Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-01-16

4 ne COnstltutlOnalCOnVe that
assembled on the 18th day Of De
cember, l847, was composed Of the
following persons:
Broion-sIorgan Martin
CdtUmet-G w Featherstonaugh.
CRAWFORD and ChiPpe,od-Daniel Fenton.
observation-disclosures Lewis.
Dane Charles NJ Nichols, william A Wheeler,
William II Fox.
DOdge-stoddardJ Judd, Samuel Lyman, Charles II
Larrabee
F6n d. Lac Samuel w BeaI Warren Chase
Graat-George Lakin. John II Rountree Alex
Ramsey, orsamus Cole, William Richardson.
Greefl-James Biggs, William Mcdowell.
L0lod-S Hoenbeck Charles Bishop, JosephWard.
:, JFersof'-Theodore Premise, Milo Jones, Abram
NanderpOOl, Jonas Folts.
La Fdyctte-Charles Dunn, Allen Warden John
0CoRnor.
Marquette and Winne6ago--H Harrison Reed
MhHdukee-Byron Kilbourn, Rufus King Charles
Il larkin,Nohn l. Doran, Garrett Fitzgerald Morritz
Sehoefier Albert Fower
Iortdge-William II Kennedy
RdctRe-rheodore Secor ) X Mcclellan, Horace I
Sanders Frederick A Davenport. A jackson, Al
bert g Cole, James D Reymert
Rocs-A NJ Carter, Ezra A Foot Edward Wilton,
Paul Crandal Joseph Colley, Louis Harvey.
50 Crof&--George w BrOWnell.
Me6oygdn and MtnitotOoc-Silas Steadman
HatooFut-James Harrington, Augustus Kline 4,
george Gale, Experience Estabrook, liol is Latham
Ezra milford
Observation-Disclosures Pentomy, James Pagan. Har
Yey Turner.
Wapkesha-Peter Clifford, George scagel, Square
5 Case, Casileman, Emulous Cotton, Eieazcr
Root.
Here was body of sixty-nine men.
1t was composed largely Of younger
~ men men Of energy; men who
had left homes in the east to seek
fame and fortune in the then new
west; they were proud of the terri
tory of Wisconsin they had met to
frame constitution for State Gov,
eminent There was earnestness
and determination depicted upon
each oonntenance as the members
took their seats. Well do we remem-
Der that meeting. We had seat in
the hall as a reporter, and the con-
vention was not in session for single
moment that we were not present.
We watched every motion and took
a note of it, We remember the face
of every member, the seat of each
one, and everything about that body
of mea ia still fresh in memoty. In
imagination we can draw them all up
before as, as then. Occupying o
desk facing the members, we watched
them closely, and often imagined
what would be the future history OF
these men. They worked industrir
ously, and framed what was salts.
factory Constitution, completing the
labor on the 4th of the following
February With that instrument our
people are acquainted. They have
lived happily and prospered under
it. 1t is not Of that we now propose
to speak but to look after the men
who framed it to trace the after
career of some Of them is our present
purpose. u was body of able men,
and many Of them have occupied
prominent positions in the State and
country. The President was Morgan
l.. Martin. who was then middle
aged man. He still lives, and
history Of the man would form an
important item in the history of Wis
consin. Two Governors Of the State,
Messrs. Harvey and Lewis, were
members of that Convention. The
judiciary Of the States has been
largely and honorably represented
by members of the Constitutional
Convention. Il. V. Wilton graced
the Bench from the first organization
of State Government till he died.
Orsamus Cole first represented his
district ably and we'll in Congress,
and for the last sixteen years has
done the State distinguished service
service upon the Supreme Bench.
May the time of his leaving the Bench
be far in the distant future. Larabee
was upon the Judicial Bench while,
aud afterwards a member of Cons
gress. He is now, we think, in
Oregon. Gale, also, was on the Bench
for several years.
Scarcely has theue been Legisla-
ture since that day, that there has
not been one or more members OF
this body in it. Among those who
have been thus honored, we can
count Messrs. Martin, Featherston.
haugh, Lewis, Nichols, Wheeler, } udd
BeaIl, Chase, Lakin, Rountree, Ram
sey, Richardson, Hollenback, Prem.
tiss, Vanderpool, Folts, Dunn, O'Con'
nor, Kilbourn, Larkin, Doran, Fitz'
gerald, Scbnfler, Secor, Mcclellan
Sanders, Lowell, Jackson, A. G. Cole
Reymort, Carter, Foot, Crendall
Colley, Harvey, Brownell, Steadman
Gale, Estabrook, Latham, Pentony
Pagan, Turner, Clifford, Castlemar
and Case. There may be others thai
have been members of the Legisla
ture Charlie Lsrkin, jolly then, ii
jolly still and will be in the mex
Assembly.
Beall has been.Lt. Governor; Esta
brook has been Attorney General
t and Root has been State Superinten
dent OF Public Instruction. Messrs
Harvey and Lewis have been Secre
tary of State.
OF those who have left the State
we number Messrs. Larabee, Chase
Richardson, Bishop, Vanderpool, Reec
King, Fowler, Jackson, Reymert
Crandall, Estabrook, and there may
10 n,hara Of these Reed is now