Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-07-18
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The Milwaukee Sentinel says that SEN
ator Spooncr. who has been an honor to
Wisconsin IN the United States senate,
will continue to represent the state IN that
chamber as long as he can be induced to
do it, The republicans Of the state are
united on that point, and half the demo
Gratis would vote for him in preference to
Villas. =
Five years ago when the Sentinel was
most prodigal in the way it layished ink on
good print paper in 4 vain endcdvor to
compass tho defeat Of Spoouer. 1t sang
an aIthogether different tune 1t then
said that certain special interests in the
state, already adequately represented by
Senator Sawyer, are behind the
movement for Spooner. 1t IS moi
the people but IN organization Of special
interests, and for this reason that move
ment should be defeated. The republican
party cannot afford to permit its triumph,
and the republican members of the leglsIa-
ture should consider we'll the consequences
which would follow its success. And yet
today the Sentinel says Spooner has been
an honor to Wisconsin. In 1888 this
same Sentinel declared that the strongest
Objection to Col Spooner rs Il candidate
fer the senate is that he has hitherto been
chiefly known tothe public rs a railroad law
yer aud for many years past rs chief OF the
corporation lobbyists IN Madison. How
far Col Spooner has carried the arts of
lobbying we are not prepared to say. bu t
we have correctly described the element in
which he has been developing powers for
many years past " Becoming more earn
est, the paper continues: We must in
sist that the lobby is poor school for
craftsmanship The state should not Sc
leet senator from its chiefs. After
Spooner' resignation Of his railroad at
torneyship, the Sentinel continued to
dog him thus: But II man cannot this
easily divest himself Of the association of a
lifetime, and cancel all The obligations Of
friendship and favor The Sentinel has
evidently been we'll disciplined in the
years that have fled since these hpses were
made
TnE Springfield Republican says: the
way the organs respond to Jim Reldeu's
circular for an expression Of opinion must
be very enervating to the managers at
Washington Here is the staDwart Buffalo
Commercial foaming at the mouth, and
saying We mus, say that Mr. Betdeu
and his associates have done a very fool
ish thing in publishing this remarkable
appeal. And the Commercial will stand
almost anything The Buffalo Express
succinctly says: 'Iheelection bill may 20
over to next session While even Murat
Halstead takes the ground that Mr..
Lodges bill has already done all the
good it can by concentrating public at
tention upon the discussion Of the
general question" The Republi-
can might easily have gone
farther and told of the vigorous reealci
tration of the St Paul Pioneer Press
which out Of election time staiwartty
advocates democratic views on the
tariff, federal aid 70 education in tn,
south, etc etc, but which is whipped
back in line as the polling period ap
proaches-the Milwaukee Sentinel ant
many other republican papers that might
be clted
ELECTION Day under the New Fore,
Bill. " is the title of a wood-cut published
in The Philadelphia Times, which gives IL
strongly suggestive but somewhat ex
aggerated form the effects that are hkel,
to flow from the execution of fedora
el ction bill 1t shows half a dozei
frightened blacks marching to the halIo
box between double file Of soldiers an,
marines at parade rest, while gloom,
cannon is in position to rake the pathwa,
to the polling place. And this, says th
Times, is free ballot in free Amerio.
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