Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-23
A MeddIing Vilifer.

The Madison Democrat of the 18th. inst
publishes an editorial article headed ga
Raid upon the School Fund.-" and goes out
OF It's plain path OF duty in interfering with
the affairs of this city. The article i'm
pugns the motives of some of our best citi-
zens, and their efforts in behalf O. Kidding
our city from the burdens that now rest
upon us are set down by this meddlesome
sheet as "a scheme in the interests of CO.
terie of bond scalpers of Watertown, where
by the taxpayers of that city are to be
further bled to satiate the greed of money-
m ongers.n
This lying assertion is only Oh par
with a number of others produced by this
vlllfler. It's structures on the bills before
the Assembly to aid the city in the settle,
ment OF its bond Indebtedness are wholly
uncalled for, and shows an lmpudent med
ding in our municipal matters, which is
far from being any part of the Democrats
business to attend to, When the Democrat
says that our bonded Indebtedness amounts
to NEARLY a million and halt dollars it
utters palpable falsehood, which sounds
good deal like Union League iabbering or
as coming from some one writing in the in
terests OF that organization. And, then,
the talk the article goes on with regarding
the ''arbitrarily naming of seven individ-
ualS who are to have the absolute control
and distribution of this money" smatters
of the disappointed ambition of some one
who is not one Of the ''seven."
But the bills themselves which we place
before our readers this week, are the best
refutation that can be given to the points
endeavored to be made against the best in
terests of the city in the article referred to-.
We consider the proposition tair business
like arrangement, and ce.tain My anything
like a "raid on the school, fund" is far from
being contemplated by the trainers of the
bills. Perhaps the Democrat may have the
satisfaction OF being instrumental in defeat
ing plan whereby the city of WATERFOWL
could have rid itself of large number of
bonds n fair and honorable manner to
all concerned. Taking this view ofit we
trust our citizens will hold the Madison
Democrat in everlasting remembrance.
just why the Madison Democrat sh ould con-
slider itself called upon to enter the breach
and mix up with our municipal matters, is
inexplicable except on the theory that pol
itics has something to GO with it. 1t is not
at all unlikely that knowing the political
complexion of our people, and assuming,
which is the case, that the great majority
of those opposed to settlement of our debt
are of the democratic persuasion the vigor-
Gus article of the 18th inst. may have been
written to curry favor with the democratic
regulators, and show to the world tina,
there is a bond of sympathy between them
and the Madison Democrat the repu:ed
leading organ of Wisconsin, Democracy aud
Reform. Don't forget about the sReform."
We have it that our member of Assem- bl y
and our State Senator are both ready to
take off their coats against these bills.
And no one believes that they assume this
position because they think it right, blu,
because of the apparitions OF divided de-
mocracy that are placed before them
When things like these become the real
motives that will govern our legislator.
and public servants, is it not time to lose
all hope of being able to do anything that
will help US out of our difficulties?
House wives FavOrite.
Such has D. B. DeLand & Co.'s Best
Chemical Saleratus proved itself. Being