The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-04-07
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Chawles H.:
Fare thee well; and If forever,
Still forever fare thee well.
THE Offices of commissioner of insur-
| ance and railroad commissioner will
hereafter be elective instead ofappointiVe.
To THE victors belong the spoils. Mr..
Smart is a republican and we are Wet.
No matter; we claim the spoils.-Trib-
atfae.
I SHOULD have bolted had Kirwan been
nominated, but it acas so outrageous in
that PuoT to bolt my nominee.-Carl
Hdw.
UNDERSTAND the-German language
well, but it does look as though I don't
understand the German people at ALL
King Kart.
HAD but served the right with half
the zeal I served the wrong. had not
now such need of salve, court plaster and
goggles. Carl Haw.
TURNER, Mclean and Wickert: Well
Twas ever thus-since childhood's hour.
We've seen our fondest hopes decay.
--TribnHe.
oUR gay plunles were shorn in the tempest,
And down went the colors we bore
And the fields that we oft trod in triumph
Shall know US as yictors no more.
The Routed Riagsters
THIS paper, as We have often proclaim
ed, is stalwart in politics. And we do
love stalwart republican like Wickert,
for nstance.-ITibune.
We can eat crow, and have cheWed the
bird good deal since we have been here
but we don't banker after it as an article
of daily diet.-Tfi5une.
| HAVE ventured like little wanton boys
that swim on bladders, = = but far
beyond my depth: My high-blown pride
at length broke under me.
THE ignorant and incompetent Irish"
send greeting to the scholarly and capa-
BILE Schmidt, and humbly assure him of
their everlasting remembrance.
Two RIVERS CITY: Hancock's MAORI
ty, 1877; Wickert's majority, 81. There
is rosemary, that's for remembrance; and
there is, pansies, that's for thoughts.
BEFORE that fatal Tuesday, what SEEM
ed my head the senblance of Kingly
crown had on. Now they tell me I'm
| bald headed. Charles, Gate King.)
CooPERsTowN, delegates for Wickert
and none for others. Hancock's MAORI
ty, 1872; Wickert's, 2. Where, where
were my schWagers then2-Karl, (the
dethroned King.)
THERE were but thirteen legislators
present at adjournment. The adjourn
ment practically took place before its for
NAL announcement.
CoNKLING expresses determination to
carry OF q bitter war against the admin
istration. He expects to be beaten in
his opposition to Robertson's confrma-
ton.
REPUBLICANS who opposed Smart: We
wanted to join the Ring, and now there's
nothing left of it but the hole. We sue
| ceeded in getting into the hole, however.
FRANKLIN to the Fuglemen Han
cocks majority, SO; Smart's, 1877; polit
| ical difference, 200 Rub-a-dub-dub,
three men in a tub, and who do you
think they bel
CARL tried to climb the flag staff and
fly O foreign banner from its peak; but
the pole was creased near the top. Pail
bearers are wanted to dsy, and Sour
flag is still there.
(ALIEaEDl DEMOCRATIC CONTRACTOR:
| The contract was made, but | shall now
haYe to plead the impossibiiity Of perfor-
nance. and failure of consideration-es-
pecially the latter.
For SALE-An old political machine
which has known use and is in need of
repairs. Its present owners have retired
. iTOul DuSllSSS. viii DC 4CSCAfSSA NJ
any of the late engineers.
POSSIBLY he may excel me as a square
trotter; but il the rules would allow g
mixed gait-racking, pacing, and occa-
sionally boiling the track-I might try
him heat, for wealth. Maud S-chnaidt.
POSTMASTER GENERAL JAMES will make
quite reputation if cabinet squabbles
do not cause him to resign. He is very
industrious worker and is determined to
do his best sor the department under his
charge.
! VIZ are opposed to joint political rings
and all ''unholy alliances" with demo-
Gratis; but as to secret arrangement with
a so called democratic lawyer, having
reference to probate printing-well, We
don't count that one.-Iribuae.
THE Nord- Weston has large circula-
ton in Centervllle, Schleswig, Newton,
Manitowoc, Two Rivers, the Rapids,
Kossuth, Gibson, end Cooperstown. If
you don't believe it, just read the election
returns of Tuesday last.-Editor Karl.
WARRINGTON tried to make up cab
met in which different political parties
should be represented and had very
unharmonious one. Garfield wanted the
different factions of the republican party
represented and has produced discord.
The fight in the senate over the dis
placement OF democratic officers is said
| by republican papers to be ga great ma
tional issue" The republican party can
not do anything that will not be magni-
| fed into a great issue"
4 YEAR ago we favored a non-partisan
| iudiciary-in democratic localities; and
orr remarks on later occasion were not
too bitterly partisan. But with repub-