The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-03-31
SHALL WE?

Yes, shall zoe elect someone soho un-
derstd,ads the language spoken By most
Of the people a0ho hare business ia the
County Court9-Nord- Westen.
The appeal to Germans, to vote for a
German, expressed in the foregoing par
agraph is but a continuation OF the abom-
mable tactics by which the Nord- Westen
seeks to bring about the ruin of the
democratic party in this county.
Ii any of the papers published in this
city had but dared to insinuate the ex-
pediency of keeping a public Office in
the hands and care Of native born cit
izen, it would not have been matter of
surprise to have found the great I and
Ne counseling Germans to organize mobs
for the determination of accursed know
nothings. However, it does make some
difference with some people what nation
atty is to be sat down upon. In the
nomination of John P. Wickert, nation
atty was the surface current which swept
q JILL pCiCAt S3CAtAC-lan OuS Va
a responsible position to throw it into
craftier hands. 1t is the beginning of
the end, since the more respectable ele-
ments of the party protest against being
outraged by a few, whose temporary
triumph is far more dangerous to the
democratic than republican party. What
ever be the result OF next Tuesdays
election, if viii be a lesson to those of
our party, who think nationality or re-
ligion legitimate factors in politics,
lesson that should be needed in thefuture
# the party is to be reduced to bondage
and put under the despotic rule of half
dozen bosses whose secret plottings are
to be presided over by a knownothing,
like Carl Ell. Schmidt, whose only quail
ifcation for leadership seems to be the
Inflammation of prejudices, then the Ill
innate fate of our party in this county
cannot be yelled in mystery. Let dem
oorats heed well the lesson and govern
themselves accordingly.
We hear considerable talk about good
democrats. Who are the good democrats?
Those who through the favors of the
democratic party hold Office in the county
and live upon the public, or you, men in
the country, who cast your votes for that
party without hope or reward? A man
who earns a salary of 81 800 per year be-
cause he is democrat, has good reason
for profession of loyalty to the party.
But those very men who grow fat on the
public seem to think that the democratic
party is represented in their persons
Is John p. Wickert the democratic party
of the county? Are we as good demo
Gratis, bound to support him, he having
received the nomination through the
dirtiest means ever employed by a candi-
date, the howlings of The Northwestern
against the ignorant and imprudent
Irish?" Is the democratic party ieop-
ardized by the defeat of John P. Wick
ert2 The very best democrats in the
county are boiling him. Aye, the very
best democrats among his own nationality
who are thoroughly Disguised with the
system of electioneering which culminat-
ed in his nomination. For every promi-
nent democrat in the county, aside from
Office holders, who supports John Wick
ert, We can name three who bolt him.
1t is the duty of democrats to bolt him.
It is the duty Of all men who are in favor
Of deeency in politics to bolt him. It is
the duty of all men who do not want to
see the Office of probate Judge fall into
incompetent hands to bolt him.