The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-03-18
THE NEW SENATOR'S
What a Democrat Thinks Of the Late
Deal in Wisconsin.

Below we publish extracts from let
ter to the Milwaukee Sentinel. 1T any
doubts were INDUCED in as to the tu-
ture course of the new Senators. they
will be removed by perusal of the letter:
WASHINGTON, March 1O.-When the
smoke and dust of battle had somewhat
cleared away in the states In which
fights for the United States senatorshlp
had been most bittery fought, every
where the Democrats sent up q great
shout of joy, claiming that they had
broken the Republican ranks, and that
wherever there had been protracted
struggle the Republicans had gone to
the wall. So loud were they in their as
sertions, and so reckless in their state
ments. that not few were half disposed
to think there must be something IN 1t
all. California, they said, has sent
Democrat; so has Tennessee, SO has
Wisconsin; while Michigan and Min
nesota have at least sent Independents,
men who will always act with the De
mocrats in preference to the Repub-
Leans. Thus ran their tale and they
lost no opportunity of D,azonlng 1t to
the world. For this reason, If for no
other, the meeting of the new Senate
was looked forward to with the most
lively interest.
THE NEW SENATORS.
Imagine the disgust and modification
of the Democrats when the few senators
from the states named all refused point
blank to have anything to do with the
Democratic organization, and all but
two of them went into the Republican
caucus, and svowed their determination
to stand by the Republican party.
SENATOR CAMERON,
the successor of Senator Carpenter, was
claimed by all the Wisconsin Democrats
as certain to act with that party. The
strongest assurances were forwarded to
the leaders here by prominent Wiscon-
sin Democrats that Cameron was call
right" and that he would stand by the
Democratic party through thick and
thin. Now that he has shown his de-
votion to principle by uniting in action
with the party to which he has always
belonged they can find nothing too bad
to say of him. A leading Democrat, in
speaking of this yesterday said to your
correspondent: cit isn't the loss of the
man, Cameron, that hurts us; it is the
moral effect of the thing. You see the
whole Democratic delegation in the Wis
consin Legislature, numbering fftytwO
votes, went in with sixteen boiling Re
publicans and elected Cameron on a
platform which was at least drafted by
us. Now for him to go in with the Re
publican party as he has done is to de-
stroy our chances of carrying the state
next fall. The vengeance of our party
will be visited upon the heads of the
men who planned and put in operation
the coalition by which the Democratic
party was sold out. The disgust among
Democrats throughout the state is very
deep, and it is doubtful if the rank and
file of our party can be induced to go
into the fall campaign with anything
like enthusiasm
In an interview with Senator Gamer
on, who by the way is a very pleasant,
kindly gentleman, he expressed his de-
termination to act throughout with the
Republican party. He said he had al
ways been Republican, and that he
should remain one.
By the way the small fry politicians
from Milwaukee who came here with
pitiful begging pleas for all the federal
offices in Wisconsin have met with no
favor at the hands of Senator Cameron,
and generally contrive to make laugh
ing stock of themselves.
SENATOR CHRIsTIANCY.
Senator Isaac P. Christiancy, of
Michigan, was also visited by your rep
resentative, and kindly consented to
state his views as to what shall be his
course of action on political questions.
He had no hesitancy in announcing him
self as a thorough Republican, always
ready and willing to act with the party
in relation to all the leadiag question of
the day. With regard to the caucus,
he said he would always be ready to at
tend the Republican caucus, but would
ont feel compelled to vote as it dicated,
unless the viii of the caucus agreed with
his views of right. \
SENATOR MCMILLAN.
Senator Samuel j. r. Mcmillan, of
Minnesota, was also visited and express
ed himself quite as freely as any of the
others regarding his position as a Re
publican. He said that he he'd been
elected as Republican and that no one
but Republican could have been elect
ed in Minnesota. He had long been a
Republican, and now had every inten-
ton OF working with the parry.
SENATOR BOOTH.
Senator Newton Booth arrived yester-
day, and Immediately took his seat in
the Senate. He, like Andrew Johnson
has assumed the rule of an Independent,
a position which he will find very diff
ficult to keep. and one. too, in which his
power for good will be greatly crippled.
He is a keen, sharp man of good abih-
ties and pleasing address, and seems to
have the right stuff in him for a senator.
Mr.. LAMONT, Director of the Observa-
tory at Munich, says that many cases
are known where magnetic disturbances