Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-04-27
Now we have man with the nerve ard
the COURAGE To taar off the

We VIII stand by hlm. JsSt look how
the democrats in the legislature have
sustained the governor 10 his vetoes
tell you the party is solid for Batler,
and If he wants to run next fall he will
be elected"
REPUBLICAN sEARcH FOR HARMONY.
The poilticsl fight of this year will be
one of the most desperate ever fought
IN the old Bay state. The efforts of the
republican managers seem to be to
bring about harmony in their own par
" ranks. This is difficult task. The
control of the state committee has come
into the hands of Henry Cabot Lodge,
= scion of the old aristooraio element
which still hangs together on Beacon
Hill and the Back Bay. He has no
sympathy with or understanding OF the
GRANGER CONTINGENT,
the hardy sous of tolt, whose hauds
and faces on election day and at the
primaries bear the plsinest evidences
u exposure to the sun, Mr.. Lodge is
literary gentleman with ambition in
the held Of po.iucs--a aaan who has
eeen rejected by the people Of South,
ern Essex when ho was candidate
Tor the state sensts snd for seat in
congress. He will word hard; Of his
thele can hs no doubt; but he is nst
! match II tsoics for the manages of
Buffers campaign.
have made it my bu >iness, since
my arrival in Baston, to look around
Smopg the politicians little and to
gauge, if possible, the stream OF public
sentiment. l have been at the State
6ouSs: | have looked ia on the Tewks
investigation; have seen the two houses
Of the legislature IL session: have even
been favored by a peep into the execu-
i've chamber. In each ana every
place found the most Incense activity
and esrnestness. There is no loating
.r loungin2; everybody is hard at
work. The republican laaders--s,nt
the party is not favored very we'll in
this direction-are on the alert from
morning till night. They have =
Willy ANTAGONIST
10 deal with man full of tricks, ex-
pedientS and surprises. No sooner
nave they concluded that they have
mastered one subject than smother is
prung on them. And there is more
III reserve as they know full well. 1t
Is no chiid's play to serve term in the
Massachusetts G neral Court In this
year of grace, 1888
PAHTlEs ORGANIZING
Both parties are busily engaged in
perfectlng their organizations. In
many of the towns of that county and
If southern and western Middlosex,
there has heretofore been no effective
organization. The repub-
licans have had the advantage of pos
essiug nucleus in the post office.
The rural postmaster is power; he
knows all the moves on the board; he
knows how the sentiment rIus in his
vicinity; he distributes all the cam
paign literature for his party and dos
i, tfsctive work in other directions. But
BuTLER's FRIENDS ARE ALREADY At WORK
III these out of-the-way communities.
They are preparing, through tried and
trusted supporters, for the struggle in
November. The party headquarters
in Boston are furnished occasionally
with the most reliable information rs
TO the feelings of men who voted last fall
for the general, just to see what the old
man would do" Every man who has
been disposed TO repent of his action
in this respect has been seen and Ia
bored with. The vigorous onslaughts
on
ABUSES IN ADMINISTRATION
which the governor has made since his
has been pointed out and
promises Of further revelations and
startling disclosures are freely made.
The republican agents and canvassers
to him that Governor Butler
is basely slandering the commonwealth
for his own political advantage; that
he is 8 reckless aud dangerous man,
who has no o' act in view beyond self
aggrandizement. And so the average
voter in the back towns is liable 10 90
the summer in state of I'M
From what have observed am free
to say that Gov. Butler has lost very
little if any ground. He stands as
we'll to-day with the masses as he did
last fall, and if he makes no serious
blunder will command the situation
when the time for nominations cor1es
around. The republicans are in very
embarrassing position in the Tewksbury
affair. The public opinion of the
state is decidedly in favor of
the removal OF the Marsh family.
II the committee recommends their
dismissal and the legislature should
sustain the report tho party would find
itself compelled to admit that General
Buffers charges were fully sustained,
and if the contrary course be adopted
the governor can appeal to the people
and claim to have done all he could to
remove abuses and bring about an
efficient administration, but was pre-
vented by the republican party, which
has large working majority in both
houses. And the people would be in
clined to believe him. Tho dilemma
is decidedly awkward and il Is already
troubling the leaders.
ANOTHER SENSATION COMING.
| heard within day or two that
after the Tewksbury affair is at an end
another sensation will be sprung on the
legislature and the people. He limited
at the stale police force as the object of
attack. This body Of men is charged
with the inspection Of factories to see
If their owners comply with the law
regulating the means of ingress and
esress and the hours Of labor for adults
and minors. To the members Of tEe
force is also intrusted the enforcement
of the law governing the
sALE OF LIQUOR
in places where no provision ran be
made locally for such work. They
seize aud store atsome designated place
the liquors found exposed for sale and
keep q record OF tue packages and
quantities pending decision OF the
court as to the guilt or innocence of
the parties from whom they were taken.
Ii tie court shouid determine that the
seizure was not justified it is
their duty to restore the Identical
packages 10 their owners. Al friend
teld me that the governor ID not satis-
fed that these conditions have been
fulfilled and that he is preparing to
LAY BARE ANOTHER STATE SORE
for the edification OF tn. good people
of Massachusetts,. II is TO be charged,
he says, that the state police IN times
past have been in the habit Of selling
liquors supposed to be held by them,
pending legal decision, and also
liquors which by order of the court
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