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Newspaper
Watertown Chronicle
Location
Watertown, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1849
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text records the arrival of the Steamer Caledonia with garbled, indecipherable lines. It mentions names, places, and dates in a disjointed format, showing faded manuscript notes and stray phrases.
Fragments list candidates including EDW'D N. FOSTER Williamstown and DAVID Sos Rubicon for posts in the Dodge County assembly race. Others mentioned include MALCOLM SELLERS Beaver Dam and ELEAZAR ROOT, with WALIK LYON of Fairfield appearing in the slate.
The Whig convention met at Jefferson electing nominees for senator county clerk and supervisors. Key picks include W. Lanponan for senator and Peatway for clerk, with Ottranorn and Magan named for other posts. A new candidate will be chosen for clerk after Laxturen declined. The Milford assembly slate includes John D. Remonos and Houmas, with Anna Stewart in the third district. The piece labels a local critic as an Abolitionist and Daylor ally in a partisan quip.
Our Dodge county friends have been particularly fortunate in the nomination of a senator. Warpo Lrom is well known to the electors of that county and respected for commanding talents and moral worth. Electors not tied to Hookeriam will give him cordial support. Also reported are BE. N. Foster nominated in the first assembly district and M. Shers in the fifth. both active businessmen likely to be useful members of the house.
The piece details factional fights in Dodge County districts with two candidates per seat in several districts, critique of “union and harmony” rhetoric, a mill dam contempt case in circuit court with fines and jail time, and local notes on Vicksburg’s growth, defalcation rumors, Dr Crank and Frix performances, a state official nomination, church consecration dates, and two drowned youths in Horicon dam.
The piece urges voters to back the Whig ticket in the approaching election on Tuesday November 6, railing at the current administration for debt high taxes and constitutional violations. It contrasts Whigs with Locofocos and Old Hawkes, stresses unity for the ticket, and appeals to independents to judge by performance and constitutional fidelity. It mentions Democratic nominations for senator Peter H Turner and Austin Kellogg, urging Whigs to mobilize.
The Jeffersonian alleged post office closure due to Whig influence. the editor here denies any link and accuses the Jeffersonian of malice. The paper states it has urged restoration, rejected uncorroborated accusations, and will not repay insults with more wrongs, praising measured conduct.
Fragmented columns accuse Beall of defalcation to the U S government amid a political feud. The piece cites a May 15 1996 judgment for eighteen thousand dollars, plus later totals, and questions the election of a defaulter to office. It also notes a letter predicting Rome’s annexation to France and urges repeal of last winter’s county court law.
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