Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-08-04
Unfair and UnWiSe.

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ests and individuals in the discuss
ion of men and measures. There
fore to find the following IN its issue
of last week is the more surprising:
"The Third District is remarkably
modest, so far as has been demon.
strated, in her claims, the names of
Hon. G. w. Ryland, of Grant, and
Hon. J. B. Treat, of Green, being
the only ones named with promi-
nence for a position on the State
ticket, and they for Lieut.. Governor.
1t is true that J. H.Wagonner, form
erly of Richland county, is candi-
date for Secretary of State, but he
has held the position of Chief Clerk
of the Land Department, at Madison,
for the past five or six years, and 1t
should not be claimed that he is still
a resident of this district"
The object of the Witness article,
to advocate and advance the candi-
dacy of Hon. CIV. Ryland for Lieut..
Governor, no one will find fault
with; and the good things said of
that gentleman will find endorse
ment among those who know him;
but the attempt of the Witness to
unfairly prejudice another gentle
man, simply because his name is
suggested for position on the State
ticket, and therefore he may be in
the way of it's favorite is unworthy
of our contemporary, and we are sure
must be regretted by Mr.. Ryland
and all fair minded supporters of
that gentleman.
Mr.. Waggoner has been resi-
dent of the Sd Congressional dis
trict from early boyhood. He has
never voted in any other district.
All his efforts and enterprises have
been within the district. AS an ed
itor, he has labored as long and as
efficiently for the Republican cause
as the editor of the Witness. Since
January lst, 1878 he has occupied
the position of Chief Clerk of the
State Land Office, mot for five or six
years as the Witness states, but has
consistently retained his residence
in Richland county-votes there, his
homestead and all other possessions
are there; his surplus earnings have
been invested there; and there he
expects to return. AS justly might
it be asserted that Attorney General
Wilson, Congressman Hazelton, or
other officials who necessarily spend
most of their time away from home
are not residents of the district, as
to assert such of Mr.. w.
The unwisdom and inconsistency
of the above paragraph appear the
more oonspicuously in comparison
with the following plea for harmon
ious action by the delegation from
the district, which Immediately pre-
ceeds it: Gas there are eight Offices
to be filed and as our State contains
eight Congressional Districts it is
very generally understood that a
nomination is to be assigned to each
district. 1t is eminently important
that the delegates from eacn dis,
uict should determine line OF pol
icy to persue, so that their strength
in whatever direction thrown, shall
he as near q unit as possible"
While oontending that the third
district, with its 1900 Republican
majority, should not be put off with
the least desirable position on the
ticket; and believing that the aom-
ination of Mr.. Waggoner for Secre'
tary of State would be most gener,
ally approved throughout the dis
trict: his friends we are sure Will
not contend for it against the wish
of a majority Of the delegates chos
en-. The friends of Mr.. Treat, who
80. 40 ,>,,,,,,aptly ae Mr.