Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-08-21

Legislature tickets, all must admit.
If nominated he will surely be elect
ed, and make for the district faith
full efficient representative.
What are the chances Of his nom
ination, if supported by the delegates
from Iowa county? As good as the
best. The congressional convention
this year will assemble with dis
position more than ever before to
consider the interests OF the country
and the party rather than personal
desires or local claims In this
spirit where car they look for rep
resentative in whose hands the in
terests of the district and the coun-
try will be more safe than in Mr.
| Aliens? Who can be named that
more than he gives promise Of faith
full, intelligent and honest devotion
to the duties of representative?
Whence is to come the candidate
more worthy to bear the republican
standard in this district, or more
sure to wayejit in victory on the 4th
of November? 1t is conceded that
there is danger Of the temperance
party making serious inroads upon
us, against which what better de-
Tense can be made than the name of
Philip Allen, Jr. In Iowa county
we have two doubtful assembly dis
tricts, which it is important to carry
this fall, as the election of repub-
lican U. S. Senator may depend up
on it, what name on the republican
ticket for congress would aid more
to that end than Mr.. Aliens? All
these questions the congressional
convention should and no doubt will
consider In doing so, all names
must be impartially weighed, and we
have little doubt that many if not
all will kick the beam before Aliens
While the number of gentlemen
suggested for the nomination this
year is unusually large, uncommonly
little bitterness is manifest. The
advocates of each, as a rule, confne
themselves to well tempered argu-
ments to sustain their views, and
avoid unkindly reference to others.
This is no doubt due in part to
feeling that unity of action after
nomination is necessary to success,
but more of the agreeable fact is at
tributabie to the unobjectionabe
character Of the several gentlemen
named The friends of each candi-
date give positive assurance to those
of others, that cordial support will
be given the nominee. From Dane
county we may expect to hear strong
reasons why their fayorite should be
chosen. From the Republican hosts
of Green will surely be heard
weighty arguments to support their
choice Lafayette will come well
prepared to sustain her claims to
recognition, but each with balm
for the wounds of disappointment
that many must suffer. Grant coun-
ty only of the five, as it now appears,
will be there clancy free" From
none can come more or better pleas
than may be offered for Mr.. Allen,
and therefore our hope and conf
dence that the verdict will be in his
favor.
A particularly sad incident of the
past week was the sudden death of
Mrs. II. NJ. Lewis, the wife of the
United States district attorney for
tho Mestern circuit, died suddenly at
4 o'clock this morning in the 50th
year of her age. Mrs. Lewis was
taken i'll last Wednesday, and al
though she was quite sick, her unex-
pected death is terrible shock. Mr..
Lewis, who was ignorant of her seri-
GUS illness, arrived from Ashland
but few hours before she died.
She has long been known as a charm
ing writer on botanical subjects, and
at the time of her demise was secre-
tary Of the State Horticultural soci-
ETY..
For many years she has been
member of the Wisconsin Authors
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