St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-09
MILWAUKEE LETTER.
Things Political Taking on an
Active Phase.
Death of VIM. Fink and Louis f.
WergIn-Successful Opera
Season,
Xhe Encampment Not a Financial Success
The st. Paul Road and Its
Employees.
Especial Correspondence of the Globe.

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MILWAUKEE. Sept 6-This week has been
full ofinterest to politicians. and indications
point to an immediate outbreak of campaign
enthusiasm, forced or otherwise. Logan, the
Black Jack Of the Republican party, has been
here. He passed through on the way to
Madison and spoke a word or two at Union
Depot. a Young Independent Republican,
who saw him and heard his speech, uttered
quite general opinion when he pronounced
the dusily candidate political boor. Butler
also smiled and blinked upon Milwaukee for
a short time while on his way to st. Paul.
He spoke 10 the crowd at the depot, address
ing them as wCrkingmen. He told them
that if they voted together en- masse they
could do what they choose with the govern
ment. Like the polished villain that he is
he calmly limited tnat labor can overthrow
The machinery OF the government with case
The depth Of the suggestion is as black as
the record of the deJaagogue who uttered it,
and no honest voter can think of such poll
tics without shudder of disgust. The But
Ter campaign is being made in the interest
Of the man from Maine, and the working
man who allows himself to be deluded by the
great Massachusetts sop-thcower should lose
the respect OF his more enlightened brethren.
But the Batter boom( > will not hurt anybody
least of all Cleveland. The genuine Demo
Gratis see their chance, and with the disaf-
fected Republicans are making things hum
in Wisconsin. Latest reports from different
parts of the state are very encouraging.
THE STATE TICKETS.
The plan was so openly ''cut and dried"
that the statement in last weeks letter that
the old Republican state ticket would be re-
nominated can hardly be called prediction.
The convention INDUCED in good deal of
show and noise with Black Jack at its elbow,
but its work has infused no enthusiasm into
the Republican ranks. The platform build
ers so artfully lodged the temperance ques-
ton that the cold water voters are Disguised,
and will endorse the nominees Of the Prohi-
bition convention Of Thursday at the polls.
S. D. Hastings, their candidate for governor,
will not be elected-they do not expect that
but the Republicans Will find that the vote
Of Wisconsin will be dangerously if not IA
tally split up by this side issue of temper
ancc. The Democrats have never made any
professions of interest in temperance reform
in this state, but the Republicans have; and
now that the party has shown the white
feather the temperance people will desert by
thousands. Gen. Harrison c. Hobart, a
prominent Republican of this city, is one of
the Republican temperance boilers. He sent
a dispatch to the convention at Madison,
telling it to nominate a good ticket, as the
Republican ticket offered them no encour-
agemcnt The Democrats have a good
chance to capture Wisconsin in November.
Good solid work before election and at the
polls viii do it.
OBITUARY.
VIM. Fink. whose serious illness was
noted in last weeks letter, died at his resi-
dcucc. III Cass street, Saturday afternoon,
aged 80 years. He was a cousin of o. s.
Marshal Henry Fink and father of Miss
Belle Fink, well known in musical circles
He came TO Milwaukee in 1870, remaining
nine years, when he removed to Racine,
where b. engaged in the grocery business.
Shortly after he returned to this city and en-
gagged in the same business. He was for
fourteen years travelling agent for Pfister IL
1867 conducted hide and wool business on
the South side on his own account Mr.
Fink's remains were inferred in Forest
Home cemetary Tuesday afternoon.
Louis T. Wergin, who has been assistant
deputy city clerk for four years past, died
very suddenly on Sunday last, aged
forty-two years. lie had been in poor
health for about eight months, but
death did not seem at all imminent. After
dinner OF Sunday he lighted a cigar, and
with the remark that he did not feel WELL
laid down on the sofa and dropped into the
sleep that knows no waking. He was a
bachelor and resided with his mother and
widowed sister on Twelfth street Previous
to his connection with the city clerks office,
deceased conducted, without success, hard
ware business on Chestnut street.
\ SUCCESSFUL SEASON.
The summer opera season at Schlitz park
closed with August. The elements were es-
pccially favorable to the management
throughout the summer, and the public sub
stautially recognized the high standard of
the attractions offered. The season was
opened Monday, June ., by the Biiou Opera
company, of New York, which attracted an
attendance of II, 445 for the week Prince
Chow Chow, local production, and the Mu-
sical society drew 1,131 during the following
week. Then the Fay Templeton Opera COM
pany drew ., rs in two weeks. The Acme
English Opera company followed, drawing
2S, 81 IN three weeks. The next attraction
was the Carleton Opera company, which
drew enormously, II, 161 in one week. The
Hess Opera company then held the board,
for week, scoring a record of 10,O37, fol
lowed by Rice's Big Burlesque company
which closed the season with a run of two
weeks, drawing 20, 727. These figure.
are remarkable for Milwaukee, anG
confirm the opinion that she vii
support one good place of amusement hand
somely. The Opera house and Academy Of
Music are sometimes quite well attended
during the regular amusement season, bu
the division of patronage is generally notice
able in one or the other. The remarkable
success of the season at the park could no
have been attained had there been a counter
attraction down town. This was made mani
fest by the reduction of the attendance dur
Ing the last week Of the season, when tn
other houses were open; but the military en-
eampment was also a magnet, hence tn,
comparison cannot be clearly made.
NOT PROFITABLE.
After a storm cometh a calm. The militar,
enthusiasm of last week having subsidized th,
managers of the great encampment are en-
deavoring to make both ends meet 1t wa!
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