Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-05-03
CAPITAL NOTES.
MADISON, May lat, 1888.

! Joy SlDiCs ~ VI Al AANsJ
a change, and although the sun
shines brightly this May morning,
the air is entirely too "bracing for
perfect comfort. The absence of
rain for the past eight days has left
the ground in fine condition for
spring blowing, and farmers are
consequently busy and happy.
Because Governor Rusk saw fit to
start out on trip without notifying
reporters as to his business and
route, there is quite a commotion
among the "bohemians Of the pres"
and every day the papers have some
new rumor as to his whereabouts
and business. The Sunday Tete-
graph, with its usual perspicuity dis
covers the secret, and tells the world
that the Governor has gone east on
an important political mission as
follows:
"Those who keep posted on cur
rent events in politics, had no diff
Guilty at all in knowing all about, or
nearly all about, his errand. 1t is
stated on good authority that there
is a general effort being made at the
east to harmonic all the conflicting
personal and factious elements in
the Republican party throughout
the country, east, west, and south.
In New York the movement has
made such progress that confer
ance Of the rival chiefs of fractions
has been called. In Pennsylvania
the hostile Wings are negotiating
the terms Of an agreement. While
these movements are in progress, a
quiet meeting Of leading republicans
from various parts of the country,
including all the republican gov
errors of states, is to be held, to rat
ify treaties Of peace, or to aid in har-
monizing factions whore possible,
and to agree upon general concert
Of action in the approaching cam
paign. Ohio is regarded as the
doubtful and yeyatious element in
the approaching campaigns, and it
is admitted that means must be de-
vised to prevent the temperance is
sue from absorbing all others in that
state, as the loss of the German vote
on that question means the loss Of
everything. Other states have sim
liar vexatious questions, but none so
menacing. Measures to carry three
to five southern states are also under
consideration. These and Kindred
questions are to the subject of full
informal conference Of rs many
leading republicans as can be quiet
ly assembled the coming week, at a
central eastern point, and Gov. Rusk
is one Of the invited "high joints"
&, participate in the meeting"
The above is presented to show
what q fertile Imagination can pro-
duce For the information of TRB.
rNG readers only we will state that
the Governor has not gone east, but
west; that his GRAND is non-political,
but purely personal
1t may be that the Sunday Iele-
GRAPH is no more certain Of its facts
in relation to the movements of the
chairman of the Democratic State
Committee, which are presented as
follows:
"The scheme Of DIR. Wendell a.
/ Anderson, the democratic chairman
is to procure from one hundred
wealthy democrats 500 each, max
ing a total sum Of $4,000, for agi.
tation fund, and to pay the expense
of democratic missionary work. He
has not reported progress in such a
way that it can be learned how much
money he has secured, but the
scheme is generally looked upon
with distrust, 10y those who are not
asked to contribute, as we'll as by
I those who are, The democraticparty
at large is opposed to placing this
amount of money in the hands of
any ring chief, whether he happens
to be a man Of great ability or small
ability, for they apprehend that it
will be used to run caucuses and
conventions to quite rs great an ex-
tent as for the general good. DR..
Anderson has but one more duty to
perform as chairman of the demo
/ cratic state committee, which is t.
call the next state convention under
I the instructions of the democratic
committee. Whether he Will be APP
pointed chairman for another term
depends entirely upon the conyen-
ton when it shall assemble and act
upon that question What DR. An
! dersou proposes to do with $4,000
between now and the time when the
democratic state convention is to
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