, 1880-04-16
WISCONSIN,.
A Glance at the Situation on the
Presidential Issue Now
Pending.
The Delegation from That State
Will Probably BE Un-
instructed.
Strength Of Grant, Blaine, and WASH
burne in the Various
Districts.

burne in the Various
Districts.
Bptctot Correspondence pt TIE Chicago Tribune
JANEsvllr.t, Wis, April 15.-llaytng re-
Gently spent moro ur less time in each OF The
eight Congressional districts of Wisconsin,
and lenrned something nf tho temper of tho
Republicans touching the canning Iresl-
tlcntnl contest, and gathered noslllall amount
OF Information relative tn The atrNRgle far
Congressional nominations, will giyo THE
Tribune the benefit Of my observations. Had
tic Stnte Convention mel III january or
February It ~ Hnfo tN say TINT Il full telpEn-
tion favorable to the nomination ut Gult.
Grnnt wUui,t have been chosen; but during
the pnst six weeks marked c1,ange Inns
been brought 'n0nut. atnl 1t 1noks
worry tl,lcs. HOW is tlnush li0 will nut
get delegate. Thu t3railt lucn III
the Fifth District lave pulled aEnlnst
tho current front thu atNrt, but III, 10 within
a few lnys were confident tint they would
go TO the State Convention with 10 strong II
delegation that they would not only choosa
two active urnnt Delegates, bull by their
activity mid enthusiasm l,e able to secure tho
influence of many delegates frum atter parts
Dt the State to nssist then, III clluoslng the
~
nut there Elns been such clnMor nnlo1lg the
Germans, who arc in the majority II, thu dis
trict, against tic "thfrtt terlN,'' tint even
tho most hopeful are weakening. lii tho
Fifth District tho flrnnt lllcu l,nye been more
actlve than th0sc Of amy other district iii
the Ssate, but they arc a. good tls
lctcatcd to.,lay. Three months ago
there WIS II strung G rNht scNtl-
1Dcnt IN tho Elghtl--rllai po,tnA's--
District, bntithas very geNernlIy Disappeared.
, Thu Eighth IL very largely made up Of tho
old Sixth District, which was for years rel,-
resented by Gen. g. q. Washbu ri, who wns
very populnr with tho people there. Tho
lcadIngt,lne. III the district would Elndly
J unite lit choosing delegates favorable to
their former Coigresslnan's hrother, +. u.
NYnslllNtr!le, though DIuina has strollg
following. Diaino Is " fnyorit III the First,
GSecnnA, Sixth, and Seventh, allA l,ns II strenE
following In tllr Fourth, Fifth, md Eighth,
saud Is not so strong III tho Third,
which reaches well Inward Gnlenn.
4. Grant mt about tile ti.nc tic General rts-
sturled FROM Ills long trip, but he hns bcan
losing ground there, MS elsewhere, a,,d WASH
btlsno has been galn!ng Sherman has never
mnde II respectable showing Ms Il candidate In
Wisconsin. 1t nay be safely salh that the
Delegation from Wisconsin will go to Gill
, cago uuinstr,icted; that very few, II any. OF
: tt!Ctn VIII want GrNht M0lliinntet; that
twelve of the twenty will be enthusiastic
Wusrburne: Many OF the conventions for
choosing delegates TO tue StatH Convention,
which will meet ut Madison on tile 9th VI
Mny, havo been called.
So THE FllsSr pIsTHICT.
When the Legislature met Inst winter there
ttySt1H fH5 rIaf In
G. Willnms' renominat!on from t4ls district,
composed of Rock, WalwDrth, Walkeslla,
1&aciat, anu Kcnosa Counties, but tie, OPP
fss pSss la; M stret %Y" n M 70 Stats S1sts
lins p!gMtier Or ,noTs available timber, and, MS
Mr.. williams Inns already served eight years,
SOME Of thc nleI who would llkG q sent III
j. eSpsaker s ai jaht L. cassasy. @ ss ths o. oic
of this city, mi Col. .. e. {. JOHNSON, of Ie''
1oit Bat<,loae # tlless ;S;,, %il pnsl' to the
t!as a,,y show for ths ,positinn. In Walwortll
\ aud I. d. Weeks, hoth Ut wlon are an-
httons ah anxious: RacinurCounty lsepnb-
,hoMOr ex-senator Robert Ii. Baker, tie pres-
ent Chairman nl the State Central Commit
Ter, n.y. itls know9 TINT ),e In; lu@Fing sye
q Go.y G'"FIsssion1' sis as sS xsn !" keSs ysaq
seets # Ssy aa'sss
VIII win ii liz rncs betore io becomes niany
yelrs older: refer IT, Senntor Jnsoph v.
Quarles. Ills Senate district is composed Of
Kenosl!a afd Wntwurth Counties, III both ot
public. Of the nboye.Malcd gentlemen,
'Caasotlay. Quarles, md Hnker IRE growing
uen, ,--e1I,S!lerably at'oye the average. Post.
master E!ihn Enos,, OF Waukgslla, lii.s, mntle
7I,ft fff,F,
lust ny sonii NJ u g0od oppnrtunlty Offers It.
self this dfstrict is II Republican ssrUng-
hOftl. rhe Democrats arc always bothered
to Kct ulAlhn IL run.
TIL: SECOND D1srRcr,
composed cp of nG''e, Jefferson, Columbia. nlNl
so',, three terms. and nv l,a In II ea.slldnto
for Il fourth term aNtt Inns l,lAle fulr record,
auid ~ tlicrc IL no other very strung INN srek-
Wull WILL be returned: Senator Burrows, uf
Dane, all Senator Woudu!nll, Ut Sauls, nru
frequently ',an,rt tn connection with the
nomination. but 1t Is nnaerstoml to l,e for the
ytur, wlen Ar. Caswe!I dues not desire to lu
sent buck. This district IL 10 en,phatcully
IsernblcAn that lulle Ut tic prominent Dem
oCrnts Mtc anSintls for n nomination.
. THE 'rIltisD DISTRICT.
Tho Hon. Gcnrgp q. Ilnzult0,,, who Inns
bevn twtce elected. b M Mctiyo candidate for
ail0t]scT terlM md With fuir clln,lces for E,lr-
cess. Ills elaSe call tWu years uEtl weaktlls
l,lm somewhat, but ns he ra N,lltln n faithful
.prese,,tntiye It IL iclleye.l l,o Will htvu ,.s,
tySrS srs@t .litlle,Ilty In sgsrlnE y 4fS,,oia'!-
q. Clark ot GraMt, u1,d Gen. Ji.,nys Dlnt-
litf IT Lafayette. would, !Iks 70
succeed Mr.. llaztlton, alsl thuy will
watch thu futuru wifi. Interest u,,i
determination. There !: nut II Dem
1gnt 9, IN sither ct tlo oeoulties-tirsnt, Green.
caM foIl', within 2,atl votes VI III election The
coming fall, unless It ,u {iel,. John Lawler,
OF CrawfoEd, md IL Is kiiuwn that l,e ii
nyetsc to making my kind Of u politica! can-
test p
THE FOuItrl1 pIaTIllcr.
There Is every jn,llcaton tint thurs will be
spirited contest ftE the Republican nOlIun.
ttosl 1t y connln'sc!l VI milwaukee,, WasI.-
ington, and 0zaHkeg Counties. Atllwaukcsls
Bufp for A,U00 ltepNbltcnn majority, md III
their best dHys Washington a&ll Uzn,,kcu
County Denlocrnts could hot overcome thDse
figures. Eur the lfrat l1lIA III Its h!stNry, tho
EOuEth Will ilprk Il llpu4plILau. Il t:tilL,g