Iowa County democrat. [volume], October 08, 1880, Image 4

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THE DEMOCRAT.
Mineral Point. Friday, (let. s, isso
Geo. Orawford, Robt. M. Crawford,
KDITOUS AM) niOI’IUKTOUS.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
KOll IMIICSIDKNT.
WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK,
Of Pennsylvania.
KOll VIOK-I’ItKSIDKNT,
WILLIAM H. ENGLISH,
Of Indiana.
KOU MF.M Ill’.ll OK ( ONOIIKSS
HON. MONTGOMERY M. COTHREN.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
For Treasurer™
OH A HMCS (HI .DM ANN,
Of Mineral point.
For Sheriff —
THOMASKENNEDY.
Of Dodgeville.
For County Clerk—
JOHN T. HOPPF.It,
Of Linden.
For Register of Deeds
(lULICK ANDERSON.
Of Highland.
For ('lt*rk of Court—
THOMAS K. RVAN,
Of Ridgeway.
For Disli let A Homey—
TIIOS SCOTT A N.SLKV,
Of Mineral Point.
For County Surveyor -
RORKIIT WILSON.
Of Dodgeville.
For Coroner—
DANIEL /IMMKit,
or Kden,
For Member of Assembly - Northern
District -
M. J. ItRIOOS, of Dodgeville.
For Member of Assembly-Southern
District—
I. (’. COMFORT, of Linden.
JUDGE WILLEY'S SPEECH.
On Wednesday evening Judge
|A (). Willey addressed a large
audience in tho City Mull, upon tho
political issues of tho ilay. Ho
wan preceded liy Mr. r l'. Scotl
Ausley in a brief hut telling Hpeeeb.
Mr. Ansley introduced Judge
Willey who begun bin speech by
Haying that bn intended to make
Home atate mentH which would nn
doubtedly Hiirpr'me bin audience,
hut ht' ret|UOHted anyone who might
doubt the truth of anything be
would nay to demand proof from
him at the lime He Haiti be wan
prepared to substantiate by facts
ami figures derived from oflieial
HourceH every Hlalenteiitfbe would
make. To give a review of bin
Hpeeeb would tie entirely out of the
question. He Haiti be bad been
a republican himself, ami princi
pally to Republicans he dwired to
adtlrcHH bin remnrkH. He appealeil
to tbcm to lay aside their party
prejudices ami to weigh the factH
which he preHented candidly and
fairly. It in enough to nay that
Judge Willey's Hpceeh wan one of
the very ahlent polilieal Hpeeclien
every delivered in Mineral Point.
He proved bimsell an able and
ilnislietl orator, thoroughly ponied
m (he events of our political
bistcry.
We nndet'Htaml that Judge Wil
h'v has taken up his reHidenee in
Matlinon, which place he intends to
make his permanent home. lb'
will ilevote bin time from now until
after election to active campaign
work, and we know that his labors
will result in naueli good to (be
Demoeraev of Wisconsin.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
The Democratic County Conven
tion, held at Dodgoville, on Thurs
day of last week, presented to the
voters of lowa county a ticket of
which we have reason to feel justly
proud. The convention was very
harmonious, and thedesip' of every
delegate present appeared to he to
put in nomination the strongest
ticket possible. 'The result was
what might have been expected
the nomination of men for the
various county offices, who arc
worthy, and well qualified to dis
charge their duties with credit to
themselves and satisfaction to the
people.
The candidate for Sheriff, Mr.
Thomas Kknxkdy, needs no intro
duction to Ihe people of lowa
county. In ISTfi, ho was elected
Sheriff, running more than three
hundred votes ahead of his ticket.
For two years he discharged the
duties of the office in an able and
efficient manner. It has been uni
versally acknowledged that be
made the best Sheriff lowa county
ever hud. There is no doubt but
that the people will again elect
him Sheriff, instead of choosing an
untried man fur that important
office.
Mr CItAUI.KS (i 1 1, 1. MANN WUS re
notninatod fur County Treasurer,
by acclamation, and no better of
ficer or worthier man could have
been chosen as a candidate for the
important office of Treasurer.
There Jis no more careful or more
accurate accountant in this or any
other county than Mr. (Jillmann.
He is an honest, upright man and
the people know that the funds of
the county arc safe while in his
keeping.
The candidate for Register of
Deeds, Mr. Hulick Anderson, of
Highland, is a young man well
known and highly respected. He
has never been before the people of
lowa county for any office, although
fully competent to discharge the
duties of any position within their
gift, lie is undoubtedly one of
the finest penmen in the .Slate,
Mr. Anderson has a host of
friends in the comity who will
work hard for his election.
Mr. John Hoitkii, of Linden, is
the candidate fur county clerk. He
is popular wherever known, and he
lias the advantages of n thorough
business training, having been for
many years in partnership with
his father Mr. Win. Hopper in the
store business in Linden, and is
now of the firm of Hopper At
Hicks. He is a good penman and
an excellent book keeper. He
will if elected, faithfully attend to
the duties of his office, and the
county will have in him a good and
efficient (Jlerk.
Mr. I non K. Hvan, tho candi
date for ('lerk of the Circuit Court
is now chairman of the hoard
of the town of Ridgeway, and
consequently Ja member of the
Couly IJoartl, to which positions he
was elected last April liy a large
majority over Senator Campbell.
He is a young man fully competent
to discharge the duties of the oillee
fur which he has been chosen a
candidate.
Mr. I. Scott Ansi.kv was renom
inated by aeelamatioii for District
Attorney. As stated by Mr. Ilriggs
in presenting Mr. Ausley’s name to
the convention, during bis term of
olliee tin* legal allairs of the county
have been ably and faithfully at
tended to, ami conducted in an
et ttmimieal iiiamier. If re-elected
to tho olliee, Mr. Ausley will have
Hie advantage of two years’ ex
perience! in the discharge of its
duties. We believe that the people
will re-elect him by a good major
ity.
Mr. lbiiuair Wll.son was nomi
nated for County Surveyor. Mr.
Wilson is well known to the people
of the county, ami bis name adds
strength to the ticket.
Mr. 1 > \mii, 7,\ mm Kit, of Kden, is
candidate for Coroner. Mr. Zim
mer besides being highly 11mililietl
to see that the duties of his odtee is
faithfully and honestly admiiiis
isleretl, will take particular tlelight
in trying to (bid out by what means
the Hepubliean party eaum to its
death. He will be the light man
In the right place.
Mr. M. J. Humus, the candidate
Cor Member of Assembly for the
Northern District, in a first-class
lawyer. He is thoroughly ac
quainted with the want< of the
people of lowa county, and he will
represent the interests of the people
ably and well in the Assembly.
There can he no douhl of his
eleetion. The people of tin*
Northern distriet have the oppor
tunity of sending to the legislature
a man who would rank among its
very ablest members.
The candidate for Member of
Assembly from tho Southern dis
trict, Mr. Isaac (’oMKoirr, is a suc
cessful farmer am! stock raiser, of
tlie town of Linden. He is a live
Democrat, who is thoroughly
posted in regard to public affairs,
and he would make a creditable
representative. It is to be regretted
that the large Republican majority
in this district leaves Ids election in
doubt, but as this is a year of Dem
ocratic success, with such a good
candidate as Mr. t'oiufort in the
field, there is hope even for this
Assembly district.
In the celebrated Mack murder
trial which has been in prog res the
past week in Jefferson county, the
jury failed to agree, and the crimi
nal Mrs. Mack will proaply obtain
I
her liberty. It will be remembered
that Mrs. Mack was tried gome time
ago in Rock County, ami was con
victed and senlencid to state prison
for life. Doubtless she is guilty of
the brutal murder of her husband,
ami if so, it is too bad that she
should go unpunished, cjucb fail-|
ures to enforce our criminal laws
have very bad effects. They dig.
courage law-ahining, law-respect
ing people in their attempts to pun
ish crime, and encourage ovil-doo
ers iu their wickedness.
JUDGE COTHREN AT LANCASTER.
An almost impromptu meeting
was gotten up at Lancaster last
Thursday evening, the hand-hills
being circulated for the same in the
village after adjournment of Court
in the afternoon. After supper the
hand commenced playing in the
t/'ourt House yard, am. soon gath
ered persons enough to (ill the
Court I louse to over'Mowing. Many
ladies were present, also many good
Republicans with I )cimicratic voters
100, making an audience of between
four and five hundred, to listen to
Judge (kith'vn on the political
issues of the day.
After music by the hand, Mr.
Rushnell, one of the leading law
yers of Lancaster, gave a speech of
considerable length, but with many
good points, and the advantage of
being delivered by a brave soldier
who served under Hancock, whom
he happily eulogized, closing by
introducing Judge Gothren as the
speaker of the evening.
,1 ndge Cothran then made a calm,
dispassionate speech of an hour’s
length, of which we give an abstract
as follows:
Judge t'othren said he was not n
political stump speaker. Twenty
eight years ago the people called
him to a judicial position which,
if not antagonistic to, was at leas'
not in harmony with active partici
pation in politics; and during the
years that intervened between lay
ing aside the olliee of Judge and
taking il again, he had been oo
Inisilv engaged in his professional
business to engage in political dis
cussions, hut recently he had been
nominated for Congress from this
District, miller circumstances which
induced him to accept; not because
of the certainty or even the proba
bility of his election, for a Republi
can majority of two thousand in
District was by no means easily
overcome, hut because he fell called
upon in the present condition of
allairs, to do what he could towards
the restoration of harmony and
good feeling among citizens of our
common country, lie was inclined
to think they had made a mistake
in nominating him because of his
lack of so many qualities which go
to make up a successful politician.
lie had neither learned to Hatter
people for their voles, nor to suc
cessfully conceal his feelings or
opinions, and to pretend the thing
that was not, nor had he the smooth
ness of tongue, or the magnetic
power of drawing people to himself
and convincing them, against their
better judgment, as to the elleet id
party policy or measures. The
man who had these qualities might
he a successful politician and popu
lar with his parly, hut the olliee o|
Representative in Congress tlc
manded something more than this
to he complete. In his view that
was not strictly a political olliee,
though often so considered; the
olliee to which he was nominated,
had a character broader and more
exacting than could he met by a
mere politician. 11 was the olliee
of a legislator, knowing the laws as
they exist, and a broad and com
prehensive view of the laws as they
should be; a view broad enough to
take in existing elicits and their
appropriate remedies. The ditfer
euec between a mere politician and a
statesman was world wide. One
had self in view as the main spring
of all his actions; the other the
good of his constituents and his
country at large, lie did not pre
sume to claim lor himself the char
acter of a statesman, hut in slating
his view of tln> difference in the
(wo characters he was onlv dis
claiming the character ■ ;l p,,];.
lician. Nor would he say anything
derogatory to his opponent. Of
their several characters ami Illness
lor that high olliee, the people must,
and the people would, finally judge.
It elected to that olliee ids ain
should he in all things (o faithfully
represent his constituency, and
having done his best in that regard
should leave them to praise or
condemn his course.
Me was not prepared to make,
and would not make, a set speech
to-night; the suddenness of the call
left no time for preparation, lie
would only give attention to a few
points as plainly and brielly jus
possible. I'artisan politicians as
well as a partisan press made the
most of political differences for
party effect. The people were
agreed in the things to he accom
plished, and only differed jus to the
means of accomplishment. The
Republican wants a strong govern
ment. the Democrat wants a strong
government and the Greenbacker
wants the same. They may differ
as to what constitutes a strong gov
ernment and the means by which
strength is to be gained. The Re
publican idea may be the placing
of power in the hands of the Presi
dent and Congress, who may control
ihe people. The Democratic idea
may be the retaining of power in
the hands of the people. The first
would place tin* power in the hands
of a centralized government at
Washington, the latter would leave
it where the Constitution places it,
in the hands of the people. The
difference in their methods may he
both practical and important, yet
both are desiring and seeking the
rame end, the perpetuity of our
government. Those who favor the
idea that the strength of the gov
ernment lies in the united love and
patriotism residing in the hearts of
all the people have t 10 correct idea
of the true foundation of a free
government. Power placed in the
hands of one man is liable to abuse,
and if placed in a single body of
men is more or less unsafe; but a
government whose foundation lies
deep in the hearts of the people,
who are responsible for the exercise
of power in a constitutional way,
is, and from the nature of the case,
must he, enduring. Such a govern
ment is courands, its prosperity de
pends upon ourselves, and the only
vital question is how best to main
tain it as it is, the best government
the sun ever shorn; upon.
Some politicians make much ado
about the payment of the rebel
debt. Did you ever know a man
who was in fauor of paying if ?
There is not a Democrat north of
Mason and Dixon’s line who would
bunion himself to pay that debt.
All at the north are agreed about
that, and whatever the south may
wish, there are twice us many
Democratic voles at the north a
there are at the south, to prevent
its payment, besides the express
constitutional provision that it
shall never be paid. Is it not
foolish, then, to raise such a bug
bear merely for political effect,
when we all agree as to the impos
sibility of its payment.
The people are also all agreed as
to the payment of the national
debt. Some propose it in one way,
some in another; but there is no
honest man who wants to leave it
us u burden to posterity. If any
one tells you a national debt is a
national blessing, he is a political
demagogue who is after your vote,
and will be sure not to get it. There
is not a man of us who would not
toil early and late to pay oil' his
debts than leave a mortgaged estate
to his i hildren. Let the money of
the people, instead of being board
ed in the treasury, he used for
paying oil' the debt as last as pos
sible. No man is free so long as
lie is in debt; tie is but a slave to
1 1is creditors. The same is true of
a nation. So long as this nation is
in debt its energies are crippled in
every direction, and it is a slave
to the money power. Instead of a
blessing, a national debt is an un
mitigated curse. In this connection
he 111ust say hut a word against the
national hanking system. Il was
nut wholly because 1 1is father was
Jacksonian Democrat that he was
opposed to national hanking. It
was because of the danger of
placing so much power in the
hands of a corporal ion, or class of
corporations, dependent for their
favors, for their very existence even,
on the supremacy of a political
party. Dmlcr such circumstances
its power to corrupt the party, and
ils influence to corrupt the parly,
and the inducements to use its
power for that purpose, is to he
dreaded as unsafe and even dan
gerous.
lie was opposed to il ;ilso be
cause of the enormous t:i\ the
people were required to pay jis
interest on bonds held by their
great monied corporations, who
acting in concert, were able to man
ipulate the currency, making it
plentiful or scarce, thus effecting
injuriously the markets and values
ot .all kinds of property for their
own benefit and the benefit of
speculators. Only in case of neces
sity should any such corporations
he allowed to exist. During the
war, w hen properly was insecure,
and the money capital of the
country was hoarded, it may have
been necessary to oiler extra in
ducements to capitalists, to com
pensate for the risk in loaning their
money, but -incc such a necessity
has ceased, il is most unwise and
unjust to allow any such corpora
tions to cat up the proceeds of
honest labor in interest on debts
which might be, and ought to be
paid.
The speaker closed with an ap
peal to all present to lay aside
partisan feeling and prejudice and
sectional hate, and work and vote
for the best interests of the whole
country, irrespective of party.
The speech was listened to with
attention, and impressed Demo
crats and Republicans with the
follv of mere partisan warfare.
1 lie impression prevails quite
generally that Judge Dothreu will
be largely supported by Republi
cans as a candidate for Congress,
and Democrats everywhere are con
fidant of hia election. —Industrial
Press.
Grand Gala Day!
Democratic Mass Meeting!
MINERAL POINT,
Friday, Oct. 15th, 1880.
SPEAKING AFTERNOON AND EVENING!
Some of the best Orators of the
day will be present.
OUT DOOR SPEAPIN IN THE AFTERNOON AND IN THE EVENING AT
THE TWO LARGEST HALLS IN THE CITY.
ftay Every body come and attend the largest political meeting ever
hoM in lowa County. per order county com.
LARGE ARRIVALS DAILY!
Fall and Winter Goods
Of the Best Quality!
AT GUNDRY & GRAY’S.
Call and Examime.
The Lowest Prices Asked.
GUNDRY & GRAY.
Mineral Point, September, 1880.
First-Class Furniture!
BISHOP & N ANGOLAS,
Hutu Stkkkt, Mineral Point, Wisconsin,
Keep constantly on hand a large stock of first-class !• urnituie,
which they offer for sale Cheap for Cash.
An Elegant Hearse,
▲ll kinds of Coffins.
Also a stock of Burial Robes.
March 2ft, 1880. 33-t BISHOP A NANCOLA?.