River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-29
TIE REPUBLICAN TICKET.

THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
We to-day place at the head of our
editorial columns the nominations of
the Republican party for the pending
campaign. While the JOURNAL sup
ports the ticket throughout, it will
not effect an enthusiasm Which it does
not feel. Though the gentlemen of
whom the ticket is composed are not
personally Objectionable to us in a
single instance, the constant reader of
this paper cannot fail to observe that
we are not in full sympathy with the
influences which have combined to
produce it. There are those WHO may
not look upon this suggestion as ortho-
dox Republicanism, but it is simple
statement of well-known fact.
Gen. j. NJ. Rusk, the nominee for
Governor, is well known throughout
the State and has made for himself
a creditable record both as military
and civil officer. He was member
of the legislature in 1862 and in July
of that year was commissioned Major
of the 25th Wisconsin Volunteers; he
was soon after promoted to the posi-
ton of Colonel, and serving with dis
tinguished gallantry was mustered out
at the close of the war and brevetted
Brigadier General. He served the
people as Bank Comptroller from 1855
to 1869, both years inclusive, and in
1870 was elected Representative of
the then Sixth District in the AID
Congress. In 1872 he was elected to
represent the present Seventh District
in the 43d Congress and in 1874 was
reelected to the 44th. In 1878 he was
appointed Railroad commissioner by
Governor Smith, but his implacable
enemy, 'Bill'' Price, was in the SEN
ate and prevented his confirmation.
Sam S. Fifield, of Ashland, the nom
inee for Lieutenant Governor, is well
known in the st. Croix Valley and
| throughout the State. When youth
we believe he lived in Prescott and af.
forwards graduated from .Taylors
Falls printing office. For a number OF
years he was editor. publisher and
proprietor of the Polk County Press
going to Ashland some eight or nine
wears ago where he established the
Ashland Press and begun to "whooI
'er up for "The New Wisconsin.
lie was Sergeant-at Arms Of the As
sembly in 1871 and 1872, member OF
that body in 1874, 1875 and 1915, serv
ing it as Speaker in the year last nam
ed. In 1877 he succeeded Hon. III. ID
Barron in the State Senate and in 1875
was again elected to the Senate from
the oath district for the term expiring
on the first Monday of January next.
Capt. Ernst G.. Timme, the nominee
for Secretary of State, though less
| widely known than any one else on the
State ticket, is generally regarded as
one of the most acceptable of the candi
dates. He entered the army al
the age of eighteen, in the First Wis
consin Infantry, proved gallant sol
der and lost an arm at Chicamauga
where the late President Garfield woI
distinction. Returning home Captain
| Tinme fitted himself for bushes;
career, and during the past fourteen
years has served the people of Keno
sha county in the capacity of Count.
Clerk, an excellent school for the edu
cation of State Secretaries. His nom
ination was made in obedience to the
wishes of Germans and soldiers, ant
it was not the result of "dicker' O.
any kind. He was urged to abandon
his aspirations for this office and TAX
the nomination for State Treasurer
but fearing no combinations tina
could be made against him he stood
manfully by his guns and was nomi
mated on the first ballot.
Hon. Edward C. MeFetridge, tn
nominee for State Treasurer, is a res
ident of Dodge county, a Democratic
stronghold. His personal popularity
at home has secured his election t.
the office of County Treasurer. as
member of the Assembly, and also t.
the State Senate. in the face of
strong majority against his party
These facts Indicate that he is stroni
man and worthy of promotion. lie i
bv occupation a manufacturer o
wooden goods.
Hon. Leander F. Frisbv, the noml
nee for Attorney General, is one OF tn
foremost lawyers of the State. He wa
a member of the Assembly in 1851,
Presidential Elector in 1868 and a car
didate for Attorney General in 1878
when the ticket was defeated. Hi
popularity at home is best illustrate
by the fact that in 1878 in a Congre;
sional District which gave Demo
cratic majority of nearly six thousan
two years before, he was candidat
for Congress and was defeated by bu
one hundred and thirty-tive votes.
Robert Graham. the nominee 70
State superintendent, is Professo
in the Normal School at Oshkosh, an
one of the foremost educators of th