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Show THE EX-POSTM ASTER-GENERAL. Sir. Vilas U lielug bought For a Governor's Gover-nor's Job. Milwaukee, Wis., July 28. .Special. .Spec-ial. It is quite probable that Col. William F. Vilas, tho ex-postmaster-general of Cleveland's cabinet will be the democratic nominee for governor. Col. Vilas does not seek the nomination, nomina-tion, and would nvoid it if he could, but his party has decided that he must lead it this fall. His political enemies are largely responsible for his selection as tho candidato of tho party. Privately Pri-vately they say, that in democratic politics iu the state ho has been tho power behind the throne; that he went to Washington when others went to defeat, de-feat, and that now he must accept some of the little experiences of politics, as he has enjoyeu the sweets of ofliee. Publicly they give as their reason for nominating him that he is an able lawyer and au incomparable orator and'that therefore he will easily overthrow over-throw Gov. Hoard, who is a "farmer and unpracticed in oratory, in a joint debate on the public school question to which he will bo challenged. |