Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-08-21
The OcOnOmOwOc Times.

tnat we forgot 10 mention the fact last week
that the editor Of the Oconomowoc Times
had sold out his principles and hoisted the
banner of Greeley and Brown, in his issue
of the It'll inst. The Democrats are well
come to all such acquisitions, and we trust
he VIII long remain with them. He can
control no vote but his own, and he is not
always sure of that even on election dav
Below we publish an article from the Wau-
keSha Freeman of last week, and the many
truths therein related are in perfect keeping
with the Times editors political record
Any thing to beas Grant" The Freeman
says:
If there were any thing wanting to prove
the II ter lack of principle with which the
Greeley campaign is managed in this coun-
ty, the want is supplied in the wheeling
about of the Oconomowoe Times which o.
Cured last week Ever since his advent to
this county the editor of that sheet has
borne upon his brazen forehead the motto,
"For Sale so plainly distinguishaole that
there could be no mistake about the matter
TO an ordinary observer
His services have always been open to
the command of the highest bidder, from
the first. Protesting the Republican faith
in 1870, be refused to place the Republican
ticket at the head of his columns until an
earnest OF fifty dollars had been paid to him
in hand by one of the candidates, when he
proceeded vigorously to the support ofthe
ticket. Last year he was apparently in "a
vor of the nomination of VIM. E. Smith for
Governor Of the state, but changed sudden
~ to the side Of Washburne as he has just
done from Grant to Greeley. But that time
we infer that he was paid with prom ses-
which have not been fulfilled. 1t is the
only proper way of paying such men.
For the support Of the ticket last fall,
however, he again demanded cash in hand
and received it, greatly to the disgust OF
those men of the party who were working
for the success OF principles which they
thought right without looking forward to
the immediate financial returns.
Last Spring, again, when the political
field was Swallowed with doubt, before the
lines of new party affiliations had been
drawn with any dislnctness, and when the
w;sest and most patriotic citizens could not
see the way clear for taking positions def
nitely, the Times, believing that its oppor
tunity was good Tor becoming the sole or.
gan for the Republ ican party in the county,
was perfectly well satisfied as to the course
necessary for it to secure position in
which it could make arbitrary demands ION
its fl iendS and said many things which
the course of events have shown to be COR
rect.
We could easily Gull dozen columns of
illustrations from the files of the paper, but
will content ourselves with few extracts.
On May |, 1872, it had the following re-
mark relating to the Cincinnati Convention,
which, though 1t seemed absurd at the time
reads now almost like prophecy
liberalism, used in this connection, is to serve
the purpose of the enemy.-Out of hell there is
demption. From heresy and schsm good Lord deliver
u.s."
On June II, the following comment on
the Philadelphia con rention occurred in
the Times
''We regard the ominations the strongest posi-
bic to have b. IL secured within the Republic. We
have grand good platform worthy the great
party represent, and in November will rally
more to the good old .buge call in Battle Cry of
Freedom, and show the wouldbedespoilers ofour fair
land that in the work ofGod
He has sounded forth the trumpet which shall never
call retreat
The following appears in its issue of
July nth:
Grants administration, know from the past
will be settled safe and prosperous Greeleys admin
isration know from the TOKEN will be errat-
ic visionary and dangerous. The two are before
the American people. Let them choose whom they
will follow"
Aud he following in its issue of July "a,
only ttro toeekS before its conversion:
THE country since 1861, when it called upon the
youth Of the land to follow glorious flag upon the
perious fields of battle has needed their serv
than at the present hour. The stability of
government the perpetuity of our Institutions the
continuation of the development of
tai and moral growth and physical prosperity at
stake Under Grant, order, honesty, and peace;
der Greeley, recklessness, anarchy and boundless
prof1igacy"
1t cannot be said, then, that the Times
editor has not gone into this business with
his eyes open to the evils which he propos.
es to assist in bringing on the country.
There never was case of more fragrant,
despicable, and odious treason since Bene-
dict Arnold's time. Aud the democrats
cannot say as the British used to do, that
'they like the treason though they despi5a
the traitor" They must despise treason
and traitor alike in this case, for when the
Times said on July 81, one w elk before its
change, that "the scum of the north, the repu-
diators, the disorganizers, the moral jackaIs,
who prey on graveyardS and feed fat on cor
ruption. are received with open arms, into
the new party; there is but one motto on
it's banner, Any thing to beat Grant, the
Democrats were able to reply triumphantly
that the opposing position of that paper
itself showed that they were lot all so re-
ceived that at least one of said "scum,"
remlined with the Republicans.
But now they cannot do otherwise than
admit that the worst Swimming has been
dropped overheard into their waiting bos-
oms where we hope it will fulfill lis mis-
Sion. With the record of the Times before
us there Can be no doubt as to its reason
for changing, without further revelations,
hut we are assured that its editor named
the amount for which he would continue 20
be Republican, only short time before his
paper appeared announcing his desertion
OF course the offer was refused. although
ii was not enough to make the editor rich,
and it oughtto haye been refused if it had
not been more than fifty cents. We can
not afford to make bribery business, and
moreover we are confident that the defec-
ton of the Times will render honest men
who have heretofore doubted, more certain
than they could have been before, that the
grand old party that has put down rebellion
will not now descend into the depths of cor
rnption tor help to maintain itself.
OUR FOREIGN TRADE IN MUSICAL
INsrRUHENTs.-Fewp people are aware of the
extent of our foreign trade in musical in
struments Geo. Woods & Co., of Boston,
for whose celebrated organs Mr. John W.
Canes, 50 Main ST., is agent, have agencies
in all the principal cities of Great Britain
and the demand from that country is now
very large, orders being received from there
every week by mail and cable. Labor is
cheaper in the old country than here, but
all the Improvements made by the above
named house being patented abroad as well