Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-06-19
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE. 10, 1878


s &c swears that he was offered
S1oo.OOO to vote for Tilden.
THE Republican State Committee
Of Alabama have re- considered their
determination to call no convention
this year, and issue a call for Repub-
ncan State convention, to meet in
Montgomery July 4th. The eonven-
ton will consider what action the Re-
publican party shall take in the State
election, which occurs in August.
The committee appointed by the State
convention in 1876, state that they
take action as above indicated because
Of the course recently adopted by the
Democratic leaders.
The House passed bill appropria-
ting 10000 to defray the expenses of
the Potter investigating committee.
The Senate amended it by including
$4,000 for the Investigation to be
made by that body, and also placing
$4,000 at the disposal of the Attor-
ney General to prosecute any person
for crime discovered in connection
with the inquiry. This amendment
may catch a perjured Democratic
witness or two.
ALEXANDER Il. STEPHENS insisted
that the Democratic resolution for in
vestigation should declare that no rev.
olution was intended, or that no attack
was to be made on the Presidents IT,
tie. For this nearly every paper in
the South has condemned him, and
the Georgia Democrats have threaten
ed to repudiate hin. as a candidate
for congress. Now that the Demo
Gratis have done just what Mr.. Steph.
ems asked them to do at first, what will
the Southern papers do about it.
THE Democrat last week indulg-
ed in a long winded, tedious and
uninteresting homily on ssThe In
vestigation" now on the tapis in
congress, as to the alleged electoral
frauds, which occupied SO much of
its space that it had no room for the
least allusion to the investigation in
Dodge county which showed the
treasurer to be a defaulter to the
tune of $4,000. Why not tell
your readers something about that
investigation, neighbor:
BRICK PoMERoY is a leader
among the greenbackers, and his
utterances are much quoted by peo-
pie Of that faith. Here is one of his
latest fulminations. How do sensi-
BILE, law abiding citizens like it:
In the organization Of greenback clubs,
we counsel every able-bodied member of
these organizations to become as prof.
cient as possible in the manual of arms.
In time of peace it is we'll to prepare for
war. In every greenback club there
should be drill-master-that is, in every
club whose members are brave enough
to stand all times, under all circun-
stances, to defend their rights as citizens
We, the people are in rebellion against
the untaxed nobility of this country. We
the people, propose to have our rights,
peaceably, and by means of the ballot, if
possibility the bayonet, if we must"
STANLEY MATTHEWS is the on
1y Republican who has been effect
ed by the Potter investigation thus
far. Nobody supposes that he was
instigated by corrupt motives to
help the scallawag Anderson to OBJ
tain an office. He simply showed
himself to be the baby in politics
WlllIll liz IOH1CSSCS lIldl TIC Is. d1lC
the worst that can be said of him is
that he permitted Anderson and his
friend Darrall to fool him with his
eyes open. It is a sorrowful plight
for such great civil service reform
er as Matthews claims to be, to be
placed In, and shows how much cas-
Ter it is for politician to preach
that doctrine than to practice it.
A Dispatch fro Columbus, O..
to the Chicago Tribune, referring
to the refusal Of Stanley Matthew;
to appear before the Potter commit
tee, presents this view of the case
and the one said to be held by Mr.
Matthews friends. 1t is, in brief,
that Mr.. Matthews is now conscious
that he permitted Anderson t.