The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-05-19
Legislative Candidates,

Now that the town and village
elections are over, and the delegates
to the national convention chosen, our
people, or some of them, are turning
their attention to local politics, prin-
cipally, however, to Senatorial and
Representative places. 1t is not like
ly the rest of the district Will consent
to giving Douglas county the Senator
this year, but we do think that if the
county presents good man, we may
get the Representative. We have
lots of political timber, good, bad and
Indifferent, to select from, and j. only
remains to be- seen what kind of
stick the Republicans will select.
Among those '.fayorably mentioned"
by their respective friends, we might
mention d. T. Roberts, J. f. Ware,
Phil H. Perkins. A. w. Stowe, G. l..
Catlin, H. E. Ticknor, and others
whose names we do not just now re-
call, any of whom would make more
than an average legislator. These
are all members of the bar, and we
have been in other localities where
the people did not always think it
necessary that law maker should be
a lawyer. A good physician when he
is sick, will not take his own medi-
cine, but will call in well man to
treat his case. The tale will adorn
its own moral. We want to step out
side of the legal fraternity for a NOM
ent, and take from the common herd
a man who is simply a mortal being,
one so not high that he cannot be touch
ed with the finger of our infirmities, and
in looking the landscape DER, our eye
lights upon the rotund form and pleas
ing countenance of our friend, Peter
f. Bradshaw. Well, catch your
breath and read it oyer again so as to
make sure of our words. We fully
realize that this will be strange read
ing to those who were here four years
ago, when he writer of this attended
two political conventions, for the sole
purpose of defeating Mr.. Bradshaw in
his efforts to get the nomination for
honors in this same line. Whether
We had any weight in bringing about
the results ATTAINED or not we do not
know. But things have changed
since then IN some respects. We
were not fighting Mr.. Bradshaw then,
but the crowd that was using him.
Mr.. Bradshaw had fallen into bad
company, very bad company, and to
save to himself and to the people his
good name and genuine worth, it was
absolutely necessary that We should
do what we could IL defeat him then.
He was saved as Z brand from the
burning, and we believe he is
ready to say that We did him a good
turn then. His trainers and associ-
atss of that day are now buried I'M
der the politicel sod, and their bale
fui influences are no longer over and
about him, and we believe the time
has now come when Mr. Bradshaw
can do himself more honor, and the
people and his county more good than
he could have done them then. We
think We did right in opposing him
Tour years ago, and we think we are
doing right and the proper thing now
when we acknowledge his worth and
ability, and present his name for the
consideration of the people of the dis
trict-for senator if the other counties
will concede to us the place-for Re
preventative as right belonging to
us. Mr.. Bradshaw was among the
early settlers here, and is entirely
familiar with every event of our his
tory and fully conversant with all our
needs. He is a careful and success
full business man and by judicious
management and Investment has ac-
quired fortune, and would have no
private axes to grind through the leg
islatiye mill. We haye opposed him
In the past, we can cheerfully support
him now. What say the rest of you?