The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-11-16

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Governor notwiths sta nding the unfair
means used and the desperate efforts made
to defeat him BY how large majority
he j. eincced will be shown ty the official
canvass. In this city Washburn has 80
majority and Petit $40. In Kenosha
county Waahburn has $50 majority and
Petit. 544. Washburn runs with the
ticket and Petit runs ahead OF It. This
shows Pettit's popularity at home and
where he is best known.
The Temperance question: was brought
to bear against Mr.. Petit as it was never
brought to bear against candidate for
State Office in this State before. Mt
because Petit is not a temperate man
but because it was hoped a sufficient
number of Temperance Republicans
might be brought to vote against him to
Defeat his election. For this purpose an
affidavit that Rice was Temperance man
was published in the Inder and Nea0s and
it was discovered by these papers only a
cav or so before election that it was a
misprint, though their attention was
called to it weeks before. And only a.
dav or two before election did Mr.. Rice
saw it was done without his authority, and
then not through the press. All that
could be done by appeals to Temperance
men in favor of Rice as q Temperance
man authenticated by the changed affida-
Wit, was done to defeat Petit. But it was
too we'll known chat Rice was not Tenn
perance man and the forgery was toI
glaring for it to deceive. And it isl
alike cause for rejoicing of Temperance
men and honest men Of all parties that
the unballowed game played against
Petit was defeated.
AS s. Republican, we cannot allow any
thing outside of Republican principles
to govern our political action. The TEN
perance question has not been settled as
principle of the Republican party, nor
was it question before the people.
Under such circumstances, even if Rice
had been Temperance man, we were
entirely unable to see the propriety of
Temperance Republicans voting for him,
The Republican party ls party of
progress. It has already accomplished
much, and it has much yet to accomplish.
And we believe it is adequate to the work
before it. Not recognizing as much
difference SO some do between natural,
civil and political rights, we are not quite
able to see the dividing line between
political, social and moral duties Legls-
lation has to do with political, social and
moral questions, which merge more or
less into each other, and involve CORES.
ponding duties. And it is the duty of
the Legislature to legislate Justly upon all
subjects coming justly before it. And
we trust the Republican party being in
the majority will be equal to the work
devolving upon it. What legislation
may be necessary to promote the cause
Of Temperance, or whether it can be pro
NOTED by legislation, is yet in the future,
and there for the present we leave it.
With these remarks we submit for the
consideration of our readers the two fol
lowing editorials, one from the Ripon
Commonwealth and the ether from the
La Cross Republican and Leader:
John A. Rice, of Waukesha, democratic
candidate for Lieut.. Governor after hGv-
inc allowed his friends to do the republI.
can candidate all the harm possible, by
representing that he (Rice) was "tem.
Derance " man, called at the Sentinel or
flee in Milwaukee, a cay or two before
election, to say that it was done without
his authority. It would have looked more
manly in him to have dore that before.
The changing of the affidavit published
in the Inde1 and NeoOs, was disco vered the
day before election to be "misprint'
But how long it took the editors Of those
sheets to discover that "msprint" Then
attention was called to it three weeks be
fore, but their vision was so imperfect
that they could not detect it until the
day before election.
No candidate ever before the people o.
Wisconsin vas more shamefuIly misrepre
sented than Milton H. Petit, in the lat.
canvass. The election is over, and VI
cannot be now charged with trying to IN
fuence votes in his favor when we SAL
that better or more upright man thar
NJ. Ell. Petit was never before the peopl
of Wisconsin for any Office. The vote il