Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-08

veterans are deprived OF the pen
sions justly and legally due them,
was unanimously endorsed by the
convention:
Res0lced, That we hold it to be
the undisputed and imperative duty
of the government, without further
delay, to create such rules and enact
such laws as may be necessary, to
forthwith allow and pay to all hon
orably discharged soldiers now liv-
ing, and to the heirs and legal rep
resentatives of soldiers not living,
all just claims for pensions, back
pay and bounty to which the laws of
the land entitle them
That we deprecate and disapprove
the principle and practice which re-
quire claimants in such cases to
make an arbitrary and stronger proof
in order to recover, than is required
by the common law and customs in
matters of business and proceedings
in court.
That under such rules and regu-
lations the republicans of Wiscon-
sin insist and demand that sufficient
force be employed in the respective
departments as shall adjudicate and
allow every mertorious claim with
in the least possible period of time.
A particularly noticeable charact-
eristic of the convention was its free
and easy, ego as you please" manner
of doing things, leaving no chance
for the slightest suspicion of ma
chine management. In the distribu-
ton of favors all elements of the
party received recognition, and no
question of faction was raised All
seemed only anxious to do what was
best for the party, and carefully ig-
nored past personal differences.
The full list of delegates to Chi
cago is as follows:
At Iarge-E II. Brodhead, L. w.
Reyes, Jonathan Bowman and Thos.
b. Scott.
First district-H. A. Cooper, John
J. Sale.
Second DISTRICTS. S. Barney, w.
T. Rambush
Third djstrict-Calvert Spensley,
A. G. Dodge.
Fourth diStrjct-Edward Sander
son, b. Z. Winkler.
Fifth dSstrict-J. II. Mead, C. E..
| EStabrook.
S,sth district--C. b. Clark, A. NJ.
Kimball.
.Seventh djStrict-C. NJ. Butt, 0. f
Temple
Eighth distrjct-Geo. B. Shaw, Ii.
A. Taylor.
Ninth djstrjct-Alex. Stewart, A.
| o. Ellis.
There is consid cradle speculation
as to presidential preferences of the
delegates. 1t is safe to say, that not
more than one half will vote for
either Blaine or Arthur at any time.
There is reason to expect that the
delegation will act as a unit at the
outset, and cast their votes for Gen.
Fairchild, unless it appears that such
a course is unwise. If Blaine or
Arthur or Edmunds can be nomi-
mated by the otes of ten or twelve
of the Wisconsin delegates, he will
get them. If either of those gen
tlemen depends upon the full vote of
Wisconsin for nomination, he will
not receive it. There is a belief
among the best informed politicians
that the nomination will fall to some
one aside from the prominent candi-
dates; that each of them will en-
ter the convention with majority
positively against him, as was the
case with Grant and Blaine in 1880.
In such event it is generally con-
seeded the convention will turn to
Gen. Sherman or Robert Lincoln,
and in such a movement we hope to
see the Wisconsin delegation take
the lead, as they did for Garfield.
Hon. II. w. Spence as president,
and Col. Nicholas Smith as secretary
of the convention acquitted them
selves with great credit
The presidential electoral ticket
for the state is as follows:
At large-Chas. j. /. Meyer, F,
A. Husher.
Districts-lst, J. w. Ostrander,
Cd, d. G. VanBrunt, Sd, Joseph
Harris, 4th, John Rugee, 5th, E. w,
Arndt, 9Th, b. T, Regain, 18th, w. M,
Togo, Sth, Canute Anderson, 9th, E.