Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-06
Hon. Harrison Ludington as sa


The Milwaukee Sentinel Of last Sat
urday contains the following explana-
ton Of the fact that the name of Hon.
Harrison Lu1ington appeared on the
Know nothing ticket in 1856, over
which the Democratic press OF the
State has lately been SO jubilant.
" hen it considered that after search
ing high and low for something to say
against Mr.. Ludington, the Democrat
&c press could find nothing but this
Know-nothing charge, this explanation
and the appended facts leaves them
"poor indeed, so far as political capt.
tai is concerned. The Scntinc, says:
The most contemplate and ridicu-
lous Of the Democratic campaign SLAM
ders is the charge that Hon. Harrison
Ludington is a Know nothing. The
single fact that is brought forward in
support Of this statement is that his
name was used on the Fillmore elector-
al ticket in 1856. The facts concern
ing this proceeding are as follows:
The Know-nothing party of this city
consisted, for the most part, of man
named Kennedy and his son. One day
when Mr.. Harrison Ludington was alb
sent in the east, Bob Kennedy went to
Mr.. James Ludington, and said he was
in pursuit of names with which tc
make up an electoral ticket for Fillmore
Mr.. James Ludington, thinking il
would he a good joke on his cousin,
whom he knew to be a Jealous supper
ter of Fremont, said "Put Harry on;
and it was done. When Mr.. Harrison
Ludington returned and learned what
had been done in his absence, he pro
tested strongly against making use Of
his name in that connection, but the
tickets were already printed and dis
tributed, and so the $40 suppolt,rs Of
Fillmore in the State of Wisconsin vo-
ted for an out-and-out Fremont man.
AS far as Mr.. Ludington himself is
concerned, he voted and worked all
day for Fremont and Dayton and the
straight Republican ticket.
We would be ashamed to make this
explanation to the people of Milwaukee
The preposterous charge that MIR. Lud-
ington is a Know-nothing is not made
for them to believe, but to deceive vot-
ers in distant parts Of the State; and it
is to the latter that We address this
plain statement of the facts. TO these
voters we would further say that the
men who tell them this falseh God can
have only very poor opinion of their
intelligence They ask them to believe
that the Germans and Irishmcn of Mil
waukee have three times elected a
Know-nothing to the Office of Mayor:
that they assisted in giving Know
nothing two or three thousand more
than the Republican vote for Repre-
sentative to Cong ress, last fall, AID that
the Germans Ct Ozaukee gave Know
nothing 500 majority over the regular
Democratic candidate.
If anything were needed to make
this charge more absurd, it will be
found in Mr.. Ludington's administra
ton of the office Of Mayor. His dis.
tribution of the patronage will serve as
an illustration. For Commissioner
of the Public Debt, he has made three
| appointments, one Scotchman, one
Irishman, and one German; for Com
missioners of Public Works, four ap
pointments ,one Irishman, one German
and two Americans; for Tax Commits
sioner, two appointments, one German
and one Irishman; for Oil Inspector
one appointment, an Erglishman; fo
Assessors, (approved by the Mayor,
nine foreigners and four Americans
for Chief of the Fire Department, on
Irishman and one German; for mem
bers ofthe Fire Department, (approvet
by the Mayor) ffty-seven foreigner
and four Americans; for Chief of Pc
lice, one appointment, German; fol-
members of the Police Department o
1875, (approved by the Mayor ST,
Americans, twenty-nine germans, eigh
teen Irishmen, one Welshman, two
Holianders, and two Bohemians; ant
finally, for Health Officer, he has foul
times appointed the present incumbent
an Irishman.
In view of these facts, we submit tt
the judgment of candid men whether
if Mr.. Ludington is a member of &
Know nothing lodge,h he ought not to be
expelled! Then perhaps the Say-noth
ings (Sagt Nichts), an opposition So
ciety that was said to exist about the
same time, would initiate him. But Of
course the fact is that Mr.. Ludington
is not, and never was,a Know-nothing
and that his liberal ideas on all sub.
jects, and his lifelong association with
citizens of other nationalities, render it
quite impossible that he should have
any sympathy with the narrow and
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