Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
NOIRISH NEED APPLY.

standard bearers of the party who has
never wavered in his devotion to the
Democracy and solicited the nomi-
nation for County Treasurer That Mr..
McMahon is a gentleman fully qualified
for the position, we all know ; in fact,
he has been County Treasurer de tacto
for years, and will be during the term
Of Mr. Buchholz, if elected, In accord
ance with the practice of farming out"
which has been in vogue with Demo-
cratic County Treasurers the past eight
or ten years. It was considered too
rich sop" to throw to the Irish
however, and Mr.. McManon was de-
feated. For him to suppose that so
good a thing would tall to the nation
atty of which he is SO respectable
representative, was the height Of abb
surdity, and shows degree of verdancy
on his part which surpasses our COM
preheusion,
Mr.. Mcmahon, having been lain
upon the shelf, Peter E. Kelly fondly
hoping that something worth having
was in store for the Irish, presented
himself as candidate for County Clerk
| but with the same result that attended
the effort of Mr.. McMahon before him.
He, toe, was slaughtered, and to-day is
living witness of the fact that to be
an Irishman was to be counted out in
| the distribution Of the loaves and fishes
in that convention. In vain did tie
Irish appeal to the magnanimity of the
delegates to recognize in a suitable
manner their past devotion and fealty
to the party. They were treated with
the greatest contempt instead, and in
sultingly told that the Office of Coroner
was the only one at their disposal.
They resented the affront as was be-
coming men of independence, and de-
clared they would accept no such triA-
ing recognition as that proposed. Not
withstanding this, the convention pro-
ceeded to nominate an Irishman for
the office, and the ticket has thus gone
forth to the people for their endorse
ment. It was most ungracious per-
Torrance upon the part of the conven-
ton, and is generally so regarded.
But these indignities did not stop
here On Saturday last, the Demo
cratic Convention was held here to
nominate a candidate for Member of
Assem- bly,, After having been repulsed
as they were at Jefferson, the Irish
made another attempt to secure nom
ination for one of their number, and
presented the name of John Rutledge,
of Ixonia. He was given handsome
complimentary vote, but good care was
taken that he did not carry off the
prize. 1t was somewhat heartless and
ungrateful to defeat him in this way
after having last year been promised the
nomination at this time if his friends
would pull true It was q fitting coun-
terpart to the slaughter oftheIrish at the
County Convention, and shows how
contemptuously they are regarded by
the party. AS it has been In the past,
so it will be in the future. The Irish
have nothing to expect from the Dem
ocratic party, and it is surprising that
they should plod on in the oldfashioned
way blindly voting their ticket, and
receiving nothing but kicks and cuffs
| in return.
Mr.. Hezekiah Finn, of whose 'unft-
ness for Member Of Assembly much
is being said by certain Democrats,
would have been very fit man in their
eyes, had he chosen to pledge himself
to support Democrat for United
States Senator. He became " unfit
very suddenly when he took independent
groand upon that question, and refused
to wear the party collar. These loud
mouthed and inconsistent detamers of
Mr.. Finn were perfectly willing to
pillow with the Union League, and sup
port the President of the organization,
if they could thereby secure a vote for
| a democratic u. S. Senator. When it
was discovered that he would not crawl
on his belly, and let the Democratic wire
pullers fetter and gag him to suit their