Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-09-01
THE PROTEST AGAINST TAYLOR.

A bomb shell of huge proportions
has been fired into the Democratic
Reform camp in the form of strong
protest against the denomination of
Governor Taylor from II. H. Gray,
Philo A. Orion, Philo Dunning, Wal
ter S. Green, and j. D. Gurnee, all
prominent and we'll known democrats of
the state, Messrs. Gurnee and Green
being members OF the Democratic Re-
form state central committee.
The protesters are quite bitter in
their denouncation of W. r. Taylor
aud show him up to the people of the
State, in anything but an enviable
light. In defence of their position
they say: prompted by our own self
respect and by what we deem to be for
the best good of the party and the
State, we shall canvass freely as we
have thus been challenged to do, the
merits and claims of this one arrogant
and self seeking candidate.
Taylor's position on the Potter Law
occupies the attention of the.protesters
showing that through his weakened
policy and inability to properly grapple
with the question, the will of the peo-
pie was for long while defed; the
business of the roads, interrupted, and
incalculable injury inflicted on the
business of the State. And his treach.
cry to the friends of the Potter Law.
IS shown in the attempt made last win
ter to pass bill drawn up by his Rail
road Commissioners, and meeting his
approval, which totally abrogated the
principles and provisions of the Potter
Law, of which be claims to be the espec
ial champion. We quote from the pro-
test:
1t was finally defeated by the friends of
the "Potter Law acting without regard
. to party, and the law upon the subject,
with but slight change, remains substan-
TALLY as before-no THANKS to Go vernon
Taylor or his railroad friends. The more
space and prominence are given to this
subject because, admitting his general want
of ability and qualif cation, his friends
claim that be is especially auailable as
aobo IF
only trial and test, he most signally failed,
and should not now be rewarded for opin-
ions and principles he never entertained;
for boldness independence and bravery he
never exhibited for services never rem
dered, and for honors he never won, 1t is
not to be for moment supposed that the
people of This State are not inf rmed of
this disgraceful failure, surrender or re-
treat of this pretended leader, in the very
crisis of their struggle with railroad mono
poly. They have but to ask their repre-
sentatives 10 the last Legislature, to be-
come fully informed on the subject.
On the availability" dodge the pro-
testers say:
His most enthusiastic friends do not claim
that he is competent to discharge the du
ance from some one who is competent; but
they say he is the ''the card to play in the
game, in which the people are to be fooled
and cheated, and that he can especially Sc
cure the votes of laborers and farmers. on
the pretense that be is Zone of thena,' or, as
his admirers say, that he is a rough, un-
couth, unmar nerly and hard handed-tarmer
himself, and by the ad captandum and cant
of ha fho a
er Taylor" and the other meaningless and
foolish catch words. The farmers of this
State, as class will not be fattered by
such caricature, and will not regard as
their representative in the Executive Office
one who has no other claim to their suf
frages than his want OF manners.
On the question of economy the
protest says:
His friends pirate of his economy, but the
claim is not founded in truth, for he has
personally saved nothing to the State, when
the saving was either just or honorable,
and ne has never retrenched any expendi-
lures OF the public moneys except in tn e
employment and compensation of common
laborers about the capital when his re-
trerchment has been the most petty mean
ness, and his ostentatious economy starya-
ton wages to the poor. He has never
foregone any possible chance of enhancing
and drawing the full amount of his own al
lowances.
The gentlemen signing the protest
deny having any personal grievance to
complain of but assume their present
position solely on the ground of the In
terest they feel for the welfare of the
Democratic Reform party Of Wisconsin.