Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-03-15

| 'iVal andidates. Inc WITNESS Iar
| lwav5 taken the ground hat not
| ,nly congressman, but members
| he legislature as we'll who have
lplaced themselves in the front rank
| " their ability and fidelity 10 thei
lutv, should be returned as long a.
| hey are willing to serve. But th'
safest way To reelection Is 10 glV'
rival candidates all the conSluetd
zion possible, and not allow anything
be done that would look like an
| fort on their part to fore5tall tn
| ,ctiOu OF their constituency. Can
Iidates for reelection, who are pre-
-umed to have all the political ma
rhiuery at their command, make a
| great mistake when they persistently
use this machinery for their per-
-onal ends, and the result viii BE-
| their overthrow sooner or later.
The Dodgeville Chronicles: twill
be observed by the calls published
| this week for two congressional con
yentions IN this district, that these
| conventions are brcomiug some what
congested; and if politics be in any
way similar to physiology. it would
seem To Indicate the existence OF a
! deragt ment Of some of the vital func-
lions Of the body polite.
There is much complaint through
| out this district ut the early calling
! Of the congressional convention to
nominate a candidate for congress.
but what action Will be taken TO cor
rect the grievance Is not yet known
Crawford Co. Advance: Last week
| the Congressional Committee of this
district met at Madison aud fixed the
date Of the next congressional CON
ventiou for April 24tt and Baraboo,
the place.
l. seems strung" that Mr., Babcock
should undertake To thus thwart th'
viii Of the people by calling snap
convention So unreasonable early.
We suppose he has dictated to the
republicans OF this district so long
! that he reels they are no longer en-
! titled TO consideration, IN such trl-
fling matters rs holding conventions
and selecting candidates.
The Barneveld Era; The state
ment that the Third congressional
| district convention VIII meet at Bar
aboo April 25th to nominate IA can
| didatc Tor congress, has caused he
| righteous indignation of a large num-
Der of republican voters,
| Such action is entirely without
precedent in the district There
surely must have been some reason
! in the minds of the committee or the
convention would not have been
called four months earlier thar
usual No reasons have been as
signed and we must draw on Onr own
deductions.
II is well known that the third
| district is mainly farmers district.
| Certainly the caucuses and cOnven-
! lions should be held at u time when
the majority OF voters could conyeu-
| Iently attend.
| Should the caucuses and conVeu-
| tlous be he q at the time given out
when but small percentage of the
| voters could attend without Leglect-
| ing their work. If there were no
| other reason this alone should deter
| those IN power from holding couNon-
! tionS SO early.
Surely IL cannot be that the early
cali was made purposeiy ut a tlmt
| when the farmers could not attend.
Hohaudale Review. Farmers are
known To be very busy during the
! month OF April, and, on that account
| the republican congrt ssional conyen-
! ton L. called TO meet AT Baraboo
| April 9th, aud the state convention
! TO elect delegates To the national
convention aud nominate presldeu-
tal electors is called To meet at Mil
! waukee April 25th. The "busscs
| think that by this early convention
| plan they VIII have no trouble in re-
tanning complete control
only four papers of the district
have thus tar offered any excuse for
the outrageous proceeding, and these
apparently do SO on direct order,
from the BOSSES, each printing last
week the same article, doubtless
ready madeat headquarters for them
only one and the same "easou il
given for the April nomination; i. e..
that early conventions are recon-
mondod by the Congressional Com
mittee, Remembering that the com,
mittce which makes the recommen.
dHtiou consists of cougrrssmen who's,
main business is 90 secure their own
retention in place, its recommends
tiou may not be uupreiudiced, But
assuming the committee had the
best motives in suggesting "early
conventions it is no justification tol