Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-28
WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS.
A Ticket That is Fully Endorsed by
the Party and Commands Univer-
sal Respect.
Disfranchisement of Republicans of
Indiana for Legislative Pur-
poses.

paper devoted considerable space to re-
view of the political field in Wisconsin,
and gave the antecedents of a number of
candidates on the republican ticket
among those prominently mentioned
was George w. Ryland, for lieutenant gov
ernor.
It has recently been learned that the
OILY objection raised against Mr.. Ryland
other than that of a partisan nature is
that he is banker. 1t is the old ques
ton of capital and labor, and has no place
in the issue of the hour. Mr.. Ryland is a
banker, but when it is taken into consid-
Grafton that his first money was made in
a harvest-feld, and that for long years he
was a hard-worked clerk IN a general mer-
chandise store, it is unjust to draw the
line that divides his upright life honest
labor from his many years of toll IN store
and bank. The best evidence of the lit
ness and worth Of the man for the office
to which his commendable pride and am
bition aspires IS his his life of earnest
work and noble purpose, with success
written on every page. This assurance
has the people of his state: If elected,
the affairs of the Office will be administer
ed with the business prudence, integrity,
and ability which so thoroughly cha .ac-
terize the republican candidate for lieu
tenant governor. Mr.. Ryland has for
many years devoted a portion of his time
and means to further not alone the local
but the general welfare of the state, and
its citizens owe him public recognition.
Col. II. B. Harshaw is making four
sided, square, and rounded fight for the
office of state treasurer. He is develop
ing additional strength every day, and a
more popular candidate than the genial
and gallant one armed colonel can not be
found on either ticket. He will get the
undivided soldier vote of the state, and
in this land of heroes it means the
balance of power. The democratic par
ty is unfortunate in its nominee for this
Office, inasmuch as the candidate John
son is unpopular with the German ele-
ment, who charge him with being array
ed against them on the Sunday question.
Col. Harshaw's many friends claim that
he can not be beaten, and this opinion is
so universally echoed that there seems
but little doubt of the result in Novem-
Der. The soldierly and more particularly
the statesmanlike qualities of the gentle
man in question entitled him to public
recognition. His record as a soldier is
enviable, while he is universally admired
and respected by his citizens for
his many sterling qualities and withal his
genial nature. More can not be said, and
more the people do not want.
Hon. Charles B. Clark, who received
such hearty nomination for congress
from the sixth congressional district, is
putting his house in order and will soon
be ready for the fight. This gentleman's
can not be questioned, and
stronger candidate in the district could not
be named by either party. He is in every
respect a representative citizen and
prominently identified with a leading in
dustry of the state-the manufacture of
paper. The firm of which he is mem
Der own no less than six large mills on
the Fox river and give employment to
hundreds of men. Strikes are never
known at these large works, and to a
great extent he will owe his election to
the workingmen, who are intelligent
enough to distinguish between their
friend and a demagogue. The popular
candidate, Clark, has had legislative ex-
perience, and the state is indebted to him
for certain wise provisions in its laws
that time and space will not permit me
to dwell upon. He is certainly leading
horse in the congressional race, and there
is little doubt of his election. Like Col.
Harshaw he is also an old soldier, and
served with distinction throughout the
war. He enlisted as a private and was
honored with captains straps for gal
lantry. His record in the field in the leg
islative halls of his state, and at home as
a citizen attest the eminent fitness Of
Hon. Charles B. Clark for congress. Hon.
G. E. Estabrook, of Manitowoc, the nom
inee for attorney general, and the genial
Phil. Cheek, Jr., candidate for insurance
commissioner, are making a good fight,
and, unless all signs fail, they will poll as
many votes as any of the other candi-
dates on the state ticket.