Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-09
Madison Matters.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

IRON Our Regular correspondent.
The fourth annual exhibit of the
Wisconsin Poultry Association will be
held at Madison. Dec 14-17, at the city
hall. 1t is expected that this will be
the most instructive and profitable gath
ering of the association that has ever
taken place. Beside large numbers of
birds for exhibition, improved cages,
instructive lectures upon incubation,
blooded fowls, ETC., win entertain the
visitors. The various lines of railroads
are going to offer reduced rates for
those who wish to attend. Those COM
ing will pay full fare to Madison, and
the secretary of the association will
give them certificate which will en-
title them to return at reduced rates.
KIDD FOR PRESIDENT PRO TEN OF THE
SENATE.
There is a good deal of speculation
abroad at the present stage of legisla-
tive planning. as to who shall hold the
various positions in the senate and as
sembly this winter. Humphrey. of st.
Croix. Bartholf. of Milton and Luchsing-
err, of Green Couny, are the prominent
men for speaker of the assembly.
Humphreys chnaces on the theory OF
"age before beauty seem good. For
chief clerk, E. ID. Coe, OF the white.
water Register, and Chas. E. Bross, OF
Madison, are the choice of the two
branches for the same places they held
before. For president pro tenn, of
the senate, Geo. G. Ginty. of Chip
pewa Falls, was spoken of sometime
ago; but Mondays Sentinel avows his
non-candidacy. There are many men
in Madison, however, who have choice,
and that choice is Grant County
man. Senator Kidd has good chance
OF being honored with the position
Members of the legislature who hav {
been consulted upon the topic. favor
Senator Kidd and many OF the prominent
men of the state hope to see the choice
made. His experience in the legisla-
ture for seven years will furnish him a
strong support, but his conscientious
and honest devotion to duty, especially
when chairman of the important CON-
mittee on claims two years ago, is an
other consideration which returns to
him the support of Republicans, and the
respect of honest Democrats. Hon. r.
M. Day and wife, of Mt. Hope, spent
last week in Madison and GAINESVILLE.
The Woman's Suffrage convention
held in this city last week was largely
attended and successful. Among the
prominent speakers were Susan B. An
thony, Olympia Brown, of Racine, Pres.
ident of the association, Clara B. Colby,
of Nebraska, and Mrs. Frater, of Bosco-
bel. Mrs. Lou p. Lester, of Boscobel,
was also present at the meetings On
the night that the convention closed,
Mrs. Brown in her address, claimed that
the recent election meant that women
could vote on all school matters and
that as the governor appoints the board
OF regents. the state treasurer handles
the school fund, and the secretary of
state the various reports, the women
would have the right to vote for them.
MIR. DIN, recently of prohibition fame,
was called on for speech, and express
ec himself as opposed to the position
taken by Mrs. Brown, as the law would
not be construed so broadly by the
courts. Indeed, the women OF the state
would not find themselves in possession
of so much as they had claimed or
school matters, and it was wrong t
claim so much. Susan B. Anthony then
took the platform to answer him. She
had once tried to vote in similar case
and had been arrested. fined 800 anC
co SITS, but it had never been paid. She
then branched off on the issue of prohi
bition, (for MIR. Olin had claimed that
a prohibition amendment would com,
before suffrage amendment) Mis-
Anthony said: .St John and his fellow!
are trying to compare themselves t.
such old abolitionists as Wendell Phil
lips, Garrison, and Smith; now I'll tel
you what it is, it would take Just one
even thousand of such modern prohibi
tionisst to make one Garrison!f rgreai
applause. The convention adjourned
with high hopes for the future.