Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-08-18

Reform Malignity.

democratic light artillery. Ihe
charges have been so weak that no i'm
preston has been made nor single
flaw discovered Their guns are get
ting SO dirty that they recoil upon
their gunners. They may keep up a
little noise, but people are get ing use
to that kind Of warfare. Chinese
gongs will not answer in>the place of
solid shot, Every charge made has
been satisfactorily explained OF dis
proved. Summed UP they are ; fol-
lows: ssss i.zasssafe esaaI
|. Major Bmtz deposited money in
abank, which the Madison Democrat
said was "a direct violation of law. +"
But Reform Treasurer Kuehn also de-
posts money in banks, aud whas is
more, In his own bank, and loans c~t
the State money to his own customers.
This Bothered the Democrat, which
afterwards crawfshed by saying that
this question is not in issue, and that
it has been sanctioned by custom !"
So here the Reformers are at a dlsad-
vantage
2. Major B@etz has $4,000 in one
bank and $1,000 10 another bank.
which banks at the time of the panic
failed to pay in full. But did the
state lose the money? Not cent.
When Major Raetz left the Office, he
turned over the full amount of public
funds for which he Was accountable.
to his successor, the present Reform
Treasurer, taking his receipt there .or.
Two years have elapsed. and it is only
since his nomination that any fault has
been found. AS TO the case of one
bank, We will let the Milwaukee Neys
answer its own charges as fellows:
''When Mr. Betz went out of office. Jaa.
1st, 1874, he had about Sl2,, 90 of State
funds on deposit in the bankrupt Second
National Bank, of Chicago, of which A !.
Ellis formerly of Madison, was cashier.
This amount Mr.. B8z made good to the
State. There is no default nor defciencu in
that locality, so far as Mr. Betz is concerned
Again; Gen. Mills was Treasurer of
the Insane Hospital at Madison. aud
Was generally understood to be con-
nected With the bank of Madison.
Mr.. B@tz had some $4,000 In this
bank IN anticipation of the quarterly
payment soon to become due. He
gave Mr.. Mills check for the amount
taking receipt on account of the
Hospital appropriation. Mr. Mills
paid the amount to the Hospital.
Now, what has the State to do with
the matter? Major Batz has account
ed to the State for the money, and
Gen. Mills has settled the same with.
the Hospital. The bank failed soon
after, and he asks as private matter,
that Major Baetz bear portion of the
loss be claims to have met With from
failure. With this the State has
nothing to do The gist is taken out
of all charges against Major Baetz by
the admission of the Democratic press
that his honesty is unimpeached. and
that the State has lost nothing through
his management. He never misap.
propriated one cent Of the public funds
and accounted in full for every cent
that came into his hands. What bus
the most fiendish malignity. then, IN
fluences that press in It's endeavors to
to injur his character by false inuen-
does and distortions Of admitted facts
Shall an honorable, faithful public of
fcef be crushed by such uncomfortable
meanness? We rather think not.
3. Luaington was Know-Nothing
and candidate for election on tie
Fillmore aud Donaldson ticketin 1856.
1t is positively denied that he ever was
q Knownoshing, and no proof has ever
been attempted. He has been Mayor
of Milwaukee three times, and has ap-
pointed and approved the appointed of
40 foreign born citizens to the most
important Offices in that city. Last
fall he was supported by nearly the
whole Democratic press-not for May
or, but for Congress, and that against
the regular Democratic nominee
himself German. This Is all the
reply necessary on that point. As to
the election Of 1856, there was no or
gained movement in this State for the
Fillmore ticket. A half-dozen indi-
viduals fixed upon an electoral ticket,
putting on Ludington's name without
his knowledge or consent, and in his
absence. AS for himself. MI. Luding.
ton worked and voted for Fremont and
the Republican ticket. SO much for
this attempt to brighten the Germans
and Irish from voting the Republican
ticket.
4. The most serious charge is that
Hans b. Warner is not a Norwegian,
but was adopted and brought up by a
German. The statement alone is all
that is necessary. We understand that
he's both honest and capable, and
even 1t be were an American this
would not disqualify him for the Office
of Secretary of State.
Now, groundless and trivial as all