Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-08
The City Convention and City Gov
eminent.

The convention called last Saturday eve
ming TO nominate city ticket was not as
well attended as it should have been. It
was large enough in numbers but our .broad-
cloth" citizens we're not there. They want a
very nice, clean shaver, highly respectable
set of men for officers, and would have the
city government as dehcately and as fastidi>
ously manipulated as if Lancaster were a se-
lees corporation inside Heaven, but they want
il all done by Us scavengers II it were pos
sible for all men in this country to understand
that on voting day all men are men they
might come to more rational conclusions and
arrive at more practicable results. A goodly
number of citizens declined to attend that
convention because the men nominated
would be free to exercise their own jadg-
ment on the question OF granting saloon Ii
cense. They reason that il the people elect
men who grant license the people are the sin
ners. and therefore they will not even 60 to
the polls. They might as well refuse to 60 to
the polls because in this country, under its
| laws unconvicted horse thieves can vote and
if sufficient in number could elect one of
themselves Governor. Logically, in Lancas-
ter, the most rabid temperance man
stands with the most reckless whiskey
man just where the extremes meet. Their
acts lead to the same result--free whskey.
The one sins by yolition and the other by
omission. In our catechism the one kind of
sin is as great as the other. To be consistent
those men who refuse to share in an admins
tration that grants license because it is
sharing in the crime should refuse to share in
an election where men can vote who vote
wrong. Wouldn't these citizens arrive at
their desired Utopia sooner if they would &C
knowledge mans present fallbility and then
exercise eternal vigilance.
But, TO the convention After nominating
an experienced Chairman and poor Secretary
il proceeded t6the nomination of candidates.
Mr. A. Nathan named Mr.. Clementson for
Mayor. Mr.. Mitchell named Mr.. Bushnell.
Mr. Bushnell seconded the nomination of
Clementson and moved that in addition he be
the Supervisor. Voting on Mayor was then
deferred until candidates for Aldermen were
chosen. +. B. Phelps was chosen for the
northwest ward DR.. A. Fl. Barber for the
northeast; Henry Muesse for the southeast,
and Alex Ivey for the southeast. The con-
vention then became rather disorderly over
the nominations for Mayor, Supervisor and
City Justice. 1t was believed Mr. Clements
son would not accept the Office of Mayor He
had sent word to have his name withdrawn
but the party requested to withdraw it de-
clined to do So Mr.. Bushnell insisted that il
Mr.. Clementson would accept he positively
would not; saying that the Office was loss of
time and money to its incumbent; that he
had had his share of it and that if Mr. Glenn
entson. Who as he, (BushnelD had done,
would save to the city the Office of an Attor-
ney would accept the Office the convention
should nominate him. The convention ac-
cepted this as positive declination BY Mr..
Bushnell and nominated Mr.. Clementson for
both Mayor and Supervisor by reclamation.
! Several persons were then named for CITY
Justice. Mr.. A. i. Burke was taking con-
spicuous part in the convention, and Mr.. Hos.
kin suggested that as he (Burke) was gentle
man of leisure, he might accept the position.
The sarcasm" was carried out with tire.
mendous majority.
The following resolution was presented and
al opted without dissent:
Resol,ed, That the thanks of it's citizens
are due the members OF the first council of
the city Of Lancaster, for the very efficient
manner in which they have performed their
I duties-for that under their administration
we believe Lancaster, during the past year,
has been the most orderly and best governed
| city in Wisconsin.
! After the adoption of the resolution Mr..
Bushnell! was called on for speech. He re-
sponded in few words to the effect that the
council had tried at least to do its duty and in
behalf of the council he thanked the conven-
ton for this public expression of satisfaction.
The outgoing council consists of A. R. Bush
nell, Mayor, and James Woodhouse, Joseph
Nathan, j. NJ. Kilbourn and Geo. D. UT, Al
dermen.