Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-04


the capital.
The letter Of Thad. G. Pound
declaring for Cleveland was not
unexpected to some Republicans
here. Mr.. Pound aspired to a cabi-
net position under Garfield it is said,
and, it is further said, he attributed
his failure to secure the recognition
to unfavorable influences by Mr..
Blaine. This and reported strong
personal affinity" between Cleye-
land and Pound, are offered in ex-
PLANTATION of the latter's present pc.
litical course.
All Dane county delegates to the
Republican congressional conven-
ton are instructed to support LaFol-
lette, and use all honorable means
to secure his nomination. Thus we
have, it appears, four of the five
counties each supporting candi-
date of its own with solid delega-
ton. Dane, IA votes for LaFollette;
, Iowa, for Allen; Green, 6 for
Treat, and Lafayette, 6 for Orion.
! Grant county, having no home can
, didate, all eyes turn to her. Each
candidates hope is that he may be
the most acceptable to the people of
Grant. Orton's friends seem to have
confidence that he will receive a ma.
jority of the Grant county votes,
and upon that hypothesis claim his
chance to be the best. LaFollette's
friends figure at least few votes
from Grant, which added to his
fourteen from Dane, they argue
will put him so far ahead that he
must be counted No. in the race
Treats basis of hope is the special
claims of Green county, which his
friends seem to think will be recog.
nized, when delegates depart from
their first choice, which many must
do before a nomination is made.
But what is Aliens chance? says
some one. AS before we say: As
good as anybody's. There is good
reason to expect that he will be sup
; ported by portion of the GRAM
county delegates from the outset
and so stand on an equal footing
with the others at the start. In the
: primary canvass his candidacy has
r antagonized no other, and there ii
every reason to expect that he vii
l be second choice of a greater mum
i Der than any other candidate. Hi
5 merit, fitness and availability none
question. These three REQUESTS NJ
! competitor more fully combines
: Therefore our mistaken faith tina
he will ultimately be nominated.
At Dodgeville last week, we hear(
some talk about prospective nomi
nees for county offices. Amonl
other suggestions was one by gooC
Republican in favor Of the nomina
ton of Miss Bowling by the Re
publican county convention, fo
Supt. of schools. The argumen
was that the position is not, am
should not be considered as politica
That it was so treated by the Demo
Gratis on one occasion, when they Ell
= dorsed the nomination of Mr. Wn
A. Jones. That Miss Dowling's aC
} ministration of the Office merits ger
I, eral recognition; and thus Republ
cans have an opportunity of secono
ing the movement of the Democrat
= toward removing the county-schoo
y system entirely from the arena c
partisan strifes. The reasons give
strike us as being sound, and W
% trust the Republicans of the count
} when they meet in convention ma
+ so conclude. w. IL. Is.
,e THE Milwaukee SentjneI.' The L
.. dependents have begun to apologi2
n for Southern lawlessness and the us
d of firearms to control elections, an
h. pretty soon it will be denied tn
m they raise more hell than cotton
it portions of the South; but the ira
i eler through the interior counties
in Southern state, seeing their use
lie antiquated farm machinery and Il
most modern firearms, is not to
BIS persuaded that the absence of a X
ii. publican vote is accidental. Son