Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-04-26
Political Hnriseones.

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1t is becoming clearly observable,
even with an intellect Of ordinary ca
pacitY, that the political saints rest sup
posed to have been provided by the BIZ
ennial sessions amendment has failed
of its object. Theories to the contrary,
Notwithstanding political ambitions, re-
fuse to suffer and be silent; but, like the
ghost in Hamlet, stalk across the stage
with beaver up, to the great discomfort
and annoyance of the physicians who
find their panacea imperative. 1t is
yet nearly two years, according to the
calendar, before candidates are to don
their armor, in the fight for place; but
already the busy-bodies are earnestly
casting the horoscopes of their patrons.
and searching the political heavens, to
see if the stars are propitious for their
success. Among Badger astrologers,
attention is being principally paid to
the Senatorial chair, now warmed by
Senator Cameron, who Is filling out
Senator Carpenters unexpired term,
which closes March 4th, 1885. 1t can
not be said that Senator Cameron has
not made an able ambassador, not re-
marksble for any special eloquence, but
plain, practical, and painstaking. Yet
the Senator is wise in his generation;
and while, like Barkis, is ''willin', -" is
shrewd enough to perceive the numer-
Gus other candidates in training, and
will preserve his dignity by not entering
into n rough-and-tumble race for the
toga.
The astute correspondents, who have
temporarily assumed the role of master
OF ceremonies, in regulating the order
OF succession, haye bobbed up several
names on the Republican side, among
them Gov Rusk and Thad. Pound. As
Gov. Rusk is about as certain of being
reelected to the gubernatorial chair, as
the sun is of rising in '84, it is not prob
able that his ambition will DER leap it.
self, and be prematurely dragged
through the waters of lively scrim-
mage. Pound, on the other hand, may
be in training, but the ex-Congressman
should remember that he that boometh
boom too early in the season, is likely
to sit on the fence and watch the pro-
cession 60 by, in the distant future.
In the Democratic household, the
heart tiutterings are just as vigorous as
though the party held hand of trumps
and had just turned Jack. There is only
one thing to participate the liveliest
kind of a scramble for glory, and that
is 'the event of Democratic legisla-
ture." If the Democratic party cap
ture the capitol, then the heads of Alex
ander Mitchell. III. l.. Palmer, Col. Villas
and Gen. Bragg are already announced
to bob up serenely among the rushes of
the political duck pond, with several dis
tricts still to hear from. If. 1t is a short
word, and great with possibilities, but
greater with improbabilities. On the
strength of that single word, these self
sacrificing heroes need tarry no longer
on the anxious seat. Lightning never
strikes twice, in succession, in the same
place, and the time for the erection of
Democratic Lightning rods has gone by
The eccentricities of Wisconsin are linn
tied to off years. The next Senator will
be a Republican, but just what Repub-
lican will, at this early date, have to be
left to the divinations of those astute
astrologers, the correspondents.