The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-09-21

was Democrat of the bittercst kind,
hen all at once lie is black Republican
Between the years $50 and 1865, Mr.
DoolittIe worked his hardest against the
Democratic party, and was styled by
them as renegade and turn-coat. In
deed, both parties acknowledge him to
be The most during tHrn-coat Of the age.
[From the Wood County Reporter.l
Mr.. Doolittle is ready and willing
sacrifice We think the nomination, in
many respects. decidedly unproitablc
and as the result will shoY. an unusually
weak one, revealing the fact that the
men who put Mr.. Doolittle in nomina
ton have no hopes of success, and there
fore chose to present to the people Il hy-
Jrid, rather than pure specimen OF ul-
ira Democratic faith.
The record of Mr.. Doolittle is one that
attaches to it nothing Of honest intent.
He never was Republican from princi
pie, neither a Democrat. A political
acedthef cock, with !, suflicicncy of brains
to clear him OF the appellation automa-
ton, he has obeyed the best of every po-
lltical breeze that carried with it the
sweet fragrance of money or position
To-day Democrat, he is honored with
the candidacy for the highest position it
u
Wisconsin to bestow, but a position to
which he never can attain through the
distrnst of the one, and the contempt of
the other, of the great political organiza
tons of the State. The Democracy arc
session Of the body. brains aud soul of
ex-senator Doolittle, whose political
corpse will be consigned to the political
aaorgue in November next by the ayes
of 10000 sovereign voters Of the Com
monwealth Of Wisconsin, and aoAo uW
buru 1t ? for neither Democrat or Repub-
ican mourners will dare to claim it as
klth or kin.
From the Clark County Republican,
The Democrats made a farce of their
convention by placing Doolittle before
the intelligent voters Of Wisconsin as a
candidate tor Governor. 4 man whose
political course was so vacilIating, whose
record Is anything but honorable. can
never expect Tor promotion, or hope to
inspire confidence through his leader ship
among people well knowing him to be
an apostate, and by whom he has long
been regarded as an unprlnclpled- dema-
gogue. He has already given satistac-
tory evidence of his une0ortltinesS and
complete failure as q politician, much
less as L statesman. His political inter
ment Immediately following the close Of
his lgnoble career as a johnson support
er, was an act OF supreme goodness to
himself, and a public blessing, more es-
peclally to the commonwealth he seeks
to preside over. The Democracy of this
State will merit the severe rebuke, that
will be given them by the people next
November for this objectionable ofense
In attempting the resurrection OF one OF
the most notorious renegades in the coun-
try.
[Tro1n the Minneapolis Trbunel
As politician and public official he
has been vacillating and an apostate.
He is chronic deleiter. He has LEFT all
the parties he has crer acted a0ith, aaddU
there haze been IN his time to ieuUe, and
tried TO get up another one iii Philadel-
phla, probably for no other reason than
to furnish another opportunlty tor deser
ton aud apostacY To short, Mr. D0O-
little is an unreliable political renegade
and cannot be trusted with position and
power. In private life he is respected;
hence, for his own good, We hope he Will
be permitted to remain there.
TFrom the Hudson Star and Tinesl
. James Il. Doolttle, the Democratic
candidate for Governor, is well known to
the people. Politically his record is far
from an enviable one. He Is ambituous
Ii .hie anu inslncere He as not to be
trusted.
BUSINESS MEN-Our Democratic
friends in the First District last fall were
eloquent and persistent in their claim
for Hon. Alexander Mitchell for Cou-
gress from the fact that he was empha-
tically a business nan-aud they rung
the changes upon it in every different
form Well, if the argument was good
it is certainly good now. No one will
fer moment claim that Judge Doolittle
is a business man. In fact, he is ary-
thing else but one-while Gen. Wash
burn has fully demonstrated that he has
business qualifications Of high order
aud every man nominated on the Repub
Iican ticket for positions requiring busi
ness qualifications, are without exception
first class business men. We commend
this fact to our Democratic friends, and
suggest TO then that instead OF support
ing such vaciilating renegades as Doolit-
tie, they vote for The straightforward
business man, Washhurn. There are no
better business men anywhere than
Messrs Washburn, Petit, Be.z and
Breese.- Iidttcoytb County Ltdependcnt
From the Milwaukee sentinel)
After DOollttle Wa nominated and
elected Senator by the tcpuDicdn party
be came INTO Milwaukee, and calling on
4 prominent Democl attic lawyer. asked
him what he thought of his-DoolittIe'
election. OH said the lawyer, III
is PLAIN enough. Howe represented
certain set Of principles, but as she con
vention did not agree among themselves
a : to principles, they determined to no.
inmate a man who represented DO prin
cipies whatever. and OF course you were
nominated.
The political history of Judge Doolit
tie before, and especially since his elect
ION to the Senate, vindicates the Justice
OF this severe rebuke. a Darnburner
in New York In 1913, he afterwards
came to Wisconsin, and was loud IN his
professions OF devotion TO the Democrat
lc party, and pathetic in his confessions
OF folly for having been Barn burner.
He said it was the great mistake OF his
life, and he was then back again to live
and die in the Democratic fold.
After Buchanan was nominated and
his platform published. Dir. Doollttle ex
pressed himself satisfied, and loudly
commended the Democratic delegates
for the wisdom shown by that nomina-
ting convention He went to Madison.
and made an arrangement with Geo. Is.
Smith to stump the State for Buchanan
and even agreed upon the places where
they would speak together. But a. the
canvass PROGRESSED. and the opposition
10 Buchanan in Wisconsin exhibited
signs of carrying the state, Doolittle post
poned. or disregarded his arrangement
With Smith, and entered into an engage
ment. as actors star. to play for the Re-
publican party. provided be could be
elected to the Senate. This was accom-
plished. and twelve years he sat in the
Senate as a representative of the Repub