Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-27
The Democratic County Ticket

The Democratic County Ticket.
The Democratic County convention
held at Jefferson, Saturday, was pre-
sided over by O. S. Cornish, of Fort
Atkinson, as chairman; j. w. Moore,
of Watertown, acting as secretary. Up
on the new basis If representation for
delegates, one delegate for every fifty
votes cast for Cleveland, the conven-
ton comprised eighty-three delegates
OF this number Watertown city was re-
presented by seventeen delegates and
the town of Watertown by six. The
following nominations were made:
Sheriff, George Henze, Watertown;
county clerk, K. III. Bennett Milford /;
treasurer, Patrick O'Brien, Cold Spring;
register of deeds, Otto J Kerschen-
steiner, Jefferson; clerk of the court,
Mark L. Piper, Pennington; district
attorney, w. III. Rogers, Fort Atkinson
school superintendent, John O. Per-
kins, Jefferson; surveyor, j. d. Water
bury, Aztalan; coroner, w. w. Wood
man, Pennington. Delegates to the
State convention are: r. B. Kirkland,
Emil Stoppenbach, w. S. Greene, D.
G. Craig, Hugo jacob, G. r. Field, Aug.
Tanck, j. d. Ryder, Aug. Tischaeffer.
To the Congressional convention: John
Muldeen, Ed. O'Brien, w. H. Rohr,
Will Henry, III. Christians, Earl New
ton, w. H. Rogers, Fred Greenwood,
F. Huebner
Watertown city and town with their
twenty-three delegates, representing
almost one-third of the Democratic vote
of the county, were put off with only
one candidate, that of sheriff; John
Malloy, candidate for treasurer, and
n. B. Moran, candidate for district at
torney, both being knitted to carry out
the arrangement entered into by the
county ring, namely, that Water
town should have but one representa-
tive on the ticket. Watertown, it was
decided, might furnish the votes, but
other portions of the county should be
given the Offices. This plan was adopt
ed by the Democratic bosses to
strengthen the claims of this city for
future recognition in the line of offices
that are yet to be filled But let us
look little at the inconsistency and
injustice of this course. Cold Spring,
with her one little delegate represent
ing paltry fifty votes for Cleveland,
rises up in her liliputian majesty and
carries off the treasurership over Wa
tertown's candidate Mr.. Malloy, while
Fort Atkinson, which can always be
relied on for a Republican majority
comes up smiling to the front and wins
the district attorneyship over Mr..
Moran, who unfortunately was repre-
sentative of the city that gave Cleve-
land larger majority than any other
city in the state.
The course of the convention on the
Bennett law was piece of bare-faced
lodging, ignoring the Macedonian cry
of the Lutherans for help. Nota word
was said in the resolutions on the sub
ject of the Bennett law, but time and
attention were givento McKinley's bill,
the Lodge election bill and the state
treasury interest matter. It is clear
that the convention had no sympathy
with the Lutheran protest against the
Bennett law, or if it had it was COM
posed of material too cowardly to utter
an opinion on the subject. Perhaps
this course will bring the Democrats
into favor with our Lutheran friends.
but it is hardly reasonable ito suppose
that they will be caught with such
chaff. 1t was virtually saying to them,
''we expect to have your support with
out committing ourselves to the Ben
nett law; indeed, to sum up, we have
neither part nor lot in the matter and
we consign this issue in which you have
so much interest to the four Winds"
List ofletters remaining in the post
Office at Watertown, August 81, 1890:
Jones, Alvin Warner, L.
Olmstead, w. Susani
j. T. MoAK. P. M.
VIM. G.. Ebbott was last week ap-
pointed postmaster at Oak Hill, this
county, vice James Webster, resigned.