Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-08-17

and of all Anti-Machin lists
Generally.
La CROSSE, Aug. 1.-THE Chroni-
Gle has the following special from
Sparta: The discussion of the conSoli-
dation of the revenue districts of the
state with Collector llottridge, of Spar
tn, rs collector of the western district,
has attracted such general comment
throughout the state that some of
( Col. Lottrldge'S own remarks on
! the matter may be of interest. The
colonel is one of the politicians
whom time has calloused SO that he
looks pleasant under most any Cur
cumstances, and as he is usually on
top. he can afford to do SO.
He says Madison started the whole
row because he told them that il ap-
pointed collector of the western dis
triet he would not move the Office TO
Madison. He says prominent Madi-
sonlans came to him early and told
him they didn't care anything about
Harnden. but they wanted the office
kept in Madison This is the milk in
the cocoanut, he thinks, and after
they found the office would not 90 to
Madison they charged around and got
Harnden to thinking he was abused
simply because he couldn't have the
office forever. He had expressed him
self as satisfied at the outset but he
has been worked up to pitch that
made him admit now that his removal
was an outrage on the soldiers
Col. Lottridge says: If Gen.
Harnden is the kind of a soldier who
must have an office all the time or
kick over the traces and be demo
crat and if there is any respectable
proportion of the republican soldiers
who are going to follow him, I'm pa
trlot enough to step down and out. |
never was an otlicc-Seeker and | didn' I
ask anybody for this Office. But
don't propose to take Bona Rogers
word for it. :"
The colonel" is somewhat severe
on Bona" who, he says, is dis
gruntled sort of politician whom no
body has ever been able to train with
or satisfy politically. He wants the
say SO o. some of the men of a diff
ferent class before he believes that
/ the soldiers are to be weaned from
the republican party because he is
collector
The boys here arc having some sport
with the colonel as to his assistants
in office and have put some soldiers
up to asking about them and whether
or not they are soldiers Judge Tom
Steele is the principal clerk and Mr..
Norman Kelley is the other assistant.
Judge Steele's war record is very
much like Colonel Lottridge's own
and Mr.. Kelley was too young at war
time to go to battle.
The Judge is one of your cool, col
| lected sort of politicians who does
nothing aimlessly, and if there should
really come a necessity for a soldier
record or democratic certificate of
| character III order to hold his place,
| he would be as deXterouS as any man
living in procuring what he wanted,
if it could be had But the judge is
rather inclined also TO discredit the
idea that Bona Rogers represents
any large majority of the republican
soldiers, anyway.
There is considerable fun to bc had
in the scrape at this point, as can be
seen from the foregoing. There is a
disposition to nag Colonel " Lot
fridge just to hear hlm give it to the
kickers, but SO far as Sparta is con
cerned, it would be hard to find man
who would please them, personally,
any better than the colonel, ; though
they do swear when you ask them how
they liked the way he managed Mon
roe county for them last fall.