River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-10-10
'ort of common cause.-the desire to

ers for the present and return to the
Democratic convention which reas
sembled at Keith's Hall at the houl
appointed, when the committee on
credentials reported the following
named gentlemen entitledIto seats in
the conventions:
Clifton-H. N. Bascon,
Ellsworth. Beatty.
Ell Paso--A. Peterson, I. Hurley.
Hartland-B. o. Bevans.
Maiden Rookie. L. Taylor, +. N.
McVean.
Prescott-First ward, I. j. Griffin;
second ward, j. NJ. Bailey; third ward,
Z. Ii. Ives.
River Falls-D. NJ. Lusk. W. P.
Knowles, j. d. Putnam, G. Smith
proxy, D. d. Proctor.
Spring Lake-George Lynch.
Trenton-BradIey Owen.
Trimbelle-Aaron Cornelison.
| Union-Fred Taylor, Ii. w. Taylor.
The towns of Diamond Bluff, Gill
man, Isabelle, Martel. Oak Grove, Rock
Elm and Salem were not represented.
The report of the committee on Gre
dentials was accepted and adopted, af-
ter which the temporary organization
was made permanent. A conference
committee was then appointed, con-
sisting of j. D. Putnam, G. l.. Taylor,
E. III. Ives, Thomas Hurley, and Geo.
Lynch, to confer with similar COM
mittee appointed by the Greenback
convention for the purpose of arrang-
ing a compromise, the nature of which
we have already observed.
At this stage of the proceedings q
was in order and the Democratic con-
vention took another recess, during
which such committees metand agreed
that the Greenbackers should be al
lowed the privilege of naming candi-
dates for the offices of Assemblyman,
Sheriff, Treasurer. District Attorney,
Surveyor and Coroner, and that the
Democrats should be permitted to
name the candidates for the positions
of County Clerk, Register of Deeds
and Clerk of the Circuit Court, each
convention to endorse the nomi-
nations of the other purely business
transaction in which no principles
were involved. The conference COM
mittees having completed the work as
signed them reported to their respec-
tive conventions the result of their
deliberations and their reports were
adopted-the Democratic convention
promptly endorsed the report of its
committee, without dissenting vote;
the Greenbackers, however, went into
secret session for action upon the re-
port of their committee.
In accordance with the terms agreed
upon the Greenbackers made the fol-
lowing nominations: For Member of
Assembly, M. c. Woodwork, of Els
worth; Sheriff, @. III. Colyer, of Tren-
ton; Treasurer, David Scott, of Rock
Elm; District Attorney, P. D. Pierce,
of Ellsworth; Surveyor,C. ID. Lamport,
of Spring Lake; Coroner, w. d. Con
dit, of Rock Elm; the Democrats nOm-
mated j. w. Hancock, of Maiden Rock,
for County Clerk; j. II. Wilkinson, of
River Falls. for Register of Deeds, and
Ed. Fitzgerald, of Ell Paso, for Clerk
of the Circuit Court; these nomina-
lions were ratified in accordance with
the terms of the treaty, and thus the
proposed bargain was consumated, to
the great relief of number of patri-
otto statesmen who for weeks have
been burning with an intense desire to
serve the people of Pierce county in
an official capacity.
To show that this Greenback move
ment is a very clever dodge on the
part of Democratic manipulators to
''rope in" a lot of disappointed and
somewhat lukewarm Republicans to
act in the interests of the Democratic
party we would suggest that of the
whole number of votes represented in
the two conventions which have as
sumed to barter in the votes of the
voters of Pierce county as traders dc
in merchandise, at least forty of them,
and probably more, which constitutes
large majority, are of the Democrat.
ic stamp, and yet few Republican
: Greenbackers will innocently tell us
that they are not being hoodwinked al
all. We can safely tell them that OF
man upon it is known to have been
steadfast Republican up to the time OF
the advent of Greenbackism, so-called
and that man is their candidate fol
Treasurer; all of the rest either are
: Democrats or have acted with a PEG
pies party, ran as independent candi
dates for office, or something of the
sort, except possibly the nominee
for Surveyor, of whose political ante
| C6ubllJS We hlON AobhAAS' "N,' -
more effectually consumate thell
f, plan these Democratic politicians very
: conveniently waive any enunciation O
principles, leaving to their allies thu
unrestricted enjoyment of that pleas
ing pastime, chuckling over the ardo
of their recruits.
Let it be observed that Diamond
: Bluff and Prescott were not represent
ed in the Greenbaek convention, while
seven towns hich we have alread.
$ named were not represented in TIN
Democratic convention. In the maxi
|, up of this ticket the western portion
+ of the county has been utterly ignored
while the Norwegian and German ma
!, tionalities who form very importan
element of voters and Taxpayers, arr
not recognized With judicious nom
s nations and full vote on election da.
the Republican ticket win be triumph
}, antly elected over this mongrel affair
which is simply combination to de
i feat the Republican party, not be
cause of any dereliction of duty o.