The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-04-09
EDITORIAL NOTES.
City Elections.

The effort Of the Reformers to carry the
Charter elections resulted in forcing the
Radicals to nominate their very best men
to save the Radical ship in this city.
Notwithstanding all the effort made on
their side, the Reform party would have
walked Of with majority of all the city
Offices, had not the nominating Reform City
Convention made the most objectionable
blunder in their deliberations.
Their nomination for Mayor, Mr. Geo.
Pankratz, although an honest, upright gen
tleman, in all the walks of life, was ineli-
gible to the Office from the fact thai he had
become boDdsman for Mr.. Meye-, On the
9th street Bridge contract, and should have
go. cut Of the way as did Col. Jacobs of
Milwaukee.
He was nominated in vindication of
personal fight made on him by Hon. Carl
Fl. Schmidt, nm outsider at the Convention,
remaining On the ticket with the avowed
intention Of spiting Mr.. Schmidt. Thus our
nomination fer Mayor was made for no bet
ter reason than that Of snubbing Mr.
Schmidt for in:ermeddling with what they
considered their elective prerogative /; and
for the success of their handy work in
making the Office of Mayor personal fight
, between two citizens of the came party,
We would respectfully refer to the 400 and
odd majority of Mr. A. D. jones, for
Mayor, in the election report in this issue
The bolt made On Mayor, was the prob
able cause Of Mr.. Eugene Alters defeat
for Treasurer against Mr.. Harris, on the
Radical ticket. Mr.. Alter carried his own
ward by y majority, ward hitherto Radi
cal, and was only beaten 40 or As IN the
city.
With all the Encouragement Of the City
/ Convention, we elected Mr. Chas A. Reuter-,
Police Justice, by a much larger majority
than eren Mayor Jones rsceired, which will
ensure us a well regulated city for the en-
suing year, whatever other newly elected
officials may do.
| We have no poison where1 it'll to attempt
! to sting the successful City officials, as they
are able and obliging men, and if they do
as we'll as they know how, our city will be
well governed the coming year.
| The Radicals nominated their very best
men for Ward officers. The FIRST Ward,
the Radical Ward of the city, elected their
entire ticket. In the the Second Ward,
they had as good ticket as they ever had,
and although Mr.. Thos. Windiate, on eur
ticket, received a majority Of all the votes
cast, yet they elected their entire ticket.
| In the Third Ward we lost our Chairman
He bolted a part of the ticket he ran Oh,
and was badly defeated. The old verdict OF
"serred him right Will apply in his case.
The balance of the Reform ticket was elect
ed by very heavy majorites.
In the Fourth Ward, hitherto largely
Radical, we have no complaint to make of
our victory. Hon. E. X. Rand was elected
Chairman and Alderman by small major
ity, although he was not outside Of his
Hardware store during the day Of election.
The Radicals elected two Aldermen on
their ticket, one of whom Mr.. J. Mendlik,
is as good Reformer as sc want, and
should have been put on our ticket in plac :
of one of our Aldermen, who is said to
have worked against himself. This pre-
caution on his part, has not been necessary
in the past, and we trust will not be in the
future.
The result in the 4th Ward is as good as
we could have hoped for--all Reformers
bnt one. Making gain of two Aldermen
in the City Board over last year, besides
many other Ward officers, after ali our
LAUNDERING.
From the outside towns we hear the best
of reports. Two Reform gains in Super
visors az far as heard from, which will re-
duce the Radicals to five in tie County
Board out of Twenty three. Revolutions
never 90 backwards, let the Radicals sound
their brass timbrels as they will.