The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-02-20
MADISON CORRESPONDENCE.
The New SenatOr-Pr0posed Impeach.
ment- -Calkins Bonanza Di-
y0ree Bill killed-The Rail-
road MemOrial-The Sow
ereigns--AmuSementS,
ETC., Etc.
AFTER THE BATTLE.


MADISON, February u, 1S75.-The
smoke has fairly cleared away after the
great Senatorial fight, and we can now
take a survey of the field and note the
results OF the battle There is, as your
readers understand, a diversity of opin-
ion as to what the result actually is.
We are all agreed, of course, that Senator
Carpenter is beaten, and that Angus
Cameron is the coming man, but the
great question now discussed is: Is
the new Senator going to affiliate with
the Democrats of the Thurman school.
or will he be found,on the Republic
an side Of the house when
he takes his seat in the
Senate. The means by which his cleo
ton was consummated, you are aware,
leave to him large leeway III which to
shape his course. The coalition which
resulted in his elevation to a seat III the
United States Senate, consisted of some
40 or 80 democrats and third as
many republicans. Mr.. Cameron's
political antecedents are. of the Liberal
Republican sort, aud it is claimed by
members of the party that his acceptance
of the platform adopted by the demo
cratic caucus was no more than any re-
publican could have done, and still be
III accord with the ideas of the leaders.
In short, they hold that the principles
enumerated in that " little paper which
did the business are republican in fact
and may be subscribed to without for
fixture of place in the republican ranks.
Hence they are satisfied that Mr.. Cam
eron's election Is a purely Republican
triumph.
On the other hand, the opposition
claim, and with reason, it must be adj
mitted, that the Senator elect has, in his
endorsement Of the coalition platform,
committed himself to principles entirely
antagonistic to those entertained by an
overwhelming majority of the Repub-
icans of the country; antagOnism to
the administration, and the hard money
planks of that declaration, they insist
place him fairly and squarely on
their ground, and that this was well I'M
derstoOd before the final vote was tax
en-; that the boiling Republicans took
III the situation, and between what they
considered two evils-the endorsement
of Carpenter and the little pill provided
for them by the caucus-thev chose the
last, aud swallowed the pill. As dis
interested listener to the controversy,
your correspondent doesn't feel at lib
erty to present his own views on the flu
ture course of the new Senator, further
then to express the hope that, as Mr..
Cameron is said to be man of great
ability and peculiar fitness for legisla-
tive duty, he will be able to so shape
his line of conduct as to generally sat
isfy his constituency.
On Tuesday Speaker Horn laid be-
fore the Assembly a communication
signed by n. S. Murphy, W. G..
Roberts. s. c. West, and Matt. H.
Carpenter, charging Judge David w
Small, of the Milwaukee Circuit Court,
and Court Commissioner Jared ThOmp-
son, Jr,, with having committed
HIGH CRIMES AND INSTANTANEOUS
in Office, and asking the Assembly to
investigate the matter, with a view to
impeaching those gentlemen. The lit
tie unpleasantness between the gentle
men above named, it is understood,
grew ont of a certain order issued by
the Judge i'll the Milwaukee Sentinel
controversy. Whether there be reason
able grounds for the extreme measure
proposed, [ know not; but as the Judi
ciary Committee has taken the matter
in hand, and has already ''sent foT per
sons and papers, we shall soon be en-
lghtened as to the points proposed to
be made against Judge Small. 1t is
intimated in Democratic circles here,
that political prejudice enters to great
extent into the matter, the judge being
a Democrat, and the compliments Of
the opposite school of politics. How
ever this may be, of course / have too
exalted an idea Of the integrity and
keen sense of justice entertained by the
gentlemen of the committee, to believe
for a moment that they will permit party
feeling to have a grains weight in their
determination of so grave a question as
the guilt or innocence of a judicial
officer.
CALKINS' BONANZA