Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-27
County Politics.

the ticket cannot succeed except by
the aid of democratic votes. The re
publican party is simply the medium
through which the people are offered
ap opportunity TO vote for ticket more
deserving Of public confidence and
support than the one presented by the
other side. The ticket can only win
because fair-m;nded aud independent
democrats, throwing off their shack les,
broke away from the party on account
of its unfairness and want Of sense in
placing such ticket before the people
as did the democratic convention.
What claim has that ticket upon the
masses of the democratic party? 10
the first place, the foulest of means
were resorted to. in order 20 defeat GER
tain candidates whom majority of the
party wanted, but whom tie ringsters
had decreeds should not be nominated.
Our Germac fellow citizens, who con.
stitut5 a large majority of the voters
of that party, were completely ignore d
and denied single place upon the
ticket. Robert Haas, who was equal
ly entitled to denomination with
Docr. Reed and Messrs. Baker, Hake
aud Rogan, all of whom had served
but one term, was made an exception.
aud refused the same favor extended
TO others, having no better claims than
he. Why was this, if not intended as
a direct and pointed insult to the Ger.
mans? Up to the day of the conven-
ton, Mr.. Haas had no competitor for
his place, but there seemed to be con-
spiracy to keep Germans off the ticket.
and a candidate was hastily improvised
in the person OF Daniel Rutledge. As
If this were not enough, the convention
stupidity ignored the claims of Water
town aud sent her delegates home with
GU ary other candidate than that for
the Office of coroner. Was there ever
greater foolishness? Does the action
of a convention, controlled by men who
are so lacking in .,sense and discretion :,
deserve to be sanctioned? Will the
100 democrats Of WATERFOWL submit
to such treatment? One thing is Ger
tain, if they do it now, they may safe
ly calculate TO have similar insults
heaped unon them for all time to come.
and we are not prepared to say that the
same will not be deserved. There is
oaly one honorable course for them to
pursue, and that is to defeat the tick ct
thus made in defiance of every princi-
pie of justice, If they submit to be
trampled upon now, there is no guaran-
tee that their ri ghts will ever again be
respected If the convention can
snub them in this way, denying to
WATERFOWL with her 100 democratic
voters, any recognition whatever, and
give to Jefferson with her 500 voters.
three candidates upon the ticket, then
the Watertown democracy are not made
of the stuff they are generally suppos
ed to be, aud they deserve to be here
after regarded as mere hewers of wood
and drawers of waters, without a spark
of manhood in their souls. Let them
if tbey.swould command respect in the
future assert their rights like men,
and not act the part of craven creatures
who are too cowardly to defend them
selves against unjust attacks. A de-
feat of the George W. Bird ticket at
this time will have wholesome effect
upon the democratic party, and be such
a rebuke to its managers that they will
exercise greater wisdom. in future con.
ventions, and give the Germans not
only of Watertown but of Jefferson
county, the consideration to which
they are entitled by respectability and
numbers.
A POINT WELL TAKEN.-It has
been suggested to us by number Of
consistent straightforward democrats
that the term democratic county con.
vention is misnomer when applied tt
the gathering recently assembled in
Jefferson, which was run and engin
eered BY George W. Bird. They say
| that We should call it "the George W
| Bird Convention and on reflection
We have concluded that they are cor.
rect. It was not democratic conven.
ton in the broad and proper accepta-
ton Of the term. It is true it was &
meeting of persons claiming to be dem.
| A.