The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-10-31
PAID ADVERTISEMENT.
Written and authorized by the Dem
ocratic County committee. Amount to
be paid herefor $4.00
VOTERS ATTENTION.

be paid herefor "a 90.
VOTERS ATTENTION.
The circular letter sent out from the
Republican County Committee Head
quarters under date of October 10th.
1912, purporting to be written and is
sued by the Republican County Com
mittee and signed by John Lorfeldt as
chairman, will aid materially in bring
| ing about the certain defeat of the Re-
publican County Candidates and partic-
ularly Charles Cary, candidate for
Sheriff and Frank Vraney, candidate
for County Clerk, if reports coming in
| from many who have received copy
Of the circular are true indicators of
! the rebuke the voters of Manitowoc
County should give to such political
tricks and unfair tactics.
The circular states that the Demo-
cratic Candidates are seeking a Third
Term and therefore the Republicans
should be elected, upon which state
ment the average intelligent voter will
naturally ask this question: If a Dem
ocratic official with creditable record
in Office should be defeated when he
seeks reelection to a Third Term,
what must be the inevitable and logi-
cal conclusion when the same reasoning
is applied to the candidacy of the Re-
publican Candidates, among which are
Sheriff and County Clerk? 'Ts II poor
rule that don't work both ways
Charles Cary, who is now the Re-
publican Candidate for Sheriff, which
is the best Office in the county from a
financial standpoint, has held the Office
of Clerk of Circuit Court for two terms,
being elected to that Office the first
time he ran: he then sought Il third
term and was afterwards appointed by
Republican Governor to the office of
Sheriff for the unexpired portion of
the term of the late Joseph G. willing
er, Democrat, and in opposition to an
extensively signed petition for the APP
pointment of Democrat for the bene
fit of the widow and family: the uneX-
pired part of such term covered per-
iod of one year and three months, and
from which Office Cary retired less
than two years ago.
Frank Vraney Republican Candidate
for County Clerk was elected to that
office the first time be sought it and
has held the Office for two terms and is
now candidate for the fourth success
i've time.
The Republican Candidate for Dis
trict Attorney is the partner Of the
present City Attorney who is holding
the latter position for the second term,
and the city and county of Manitowoc
are frequently adversely interested in
matters of Importance to the taxpayer
of the county. And for that reason
those two offices should be kept entire
~ Independent of each other.S
Furthermore, Section 9i-l7 of Chap
ter $50 of the Laws of 1911 known as
the Corrupt Practices Act, and which
was intended to purify politics, reads
as follows:
"No person, firm or corporation shall
knowingly make or publish, or cause to
be made or published, any false state
ment in relation to any candidate,
which statement is intended or tends
to affect any voting at any primary or
election"
The author of the circular letter has
shown "A reckless disregard for the
truth because his statement is know
ingly and absolutely false as to Herman
Schuette, Democratic Candidate for
Sheriff who is seeking the office for the
first time; it is knowingly and absolute
ly false as to Theodore Anderson, Dem
ocratic Candidate for County Treasurer
who is also seeking this Office for the
first time; it is also knowingly and alb
solutely false as to Arthur Auton,
Democratic Candidate for County
Clerk, who is seeking this office for the
first time; and it is likewise false in
many other particulars and in regard
to other candidates which we will not
take the space nor time to point out as
they are"rplain to those who read the
circular.
The voters of Manitowoc County
should not be misled by the chicanery
and representation of any commit
tee or self-appointed delegate thereof
but should vote for those men whom
they know are best fitted and capable
of fulfilling the important duties OF
their respective Offices in the interest
of the taxpayer.