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And tho Right Of tho 0roem City to Bull
dose The Balance Of tho State.
The Bourbon Dilemma and tho Green
back Flaaco.
,Ths Green'ts TRlll hot Fuse, but Flight It 0ut
=, on Their Own Line.
THE Horneward Flight Of the
" Milwaukee Swallows.
EpseiaE Correspondence OF The TFtbtant-


the complete account Of which, published ia
TIE tribune Tho, next dny, still continues TO
bo tho wonder and admiration uf newspaper
mon In these parts, md the return Of the Lud
ingtou delegates to the quietnoss OF their
BONES mid the soothing influence Of their lager.
beer,-tio political cadron docs not boil af'tl
bubble rs futioualy as It did, "D'nff Old 11a'l" "
is still unroconcitch to tho result, and swears by
nll tho gods dt oltco that he will not vote 1nr
Smith, nnd many OF bis adnercnts secfn to
fecl--
Like ono who trcads atone
y Enmo banunet hall descstetI,
Whose lights arc lod, whose garlands dead,
And all but thcn departed,
They are
prscossokArB AND sonnn.
Elircd, Van scbaick, Vance, sanlerson, Alien,
and tho balance look as II they had been ut d
luncrnl, mud. rs Bob Ingersoll would profancly
say, ''damn t!ielr bad luck between dr1nls.''
The bots aro blue, as ull men nro Inclined to be
When they meet With grent disappointment;
but TINT great remedial agent, Time, wilt tnitt-
gate their sorrpw and assuago their poignant
'grtdf, and they may even kiss the rod that has
e,,asteuel them. Not TINT they will want to
kiss Gov. Smith when they sec him, for TINT
wouad ho q little too much, but, speaking Ia a
,dgnrc,
THESE GREAT STATESMEN
may be so we'll satisfied with the wisdom Of tho
majority that they vii sec TINT the TRIVIAL Of
their souls at Madison on the a3d was In the
wrong direction, and be sntisticd. The trne-in-
watdncss Of the situation here Is Just about
this: The Lulington business was worked
up bv special effort On the part OF the
ex.0ovcrucr md bis particular personal
anl political friends They do not liku
Cos. Snitll. and. il tho truth must be told,
Gov. Smith docs not like taem,. and, when dis
like is mutual petwcen partics, u row is always
imminent.
LuDtNGToN's FIrtsT APPEARANCE
In politics was when lie ran for Mayor on the
People's ticket In 1870 and vas elected oyer tho
regular Domocrutic nominee, German Catho-
tic. who Ind made himself offensive to tic
taloon-kecpcrs and the proprletors Of laEcr-beer
xardens by n too rigorous enforcement OF tito
laws. His first term was 80 popular that be
vas reelected without serious opposition, ut!l
from tic Mayors Office l,c easily found Ills way
Into tho iubgrpntoTtal chair. Ills unparalleled
success IN strong Democratic city. nnd Ills
ELECTION to the Governorslip In 1876, when
every other candidate on the ticket WIS defrat-
90 but himself, naturally enough gavo him md
his friends an oxaltel .opinIan Of the,ofl man's
popularity: He got tho mistaken idea that he
was tnync'blo n any sort Of q fight, and be fan
c!ed TINT hc could go
81 ROUTE TUE SAITH ToRcEs,
horse, foot, And Gragoons, at the first CHARGE.
Il s hSs h9scon Se e5 for aey
edly Mr.. Ludington you'd have bccli chosen, alll
Il IL, perhaps, greatly to his credit that It Ia
80, for the 1ret element Of succcss IN tho career
81 every public man Is, that 1o must stand well
xaakcc, whare both lie ind Gov. Smith reside.
deea not demonstrate the unpoputnrty of tho
latter. Smith Is q rigla mesntsr Of tho Close
Communion Baptist Church, temperance man
nevcr in q saloon III his life 10 take drink.
Very few OF the 700 loou-kecpcss 1n this city
even know him By sight: mud !,e was never seen
q tn, sMnuasy Msn marching through n'e streets be.
to drink laacr.bcer,' waltz With tho pretty Ger
man gsrln, mud hayo good time generally. Lie
Is not that ktud OF d 1nan, and still
HE ia NOT DIaOT:
md, while total abstinence Inns been the rule Of
M bis own l!fes & he has never sought, when menu
toan bedstcat upon which others must lie down.
lie was born 10 Scotland, md has a!ways had o
dteu sympathy for all forelgn.boru cltlzons who
nsyo os t5sa e nA Sso na hoT under
ton IS a man OF different muld. Hc belongs to
no church; hc is temperate, but not total nh-
ataiacr. and neither Afe hts sisters, nor Ills
cousins, nor ls aunts." who come up 70 his sup.
any man thu. ever held nj ofllco in Milwaukee,
and when ho goes III to win he calls into rcquisI
ton a! tne factors Of SUCCESS It !H not 70 be
was locked I'D In his office ut Madison, busy
Tlth the cares and responsibilities nppcrtnnln,
to his olllce, Ladngton should get Tie dc.ega-
uon nenFiy solid from tllat Congressional dis
telct, 9nd lnakc substantial progress elsewhere.
JUDGED, ills
WHY MUCH TO sAlrn's CREDIT,
with such an lndoiatfRablc anl popular man
against etm wig had ltttlo else 10 do, that lse
h.o shHutd do1sa t hm I've to ono sn to informal
friends undertook to do too much. They raye
out that t1lny would Q) nominate their fayorito
for Governor, or, falling IN that they would
~ defeat the reconciliation OF Gov. Smith.
other object Of their visit to Madison, and thew
return wiser, and saQlcr, and more profano
set OF .ole-'lorsc politicians. 1t ts to their
cred!t. however that they aro coollnE OF as
talk mora ratlonally about their dcfept than
they did.
TUE lD1oTso TRLEoRAM
that Angus Smith sent to Ed Sandcrson, to
Wit; Mot to make tho nomination OF Smith
unanimous, because We will not support litn,"
y looked upon now az utterly ciiisIish, unl y
thing OF which its usually lcyei.iluaued author
ought to bo heartily ashamed Tic memory Ut
1t,,1a semo men runn9th buck to the tme Tl,en tho
ticket, and Eayo thu Electoral vote to The Ro.
publican candidates, with Mlwaukce City md
County giving from 3 8,0oo to 1000 against them,
anu they latter themselves that they ars abIa
20 do II again. In 1871 Taylor's majority In
Tue Fourth Congressional District wna 10000
over Washburo tIsep.) III 1855, -'G0, -'aa, M,
aud and '7a. TIE Electoral vote Of the State was
given TO- the Republican candidates for Fresi-
oent and Vlee-PrcstdGnt by 1nujorittcs runc-
inE from 5000 to 1900, Min the NIL
wankee District rolling up huge iun.
lority Tor the other SIDE, Now that
the people Of Milwaukee CIty and County hayo
eeen compelled to SICK shelter from The ia.
tnEues ainl corruptlons of the old Democrats
tihks and contractors In tho Republican party,
ler Republicans hegn
TO vuT ON AIRS,
Ahd become fnaolent and dicsaterta}, as II t},cy
own tbs party ana bad msdo II what it ia. When
We consider what they hayo accomplished iu
u!et Own city aud county they must be- riyen
great credit, but whcn they 60 Into Stsfu Con.
Yentton they will do we'll TO remember tju past,
and to submit gracefully and eood-naturcdjy 10
the VIII ot tile majority. Ile fact may ~ Hell
10 plainly stated hero tl,at II Tic 0rolpd hati
,ot 10; been thoroughly ptowca bY the ward poiI.
tleians and workers beforehand tlto leleratos
would have been At least hall 9m!th
men, aud. low that It IL all over lhu
fank aud alc Of ths party will give
nc whole ticket cordial and Garpest sun,ie,rt.
Eich ANIL rfofl 1t,,n -. =. ii