Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-08-01

| uncut wilderness d saw and shingle mill
! which became the nucleus of Il large and
| tieUrishing community, the soul or whose
prosperity was the Upham Manufacturing
! company. On June u, 1887, Marshteld
WAS burned to the ground. j. Y Quarles
! yesterday thrilled the convention with
picture of the desolatiOn and despair
which followed the fire, and Of the spen-
! did courage with which Maj. Upham
! proceeded to rebuild It has been said of Il
! Roman emperor that he found Rome
brick and left it marble. The original
| Marshtield was city built of wood. Maj.
| Upham rebuilt it of brick and stone. One
Of the largest employers of labor in Wis
consin. Maj. Upham has never had
| strike at his mills. He is a born leader
! of men, and he commands the respect
! and allegiance as well as the confidence of
! ALL His manners are democratic. There
! is no nonsense about him. He is in the
! fullest sense of the WG1ds a man of the
| people.
| Judge Baensch is only 81 years of age.
! He was born in 1857 in Manitowoc. to
which place his parents had emigrated
! from Germany only three years before.
| His father died while Emil was in his
9th year. The boy received the rudi-
ments OF an education in the private ana
! public schools of Manitowoc, and at the
| age of IS became a clerk in q store. Here
! he advanced to the position of bOOkkeep-
or and cashier In 1877, having saved
| ep some money, he entered the state
university, where he spent three years. In
! the Joint debate of 1880 he won honor as
! a member OF the victorious team For
! two years afterward he was the editor of
| local paper-Repubican in politics
! Then he gained admission to the bar and
| was elected justice of the peace. From
| 1885 to 1888 he was city clerk of ManitO-
woe. In the latter year he resigned to
accept the position of county judge, to
! q
| Il vacancy. He was subsequently elected
20 the judgeship by the people of the
county. After six years on the bench he
| declined to be a candidate for reelection,
and formed partnership for the practice
! of law, in which be has since been en-
| gagged.
Judge Baensch has been actively inter
ested in the Wisconsin National guard,
! in the cause of public education and in
historical study He is particularly well
informed on the subject of the Germans
in America, and has interested himself
in the project of establishing a fellowship
at the State university for special work
in that line. Since 1891 he has been an
| honorary member of the German Press
association of Wisconsin. In 1892 Judge
! Baensch was the Republican candidate
! for Congress in the Sixth district. His
running powers may be judged from the
fact that while Cleveland carried the dis
trict by a plurality of 1860, the plurality
! Of Owen A. Wells, VINO was the opponent
of Judge Baensch, was only $500.
Henry Casson Of Nir0qua, the nominee
for secretary of state, is a native of Penn
| sylvania and came to Wisconsin in 1873.
| having journeyed westward with his par
ents when ) years of age. They settled in
| Illinois, where he attended school and
learned the printing trade. Upon his ar
rival III Wisconsin he settled at Firoqua
and Immediately engaged in the publish
| hppOninp n n
! sor. In May, 1880. the late Gov. Rusk
| appointed him as his private secretary,
which position he continued to hold dur
ing Gov. Rusk's administration and that
Of Gov. Hoard. While at Madison he
acted as military secretary of the state
with the rank of colonel. When Gov.
| RuSk became secretary of agriculture
Mr.. CassOn again became his private sec
rotary, in which position he remained one
year. when he received the appointment
| of chief clerk of the bureau, continuing
in that position until March, 1893. Since
last August Col. Casson has served as
! private secretary to Congressman Bah
cock of the Third district, attending
largely to pension and other department.
matters
Col. Casson was the closest friend and
! advisor of Gen. Rusk for a period of
| twenty years and his popularity with the
administration and those who came IN
| contact with it was universal and with
| tended to every part OF the state.
j. Q. Emery is an eminently capable
man in every respect for the responsible
position of state superintendent. He is
80 years Of age, and has had practical ex-
perience in every grade of educational
work within the scope Of the system
which will come under his Jurisdiction
when he is elected. AS president of the
state normal school at River Falls he
made record which won the admiration
of the public as well as of the pedagogical
profession. Mr.. Emery is broad in his
sympathies, and in full accord with what
is good i'll modern educational methods.
Duncan j. Mckenzie of Alma is a
sturdy Scotchman and man who, for
thorough business capacity, has not
superior in the state. He has made a
successful manager of big numbering and
milling interests, and he possesses the
confidence and respect of the people in as
great a degree as any man in North
western Wisconsin. He is not a native
of Scotland, having been born in Ontario,
but he is essentially Scotch in character
He is a staunch Republican, and it is the
unanimous opinion that his nomination
strengthens the ticket. He has served as
mayor and postmaster of Alma and as
member OF assembly: lie is ~ years old.
Sewell A. Peterson Of Barron county,
the nominee for treasurer, was born in
| Norway III lOOO. C1uCe 1COt lie mas l1V6u
in Wisconsin and at present he is a mer-
chant at Rice Lake. He also owns a
large farm in Dunn county and is prac-
tical farmer. His experience in public
affairs has not been small, as he has
served as town treasurer, register of
deeds, alderman, city clerk, mayor Of
Rice Lake and member of assembly.
w. III. Mylrea stands among the lead
ing lawyers of the state. He is Al years
DID, and nearly all of his life has been
spent in Wisconsin. He attended Law
renee university and the law school of the
State university, and was admitted to
the bar in 1879. He now resides at
| Wausau and is at the head of the law
firm of Mylrea, Marchetti & Bird. For
fourteen years Mr.. Mylrea has been
hard worker in the Republican ranks,
and he is recognized as one of the most
able and upright members Of the party in
| this state.
DR.. William A. Fricke, the nominee for
| insurance commissioner. represents Mil
waukee on the ticket. He has long been
| actively identified with fraternal insur-
| anco ORGANIZATIONS and has made q thor