,
where he had lived and voted for years,
and where he died. Equally false Is
the assertion of the Gazette that "the
votes of Rock county made Mr.. Bing-
ham speaker of the assembly last WIN
ter" Dir. Bingham had clear ma
jority and would have been elected,
qeithoat a single cote from Rock county,
and it was not until the Rock county
members, with, we believe, oae e1-
ceptiop) saw this that they abandoned
their own candidate, Nr. Graham, Of
Evansville, and came into the luppolt
Of Bingham For this they deserve
no credit except for their display of good
sense in accepting the situation grace
fully when they discovered they had
not the power to change it.
viii the Gazette tell Us more about
the offer of Bingham, Conhlln and
Moak to unite Jefferson county Oh Gas
well. and explain how tnsy @eFe goina
70 don't? Bingham aud Aoak ~err
not delegates, aud had no power, 30
they had no right, to make any such