Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-12-21
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WISCONSIN STATE GRANGE.
Twelnh Annual Session Held a Mad
ison Wis. With a Goodly AIten-

TNelfth ANNUAL Session Held Mad
dance.
MADISON, Dec. 1.-THE twelfth an.
nu2l seSson of the Wisconsin State
GraIge opened in the Assembly
Shaneer at o'clock this afternoon.
Inc session was secret An organiZa-
ten was perfected. and the remainder
OF the time spent In hearing reports
from deputies and lectures from the
various counties of the State The
Committee on Credentials reported,
and all the delegates present were
granted delegate privileges. About
<oo farmers were present this after
noon, and thls evening the number
was largely increased 4 large IL
:. eSentatlon is expected tomorrow. as
as It will be the big day Of the session.
f Al the meeting this evening Worthy
Master ). {, Carr, of Milton Junction,
delivered his annual address, upon
the conclusion of which the nlee;
ing adjourned until i. m to-mor.
row.
MANSON, WIS, Dec. l2..Th1
meeting Of the State Grange tl.5S
morning was devoted 10 3eSuHary
speeches on matters connected witt
the government of the orler. This
afternoon an open meeting was held,
al which speeches were made by
several outsiders, Gov. Rusk deliver
ed an address Of welcome. The Gov
ernor expressed his belief that thC
chief of the National Agricultural
Bureau should Se elevated tothe Cahi
net
W. A. Henry, Professor at AYR.
cullure 1t the State Uuiversitv spgI,a
encouraginglv of his department
Capt IL {. Duuwiddic, Of the
Signal Service, addressed the mectn,-
II some length in advocacy of thc
establishment Of State weather
bureau, 10 act in conjunction with the
general Signal Service The central
station of such a State bureau. ii IS
tabliShed, Will be Washhurn Observa
tory, IN this city, and daily signals
Will be displayed on railway baggage
cars, and monthly retrospect would
be published.
Tonight GOV. Rusk gave the
GrangerS reception at the executive
Mansion.
MAplSoN, Dec Il Tho StNta
Grange III its session this morning
considered several important reSohl
tons, most Of them having 4 bearing
upon the good of the Order. \ res
osution WAS introduced favoriug the
restoration OF the former duty upon
wool This created some discussion
and was referred to the proper com
mite to report thereon. The election
of officers was then taken up as a
special order, and a master aud ovcr
seer were elected. aud the election III
the remainder Of the force postponed
until the afternoon session. The ~
suit of the election was aS follows
Worthy master, 5. c. Carr, Milton
Junction; worthy oyerseer, Matt. An
dGrSon, Cross Plains; worthy icctur
e., Aaron Broughton. Evansville;
worthy stewart, Il. Williams. HILLS
Borough; worthy assistant stewart,
w. A. Sprague, ReedShurg, worthy
chaplain, L. NJ Jones, Fennmorc
worthy treasurer, Miss Dolly Huxley,
Necnah; worthy secretary, H. T.
Huxley, Neenah; gatekecper EuoIh
Wood, Black Earth; worthy Ceres,
Mrs. H. T.. Huxley. Necuah, WORTHY
Pomona, Mrs s c. Carr, Milton
Junction; worthy Elora, Mrs \.
Broughtou, Evansville; worthy lady
assistant stewart. Mrs w. 4 Spraglir,
Reedsburg. S. G. Carr was elected
member of the Executive COMMITTEES.
and j. H. Ried, of Aldcrly, was elect
ed to the Board of Trustees l., &.
knificn, of Milwaukee, was 10 elected
purchasing agent for the Order Of the
State.
The sec"etary's salary was liked at
5000, with SO additional for travelling
expenses The treasurcrs salary was
fixed at So.
AT the evening session the officers
elect were installed. The Grange will
complete Its session tomorrow.
Madison, Dec. II. The State
Grange closed its session to day ut
noon. In thc morning the time was
consumed in discussing resolutions
affecting the good of the order AT large
The following resolution, introduced
by cx Senator Matt Anderson, was
unanimously adopted
"WhcreaS, the reduction of the duty
on wool has not only reduced TO the
price Of wool, but has also greatly re-
duced the value OF our locks, the
great injury of tie wool growers of
this and other Western States, there
fore, be it
Resolved that vc request of our
senators and members of congress to
vote in favor of restoring the duty on
wool To what it was before the passage
Of the present tariff.
Resolved, that copy Of these rcso
luuons be sent TO each senator and
member of congress from the state Of
Wisconsin, signed by the master aud
secretary, and under tsc seal Of TINS
Grange
A resolution Of thanks To tie Coy
ernor was adopted for his welcome
and courtesics extended To the mem
bers while in Madison.
A res .lution recommending the am
endment Of the constitution of the MA
lional Grange, 10 the effect that State
Oranges may hold biennial sessions
where desirous, was adopted
By a resolution, the Executive Com
mittee was authorized to request the
Board of Regents of the University to
use what means III their power to ef
feet the establishment of weather
bureau in this state, the central sta
ton Of which shall be located at the
University.
Madison was fixed as the place of
meeting of the Grange, on the third
Tuesday in December, 1884 The mem
bers all departed for their homes tins
afternoon.