Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-03-22

WEDNESDAY, MARCH %, 1882.
A POLITICAL RESURRECTION.

The latest sensation in political circles
is the grand banquet of the Chicago Iro-
uuois club held last Wednesday at the
Palmer House. The Iroquois club is a
democratic organization patterning after
the notorious Tammany Society, OF New
York. The Iroquois counseled the tribes
together to celebrate the birthday of
General Andrew Jackson, of cold Hlck-
orv'' fame. The crowd came together
evidently to pave the way for the fixing
of things in 1884, and it wonld seem
from the preliminaries adopted that they
have some idea of making Andrew Jack
son their next candidate. At any rate
his memory appears to infuse more lite
into the souls of the present democracy
than any of their living representatives.
1t seemed somewhat out of place, to say
the least, to have Henry Watterson, OF
the Louisville Journal, a very ardent con
federate soldier, speak at festive board
in honor iof Jackson the foundation OF
whose political faith was ''the Union
must gand shall be preserved" Then
PendIeton, the latest fiedged civil SER
vice reformer that the democracy possess,
sends grandiloquent letter. applauding
General Jackson as a perfect embodi-
ment of the kind of leader the democrats
need forgetting that Jackson's watchwords
were that 'to the victor belong the
spoils'' and when president making more
removals for purely political reasons than
any president who preceded him or has
followed him. Another letter was sent
from senator Wade Hampton, of South
Carolina, and herein lay another beauti-
tiful consistency. We know the rebuke
Old Hickory administered to some men
who favored and openly advocated the
withdrawal of South Carolina from the
Union The same principle was involv-
ed in the late war and Wade Hampton
took up his sword to sustain it and take
his state out of the Union. Such man
complimenting General Jackson must
have caused his dry bones to rattle in
their coffin Tilden wholly disregarding
the reports of his political death, sent an
epistle which breathed but one sentiment
namely: The only man that can lead
the democratic party to victory lives at
No. 10 Gramercy Park, New York. Judge
Doollttle, nominally of Wisconsin, made
speech opposing monopolies and of
course felt provoked that the republicans
had monopolized the offices for the las5
90 years and especially the one he once
held in this state. w. T. Villas, of Madi-
son, was present and delivered eulogy
on the hero Of New Orleans He spoke
eloquently and bore off the oratorical
laurels of the evening. It will be re-
membered that at the Grant banquet in
Chicago he was equally happy in his eff
fort on the hero of Appomattox. In
neither case no political significance could
be gathered from his words. Colonel Villas
is merely fine eulogist aud a good BAN
queter. Last, but not least, General
Hancock turned his attention long
enough from his arduous duties attend
ant upon the Sergeant Mason court-mar-
tial to write short letter to the Iroquois
merry makers, but did not allude to that
"locaI question" the tariff Perhaps the
National democracy made some capital
from the pow-wow, but the results are
not visible to the naked eye as yet. 1t
has called the attention of the republi-
cans to the fact that the democrats are
not quite dead yet, although from the in
termingling Of sentiment that rang
through the speeches and letters it would
be inferred that the crowd concluded it
was as well to "eat, drink and be merry"
for their tomorrow" to die had about
come