Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28
The Battle of the Pygmies.

ing side by side with the Delaware
| County News for the denomination of
that official" and "while not specifically
\ urging such action, would very much
like to see enough democrats vote at
the republican primary to nominate the
candidate in whose cause it has en-
listed"
Tut, tut, Howard, you know that the
above charges are wholly unfounded,
and are made by you, not to ipjure the
Democrat, but for the purpose of trying
to injure Georgen, you assuming that
there are men in your party SO narrow
minded, that they would not support a
candidate who was thought well of by
his political opponents. There has not
been single word in the Democrat, tor
or against Georgen or Siss, from which
anyone could infer that the Democrat
would ''like to see," or give counte
nance to the interference in any man
ner by democrats with the republican
primary election. The Democrat has
on two or three occasions during the
battle now raging between Ram and
Dung, referred to the silly reasons
given by the Press for the war upon
Georgen, but has carefully avoided sid
ing with either party to the contest,
feeling much like the woman did, who.
while witnessing fight between her
husband and bear, said, "Give 1t to
him husband, give 1t to him bear"
Ram and Young have been spelling
for a political battle ever since the lat
ter was deposed from his brief leader
ship of the republican party in this
county, and the former crowned him
self as its boss. They are now having q
battle in dead earnest, and We are in
formed by those who ought to, and we
believe do know whereof they speak,
that both the Dung and Ram factions
have the county better organized for
next Saturdays battle, than the repub-
licsns ever had 1t organized for q cam
paign against democrats.
The real cause of the contest was the
failure of Georgen to pay tribute and
homage to Boss Howard. For years
the Press has had its arm up to the
shoulder in the public crib to the exclus.
ion of the other republican papers in
the county. After Georgen took pos
session of the Clerks office, instead of
giving the Press the job work for that
office he gave 1t to the News, Leader
and perhaps some of the other republi-
can papers. Not only that but when
ordered by Boss Howard to appoint a
young republican as deputy, Georgen
plainly told him to 60 to Dixie, or some
other warm climate. Had Georgen have
given the Press all of the job printing.
work controlled by him, Boss Howard
would not have made war upon him,
but the failure to do so and refusal to
obey, called down npon his devoted
head the wrath of Howard, and the
present battle royal is the result, Young
having espoused Georgen's cause and
made that pretext for entering the
arena.
Instead of being truthful and giving
the true causes for his attack upon Geor.
gen, Howard suppressed them, and in
lieu thereof gave as his reasons, in sub
stance:
list. That Georgen had committed a
fraud upon his party, in that, while he
was seeking the nomination for otlioe,
and after his nomination, the said Geor-
gen, without the knowledge or consent
of Howard, was privately keeping com
pany with the view Of matrimony, with
q young lady whose father was or had
been ION! HorrorsD a democrat.
End. That said Georgen after he
had taken charge of the clerks office,
having been thereunto duly elected,
married the young lady aforesaid, and
after he had held the office one year, re-
lieved his deputy and appointed his
wife, tainted with democracy as afore.
said, as his deputy.
Sd. That while admitting that Mrs
Georgen is In every way well qualified
to perform the duties of the office, yet
her appointment resulted in excluding
some young and active republican from
having the office and the emolumentt
arising therefrom and the perquisitet
pertaining thereto.
4th. That county officers are no,
elected to serve the people of the county
but to advance the interests of the
party chieftain.
AS the Democrat disagreed with thu
Press in the rights. privileges ant
duties of public officer, it deemed i
highly proper to comment upon ant
show the absurdity of the Press
contention. Only that and nothing
more.
The Press, we think, does Mr.. STA
injustice when it asserts that the demo
Gratis throughout the county are s
deeply interested in Georgen's nomins
tion that "they have significd their il
tention of attempting to participate i
the primary. Mr.. Siss served the pee
pie of this county twelve years as del
uty clerk of its courts. During tha
4 time there were but few voters in til
county, democrats or republicans, thu
did not become acquainted with hin
and the assumption of the Press the
+ such acquaintance is proving detrlmel
y tai to Mr. Sias candidacy, Is q re1ectiC
9 upon him, which he and his frient
It should and no doubt do resent.
% 1t would not be strange If the dem,
y Gratis in this county hada choice as
70 what persons should be nominated
70 the republicans, but no good democr
}, would vote or attempt to vote at
ID primary election. All residents of
c. county, and particularly the tax page