Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-15
NOTES FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.

Special to the Tribune.
MADISON, WIS, Aug. IL.
Thomas Reynolds, one of the pro-
prietors of the Weekly Madisonlan,
IA democratic paper of this city, drew
a lucky number last week in the Ok
lahoma land lottery.
County Judge-elect A. G. thinner
man has purchased new automo-
bile, and will shortly be enjoying 1t
on Madison streets.
The squirrels in the capital park
are preparin for the coming winter.
Between twenty five and thirty
homes have been built during the
last few days. They prefer their own
architecture to that Of the state car
penter.
Governor LaFollette has issued IA
proclamation designating Monday,
Sept. 2 as Labor Day.
All of the hotels in Madison with
the exception Of the Fess House,
have gone into combine, and in
consequence. board has advanced 90
cents per week. The hotel people
claim this had to be done, owing to
the advance price of provisions.
The feeling of the LaFollette re-
publieans here over the Secrect con-
yention of stal-warts in Milwaukee
last week, IS that the only thing to
do is to meet organization with or
ganization. The sole purpose Of the
meeting was TO combine the forces
against LaFollette's denomination.
The conference should alarm no one,
for it is only an adjourned session OF
the many stal-wart meetings Eeld
last winter, and its purpose is the
same. Mr.. Geo. Lewis, II prominent
democrat of this city, and I. ,. Mar
shall under Cleveland, in expressing
himself in reference to TINS meeting,
said: sit means fight between the
people aud the corporations. II this
organization tdllit ttN f'ih' ''iN
succeeds in getting control of the re-
publican party, IL only means that
the pcople of this state will be under
the bondage of the big corporations,
and will be obliged TO submit to
their dictntion for some time to come.
1t is plain to be seen that the interest
of the people lies in the re-nomina-
ton and recollection of GOV. LaFolI-
cite. Democrats, who lean toward
these big corporations, will, no doubt,
lend their support in assisting the
stal-warts to carry out their plans,
but all democrats who lave the well
fare of the people and the state at
heart, should lay partIsanship aside
and go in for the man who has back
bone enough to not bow down to the
wishes of these big corporations. "
NJ. j. Regain, anotherprominent dem
ocrat OF Madison, who was present
when the above expression was
made, said amen to all the facts
set forth by Mr.. Lewis.
The Milwaukee Sentinel and other
~tal-wart papers have had "A good
deal to say as 10 the manner IN
which Governor LaFollette is treat
ing the old soldiers, but no iutima-
ton has ever been made in regard to
the number Of old vets that Secre-
tary of state Froehlich, n favorte of
stal-warts, has discharged since COM
ing into Office. There were four old
soldiers holding positions in his de-
partneut, hut as soon as he had the
reius in his hands he discharged
every blessed one of these four, and
replaced none i'm their stead, and it
was thus until he had served over a
year and a half, when he appointed
one old soldier, which completes the
list Of old vets in his Office today, in
"A total of twenty two clerks. IT these
papers had the interests of the old
soldiers mt heart rs they pretend,
they would not stop at Gov. LaFol'
cite in their criticism, but investi-
gate therecords of other departments
rs to the number of old soldiers dis.
charged under the reign Of the pre-
sent iucumL fnts The state depart
meut is hot bed for stal-warts.
Every one of the twenty-five en-
ployes in this office with the excep-
tion Of one. is a Phtisterite.
--Eruptiens, cuts, burns, scalds
snrl. of all klnds Quickly healed by