Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-05-13
The Chicago Tribune on the
Situation.
What Influential Democrats Say of
the Reform Ticket.
Opinions of the Press.

10 constant communication with his
Excelleney on the subject of the tick
ct for State officers to go before the
State Convention an there is no
doubt whatever that they are a unit
in favor of renominating the whole
of the present incumbents, namely !:
For Governor, w. K. Taylor; for
Lieutenant Governor, Parker; for
Secretary of State, Peter Doyle for
State Treasurer, Ferdinand Kuehn /;
for Attorney General, A. Scott Sloan.
Of course there are whispers of OPP
position. Nelson Dewey, first Gov
ernor of the State, is talked of for
Governor. He lives at Cassvile, and
is q W wealthy man, and an old hard
headed Democrat. N. ID. Fratt, of
Racine, who ran for Congress against
Charley Williams, is also spoken of,
as well as Gahe Bouch, of Oshkosh.
In fact, it is no secret that, although
the Governor has commenced cam
paigning 10 his own interest, and the
State Central Committees appear to
have been captured by him, yet there
is strong and growing element of
dissatisfaction that Is determined to
throw him over.
Parker. Lieutenant Governor, is a
Liberal Republican, and almost sure
to be on any ticket that may be put
up; although to my surprise, to-day
[ was told the Germans of MiIwauk ee
are figuring for one of their national
ity-Col Jacobs.
There will probably be no opposi-
ton to Peter Doyle for Secretary of
State, to Ferdinand Kuehn for
Treasurer, or Sloan for Attorney
General There is no talk of any
change except for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor, and the plans
with respect to these are too shadowy
yet to be defined. The only thing
certain as to the Lieutenant Govern
orship is, that the most astute Ser
man Democrats profess to be hopeless
of carrying the State without uniting
the German vote, and that cannot be
done without two Germans on the
ticket, and one of those Germans
shouli run for Lieutenant Governor.
If Jacobs is talked of in this conncc-
tic u, it is only as feeler, as the OBJ
ject sought-unlty of the Germans in
all parts of the State-will not be Sc
cured by giving both the Treasury
and Lieutenant Governorship to Mil
waukee men.
This early commencement of the
campaign by the Governor and the
Reform State Central Committee is
much commented on here. Luding
ton, the supposed Republican candi-
date, is developing such strength
that, in the language of Reformer,
"Old Taylor is getting frightened"
Tho Fon du Lac Commonwealth
says: A we'll known and influential
Democratic politician remarked to Us,
recently, that there would be little
hope for the success of the Reform
ticket this fell if the Soans were not
dropped Very nice men personally
are the Sloans, but as politicians they
have always been dead weight on
any party that has attempted to car
ry them. We are sorry the Demo
Gratis are getting tired of them 80
soon, for it raises an apprehension
that they will return 10 Republican
ranks. But it is nearly time for them
to change, anyway.
The Eau Clair Free Press says
There is no mistake bnt the Plow
boy Taylor's advisors bave managed
the thing pretty shrewdly. First
the principal Dem ocratic papers have
all been fixed. The Madison Dem
ocrat has the Adjutant-Generalship
three clerkships and numerous and
various committees besides official
State patronage. The Milwaukee
NeUs has the Craftsmanship of the
Railroad Commission, and the Assist
ant Secretary of State The Com.
mercial Times has the State Geologist,
and so they are fixed throughout.
Hence, you see, with the organs in
the palms of the present State Adj
ministration they all, under order,
pipe to one tune, aud the masses OF
the party fail even to get hearing.
Well, its "Reform -
The Green Bay Gazette says j:
1t is not too early in the day to be-
gin considering the prospects of the
election in this State next fall There
is but little doubt that Gov. Taylor
and most all the present State officers
will be renominated by the Demo-
cratic Convention. The Republican
State Convention will be called upon
to exercise the largest amount OF
sound judgment both in its expression
OF principles and it's choice of canji-
dates. In regard to the former there
should be no doubtful position. The
duty of State control over cor pora-
tlons as we'll as the necessity of tenn
perate action in legislation on the
subject should be plainly presented.
The people of this State are tired OF
the clsmor raised by demagogues
and rattle-headed communists against
railways. They want peace. Tay-
lor and his crew sailed in on that top
wave two years ago, but that big
wave has receded and this time il
will carry him out to sea and swamp
him.
A dispatch from O.hk 81 to
the Chicago Tribune has the follow
ing "The approaching State Con-
vention and the next Republican
State ticket are becoming topics of
conversation on all hands; and among
Republicans the opinion is fast crys-
TALKING into firm belief that the next
State Administration will BIO Repub-
lican. Gov. Taylor has Disguised the
Bourbon Democrats, disappointed
the Changers, embittered the rail-
road men, and lost the confidence of
the Liberal Republicans. From all
that can be seen, the indications are
that judiciously selected Republic
can ticket this fall will sweep the