Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-31

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as seCoud-class matter.
AB.i. BENNETT, Editors.
CONGRESSMAN Burr w. Jones an
nounces that those who wish viii
have an opportunity to compete for
appointment to fiji vacancy at
West Point for the third congress
ional district. The examination at
West Point will take place in June.
Before that time competitive ex-
animation will be held in the district
as means of selecting the candi-
date. Mr.. Jones viii send instruc
ton as to the studies and require
ments to any one who may write to
him for information.
IN advocating the bill to repeal
the ironclad oath Sunset Cor said:
"XYo are now approaching an era of
good feeling, if not Of Democratic
ascendancy This ascendancy should
inure to the interests Of public liber-
ty in its largest acceptatiou. Il
Let us bridge over the abysses Of
civil strife, as the Romans did, with
a bridge of gold" The last sen
tence quoted was received with hon
est and hearty applause by the rep.
resentatives from the solid South,
whose constituents are prevented,
by past disloyalty, from obtaining
payment for claims amounting to
hundreds Of millions Of dollars.
Their payment would build the kind
of "bridge Of gold" which, to use
Mr. CoX's words again, ought to
remove every suspicion that poisons
political integrity or embitters pa
triotic union
Ir may be true tbat Gen. "Billy
Sherman" has said and repeated that
ne would not accept if unanimously
nominated, nor serve il unanimous.
ly elected President; but many think
he would just the same. And the
reason why they think SO is that
they know him to be too true n pat
riot to refuse to serve his country
in any position she may call upon
him to occupy. That it would be a
sacrifice to him to be President is
true. But it is n reflection on the
illustious Sherman to assume that
he would not sacrifice personal in
tercst and comfort for the good of
the Nation. lie had often made
such sacrifice, and would do it again
if necessary Our flag is still there.
1t is nailed to the mast, and will
certainly not be hauled down until
after the Chicago convention, and
we hope that it will remain until
after next falls election.
THE Appleton Crescent Dem,
with great cheerfulness, predicts
that "the Prohibitionists will make
things hum in Wisconsin next fall.
1t says. "rhey have commenced the
campaign early, and will leave nc
stone unturned to poll votes FOL
president, state officers, congressmeT
and legislators There is nothing
short Of the actual possession o
an Office -- that makes a Bourbon
Democrat so cheerful as to hear tina
the Prohibitionists propose to b,
active lie doesn't favor prohibition
himself; he thinks it all wrong; Blu
he has no fears of its success, anl
he firmly believes that the agitation
of the subject can nave only on,
result, that of promoting Democrat
ic success. The same journal up
proves Mr. peuSter, the author o
the proposed amendment to the con
sttution prohibiting prohibition, a
sensible and practical"
The annual encampment Of tn
Wis. Department of the c. a. II
held last week at Evansville, wa
more largely attended, and attraete,
more attention throughout the Stat
than all of the seventeen like meet
ings that had preceded it. Tn
number of soldiers present could no
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