The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-11-03
THE NOMINATION AND THE
BOILERS,

the arguments which The Nordwestel
and the other members of the boltin,
clique put forth in their mad efforts t,
defeat the democratic nominee for schoo
superintendent. is that by which they tr,
to show that the nomination was not fair
ly made.
What are the facts2 One of the twt
tellers who received and counted the bal
lots supported Mr.. Hussey. One of tn,
two secretaries who tailed the vote sup
ported MIR. Hussey. There was no CLAIM
on the part of the teller who supported
the defeated candidate that the ballots
were not correctly counted and announc
ed. There was no claim on the part o.
the secretary who supported the defeated
candidate that every ballot cast for the
latter was not placed to his credit.
On the first ballot the vote stood
Maggie, 81; Hussey, Sc; Hewitt, 2; Car
Haw Schmidt, 1.
On the second ballot Maggie had SO
| votes, and dussey 81.
On the third ballot Nagle and Hussey
had 38 votes each.
On the fourth ballot it was announced
by the secretaries that Nagle's vote was
80, and Hussey's, 81.
On no ballot did the defeated caudi-
| date receive more votes than the nomi-
nee; on every ballot except the third. the
latter had more votes than the former.
On the second ballot, Nagle's vote was a
clear majority of the whole. And on
the third ballot the tie was the result of
an accident. What basis is there for the
claim that Hussey was defraudedl just
this: that on every ballot except the third
he had less votes than Maggie; that on the
second ballot he was clearly in the mi
nority; that on the fourth, or nominating
ballot, he was fairly beaten if but rs
votes were cast, as the secretaries assert
to have been the case; and that if rs
votes were cast on the last ballot, as many
of the spectators say was the case, then
Nagle received 80 and Hussey 81. From
either point of view, Maggie had a major
ity of all the votes cast on the last ballot,
and was therefore entitled to be declared
the nominee.
Does any of the boilers know of con-
vention in which, upon formal ballot,
majority-of all the votes cast did not
suffice to nominate? Bayard was lately
chosen president of the senate by 81
votes; receiving a majority of all the
votes cast, but less than majority of the
number of senators present and qualified
to vote, some of them not having voted.
Later, David Davis was elected to the
same position by vote of SO to "a, when
70 senators were present and qualified to
vote; and neither Mr. Bayard nor any
other democratic senator has been heard
to howl fraud. A rule that is followed
by the senate of the United States ought
to be good enough for a county conven-
ton.
Again as to that fourth ballot. AS the
tellers called out the votes for each can
didate, ballot by ballot, tally lists were
made by many persons in the room; and
every such list of which have knowl-
edge, except those made by the secretar-
les, showed SO votes for Nagle and but
81 for Hussey. That was the result, as
[ am credibly informed, of the scores
made by Emil Baensch, W. H. Hem
schemeyer, G. G. Sedgwick, J. NJ. Raft,
F. G. Young, A. Thomas, Aug. Schmitz,
August Grosstueck, William Schmitz,
l.. G. Senglaub. G. A. Gielow, J. d.
Brockert and others.
And it is stated on pretty good author
ity that Mr.. Hussey looked or while Mr..
Sedgwiek tailed the votes as the count
progressed; and when the score showed
80 votes for Maggie and 81 for Hussey,
the latter did not wait to hear the chair
announce the result, but Immediately
left the convention, and stated on the
streets that he was beaten by taOo votes.
1t was only when he discovered that the
tally sheets of the secretaries did not
coincide with Mr.. Sedgwick's list that he
began to complain. Nothing can conceal
or obscure the fact that he believed his
own vote on the last ballot to have been
81 and Nagle's 80; and that he withdrew
at once and told inquirers on the street
that he was beaten by ta0o votes, not by
one vote, as he would have said had he
waited to hear the announcement by the
presiding officer of the convention.
If he did not understand the vote to
stand SO to 81, why did he state on the
street that he was beaten by tho votes ?
If he did 80 state and believe, why this
talk about a tie9 And if he did think it
was tie, why did he say he was beaten
he was beaten, why did not he or his
hackers demand another ballot That
would have settled the question, if he
thought it unsettled.
believe that the tallies made by Mr..
Sedgwick, Mr.. Baensch and other gen
tlemen above named were correct, and
that the secretaries were in error; that
rs votes were cast, of which Nagle re-
ceived SO and Hussey 81, just as on the
second ballot; and that Hussey was beat
en-, as he said himself, by ta0o votes.-
But if the count made by the secretaries
was correct, Nagle still had majority of
the votes cast, and was therefore nomi-
mated. There was no foundation for the
claim that the last ballot resulted in a
tie. 1t was either SO to 81 or 38 to 81,
and in either case a nomination was
made, and fairly made.
TT Mr. Huooou'c frioy1o thor,n,ht tb ~