The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-03-31
THE REASON WHY.

40 unparalleled person will fail to
approve the course OF The Pilot in op
posing the election of John P. Wickert
10 the Office OF county Judge. He is
totally and wholly unfit for the position.
He is as well qualified for the posi-
ton of school superintendent and no
person would acknowledge his fitness for
that position. In matters pertaining to
local interests, and for position having
no political significance, the qualifications
of man should be the grounds of lis
election. In Offices, the duties of which
are entirely clerical, 40 special qualifica-
tions are necessary. a good accountant Is
all that is needed, and persons not good
penmen have managed TO discharge the
duties of the Office so passably as to cs-
cape criticism. But in the Office e ',,'''uls
;,,1,,o H., ,rIeage of law is positive
necessity. There should be man in
shat position capable OF comprehending
what he reads or what is read to him
A man whom the lawyers cannot fool by
spNcious arguments OF mis- quotations of
law. Three years ago the relative of o
deceased person whose property had
passed through the probate court could
not find single document in the county
court relating to that estate without a
search for hours. IL was like looking
through a haystack for a lost needle.
Many Of the papers were Ia lawyers
Offices. But few of them were recorded.
Some of the lawyers in the city spoke
openly Of the splendid chance there was
for man TO make money by showing
sesatees or heirs that the estates they held
10y devise or inheritance we're meyer prop
erly administered, and the re-oPeping OF
all these cases, settled, or thought to be
settled, through considerable expense.
This is what comes from the election of
incompetent men. Does the success of
a man who for selfish purposes tries to
make it appear that he IS the democratic
D0rtu Of The. county cOI7lDensate for tbis
state Of AFFAIRS? Because q convention,
not representing the wishes of the peo-
pie, nonipates man VIGOROUSLY incom-
petent, have we no redress, no remedy {?
we cannot believe ii. we cannot believe
that the intelligent people of Manitowoc
county are so blind to their own interests
IS to be hoodwinked by clique and
forced 70 do their bidding.
There is not paper in an estate settled
in the probate Office of this county within
the last three years and three months
that is not recorded and properly filed so
that you can place your finger upon 1t IN
half minute. So systematic is it that
lawyers from Milwaukee and other points
in the state have spoken in terms of the
highest praise of the system and excel
Ience Of Judge Kirwans work. Why
vas he beaten? Because c. II. Schmidt
disliked him personally. Why Because
he was not willing to accord Carl that
supremacy over the democratic party of
the county for which his soul thirsts.-
He did not visit Mr.. Schmidt and ask
his permission TO be candidate. Carl
cannot tolerate an officer who does not
pay him homage. He appealed to the
lowest passions of the people. howled
about the judges inability 10 speak
German, the greed Of the Irish to hold
office, and worked up spirit of bigotry
which brought about the defeat of oaa Of
The best officers the cOanty ever had, and
the nomination of a man who knows he
Is unfit for the Office Of county judge.
Axe the people of Mnnitowoc county
going to submit to itl Are they going
to approve OF the methods of electioneer-
ing adopted by The Aord Westenl Are
they going to allow man who has done
more to iniure the interests of Menitowoc
county than any other man within its
borders to be the mouthpiece of the
party, to drive ont officers by his frown,
to drive away people from the county by
his abuse, and to make the county q by
word, and a reproach by his leadershipl
These are the questions to be considered.
Better, fax better, to build up the demo
cratic party anew, than to have it dis
tgraced by being under the dictatorship
OF such man.. Let US stamp the seal of
condemnation upon the acts of Carl II.
Schmidt this spring, and forever put
stop TO men aspiring to positions for
which they are not fit.