Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-05-03

is a great friend of Senator Edmunds. In
bis daily life Senator Sawyer is a delight
fully practical amiable man. He is best
described as a motherly old man. He helps
everybody who has the slightest claim on
his sympathy. 81 don't know how much /
give away he one day said to me, "but 1
can guess at it. 1 know my income and ex-
penses; the rest give away Last year it
was over s25, 600 outside Of what / gave in
my own family" Senator Sawyer occupies
a fine large mansion on / street which he
Leases for his Senatorial term. He is now
building house to cost about 100000 for
his daughter, Mrs. White, who presides over
his household, Mrs. Sawyer being an in
valid
Senator Spooner is the orator in the
Badger delegation. He is one Of the most
formidable debaters in the Senate and his
periods carry not only crushing conviction
but are brilliant in imagery and terse and
compact in style. He is a native of Indiana,
born in 1913. The war came on Just as he
was passing out Of his boyhood and he en-
listed. He rose TO be colonel and with
more years and favorable environment
might have made a soldier Of renown, for he
has an essentially strategic mind and is a
born fighter Your first impression Of him
and the most natural one is that he is
man Of reserved force, terribly in earnest.
His education was secured in the universe
" of Wisconsin and he is now a regent Of
that institution. To look at Senator Spoon
er and realize that he has been a successful
lawyer for twenty years is not easy. He
has had many largo fees and when he
came to the Senate was receiving fifteen
thousand dollars a year. Mrs. Spooner
makes the Senator's home one of the most
socially pleasant to be found at the Capital.
The Senator's three boys are pursuing their
studies in Washington.
The leader Of the delegation In the House
is Lucien Bonaparte Caswen. He has been
In Wisconsin over fifty years, having gone
there from Vermont when he was ten years
old He studied law with Matt Carpenter
and was educated at Beloit College, Wiscon-
sin. Mr.. Caswell has had long experience
in public life, as District Attorney, State
Legislator and Congressman. He has had
q seat in the National Legislature for eleven
years. Age is silveripg his dark brown
hair, but Mr.. Caswell is strong and healthy
and does two mems work every day Of his
life. He is q member Of the judiciary COM
mittee
Richard Guenther, the itinerant member,
Is the lucky man Of them all. He was born
with silver spoon in his mouth in Pots
dam, Prussia, forty-three years ago, and has
been successful ever since He lives In
Oshkosh, represents General Bragg's sec
ond district He studied pharmaceutics in
the Royal Pharmacy at Potsdam, and was
keeping drug store in 1876, when he first
went into politics and was elected State
Treasurer He was reelected, and then
sent to Congress where he has served
seven years. Mr.. Guenther is a happy,
brilliant speaker, an active committeeman
ard jolly liver. The metto on his coat Of
arms is: "UBI BESE, III PATRIA," which
being translated with some degree Of liber-
atty, means; wherever can have a roar
ing good time, there's my fatherland.m
Every body knows LaFolIette-Bob La
Toilette, to be precisely polite, for it would
hurt his feelings TO call him Robert. He is(
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