Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-25
Hezekiah Finn for the Assembly.

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Our statement of last week as to the
result of the Democratic Assembly
convention in this districts has been
verified. This is what we said:
The democrats in this AssarelJ district
will meet on the 2lst inst to nominate
Hezekiah Finn for the Assembly.
On Saturday last the convention
was held and Mr. Finn was nominal
ted. How we became possessed Of the
secret and were able to state In adj
vance what the programme would be
is not material 1t is enough for
present purposes to point democrats to
the fact that We knew aaa announced
what the ring had decided upon, pre-
eiselv as We forsshadowsd the action
of the convention in the I'd district by
stating six weeks before hand that W.
w. Woodman would be the nominee
there. The rank and file of the dem
ocratic party, who detest machine
politicians can now see that they have
them in their own ranks. They can
see the handiwork of "a ring" They
can no longer doubt that Bird, Null
berger, Gardner and that little coteria
of thimblerigging, scheming politicians
have been setting up the pins and pull
Ing the wires, while the poor inuo-
cents who do the most of the voting
have been entirely ignorant of what
was going on As faithful chronicles
OF events which were to transpire. as
well as of those which had taken place
it was our duty to keep our readers
posted, and IS results show we have
not been remiss. So much for that.
And, now, what are the anti
League element the democratic
party going to Go about it? Their
leaders have fused body and soul With
the Union. League, and their nominee
for assembly is the president of that
organization. Has the League swal-
lowed the democratic party, or has the
democratic party played the part OF
Jonah and swallowed the Leagne
The question comes home in such
manner that 1t cannot be lodged, and
il will be decided by the events of the
next two weeks whether anti Union
League democrats have lost their Ia
dependence or not. We do not be-
lieve that majority of the voters in
Watertown want to commit the inter
ests of the city to the hands Of Hs2ski-
an Finn, and the organization OF
which he stands at the head. Will
those democrats who have heretofore
opposed him and the League now sup
port him? Will. they by their votes
ratify the contract made weeks ago be
tween Orion, Mulberger and Gasdoer
on the one hand and Finn on thu
other. and thus do an everlasting il.
iory to the city that Orton may gais q
few extra votes for Congress, and M~1.
berger and Gardner be constitutes
purveyors and dispensers Of "pA> in
ease Tilden is elected President
That is ali there is of it. It is for toe
honest, untrammelled, independent
manly, and anti-bargain and corrup.
ton democrats to say yes or no to this
proposition. Are they prepared t,
stultify themselves by unaoiag sl
they have done in the past? vii
they consent to fly as a tail to the kit.
of Orion, Mulberger, GardBer acc
Finn, and aid in a consummatioa O
their corrupt schemes There is no
an Intelligent man in the comaanit,
who does not know the means euploy
ed to produce the result which b
been reached. 1t is nothing more -
less than the striking Of haEds b!
Orton, Mulberger and Gsraosr 1tl
Flinn and the Union League. ThsJ
are all now cuddling under the ssne
dirty political edelothes. How Dc
the anti-Leasue supporters of Judg'