Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-09-17
ALEX. MITCHELL AND THE RIOT ISSUE.
From the Madison Democrat.

for Gov. Rusk. Mr.. Mitchell said: 'If
the canvass is to be made on the stand
taken by Mr.. Rusk during the May riots,
as / understand it is, / shall vote for Rusk.
/ consider it my dsty and the duty of
every honest citizen of Wisconsin to vote
for him" How does Mr.. Mitchell under
stand that the issue will be on the Milwau-
kee riots? Has any democratic candidate
ever proposed to make issue on that mat
ter? Has any democratic caucus or con
vention ever made it an issue? Has any
democratic newspaper in the state ever
proposed making an issue of it? But
probably Mr.. Mitchell does not know
they have not for he has probably read
nothing except such sheets as the SentI-
mel, Now who is making this "riot issue
the only one in the campaign? RepubIi
cans. They violated one Of the oldest
precedent Of the party-one supported
by Gov Rusk III the case of Gen. Grant
opposition to third termism; for the sole
purpose Of forcing the riot issue
to the front. But even after this
extraordinary trampling under foot
Of the anti-third term of the party, there
would seem to be some reason why law
abiding citizens, without regard to party,
should support the reelection of Rusk If
the democratic convention should con
denim what the governor did in suppress
ing the riots and force that question into
issue. Not only has this not been done,
but not caucus, district or county con
vention nor n single democratic newspa-
per, nor even single democrat
of any prominence or consequence
has offered word of condemnation
TO what the gOyeanOr did. There is II
good deal Of question as to the real
necessity for calling on the militia, but
that was not Gov Rusk's fault, but
that Of a weak and cowardly republican
mayor. Probably every man in Wiscon
sin who would like TO be governor has his
ideas about how he would queli riot, and
probably no two of them would agree.
Az the DEMOCRAT views it now it would
have advised taking battery close up to
the city and fire shot and shell right into
the hoart of the city for if what the re-
publican papers say is true it would not be
possible to kill any but anarchists. But
while there would bo many ways of put
ting down riots, and while Gov. Rusk's
way may, or may not, have been the best
consin who would oppose the suppression
of riots, and none Of them have offered Il
word Of objection to the way Gov. Rusk
did il. They would expect Col. Bouck,
or whoever they might elect governor, to
suppress riots, and would quietly submit
to his way of doing it, whether
they thought it was the best way
Or not Then who has dragged
this riot issue into this canvass?
The republicans. Who will keep il III
every succeeding campaign for the next
ten yenrs if it is worth anything to catch
democratic votes? The republicans.
Now does any democrat, or Alex. Mitch
ell, either, believe that democrats can
dispose of this riot issue" by voting the
republican ticket this fail? Would it not
bo well for the democratic party to try
and strike bargain, as, for example, |
agree to vote the republican party ticket |
until 4. u. 1910 or 1920, on condition
that the republicans drop the riot is
sue after that time? If Mr. Mitch
ell has been Il democrat and is now only |
going over to tho republican party to |
dwell until the "riot issue is settled the |
the DEMOCRAT, at least, will say farewell .
for ho is going for life. The riot is5ue"
would not be an tissue if the republican .
party had not forced it in to the canvas |
by trampling under foot, about the only |
eommendable precedent the party ever
established and committing itself in fu- |
ture to just what all its best men condcm- |
med in Gen. Grant. Undcr such circum-
stances may bc MIR. Mitchell knows of
many prominent democrats who will do
as ho proposes to do, but that doubtless
depends ON what member he calls many.
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ride IN on the loaded wagon. it should re
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Tbero Won hovo it. fellow democrats.
You are to vote the ticket of the conyen-
tion which adoptcd a resolution solemn
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