The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-10-31

fsiyeTs on aarbor approprlatioo,- Can thus
be possible, that men vote against their own
pccuniary interest, for the sake of empty
compliments 10 Mr. Batz or as3 oAcy man
wncn there is 8 certainty Of Mr.. Eldridge'.
election.
Next in importance are the. candi-
later for State Senator and members Of
Assembly, az they vii elect [. s. Sen
ator in place Of the Hon. T. o. Hove, and
consequently should be Democrats and
Liberals. There is another grave question
to arise to MI that class of men who might
object to being lesislatcl Gu, ofthcir social
glasses. So far as We are Individually con-
cerned NC care very little for the temper
nnce law. as We should only have to watch
Deacon Eorcherit for one day and We would
probably discover fifteen or twenty private
drinking places in our city Of whose exist
ance we had never su<picioRed. lie gets
his s,mulcnts on the sly and talks tempsr-
ance through the Tribune and on the street
corners and has always depenlel on that
sort Of lac canning for all the reputation
he ever claim Ell amen. the miiHHiatsd
The election of Ii .rdh.a in the Third =
ts.ct Whom We SUI pose TO BE- . Temperance
man from his nam2) or Q. ). Davis in the
>econi, wins was sal to BE- a strict tenn
pe-ance man before ne was nominated, will
affect our habits very little. Yet the prin-
ciplc is all the same; that kinI Of legislo
ton never helped the cause Of temperance
while, on the other hanl it most always
tends 10 aggravate it. Our nominations for
the Senate and Assembly W. feel sure NAV
safely be relied on for the repeal of thai
last 'c!Httr 5 nuisance.
Ourcan iidates are nearly all old resident.
Of the county, and are from tie most en-
terprising business classes Of oar citizens,
ami IN oar issue Of the 10Th Of October we
gave general description Of who and what
they were, and while we do not wish to
seem TO make an unnecessary display Of
their qualifications or private history, yet
a sh 1rt personal notice might not be dis
tasteful TO their respective friends in the
county who may no: have seen our former
notice.
Our State Senator, :he Hon. Carl
IL Schmidt, has ably represented the IS
semhly District one year, and the whole
county in the Senate for the las. TWO years.
aud is known to every man ia the county,
IS lie vas victorious over two tickets,
one on III, celebrated Peoples HcSst, tie
'ther the regular Republican nominee.
{. K. Zoru, Of the First District, is new
man in the legislative field, batis very popu
lar IN his district, and, from all ac"ounts,
will surely he elected.
Hon. Martin Mcnamara, of the Second
District, has served his constituents one
term with ability and fidelity, and is sure to
be returned from his district.
Hon. Jos. Rankin. of the Third, has rep
resented this district three years in the As
scnbly to the entire satisfaction of his con.
stituents, and his nomination was virtually
an election.
For Sheriff, f iward Conway is person
ally as popular as an- man in he county,
snd IS nearly rs we'll known When elect.
ed as he will be by very large majority, he
will bring to the administration Of the dn-
'Eof his Office, as much integrity ami
ability as any man who ever he'd that Of T,
fce in this county.
For Treasurer, Albert Wittenberg, and |
for County Clerk, John P. Wickert, are
our candidates for the two Offices with /
patronage for newspapers The
Radical Press of this county have Joined |
with their opponents, and their friends |
are quietly circulating the fabrication that
they are not competent or trustworthy for |
the duties Of TIE Offices to which they baye
been nominated, which may be very mae
Nous and dtslnterestea on their part, bit
tt ~iU not 'cia. 1t is just possible that
Deacon Borcharlt may take such real
1irely interest in the county's welfare that
he might pay back that FOURTEEN HUN
DRED ASp FORTY SIx DOLLARS that he
virtually stole out Of the city and county
it is just possible, but those who have
known him longest say it is NOT At All
PROBABLE. Mr.. Wittenberg and Mr.. |
Wickert re entirely competent to fill any |
Office in the gift of the people of this
county with credit TO them,elve, and the
best interests of their constituents, aud |
will neither of them lose any votes
on election day by that sort ST talk.
These gentlemen VIII give de best of bonds
70. tie faithful performance of THEN several
duties, and, as to incomp.teacy, TIA rie'c q
Tie feet that ;loy stand charged By Deacon
Borchcrd;, is the Auyhest Joke on record,
and must increase their Inaiorities, which
we're generally estimated at from coo to
1000 before this old rat brake out with
his incompeteRcy dodge.