Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-14
REPLY TO Mr.. CRESCY.
EDITORS PUBLIC OPINION:

An article published in your paper of
Nov. S0th, 1898, under the heading, as
IL Right for q Member Of the County
Central Committee to Work Agdinst
HIS Pdrty's Ticket" and signed by
j. a. Crescy, member of the county
central committee, and rejecting seri-
ousl upon the honor of the Republican
voters of Frankville township, as he
without doubt refers to the last
cast caucus, that being the one whose
nominees he worked against, the same
requires an answer. He says, (" Where
a clique Of men conpirc 6y methods
dishonest" etc.
Now this caucus to which j. A.
Crescy refers was called, notices posted,
etc., in the regular and usual manner,
and every Republican in Frankville
township who wished to be there was
there, or no one was to blame for his
absence but himself; and as to any dis
honest or undetermined methods being
used, he knows when he makes any
insinuations of any such methods hav-
ing been employed at the caucus
referred to, he Intentionally misleads;
and if he means it as statement that
such methods We're pursued at the
Frankville township caucus referred to,
such statement he knows to be false,
and is an insult to the Republican
voters of Frankville township. He
says, as an excuse, "Such methods of
robbing the voters of the right to a
voice in the choice of the candidates.
etc.
Now, Mr.. Editors, the nominations
were made by informal ballot at
that caucus, and then nominated by
ballot. Will he explain how this rob-
bed him of his voice in choice, etc.?
The same methods having been used
in Frankville caucuses ere this one, and
were always very satisfactory to j. A.
Crescy, SO long as he was on the side of
the majority.
Before the caucus met it was an open
secret that j. A. Crescy desired a re-
for township clerk, but he
had rendered himself so "distastefta,n
as he calls it, to good many mem.
bers of the Republican party of Frank
vile township during his term of
office by attempting to make himself
dictator to the party, that when the
caucus met and the informal ballot for |
candidates was taken, J.
A. Crescy had but one ballot, pre-
cast by himself, as no one has
been found who will father it, and it
would have been foolishness to have |
him for the coveted Office,
as agood many Republicans had openly |
themselves against him for |
any office. Had he received the nomi- |
nation desired, there would have been |
no call as "duty he owed his party |
and the public to stamp out" etc, by |
working untriingly against the nom.
inees of that caucus. He, like some |
others, makes the mistake of thinking |
greater than the Republican |
party, and if he cannot rule it he -
ruin it unless it does his will
Had there been any just cause, such
as the nominees not being good men,
well qualified in every way Tor the
offices to which they We're nominated, 1T |
would not have appeared 40 badly; but
this they could not claim, as they are
his peers in every respect. and he |
aspired to an Office, so the whole ami.
mus of the matter of his "duty to his |
party and the public" is nothing but
chagrin ut his defeat and personal spite |
against those who were nominated,
and we do not feel that any such rea-
sons justify member of a county
central committee who goes into a
Republican caucus, votes In that eau
Gus, and then because not nominated |
to some coveted office, goes out and
works against the men nominated, and |
iAast- Eliminating that the Repub-
r'o.-...s.~-.-s- we're dish onorable |
men.
What he means by his reference to |
Haaman and Mordecai we do not un-
derstand, as we supposed his name was
j. Haaman Crescy, hut ifhe SAWS 1t Is j. |
A. Crescy, 1t would not he gentlemanly
In us to dispute him. Certainly he is
no Mordecai. Signed by
REPUBLICAN, VOTERS OF FRANKylLLE
TOWNSHIP.