The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-25
In a Communication he Has
Written to The Pilot.
ARGUES FOR HIS OWN POSITION.
His Feeling Against Mr.. Rose is Excess
lively AcriminOus.
THE REASON THE LETTER is PRINTED
So as to Give Both Sides Fair Show
Mr.. Rose is Certain of Big
Victory In ManitOwOc.

w. F. Nash, editor of the Two Rivers
Chronicle, is the anthor of a letter
printed below, 1t answers a 1Ommuni-
cation which appeared in the columns OF
The Pilot written by j. P. Nolan. The
views entertained by Mr.. Nash regarding
Mr.. Rose we think are eunwarranted and
we re-affirm prior statement that the
Democratic party throughout the state
should give the Democratic candidate
for governor loyal support. Mr.. Rose
has made an excellent mayor of Mil
waukee which is the best guarantee that
he will make goo1 governor. Men are
divided in their advocacy of acceptable
men before convention, but it is a car
dinal principal of the party to support
the nominee of the convention. The
Pilot supports Mr.. Rose and the hope is
here expressed that he will win with a
big majority Ed.
EDITOR MANITowOC PILoT:-In the
y
peared quite conspicuOusly n COM
munication from j. p. Nolan in
criticism of the course ! have, as
editor of the Chronicle, marked out
for myself during the present political
campaign i'm this state. In replying
thereto | make no claim for space in
your columns on the score of pro-
fessional courtesy but depend entire
Iy upon that inbred spirit of fair
play, which is the Distinguishing
characteristic OF Il gentleman, fOrits
publica ton and for equal prominence
as regards position in your columns.
The Chronicle editor, in the article
assailed by j. =. Nolan, distinctly
stated that, owing to his strenuous
and peculiar opposition to the nom
nation of David S. Rose as the dem
Ocratic candidate for governor, he
could not, with consistency or ef-
fectiveness, advocate his election.
But, out of Difference to what he re-
garded as his duty to the other can
didates on the democratic state
ticket, he promised to the friends and
supporters of Rose ali that he had
to give-his silence. Is there II dem
ocrat in the county, who Is honest
with himself, as well as with his par
ty-whO has an unbrOken record of
party loyalty to point to with
pride'-who can find fault with the
Chronicle editor for his course as re-
CARDS Mr.. Roses candidacy? Any
other course would not have been
honest or consistent and would have
made the Chronicle editor appear
absurd and imbecile In the eyes of
those whose good opinions he de-
sires. j. p. Nolan admits that dis
trust OF David S. Rose was not con-
fined to the Chronicle editor, as he
found it at the State democratic con-
ven tion among both delegates and
interested spectators for he says
Their arguments as well az those of
the editor [of the Chroniclel were
simply-'we don't like Rose, be care
full, don't nominate him, he is not u
rafe man'-and ii asked to state their
reasons for obiecting to his nomi-
nation it was the old story"
The cold story" alluded to is the
prevalent distrust of Mr.. Rose, who
SO fiippantly and flagrantly spurns
principles as id rot" and who
has been forced upon the democra tic
party of Wisconsin as its candidate
Tor Governor by the sneaking coup
u
who were organized into a working
force about year ago in the Her
man Building, Milwaukee, by the
Madison railroad lobby, not so
much to defeat LaFOllette as to de-
feat the railroad taxation bill recon-
mended by the State Tax Commits
sion, which LaFolette had given his
pledge to support. Is there n demo-
crat in the state who is so obtuse as
not to see the taX-dodging game of
the gang that have foisted Rose
upon the democratic party as II
candidate for Governor? Is there a
democrat In the state who Is fool
enough to expect that Rose as COVER
nor, will not do the opposite in the
matter of tax-equaliZat ton that IL
expected OF LaFOllette? That he
undoubtedly will IL the reason that
certain of the republican gang OF
Greasers, known by some as Stal-
warts, are "whOOping it up" for
Rose and moving heaven and hell to
beat LaFollette.
Now of this "old story" j. p.
Nolan says that ''insiuuations of
this kind are the essence OF cow
ardice," particularly on the part of
the Chronicle editor, who does not
demonstrate with facts the un-
worthness of David S. Rose to the
confidence of the democratic voters
of the state In making this denunci-
atory assertion Nolan really does
himself an injustice, for it really re-
quires certain degree Of courage,
though perhaps not of u high order,
for one to expose himself to the Will
fication Of SO INSCRIPTIONS critic.
Either he does not accurately mea-
s1re his ahilitiea In this reanect or he