Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-15

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as if it alone is the republican party aid
upon it depends the successful manage
ment of that political organization. The
Sentinel arrogates to itself too much i'm
portance, and it cannot be told too soon
nor too often that its superciliousness and
impudence are becoming quite unbearable
to republicans all over the state who do
not care for, and will no longer submit to
its dictation and abuse, Every few days
it contains an outburst of indi gnation
over some fancied grievance; E. w.
Reyes or some Of his friends always be-
ing the objective point. In it's issue of
the 18th inst, it said, "the so-called re-
publican journals which are engaged to
Reyes and which are interested in re-
publican success only so far as that will
lead to the success of the man whose col
lar they wear, are The Madison Journal,
The GAINESVILLE Gazette, The Watertown
REPUBLICAN, and a few others of less con-
sequence-papers which have never been
accused CT political honesty and are at
present able to acquit themselves Of any
charge Of decency. These journals are
the organs of the corrupt element which
threatens the life of the republican party"
and there was much of the same sort.
Now, The REPUBLICAN claims the same
right to be friendly to and with Mr. Reyes
thatThe Sentinel has to take the opposite
course if it chooses to, and it is none of
The Sentinel's business. The assertion
in The Sentinel that Reyes, sitting in
his office at Madison, is able to reach out
to the remotest part Of the state and ma
nipulate caucusses in his or any one
else's behalf is the merest bosh, and at
tribu ties to him power which it is not
possible for him to possess. What the
real facts are in the Eau Claire senator
ialEdistrict we do not know, but we pre-
sumo that the gentlemen who have issued
the circular to which The Sentinel re-
fers were beaten at their own game and
defeated, and, as sometimes happens with
politicians who get beaten, they are dis
pleased about it. In this respect, Eau
Claire politics is no exception to that in
other localities We suppose the friends
of Mr.. Griffin were active to secure his
nomination for senator, as were those
who favored some other candidate in be-
half of their favorite, and according to
the usages of the party the minority
should yield to the majority and give the
nominee hearty support-it being I'M
derstood that, as in. the case of Mr.. Grit
fin we happen to know it is true, he is an
unexceptional candidate. There should
be no boiling, but the republicanism of
The Sentinel is not of this kind. 1t
would prefer the election of a democrat
rather that of Mr.. Griffin, because the lat
ter, it says, is friend Of Mr.. Reyes. If
it has come to this that no republican can
be elected who is not personally and
politically hostile to Reyes, as The Sen
tinel seems to demand, then it is safe to
say that the republicans in the next legis-
lature can be counted under the head of
scattering Mr. Reyes not only has
troops of friends but is making more
every day. While The Sentinel and the
few malcontents in the party who sympa-
thize with that Ishmaelitish concern are
making war on Reyes, and through him
on the party and the best working ele-
ment in it-he and they are doing all in
their power to save the old republican
ship from destruction, and are carrying
the banner on to a great and glorious
victory