The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-01-11

press upon Mr.. Hayes the propriety of
appointing colored man on his cabinet,
and Hon. John II. Hangston is named
as the man to be urged. JUNIUS.
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THE Madison correspondent of the
Chicago Times is afraid the Republicans
/ will not be able to make up a State ticket
next fall, and seems to be in q great deal
of trouble about il. Following is what
ne has to say in regard to one Of cur
citizens
MADISON, Wis, Jan. st has trans
pired that a well-organlzed faction OF
the republicans are prepared to slangh-
ter Gov. Ludington when he puts in
MS claim for denomination before the
republican state convention next sum-
mer. Old Philletus Sawyer wants to be
governor for the next two years, after
Ludington's term expires, and proposes
that by the same token he may, though
now well advanced in years, be Tim O.
Howe's successor as =. S. senator in
I779. Philetus owns up TO be but sixty
years of age. He has lived III Wisconsin
since 1877, was in the state legislature
in 1857 and in 1861, and he WAS elected
to congress in 1854, and served ten years.
He has made heaps Of money out of
lumber and in kindred speculations;
has been lucky in politics, in business,
and in life generally, is an ardent ad-
mirer Of Blaine, and will give Old Har-
~ q terrific fight, If he makes up his
mind he wants to be governor. He be-
lieyes that Blaine viii be the next re-
publican candidate for president; he
does not appear to be inexorably anxious
to have HAYES counted in this year, and
he has good nature, iberality. and pluck,
which go a great ways in politics. He
is q national banker. and owns whole
townships OF pine lands. A rumor Or
iginatIng by telegraph, was printed in
The TINES a couple of years ago that
he had committed suicide at Eau Claire,
and If afforded abundant subjects for
the laughter and ridicule of his friends.
with his full blooded physique, his
high animal spirits, his easy temper, his
good luck Of lifetime, and his good
prospects for the future, Old Philetus
| is not likely TO commit suicide, or to do
any other foolish act which will shorten
his term of vital enjoyment and exis-
tence. The intrigue to throw Luding
ton overheard and to make Sawyer gov
ernor, though well on foot and under
way, viii probably be brought to the
governors knowledge for the first time
BY this correspondence; but the warn
ing comes none too soon for old Harry,
7ho viii evidently best serve himself by
looking about and asoertaIning who the
friends are upon whom he can rely dur
ing the preparations for the fight and the
while it is in progress. The make up Of
TIE REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET
will be the constant subject Of discuss
ion among the republican politicians
during the session Of the legislature,
and viii greatly depend upon whether
Ludington or Sawyer is placed at the
head, as the question of locality VIII De
supreme. 1t is not likely that any for
mer candidates viii be placed again be-
fore the people. There is also less like
lihood that there will be as intense 3
struggle among competitors for places
on the ticket as usual, for the fight for
an eIeCJIOn VIII be an expensive and
fierce one, with doubtful chances of sue
cess. But for the new-made Norwe-
gian vote in the western counties, which
cannot be got to the polls except at ruin
Gus cost, Wisconsin would have voted
fer Tilden last fall. 4 state election
viii not pay to make this effort, and
hence the probability Of electing q re-
publican ticket this year is very slim.
If Ludington shall be the candidate for
governor, the balance of the candidates
will be well distributed throughout the
state. If Sawyer should succeed in cap
turing the nomination, some Of the best
offices certainly two and probably three,
| viii 90 to Milwaukee and the cluster of
| counties about the comercial metropolis.
In that event probably Fred Horn, who
lives few miles from Milwaukee, would
make an effort to go on the ticket as
lieutenant governor or secretary of state;
and he would have q powerful argu-
ment in his favor as a German, except
| that he has ABSOLUTELY no German follow
| ing.
The Republicans will want German
| to run as q candidate for State Treasurer
or for some other office. The have play
| ed Maj. Bsetz till he is ''played out. 3"
Except Fred Horn there is not in any
other part Of the State outside of Mil
waukee known to public life an eligible
| German who can be placed on the Re-
| publican ticket. They would have been
supplied with such a candidate in J. @.
| Schuette, OF Manitowoc, who was rising
| and offered fair to become one Of its
leading men, but was untimely sqelch-
| ed. He IS q prominent merchant at
Manitowoc, a republican, German,
and two years ago was elected state sen
at0r from Aanitowoc by several hundred
majority over Joseph Villas, although
| the district gave on all other candidates
/ ten or twelve hundred democratic ma
| iority. He made q very respectable
| senator, joined the republican boilers
at the session of 1875, and helped de-
| feat Matt Carpenters re -election as
United States senator. Last session he
voted for the repeal of the Potter law,
AMI for all the liberal railroad legisla-
ton enacted. This year he was can
didate for reelection as state senator,
and vas very confident of success. Had
he been elected, it would have placed
him among the remarkable men OF the
republican party, and assured him a
place on their state ticket next fall
This would have helped Ludington, by
providing 4 German candidate away
from Milwaukee. But the democrats
nominated Joseph Rankin, who made a
brilliant canvass, was elected by over a
! thousand majority. and boosted the Til
den majority up to twelve or thirteen
hundred. That ended Mr.. Sehuette's
political career, and the bis ssoming pa
triot viii attend hereafter only to his
dry goods store and TO his social and
personal pursuits.
We beg to assure the correspondent
that there viii be no difficulty in select
ing a ticket next fall which will 'ssweep
the board" Let the Republicans alone
| for that.
AMONG the propositions considered by
the Democrats was one to refuse appro-