The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-10-27

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| The eliminating point of demagogue
ism was reached on Tuesday afternoon
last, st the so-callei Peoples Conven
tion, at the Court House, in this City
The stated object of this Convention
was the nomination of honest, capable
men, to be elected in place OF the politi
cal ring which, it was claimed, was i,
existence here in the City And it wa,
broadly hinted thai there was SO muci
dishonesty represented by the regular
ticket, that the People (2) totally sick o.
this corruption, would break the ring
and place honest men in the County
Offices
Had this been the decision of the 2,eo-
pie it would all have been well enough
But was it? Noi 1t was the doings oI
a few Democratic Sore Heads, who, be
cause they did not get the nomination al
the regular Convention, "got their backs
up and circulated call for Peoples
| Convention. We understand about ICI
Imen in this City, two thirds Of whom are
Democrats, signed the call, and a few
men in different parts of the County out
side ofthe City also signed it. Altogeth-
er, throughout the sohole Comfy. there
were not fire hundred names siJaed And
these men, these 500 dissatisfied voters,
represent the people of Manitowoc Coun-
ty!
The leaders Of the swndle were David
Smoke, Ira p Smith, Geo. n. Woodin,
and William Bach, all Of them, defeated
Candidates at the Regular Democratic
Convention. They originated the call.
and took it around, privately, to secure
the names of votes thereto. We are
sorry to say that number Of RepubE-
cans were drawn into the vortex, and
allowed their names to be used for infiu-
ence.
Every man has his own opinion Of the
matter, we suppose, but We for one land
we are not the only ones. by far clearly saw
at the beginning that it was only scheme
TO defeat few candidates on the Repub-
lean ticket, who, otherwise, would have
been elected, sure. The principal one is
i3uerin Even, and for tie accom- plisb-
ment Of this purpose they have split the
Republican vote SO as to def-at him.
and then, the idea Of putting honest
and more capable mon on the new ticket
in place Of the demoralized candidates on
the regular ticket! Let's see how they
succeeded:
William Bach in place of Carl Fl.
Schmidt. Now. who has received the
most from the County, Bach or Schmidt?
We leave it for honest Democrats (if
there be any in the Courty) to answer.
Or we will answer for them.
For Treasurer in place Of John Eggors
they have put up Anton Chloupeck,
man who they claim is moro honest and
capable" than Eggers.
We DO not wish to. decide in regard to
their qualifications, but is there more
honest. capable and straight forward man
in this County. than the nominee of the
Republican party, Mr. Even? Why,
we ask, did not that Convention nominate
han ? He certainly did not belong TO the
Ring but alas he is Republican,
ard that won't do on the Peoples
Ticket; - so Anton Chloupeck was nom
mated who also claims to be Republican,
;hus securing to EggeTs, the very leader
and head centre ofthc Court House Ring
the election of County Treasurer Cor an-
other two years. Now is not this consts-
tency with vengeance? Now. let the
people say who they will have for County
Treasurer, and still hope that the
Republican nomination Of Mr. Even vii
be gloriously sustained.