Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-09-04

papers in this State that dares say
what it thinks, and calls things by
their right names. 1t gives its patrons
genuine Democratic reading, a thing
SO scarce in these days of political
policy, as to be nearly out of the mar
ket. For the benefit of our readers who
believe in the Democratic party, we
clip few extracts from the Courier.
In an article on Congress sional poll
tica, it says:
We gave Barber (Rep.) 1866 ma
jority in 1872 over Warden, that
sweet.scented Dolly Warden sore-heaI
Radical-or ''reformer" (r. And
last year, Taylor, Democrat, for
Governor, carried this District against
Washburn, the most popular Repub-
lican in the State. And the tide is
| running higher. The eople are able
| now to distinguish between the crafty,
| tricky politician and the man who is
sincerely enlisted in their behalf.
From an article relating to State
affairs:
Thus it will be seen by the above
what this ''Reform" hum bug means |!
A majority of these best positions held
by Republicans, to say nothing of the
other men employed about the capital.
Now they ought to practice little
more ''reform economy" Let them
select out the Democrats and reduce
their salaries; and then cut down the
laborers wages few dollars. This will
make the RAIDS grin, and help to
Strengthen our side" And thus we
can make up that $4,000 paid to
Morgan L. Morgan, and the $4,000
paid to Elias Calkins, that other Re-
form patriot.
In the meantime the earnest voting
Democrats who make up all of real
vitality there is in this "Reform move
ment," will please bow in humble sub
mission to the montebank mandate of
cad" and "Prince SAM"
IT is now over two months since the
office ofSuperintendent of Public Prop
erty was vacated by the resignation,
upon compulsion, it was freely sta
ted at the time, of Gov. Taylor's ap-
pointee, Hon. E. B. Dean; but the va
cancy has not yet been filed. This
delay has very naturally excited some
wonderment. Some may have suppos-
ed that the Governor had not yet been
able to find any one to take his place;
but that betrays deplorable ignorance
of the nature of Reformers. Moreover,
this theory was negati we'd by the car
loads of hungry citizens who might
have been seen hurrying toward Mad
ison about the time the vacancy occur
red. Another theory may have been
that the Governor was so busy answer
ing Sat. Clark's letter that he had no
time to think Of lesser things; but as
neither the appointment nor the letter
has appeared, this explanation must be
abandoned. And now another expla-
nation is offered, and this on high
Democratic authority. 1t is to the ef-
feet that Maj. Dean was so jealous and
laborious a Reformer that in the six
months Of his incumbency he managed
to leave himself considerably in arrears
to the state, and that the Governor is
now waiting for the deficiency to be
made good, and that in the meantime
he is postponing the appointment of a
successor lest that should neces state
an exposure. In other words, one of
Gov. Taylor's appointees having be-
come defaulter, His Excelency is now
conniving to conceal and compound
his crime. This is serious charge,
and coming, as it does, from Demo-
crat, Gov. Taylor can scarcely afford to
be silent about it.
MORE in sorrow than in anger the
Wauhesha Plaindealer, the last of the
immortals "The Forty" corrects that
frisk yjuvenile, the Madison Democrat,
for its freedom in referring to the old
Democratic party as corrupt, and
that 6 its defeat was right" Says
this moss covered antediluvian:
"The Madison Democrat from which
we copy the extract above quoted, is
an enterprising paper. 1t is conduct
ed with decided ability, and we take
pride in it as one of the leading jour
mails of the State. But we do not
think its rather frequent illusions to
the Democratic party as pur.rid remin
iscence, etc., are called for, nor do we
see why they are necessary"
Pratt goes on to say that "such men
cannot be ignored in any political or
ganization which hopes for success.
Neither is it conducive to harmony to
stigmatize the party to which they
have always belonged as corrupt or as
a 'purtrid reminiscence.' Such talk
can accomplish no good and is liable
to work harm. We have repeatedly
declared that we cared not for names,
but at the same time we have no desire
to be called bad namesby our friends
The fact of it is, the cold Demo-
cratic party" does about all the voting
for the Son-in-Law party in Wis
consip, and naturally objects to the
"putrid" &c. And in fact it is un
grateful.
EVERY once in a while individuals