The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-02-18
"EOW JOHN SOHUETTE WAS RE-
CEIYED ON HIS RETURN TO
MANITOWOC."

SchI1ette victorious though he was, you did
on the return of your Senator, defeated as he
was, We didn't turn out en- masse to greet our
member of the Spartan band OF eighteen who
held the senatorial thernopyiae against friend
| or foe; nor were we able to say that any great
| praise enured to him or theirs even II they dld
! capture the whole Democratic party and bring
| them Into camp" We feel about grateful
| for this valiant feat as a friend did to his val
| orous dog which captured, body and breeches,
! a pole-cat, and proudly brought it Tor herr into
/ the house with an air-yes undoubtedly an AR
but we mean manner of having done a
| very commendable thing, and one John might
} have learned d lesson. perhaps had he seen the
| air of detected disappointment that dog wore
as he few, under the double incentive of boot
| and tongue. out of the door. We didn't pro-
cess at all no six hundred feet of rope was pro-
yided to haul Schuettes carriage from the de-
pot, but there was an undoubted disposition to
use that even greater length OF rope, not
| consecutive feet however, but cut, say into
| two-feet lengths and both ends knotted.
| The general impression seems to be that
! Schuette has brought his political career to an
early termination, and as he sits hereafter on
/ the ragged edge of political solitude he may
! wonderingly Groom over the old cOuplet.
| ..Since L was so early done for,
I wonder what was begun for"
| Quien sabe !?
The above appeared in the Milwaukee
Sentinel, under a faring heading
CHOW John Schuette was Received il
Manitowoc," the same being written by
some one in this city, under date of the
10th inst.
When Senator Schuette reached Man
itowoc, it was at or O'Clock on Sun
day morning, when 10 train had arrived
since the Tuesday previous, and no one
knew when there would be one We
| doubt very much whether there was
| even an omnibus at the depot. Coming
| at that unreasonable hour, it was not to
be expected that demonstration would
be made, and it being on the Sabbath,
| too, would have restrained any great
ovation, even had his friends known
at what hour he would arrive.
The above contemplate fling at the
Senator Will meet with reproval at the
hands of Mr. Scnuette's friends and
every decent man, Carpenterite or not,
i in this city; and we venture the assertion
that the one who penned it, and is SO
anxious to have that rope used, dare not
repeat the proposition when Mr.. Schuette
again reaches home and receives the con-
CALCULATIONS of his thousands of friends
in this city and county.
/ Whether he will meet with formal
reception on his return or not we are
not just now prepared to state. One
thing is certain: with the exception of
the man who wrote the Sentinel letter,
there is not person III the city who
will degrade himself to the level of a
beast and haul any man through the
streets Of our city, nor would Mr..
Schuetee allow it if there were enough
willing to take the place of oxen.
Senator Schuette did in Madison just
what we think a ajority Of those who
elected him wished him to do, and he
deserves credit, if for nothing else, in
having withstood the siege upon his
honor by the satellites of Boss Keys
and other men in Madison and Miiwau-
kee who claim to be the Republican
party of Wisconsin. He went into the
Senatorial race here at the demand of
the Republicans and not until he had
repeatedly refused the honor. We for
one are willing to admit that it was
| Democratic votes which elected him,
and in refusing to accept the terms die
tated at the Senatorial caucus in Madi-
son he believed he was doing what was
right, and we claim he did act in accor-
dance with a majority of his constituents
by which we mean those who elected
him.
And right here we wish to denounce
the statement that sSchuette has brought
his political career to an early termina-
ton" We believe there are not ten
men in the county but what are willing
TO admit that Mr. Schuette was acting
in good faith when he opposed the re-
election of Mr.. Carpenter, and while
we do not wish to be understood as beg
ging sympathy for our Senator, we
would remind the friends Of Mr. Car
penter that he made graver mistakes
than Mr. Schuette ever did-mistakes
which called his honor into question:
and as you were SO anxious to have
John Schuette forgive them, suppose
you tole little of your own advice and
say no more about his ''disrupting the
Republican party and give him credit
for withstanding the wiles of the ring
which Is the curse OF our party in Wis
consin.
The Chicago Times of Saturday con
tanned q seven column article with eleven