St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-31
THE BADGER BARKIs.
Jere Rusk Would Not Object to Serving
Wisconsin Second Term as
Governor.
But His Course at the Time of the Mil
waukes Riots Renders Him
Unavailable"
He Did His Duty, the Republicans
Say, but Lost Valuable
Votes.
Sanderson Again on Deck and Anx-
iouS to Down His Enc
mics.
Wisconsin Politics.

Wisconsin Politics.
Special to the Globe.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.,, July 3O.-The break
between the Democrats and political sec
ton of the Knights of Labor announced
during the week is looked upon as damag-
ing, rather than otherwise, TO Gov. RuSk's
chances for reelection. So long as there
were any signs of combination with the
labor element hundreds of Democrats
stood ready to bolt over to
Rusk. With straight-out nomina-
ton and no coquetting with the
Knights the full party vote will be polled.
On the other hand. there is certain to be
more or less secret support given to the
Democratic ticket by the group of ''any-
! thing to beat Rusk' Knight but it will be
given in manner not to alarm the law and
| order Democrats. So obnoxious has the
word coalition become that now it is i'm
| possible to find Democrat who will admit
that he had anything to do with
it. Rusd's vote is certain to show falling
off. In this city. for instance. he will
probably lose several thousand votes for
doing his duty in May last. The bulk of
this vote is that known to Republicans as
the Glow foreign vote. Years ago this
went solidly Democratic. Then it was
turned to the Republican side, and for the
past six or eight years the Republican party
has had no more steadfast adherentS.
But nearly every one of this class is la
boring man and was connected more or less
intimately with the May troubles. AS
consequence every man of them is an open
and avOwed
ENEMY OF THE GOVERNOR.
Whether this vote can be carried to the
Democratic ticket is matter of much diff
ference of opinion. That it will go solid
for a laboring mans candidate. there is no
doubt. To offset this deficiency. there
will be comparatively nothing. A few
business men of Democratic prOclivities and
associations will vote for Rusk. but their
votes will be drop in the bucket as against
any wholesale detection as above. If Rusk
wins, and he is now certainly favorite, it
will be through the vote of the country dis
trictS. Here he is threatened with a new
foe. the Prohbitlonists. They claim they
will have an increase in their vote this year
of 100 per cent. Statements of this
kind are becoming mouldy In 1884 the
same crowd announced a similar increase
over the vote of 1880, when Kanouse re-
ceived over 5000 votes. When the re-
turns were in it was found the party had
lost fifty per cent instead of gaining 100.
There is no good reason for believing that
the same mistake in the preliminary count
of noses will not be made this
year. Two years ago their eX-
pected gain was in the agricultural
districts. This year it is to be in the
Northern part of the state. The trend Of
sentiment just now is in favor of renOmi-
mating the old state ticket in the Republican
hoe NJ
of figuring among the leaders on sche me
to
RENoMINATE GOV. RUSK,
Secretary of the State Timme and one or
two others and then fill the ticket with new
blood. At first it was arranged that this
should be done. Lately it has been quietly
given out that this scheme has been aban-
dOned. 1t will be a new ticket entire with
the exception of Rusk, or the denomination
of the entire old ticket Amy other course,
it is said, would breed dissension that
would be suicidal in the present strained
political situation. Although Gov. Rusk
will without doubt be renOminated. it will
not be without considerable opposition.
The fight that is sure to be made on Rusk
has scared the politicians. They fear
that even in case Rusk is elected,
the remainder of the ticket will be
lOSt. LNGu IL til0 WuOl6 tck6G Is tlcct6u
this year the same class claim that it will
mean defeat in 1883 on account of driving
off body of voters who are sure to remain
in the Democratic party, while the Demo-
Gratis who may vote for Rusk this year will
return to their old faith and ticket when it
comes to presidential year. In view Of
this, while none deny that Gov. Rusk did
less than his duty, it is urged that
POLICY DICTATES A NEW HEAD
to the ticket. This opposition is on the in
crease and may become quite formidable
before the date of the convention. The
Democrats are enjoying the discontinue Of
their opponents and are deriving much
comfort therefrom. The Democratic state
convention will undoubtedly be held earlier
than any other. The state central COM
mittee will meet in this city Tuesday even
ing to decide on date. If
he will accept, Col. Gabe Bouch
will be the nominee beyond peradventure.
AS to the rest of the ticket little is heard.
If there is a fighting chance, candidates
will be plenty enough. There has been
talk here among Democrats of urging the
name of Hon. John Black in connection
with the gubernatorial nomination. Mr..
Blacks record on the question of law and
| order is as stalwart as that of Gov.
foreman of the grand jury that brought
i'll the indictments against the anarchists
and has otherwise placed himself OH record
as a supporter of law and order, and
would be expected to draw largely from
that class of citizens 1t is not probable
that he would be nominated. The tendency
is not in the direction of iron but clay.
The fight for the state treasurership has
taken on several new phases in the
past few weeks. Just now Hank
| Harshaw, of Oshkosh seems to have
the lead. Ed Sanderson is fighting Senator
| Stanley of this city tooth and nail. In
recent outbreak Sanderson is said to have
announced that Stanley should get the treas
urershp over his dead body. This opposi-
| ton it is claimed comes from some unful-
| filled pledges on the part of Stanley in the
way of appointments. Stanley's friends on
the other hand claim he was absolved from
any obligations of that kind through SAN
derson's underhand efforts to compass his
defeat when running for the senate. The
vote given by Stanley for Spooner and
against Fairchild is being used outWardly as
theGaKsss
REASON FOR THE PRESENT FIGHT,
| but the true inwardneSS is said to be as
above stated. To carry his point Sander
son has induced John Eldred to enter the
arena and train for the race. Up to date,
John has been playing one crowd against
the other, and coquetted all around an open
avowment of his candidacy. 1t is alleged
that at a quiet little supper up the White
Fish Bay road recently, which was partici-
pated in by JOnn Sanderson and
one or two leading Republicans
| in the interior of the state, the former
openly avowed his candidacy. If this is
authentic, it is being kept shy and will be
news to Harshaw. The latter is in poses
sion of a letter from Senator Sawyer, Sen