Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-04


the law and in maintenance of the
principle that "other things being
equal" the men who fought the bat
ties by which this Nation was pre-
served shall have preference for the
positions Of honor and profit at the
disposal of the Nation. Having Sc
cured recognition of this principle
by the highest authority, Gen Harm
denis soldier friends now have a
right to expect and demand that he
respect it also so far as to place at
least some ex-soldiers on his staff of
deputies. Whether the proposed
consolidation of districts is to be
abandoned, does not yet appear, but
the general impression here is, that
the districts will remain as they are,
Ilarnden and Lottridge both con-
tinuing in Office. This we trust will
not be done. Such course cannot
be justified. 1t would appear on its
face that the department retained
two officers where but one was need
ed, because it "hadn't the sand" to
say which should 60 out Our first
impression, that the best thing to
have done was the appointment of a
new man, some worthy ex-soldier,
for the consolidated district, is
strengthened by later developments
Several capitalists of the city have
taken preliminary steps to arrange
an electric light company. The one
gas company here is so exorbitant
in its prices that the people are be-
coming FESTIVE. Not more than one
half of the business houses of the
city, and very lew private houses,
use gas, because of the excessive
prlce-S3.5O to $500 per 1000. |
That great philanthropist, S. ID |
Hastings is a heavy stakeholder and
treasurer If the monopoly company.
Sporting men here took consider
able interest in the race between the
famous trotters ST Julien and Jay
Eye-See, which came off last Satur-
day at Fleetwood Park. State pride
demands, says the sedate Milwaukee
Sentinel, that we all throw up our
hats over the victory of the Racine
horse. w. II. b.
THE GAINESVILLE Recorder and Min
eral Point TRIBUNE are placing
limit, as it were, on Gov Rusk's as
pirations. They are assuring the
masses that he only wants cone
more out Of the same BOTTLE" to-wit,
a re-elec ion, and his no intentions
of reaching out for anything in the
senatorial decanter But they must
remember that when a man allows
an appetite to form for political hon
ors, he is like other habituals. lie
needs larger doses of stronger slim
ulants to 90 to the spot.-HadjS0n
Democrat.
So far as this paper is concerned
there is no desire to circumscribe
the Governor within any pent-up
Utica" of the Governorship if he
wants to go into the Senate, but we
don't believe the Governor has any
idea of pushing for the Senatorship
either openly or covertly. He is too
wise and discrete a man to weaken
his Gubernatorial chances by grasp
ing after all the fruit in the political
orchard. -JaaeSvjiIe Recorder
No one will question the friend
ship of the TRIBUNE for Governor
Rusk-(to doubt the loyalty of our
Madison contemporary to democ.
racy, were as reasonably In at
tempting to controyert the story
that Rusk is aspiring to succeed
himself as Governor and to secure
election to the L. 5. Senate at the
same time, we furnish the very best
evidence of our friendship. With
the Recorder, we esteem the Cover
nor's political judgment too great to
allow him to jeopardize his good
chance of plucking the Gubernato-
rial pear, by reaching after the Sena-
torial plum.