The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-10-20
The Shanghais Come Together.

: ed out pretty strong, with great confidence
that they could nominate a ticket which would
get the support Of the dissatisfied Democrats
The Convention elected Capt. Guyles, pres
ident After the return Of the Committee Oh
Credentials it was found that two towns were
not represented-Mishcot and Two Creeks
On motion the chair stated if there were
any Shanghais present from those towns they
should be authorized to act delegates. No
one answered, when enc Shanghai delegate
volunteered to 60 to the saloon below to see il
he couIdn't find some Shanghais from the above
towns. Moments passed away; the Conven-
ton began to grow uneasy, still volunteer
returned not. Another Shanghai noticing the
agitation Of the Convention, went after his
/ wandering brother. At last the two returned
Shanghai No. l apologized to the chairman
stating that lie had forgotten his mission and
fell asleep. The excuse was accepted by the
president, when he announced the ballot for
State Senator. At this moment one whom we
f. had overlooked in that vast crowd came be-
| fore Us. 1t was Charles White the leader
! the Shanghai that always proceeds, and
! "HOIl lLG NUT itIlONS IOliO". Ills appear
ance caused breathless silence throughout
| the hall. Shanghais who before had their
hats and caps on took them off to pay respect
! TO his highness. The Shanghais, with
mouths and ears open, listened to his speech
each word Of which was killing their ticket
! A Shanghai who was near u. kept murmur-
/ ing to his brother delegate, ''He will ruin
US" why, he is crazy" what brought that
/ White here?1 His voice increased in strength
rs he became warmed up in the work of
! busting the Shanghai party. until it sound
| ed like the roar of some wild beast. We
would have left the building panic-strickcn
had we not known him to be windy
/ Shanghai. After its completion the Conven-
! ton was all confusion. and moments ELAPSED
before it proceeded to ballot for Senator.
John Carey was nominated fer this Office
Several years ago John was sound Demo-
cIat, but during a harvest he exposed him. self
and caught cold. 1t settled in his head and
he became the victim Of brain fever. Day
after Day passed, but John improved not. At
last Il change noticed, but not for the
best. The attending physician agreed that
lis mind wa. shattered and since that sad
occasion john has been Shanghai His
weak mind was visible when lie accepted the
nomination.
The next thing on the programme was
Sheriff r. d. Smart received the nomina-
ton, receiving 50 of the So votes cast. There
was not much interest manifested for this Of
fee, all knowing the candidate would be
. beaten
Then the chairman announced the ballot
for Treasurer. There were at least six can
didates for this valuable office, and showed
the great desire Of Shanghais to get hold of
the county funds Three ballots were taken,
when Bohemian delegate became unmanage-
| able, and swore and tore around lively for
some moments, saying if his friend Shinonek
was not nominated he and other Bohcmians
would vote the Democratic ticket; that the
Republican party thought they were good
enough to vote their ticket, but not entitled
to any of the Offices. lie said the Bohemian
element in the county were as a unit for the
Republican party, but they would not be
fooled ont of tle'. jr,~t right. ~ ""y 10
lie WAS right. and Bohemian ought to have
been nominated. One Of the candidates for
this Ofice-0tto Tremel-who was seated
near US and reporting for his German paper,
became frightened. lie dropped his pencil.
picked it up, and then his paper fell; got up,
sat down, and was in awful state of de-
iroralization and fear, not knowing what to
! do. Exerting all his strength for the noble
/ example he WAS about to set for Shanghai Of
! fcc.seekers, he arose and, after several efforts
/ attracted the attention Of the chairman. He
/ said: Il thank the friends | have in this
! Convention for the honor they have shown me,
! and feel just as much indebted to them as
/ though l was elected County Treasurer"
/ Some doubted the latter portion Of his speech,
! but not us. Editors are magnanimous, are
they not, Mr., Borcherltl
| The Convention was demOralzed. The
chairman attempted TO establish order, but
! could not, and he found it necessary to adj
! journ for fifteen minutes. Down stairs the
same state of affairs existed as m the hall
| Several prominent Shanghais "button-holedn
! Tremcl and censured him greatly for with
drawing. The smile on his face had dissp-
| pcared, and it wore look of alarm. In one
corner were Bohemian Shanghais shaking
/ hands with Democratic candidates; in another
dissatisfied Shanghais
The time for recess having expired, the
! crowd returned to the hall, ana another bal
lot resulted in the nomination of Quirin Even
for Treasurer.
p. Fuesscnich wss declared the nomi-
nee for Clerk Of the Board by reclamation.
There was not dissenting voice--not even
! Mr. Fred. Borcherdts
VIM. Phipps WAS declared the nominee for
Register of Deeds by acclamation. Mr. P is
! a pleasant gentleman, but rather too small IN
stature 10 run y,en He is willing to be sacri-
feed like the rest of the ticket for the benefit
of the ring.
We dill not wait to hear the nominations Of
the balance of the ticket; but if the Republi.
cans came together last Saturday for the pur
pose Of setting good example for the
Democracy hereafter they have failed. \