Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-12-15
CAPITAL NOTES.

way of appointments, to be bed OF
thornless roses, is wide of the mark.
The Governor, Secretary of State,
Treasurer and Attorney Gen'l elect,
met here last week to confer and de-
eide upon appointments for the IN
corning administration. 1t is stated
thoy had to select dozen or so
from list of nearly two hundred
applicants, all supposed to be deserv-
ing, competent, and well endorsed.
Undoubtedly these officers aimed
faithfully and fairly to perform the
onerous duty, for the very best in
terests of the state, and to carefully
weigh the claims of all applicants.
Yet !. need not be expected that the
result of their labors will be accept
ed by everybody as the best posi-
BILE. Those who hoped to secure
places and do not, will, of course,
be disappointed, and from their
standpoint it will not appear that
the wisest and most just thing was
done in every case. But undoubt.
eddy the great mass Of disinterested
people will approve whatever is
done, in faith that it is well done.
While it is not advertised by the
officers, themselves, there is good
reason to believe that the following
list of clerks selected for the three
leading offices is substantially cor
rect:
office Of ,Secy. Of State.:-M T.
Park, Asst. Secy.; Robert McCurdy,
ID. II. Tullis, Chas. A Leith, +. w.
Beckman, A + Bauer, WV. Jones,
Fanny NJ Villas, clerks
office Of State Treasurer:-3. II,
McFetridge, Asst. Treasurer; Chas.
Wedelstadt, w. b. Ha2eltine and
Henry Kleinpbell, clerks.
Land Office Chas. f, Fricke,
Chief Clerk; T.. S. Mcbride, John
Luxinger, 0. II. Oleson, Geo. b.
Carter, Peter Fagg, b. +. Cram, b.
J. Castle, and c. NJ. Foresman,
clerks, (the last named understood
to be temporary.
The purely executive appointments
are not so clearly indicated, and as
the writer's name is among those in
shat hopper, comment upon them
would be unbecomiDg. Gov. Rusk,
with his family, it is reported will
board at the Park Hotel. Secretary
Of State, Timme, will not remove to
Madison with his family until next
spring, when he will also take up
quarters at the Park Hotel. His as
sistant, Mr.. NJ. +. Parke, has rented
q house of Gen. Atwood, and will
remove his family from Elkborn to
Madison in the course Of fortnight.
1t is predicted here that 81. incom-
ing administration Will prove in
every respect satisfactory and
economical one. 1t was at first
thought there would be grand in
augural ceremony, but these expec-
tations are now entirely abandoned.
No pomp or ceremony of any mag
nitue will mark the accession to
office of the new administration, as
neither Governor elect, Rusk, or any
of his colleagues are in favor of 4
huge and costly demonstration.
The address of the Independent.
Temperance Committee attracts but
little attention. AS means of
strengthening the chance of the
prohibition resolution in the next
Legislature it can but be a failure for
its assaults upon the Republican
party can but have tendency to
provoke members of that party to
oppose it, who might not otherwise
do so. If the desire is to so insense
Republicans as to insure the defeat
of the proposition, and thus furnish
al excuse for continuing indepen-
dent political action by temperance
workers, the address is explained
Speculation as to the organization
of the legislature is beginisug to
manifest itself. For the Speaker
ship, + $ ellison, Of Pierce county,
J. W. Osuauder Of Jefferson and 5
w. Pierce Of Adams, are said to be