The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-09-18

1HE milwaukee democratic county con-
vention has given quite an advantage to
the republicans which they are not slow
IN improving. The nomination of Lam &c
for county treasurer, man who was
republican until within the last few weeks,
does not sit easy on the stomachs of
those who have always worked for the
democratic party, particularly when one
of their number was knocked out by
LANCE. Lange's opponent was an Irish
man named Carey the only man on the
democratic ticket who was elected two
years ago. Heaven knows there are Irish
enough IN proportion to their numbers on
the ticket now. But the manner in which
they were defeated is what makes them
angry. In the municipal election last
spring they whooped it up for George
Peck and made themselves particularly
conspicuous, and obnoxious as WE'LL IN his
support. When it came to the distribu-
ton of offices he insisted there were
to many Irish applicants and refused to
give them anything. Che of the promi-
nent democratic politicians of Milwau-
kee some weeks ago in answeringa query
OF the editor of this paper as to what
George Peck had ever done for the demo
cratic party, answered: HE showed back
bone enough to refuse to give the Irish
any OF the Offices" The meeting OF the
Milwaukee bosses which was preliminary
to the convention was dominated by
the same spirit. The man who called the
convention, Hoyt, announced that "the
ticket was always loaded down with Irish
and this was one reason why the ticket
was always defeated"
The declaration was brutally frank, but
1t had the desired effect of knocking out
Carey and giving the position he sought
to republican who voted for Harrison.
Last spring the editor of The Pilot was
In Milwaukee and was introduced to
Mr.. Phillips, a former mayor of Milwau-
kee. The position OF the writer on the
Bennett law was well understood. To
his prediction that the democratic party
IN antagonizing the Bennett law would
lose democratic votes permanently while
gaining few republican votes for the
democratic state ticket this fall, Mr..
Phillips replied: "We can get and hold
the German Lutheran vote if we get rid
OF the Irish Catholic vote. The Luther
ans were with us until they we're driven
off by the Irish Catholics. We must get
them back" John G. Ludwig was pres
ent when this announcement was made.
The Milwaukee county ticket is by no
means bad one. But LANCE, a repubh-
can has no place on it. A man who voted
against Cleveland in 1888 and who is q
democrat only because he is opposed to
the Bennett law, should not be entitled
to more at the hands of the democratic
party than Eugene Carey, a lifelong
democrat, if Carey had been defeated by
democrat, the action of the convention
would commend itself to all. But his
defeat by republican in a democratic
convention is significant as showing the
means to be employed to win back the
German Lutheran vote.
The managers of the democratic party
have injected an issue into politics which
will be a source of constant irritation.
The trouble they have now is mere sug-
gestion OF what time will bring. When
religious discord raises its front the
legacy left the party by the Milwaukee
democrats will be truly appreciated.