Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-08-26
Madison Matters.


pany, of Ashland, filed articles of as
ISOLATION with the Secretary of State
last Saturday. The capital stock of the
company is 80, 500, 900, aud its objects
are to deal in mineral lands, to prospect
and to smelt ores.
The Inter State Fair that will take
place in Madison instead of ia State
Fair, will be a grand affair One of
the most entertaining aud exciting fea-
lures of tho program will be a fox chase.
The committee have obtained fox an d
the animal will be let loose upon the
track and Il pack of hounds and mount
ed hunters put on trail. An entertain
ment of this kind is seldom seen on :,
fair ground and 1t will undoubtedly be
witnessed by thousands of people.
Gov. Rusk and his staff will go TO
Whitewater on Friday to visit the first
regiment now in camp there.
Gen. Fairchild is on his road home
from California, and the G. A. r. boys
are expecting to give him grand re-
ception on his arrival. He will prob
ably reach Madison next Monday or
Tuesday. The G. A. Il, Posts of Madi-
son and vicinity will participate in the
greeting.
Political discussion is unusually quiet
here now; the chief question being
asked, "Will the whole state ticket be
renominated?" We do not pretend to
answer the question, but those whom
we have called upon To answer it for US
have, in every case, said NO 1t
seems conceded on all hands that Gov.
Rusk holds q Dutchman's fist and will
take every trick at first deal; but in
other directions nothing can be de-
pended upon. The Prohibitionists will
make u hard fight to raise their vote as
high as possible. and to make it cost
the Republicans as much as possible.
Madison is the headquarters of their
war; DIN for Governor, Richmond for
Congress, and Hastings to keep the
literature flying, will all work to defeat
the party that has lost its issue and
now pirates on no principle but greed
for spoils."
LaFollette, we understand must have
the pleasure of again defeating his
former opponent, Burr w. Jones, Our
young Congressman looks healthy and
strong as if Washington life had done
him much good. A clear conscience.
the fruit of clear record, perhaps ac-
counting for it. The Democracy is mar
rowed down u this for its opposition to
LaFollette: "Oh, he's a good man and
has made q good record; but Jones is
an able fellow and he is our man."
There is one fault, however, that they
might find with La Toilette, he has
worked very hard in behalf of the
Union soldiers in the way of pension
claims. President Cleveland, the great
reformer, has had to veto these bills. or
there would not have been money
enough left in the treasury to allow
the little River and Harbor steal which
honest Grover was so easily pursuaded
to give the country. Grover undoubt-
edly thinks that the orphans are grow
ing up and can take care of themselves,
and that the widows can re-mary for
support. (They would have to find
better chance than the widow with
whom he flirted found) And as to the
old vets. they can hire out to the con-
tractors of the River and Harbor SER
vices the country is too much in need
of politica, reform to help them now. |
As for In Toilette. we think the district |
well understands how its representative |
'oted on allimportant measures. They
understand, also. that he was young |
man entering body of men who are |
often unjust and unmerciful in their |
criticisms Of young member; and |
more. that body was heavily Demo- |
cratic.