Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-10-30
About the PEOPLES. Money

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lican county convention, makes this
Illusion to Christian Kessler. our
nominee for Treasurer
"Chris was very foolish to allow
himself to be used for the purpose in
tended-that of beating one of the
strongest men on the Reform tick
ct. Chris is good fellow, but hard
" the man to take charge of the large
amount of money that will likely be
collected. 1t will be remembered that
$4,000 were collected last year and
the people cannot afford to make any
experiments. The county could bet
ter afford to give man $4,000 to do
nothing than to have county treas
urer who is not thoroughly qualified
and responsible
We ask voters to give especial at
tention to the above, coming, as it
does, from. this organ of the Reform
party in this county-the party that
makes such professions of being the
party of the people--the friend of the
poor man ana of the "toiling mil
lions"
"The county could better afford to
give man IS, 900 to do nothing than
to have a county treasurer who is not
thoroughly qualified and responsible"
Do you understand it? It means that
Mr.. Kessler is poor man and a dis
abled soldier, while his opponent, Mr..
Thomas, is rich merchant. That is
all. To be rich, is the only thing that
can cnestitute responsibility" in the
eyes of the Democrat.
We have nothing to say against Mr..
Thomas. He is clever, genial gen
tleman, has been long a resident Of
this village, and enjoys, so far as we
know, the confidence and esteem
of his fellow-citizens. But we do OBJ
ject, and we think the people of Iowa
county will most heartily object to the
Democrats theory that none but rich
men are sufficiently "responsible"to eli
the Office Of county treasurer.
Mr.. Kessler is an honest man, He has
filed the Offices of city Treasurer in
Mineral Point and Clerk of the Court
: of Iowa county, faithfully and well.
The people of Mineral Point and the
county know this, and when the
Republican county convention met the
almost unanimous sentiment of the
delegates was found to be that Mr..
Kessler should be nominated and
elected to better and more lucrative
position.
Everyone knows that the tax of last
year was extraordinary, and there will
probably never again be so much
money collected in any one year.
But if the amount to be collected and
handled by the treasurer was half
million of dollars, instead of what it
is, Mr.. Kessler could give ample Sc
curity to the county for the faithful
discharge Of his duties as treasurer.
Voters of Iowa county, shall this
Reform party, that asks us to forget
its record during the war, succeed in
inducing us to forget the soldiers who
have been manned and crippled while
fighting to maintain the nations life?
FARMERS, which do you pre-
fer for the United States Senate
&C. G. Washburn, one of the
earliest, ablest and most consist
ent advocates of railroad legis-
lation and cheap transportation,
orAlexander Mitchell, president
Of the Milwaukee & st. Paul
rebel railroad? Your votes next
Tuesday, for members of the
Legislature, will determine.
Noses M. Strong's Proposition.
We understand that some efforts are
being made to influence people to vote
against L. w. Joiner, our candidate
for State Senator, because he, as chair
man of the county board, refused to
accept the proposition of Moses M
Strong to procure settlement of the
county bonds, to the advantage of the
eounty, in 1869. The facts in the case