Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-06-25
SENATOR CARPENTER AND THE
NEXT sENATORSHiP.

yited by his old Rock county TRENDS,
among whom he spent the earlier
years of his professional life, to de-
liver the Grafton AT GAINESVILLE on the
Fourth of July. This invitation has
been rendered without distinction
of party, and the Ne,rs, the Taylor
organ, is SO unhappy over the fact
that men of all parties should offer
this invitation that it exclaims in the
height of its imaginative fancy:
THIS ACT makes Senator Carpenter nm.
mistakablv the candidate, and the SOLE
CANDIDATE, of the Republican party IN
this State for United States Senator. AT the
bound which he will then make into the
arena. ALL OTHER CANDIDATES WILL
DISAPPEAR. There will be from the Fourth
of July next, but ONE POLITICAL ISSUE
before the people of the State, which viii be :
ShaA MAJ. Carpenter ts reelected O'''te"
Stotes Senator
The Neacs has been INDUCING in
this style of imaginative writing for
some weeks past, and it is time that
the bubble was pricked. 1t has
been laboring to prove that Senator
Carpenter is, and is to be, the only
Republican candidate for Senator.
OF course it has an object in coming
this fabrication, because it perceives
the doom of the Taylor administra-
ton, and is trying to compel all OF
the Republicans of the State to COM
NIT themselves to only one man in or
der to clay out" that administration.
1t is not known that Senator Car
penter will be candidate for re-
election. After looking over the
whole ground when he returns home,
he may conclude not to enter the
canvass at all but, in any event, so
far from being the only candidate,
it is quite certain that there will be
so many that the Republican press
of the State will consider it judic-
ious not to take sides with any OF
them, but to elect as many Republic
can members to the Legislature as
possible, leaving their views on the
Senatorship to be subsequently, de-
termined. That is the undoubted
policy OF the Republican party of
Wisconsin, and to which it will
adhere.
G. C, Washburn, an honest, capa-
bic. and faithful executive, will
doubtless have many supporters for
the Senatorship. Otis IL. Waldo, a
very able lawyer, an influential Re-
publican and man of practical ex-
ecutive ability, will have a strong
corps of friends. Luther S. Dixon,
our popular and estimable ex-Chlei
Justice, has many warml y attached
supporters. Philetus Sawyer, of
Oshkosh, if he does not return to
the House, may, in certain contin-
gency, become candidate. John
Nazro, one Of the most eminent and
honored merchants of the North
west, and citizen in every relation,
without spot or blcmish, has a host
of friends.
John +. Potter, of Walworth, who
is everywhere known AS an honest
man, may be brought forward by
the Republicans of one Of the BAN
ner counties of the State
J. Allen Barber, Of Grant, has a
strong following in the western part
of the State, and he may become a
very prominent candidate, We
might cite other names to show the
utter absurdity of the NctcS' misrep-
rcsentation, that Senator Carpenter
will be the sole candidate.
The currency question will natur-
ally divide the voters, and that Will
give rise to candidates who concur
with the President in his financial
views, and these have IL strong foot
hold in the minds of those persons
who believe that the people must
meet this fairly aud squareIy as the
great issue on which members Of
Congress are to be choSen.-4HtI-
tculthee Wisconsin.