Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-10-30
AN OLD REF0RMER,
Warren chase. a. Old wiseonsIn sseIaI,.,
Turns up In California
Milwaukee saoday Ts,sor.rh

Milwaukee Sunday Telegraph.
The name Of Warren Chase will be
recognized by great many Wiscon-
sin pioneers, and by others who have
read with attention the early history
OF the State, and some of its most
importan, events. He settled in
the then territory back in the'4o's.
and first resided in Walworth county.
He then established the Fourierite
community which existed for a mum.
Der of years at Ceresco. The -Four.
ierites cherished some theories of so.
cial reform, including the holding of
property in common, and perhaps al
so including such domestic eccen
tricities As those of the Oneida com.
munity. 1t was never charged we
believe that any loose and radical
theories were greatly practiced at
Ceresco, but an air OF extreme radi.
calism was understood to perysde
the place, and great degree of Ii.
cense was supposed TO prevail. The
community did not thrive and it be-
came gradually broken up and dis.
solved. Mr.. Chase was a member of
both the first and second const,tu.
tlonal conventions, and was also a
member Of the first senate from the
fourth senate district, composed of
the counties OF Fon du Lac and Win
nebago. He sat in the senate of ls48
As and lst9. lie remained in the
State for few years after, and hung
around the legislatures when in ses
sion. His subsequent political ca
reer in this State is given below.
doubtless as furnished by himself.
After his removal from this
State, he became travelling adyo.
cate of various measures af radical
and social reform and finally EN-
braced spiritualism, becoming 3 lead.
ing lecturer and apostle OF that doc
trine. He did not return to the
neighborhood of Wisconsin, and it is
probably supposed by most of his
old acquaintance in this State that
he has dropped out of existence.
lie was a man of real ability.
gifted but erratic in bis opinions, a
good public speaker and forcibIe wrl.
ter. He was man of great purity
in his personal character, uuselfsh
and unaspiring, without the acrimo.
ny common among the advocates of
radical reforms, and he was a gem.
inc humanitarian in his sympathies.
Mr.. Chase, of whom Wisconsin
people had little or nothing for TWEEN.
ty years, now turns up in California.
as member of the sena @ of that
state. A late number of the Sacra-
mento Bee says: warren Chase.
State senator elect from San Luis.
Obispo, Santa Baraba and Ventura
counties, was a member of the first
two sessions of senate IN Wisconsin.
and a member of the two constitu.
tional conventions that preceded
them. He was elected by the Dem.
ocrats, bnt left the party on the nom.
ination of Lewis Cass and was the
Free Soil candidate for Governor of
that state in 1851. He was on the
electoral ticket for Hale and Julien
10 1852, and was one one of the vice
presidents of the national convention
held at Pittsburg, which nominated
them. OF which Henry Wilson was
president. He removed to Michigan
in 1852 and was firm supporter and
personal friend of Lincoln. He
voted for Grant for his first term,
and in 1872 was one of the presiden
tial electors of Missouri on the Gree.
ley ticket, being then in st. Louis.
In 1876 he supported Peter Cooper.
He is now the editor of the Santa
Barbara Independent. He belongs
to the National Greenback party
Every one who ever knew Warren
Chase would have sworn that he was
a member Of some new marty