The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-03-07

an irritable mood, and found fault with
the cook, and ehided her housekeeper
for late meals but this was soon RENE
died, for he learned to keep court time.
The only thing upeompletedinth this transfer
was the obstacle in nature. Bottles and
condensed milk were finally substituted
| for judicial nourishment. and the children
soon learned to accept the situation, and
| transferred their affections to their mas
culine nurse.
In time, however, an event occurred
which admitted of no substitution
for material functions. The court was
compelled to adjourn. Couched In beau
| tiful language, with delicate blush over
spreading her face, the court announced
that it was often permitted In older COM
munities to Judges to take vacation in
the heated term. Although the Jaw Of
that Territory had no provision for such
vacation, she trusted the good people of
her district would graciously accord her
three weeks recess, as the duties of her
Office had been laborious and trying dur
| ing the first term. Being now more ia
| miliar with those duties, she hoped here
after not to be compelled to ask such
indulgence. Accordingly the court would
adjourn till three weeks from date. Dur
ing this vacation the Jail was filed to
oyerhowing, and criminals were allowed
to go unarrested, no other justice resid-
ing in that district. The village became
disoderly, and riot ran mad. Finally
new Jail was extemporized to meet the
demand until her Honor could recover.
A PRIMARY WITH WOMEN VOTERS.
The first exercise of the great right of
suffrage by the newly enfranchised, &C.
Cured at the primary called to nomin-
nate delegates to Congress in 1870. This
was held at McDaniel's Theatre in Chey-
enne. The United States Marshal and
one sg the United States judges were
candidates for the nomination of the Re-
publican party. Partisan spirit, engen-
dered DO personal hatred. ran wild, and
nearly every male voter in the city had
been drawn into the quarrel between the
rival candidates and their political friends.
The result OF this primary virtually de-
ci1ed the Territorial election, and every
effort was made by both parties to secure
this Delegation. The Democrats had
not made their nomination, and used the
most active exertion to secure the Mar
shals nomination, as he was the weaker
of the Republican candidates, and his
nomination would secure the election of
the Democratic candidate The Demo
Gratis consequently promised the Marshal
their support at the polls, and that they
would not nominate candidate if he Sc
cured the Republican nomination. By
virtue Of this profession, the Democrats,
headed bp the Marshal and his friends,
prepared to eli the hall at an early hour.
and demanded to vote in the caucus.
The Judges friends, anticipating this
strategy, counted noses, and found they
would be in the minority should they be
unable to include Democratic voters
They at once and secretly formed fe-
male reserve, which was held in readiness
for an emergency. True to expectation,
the Democrats and the Marshal's friends
were on hand an hour before the time
fixed. The Judges friends, seeing they
would be out voted on the question of
admitting Democrats as members, if COM
PEELED to submit the decision of the chair
to the house, secretly introduced their
company offemale sharpshooters, through
the dressing-room OF the theater, and
filled the stage with ladies.
| THE LADIES CARRY THE PRIMARY.
At this moment the Chairman of the
Republican County Committee, who was
a Judge man, entered and Immediately
called the house to order, when the cur
tain rose and disclosed the stage filed
with voters the MarshaIs men had not
dreamed of. Their surprise can be better
imagined than described They were
taken completely off their feet, aud before
they could rally the Judges men got the
floor and kept it until they had nominal
ed and elected their entire ticket by &C
clamation. Here a scene of the widest
confusion arose, above which the mad
voices of the Marshal's friends, denounc-
ing the gag rule of the Chair, could
scarcely be heard. The Chair cried fer
order, while the contending factions
fought for the floor. Yells and cries now
arose from every quarter of the theater,
and blows were exchanged. The Judge S
men saw that free fight must ensue in
presence of the ladies they had introduc-
ed, unless they yielded the floor this
was accordingly done, when the Mar
shaPs men demanded that the vote
should De by ballot as the vote by accla-
nation was not carried The Chair de-
cided that IL had been carried. Here
speakers on both sides sprang to the
floor in the most exciting manner, the
| Marshal's men swearing they would
fight before they would submit to gag
law. Finally the demand was aceeded
to. On ballot the Judges candidates
were elected by three majority. The
ladies' saved the day for the Judge, and
| their presence prevented free fight,
which, as Cheyenne knows too we'll,
would have been no boys play. When
the vote was announced the Judge ap-
peared upon the stage and thanked the
members, and especially the ladies, whose
first vote he had the honor to receive, as