Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-09-26
WILLIAM Z. CARTER.

TRIBUNE was the only paper in
Southwest Wisconsin to mention Mr..
Carriers rame in connection with the
office which the action of the Repub-
lican State Convention virtually in
stalled him in the possession OF. In
saving this we do not mean to iGti-
mate that it occasioned Mr.. Carriers
nomination, but merely to convey an
idea of the heartiness with which we
can support him. In politics, as in
usual life, entire belief in man as q
man, is necessary to that degree OF
appreciation which, asking no pledge,
is willing to trust unhesitatingly and
with entire confidence; and that be-
lief the TRIBUNE has in Mr.. Carter.
Had it not that it would never have
mentioned his name as it did.
AS an Attorney General, Mr.. Car
ter will be nsuccess. For years he has
been regarded, as his large and lucra-
tive practice in all the counties of the
Fifth Circuit has sufficiently testifi
ed, as one of the foremost lawyers Of
this section. And when it is remem
bered that he has attained his pres
ent standing solely by his individual
exertions-when it is kept in mind
that, step by step, alone and unaided,
he has arisen from comparative pow
crty and obScuritv to his present
position in the esteem of the people
of Southwestern Wisconsin, some
thing like a correct idea of his men.
tai and moral strength may be OBJ
tanned. AS lawyer Mr. Carter has
always been distinguished as being
the possessor of that particular abil
ity which ever characterizes the
born lawyer; the ability to see the
points IN a case. Evidence of this is
seen in every case which he tries.
His examination of witnesses, and
his arguments to Judge and jury,
attest, invariably, his clearness of
conception. Inasmuch as the office
Of Attorney General is largely advi-
sorry, it is apparent, therefore, that
the ability which distinguished Mr..
Carter, renders him especially fit for
the satisfactory discharge of its du-
ties. A good and safe advisor is in
variably one who comprehends the
weight of conflicting theories-one
who sees the points of a case,
1t is true that something more
than year ago Mr.. Carter was beat
en- in this Fifth Circuit which is so
largely Republican, in running for
the Office of Circuit Judge, as the nom.
inee of that party, but this may read
lily be explained, and it made to ap
pear SO that no shadow of cause
for it rests upon Mr.. Carter. His
opponent, NJ. Nj. { ,thren, was the
most popular man who could be
mentioned in connection with the
office of Judge of this circuit. Mr.
Carter was not elected for the reason
that no Republican living could have
won with Cothren as as antagonist.
Mr. Carter is reserved, but not a
naughty man. He is not zone of
the boys" using the term as one
: implying eXuberant cordiality, but
he Is no less n true and sincere man.
/ He does not endeavor-he never has
to have each man he meets to be-
lieve that he is his especial friend /;
bat his friends know that he is a
FREUD to his hiends--a Characters
tie, we may remark, of hut a com
parative few in either political OF
social life.
| There are men whose qualities are
so generally recognized as being ap,
propliate when party candidate fol
some Office, that they are voted fol
10y all citizens who admire virtue and
honor ability. Shall not Southwes.
tenn Wisconsin say in Nnypn,In,