Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-03-17
Official Corruption De-
nounced.
The Citizens Association
Formed.

day evening. At An early hour the hall
was filled by an audience of our best and
most intelligeas citizens, all classes Of our
population, the merchants, manufacturers,
mechanics, and laboring men, being well
represented. The appearance of those pres
ent at the meeting, as we'll as the tenor Of
the proceedings, gave unmissakable evil
dence of the purpert of the gathering, name
ly, united opposition by large class of our
population to the manner in which the affairs
of our city have been conducted for a year
or more past, and a settled determination to
overthrow the official jackals now in power,
engaged in gnawlng away the vitalS OF the
city, and seeking the destruction of our
best and truest interests.
The meeting was called to order by F. P.
Brook, who briefly stated its Objects and
an organization was effected by the election
Of Gen Luther A. Cole Chairman, and Au-
gust Tanck, Secretary. The first resolution
offered and passed was the following:
ResolUed That we organize the Citi-
zens Association Of Watertown," whose OBJ
ject shall be to elect honest. capable men to
fill the various city and ward Offices at the
approaching charter election. That the Of
6cers of this Association shall be A Pres
ident and Secretary, and that we now pro-
coed to elect such officers.
In accordance with the spirit Of this reso-
luton the meeting proceeded to the elect
ion of permanent president and secretary
of the Citizens Association: resulting in
the choice of J. T. Moak, President, and
August Tank, Secretary.
After some remarks from Mr.. Moak, set
ting forth the necessity for concert of action,
and the prosecution of earnest hard work
from now until election day in April, if we
would succeed in gaining victory over the
Union League, and the present reign OF
fraud, corruption, intimidation and mis-
management in our midst the following
resolutions were offered, expressive of the
sentiments of the meeting, and passed unan-
imously:
Resolved, That every citizen willing to
assist in the objects of this Association be
invited to become member of the same,
and that the Secretary prepare list of all
those becoming members.
ResolUed, That committee of FL, three
from each ward, be appointed to present
names for the several Offices in the city at
large, and present the same at subsequent
meeting for nomination.
Resoyved That committee of seven be
appointed for each ward to present names
in their respective wards for ward officers,
and report the same at our next meeting for
ratification.
Resolved, That no good citizens having
the welfare of this community at heart,
should at this crisis of affairs, refuse to be-
come candidate for any Office for which
he. NAV be nominated by this Association,
and that no good citizen should force him
self upon this Association for nomination,
when in his judgment he does not possess
the necessary qualifications to fill such Of
6ce, or the popularity to be eleced to the
same.
Resozved, That a committee Of three be
Amounted to prepare an address to the peo-
ple of Watertown, on the condition of Our
municipal affairs, and submit the same to
the next meeting of this Association, to be
published in English and German.
Resozved That this meeting of the citi-
zens of Watertown hereby express sympath y
with Mr.. Fred. Miller, in the personal in
iuries he received al the hands of lawless
men.
Re,ozvcd, That committee on fl ance
of one from each ward be appointed at a
subseo uent meeting.
Speeches were made by Daniel Hall, Ed
ward Johnson, J. B. Bennett, Charles II.
Gardner, Eugene Wggenhorn and Fred.
Kusel, appealing to the common sense rather
than the prejudices of those present and
dealing in startling and glaring facts re-
lative 10 our present condition. AS a way
out of our difficulties each of the speakers
dwelt on the necessity of wise counsss pre-
yailing among US, and the selection of good
honest and capable men to fill the vario us
Offices of the city at the ensuing charter
election--men in whom the entire COM
munity can have confidence and in whose
hands the interests of the city will be en-
tirely safe.
A committee of 81, three from each ward,
composed of the following gentlemen, was
appointed by the chair, to nominate city
officers and to report at subsequent meet
ing:
LIST Ward-Fred Miller, VIM. L. Norris
and J. B. Bennett.
I'd Ward-Wm. Bieber, +. Grossmann,
and Hermann Harte.
Sd Ward-J. Linden, Edward Johnson
| and A. Solliday.
4th Ward-F. P. Brook, Jacob Weber
] and Thomas Sullivan.
! 9Th Ward-M. ]. Woodland, VIM. N
Dennis and Frank Koenig.
9th Ward-Jossph Salick, Charles Walters
and D. Blumenfeld.
7th Ward-A. Boomer, A. P. Wood ant
| P. Bodien.
Committees of seven from each ward wa
appointed by the chair to nominate Ward