Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-07-23
POLITICS IN GREEN.
POT BOILING AT A LIVELY RATE
IN THAT QUARTER.
Monroe Alone Has Candidates Galore
La Follette's Chane - New
Silver Paper.

Monroe, Wis, July 21--La Toilette
has arranged to have the Green county
delegates to the state convention in
ton is set for a week from Wednes-
day. Assemblyman N. b. Treat was in
Madison Thursday to confer with La
Toilette. The program was arranged
there and all that remains Is to carry
it out which will no doubt be done.
Samuel A. Harper, former law part
ner of La Toilette, now devoting most
of his time in the interest of the ex-
congressman candidacy for the gov
ernorship, was in Monroe the other day
and conferred with a couple of dozen
of the leading republican local lights.
That was before Jim Monohan of OAR
lington withdrew from the race for the
gubernatorial nomination. Green
county republicans felt neighborly in
terest in the aspirations of the Lafay-
cite county man and told MI Harper
So The latter, however, finally pre-
vailed upon the local republicans to
agree to send an instructed delegation
to the state convention. This was the
situation when Mr.. Monohan withdrew.
The latter went to Milwaukee about a
week ago and met some Of the La Fol.
lette men who persuaded him to with
draw. Then La Toilette sent for Mr..
Treat and the arrangement was made
for the delivery Of the Green county
delegation. While La Toilette was in
congress he represented this section of
the state and during his stumping tours
made many friends in Green county
Still they are somewhat distrustful of
him on account of his well known hos
tility toward ex-senator John c. Spoon
el whom they want returned to the
United States senate. They are APP
prehensive that the little ex-congress-
man has cold deck up his sleeve all
ready to spring as soon as he gets the
nomination for governor. They know
of his Intimacy with exGov. w. ID.
Hoard who is an avowed candidate sor
the senatorship. La Toilette has some.
what allayed this distrust, however, ard
will receive the support Of Green
county.
The candidacy Of State Senator Put
nam Of Brodhead for the nomination
Of lieutenant governor on the republi-
can ticket is looked at as more or less
Of joke by nearly everybody but
Put" himself who regards 1t very
seriously Republicans in Green county
believe that he has had about all that
is due him anyway and 1t is doubtful
il he could carry his own town in a
sharp contest. The latest piece of POI
litical gossip In this section is
that n. p. Treat is an as
pirant for Congressman Cooper
seat in the house Of representatives
Mr.. Treat introduced and fathered the
Kelley cure law at the last regular ses-
sion of the Iegis lature. The operation
Of this law caused such a burden on
taxpayers that the beard Of supervisors
in Dane and many other counties re-
nuested the Judges not to commit any
more drunkards at public expense
Friends Of Mr. Treat deny that he Ii
endeavoring to get the congressional
nomination He is reasonably certain
Of being renominated for the assembly
1t was also rumored for a while that
Ex-State Senator ]. B. Treat Of this
city would announce himself as can
didate for the nomination Of lieutenant