Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-09-13
They Cannot Be COnsulS.

There is food for reflection on the
part of thoughtful Wisconsin Demo
Gratis in an appointment that was
sent to the senate te-day-Dr. George
Keenan,, of Madison, has been nomi-
mated for consul at Kehl, Germany.
DIR. keenan, is Republican and, as
such, will probably receive the con-
CALCULATIONS of his young Republican
friends on his good fortune, but
though a Republican, one of the ul-
tra-Bennett law kind at that, during
the last Hoard campaign, he is relat
ed to Senator William T. Villas. That
is, the keenan, family is related to the
Fox family, of Dane county, and the
Fox family is related by marriage to
the Villas family. The families are on
close social terms with one another.
DR.. Keenan's salary at Kehl will be
81, 50Oper annum, but more desirable
than that, Kehl is one of the princi-
pal seats of medical learning in Ger
many and offers choice advantages
for..advanced study by young physi-
clan.
1t will be cheering news to Robert
Kirkland and his friends in Jefferson
county and throughout the state to
learn that at last Senator Villas has
begun to get ga move on himself"
even if it be to have Republican re.
lative appointed to Office. Mr.. Kirk
iand's application for the Glasgow
consulate, it will be remembered, was
gwen to Senator Villas to file with
the secretary of state and he forgot
to file it. 1t was apologized for as
an oversight after some other man
had secured the place, and it may not
be generally known that then Mr..
Kirkland expressed a willingness to
take the Belfast consulate, but that
never panned out any better than
the other. Goodness only knows how
many more applications from Badger
Democrats have been pocketed like
that of Mr. Kirkland.
Many of these gentlemen, whose
names are we'll known throughout the
state, may ask the same question
that several Wisconsin congressman
and some Wisconsin officials did to-
day as to who Mr.. Keenan, is. They
may not know that he is a young
man of some prominence in his own
city, q Republican and relative of
Senator Villas. He is unfortunate
perhaps in not having reputation
of state prominence, but he will be
even with them by reason oftheir be-
ing unfortunatei in their relationships.
There is Dr. D. c. Davies, of Column
bus, who has strongpapers, signed by
Welsh Democrats all over his dis
trict, who has sought some consulate
in Wales and has heard nothing OF it.
Then there is Mayor W. G. Griffis, of
Beaver Dam, who has strong Demo
CIdUlC UdChIIjS lOl d GOLlSu1dCC III Ou-
tario or Chatham in Canada.
Hugo jacob, of Watertown,
member of the legislature and a we'll
known Democrat, has been an APP
plicant for a consulate at either
Muenchen Or Mannheim, Germany,
and he, too, has had strong backing.
DR.. Carl Field, also of Watsrtown,
has been an applicant for the Prague
consulate, and he, too, is we'll known
Democrat and an ex-member of the
legislature.
These four Democrats are the only
ones who have formally made appli-
cation from the congressional dis
trict from which Dr. keenan, was
appointed. But there are plenty
more in other districts and every
Democratic congressman has some on
his list.-Sentineps Washington Cor,
9Th inSt