Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-01-10
Madison. January S. 1895.

were formally bestowed upon Major
w. H. Upham yesterday soon after
noon, amid impressive but undemon-
strative ceremony. At the same time
the other state officers elect We're
sworn in to administer the duties
conferred upon them by the people
Of the state. 1t was gala day
withal, and the city was thronged
with visitors from everywhere to see
republican rule once more installed at
the capitol, where the democrats have
held sway for the last four eventful
years.
The citizens committee, under the
direction Of General Lucius
Fairchild, commenced the work
of the day at about eleven
o'clock, when the brass bands and the
soldiers and landaus and barouches
galore assembled at the capitol to
conduct the local participants in the
affair to the railway station, where
the line of march was formed and
stood in readiness for the incoming
administrative officers to take their
places, with their wives and children
and ladies accompanying. Just before
the st. Paul train arrived from Port
age large delegation from Milwaukee
| alighted from a special train and
marched proudly up the street to the
"um-pah' Of Bach's band. The cream
city delegation numbered about 200:
among them being Alderman Fred
Kuth, Mr.. Starkweather, Alderman
Charles Cook, George Thuring, Com
missioner of Public Works George
Shuenghel, Alderman Renning, City
Engineer Benzenberg, Edward Vivian,
Mr.. Fuenbranz, Henry Weber, Fred,
Sheriff and Alderman Rudolph,
Messrs. Henry s. Eskusche, A. J. Dial
! ger, Louis Eggert, w. J. Lindsay, c. j.
Koehler, James Dryden, Frank E.
Buestrin, J. J. Larsen. John Dewertn.
w. J. Devos. A. T. Stolenwerk. Albert
Grootemaat, ]. A. KOelch William
Stevens, Loren Williams, w. c. Oker-
hansen, John Weiher, William Twieg.
City Clerk Anderson, Otto Han. Otto
Schlafel, School Commissioner julius
Bleyer, Commissioner Samuel Brock
man and Fred Snyder Meanwhile
special committee consisting
of Col. A. II. HOLSTER, T. C.
Richmond and o. D. Brandenburg
had met Ex-Governor Hoard and seen
that he was escorted to the capitol.
At 11:3O the attention of the vast and
surging crowd at tine railway station
was attracted by tine special train
which, as advertised, was known to
contain the incoming officers. and
more than all else tine family of Major
Upham. Everyone was on the qui vive
in expectation and when the door of
the rear coach opened and the gov
ernor-elect appeared there was a pro-
longed cheer. The occupants of the
car were at once conducted to the car
riages awaiting them, and the process
sion soon moved up the street in the
following order:
Mounted marshals-Major George
Joachim and Captain T. w. Evans.
The first regiment band.
The governors guard.
Carriage containing Mayor John
Corscot Major w. H. Upham, Mrs.
Upham, Miss Caroline Upham.
Carriage containing H. A. Taylor,
Lieutenant Governor-elect Emil
Baensch Mrs Baensch.
Carriage containing Judge R. G..
Siebecker, Secretary of State elect
Henry Casson, Mrs. Siebecker, Mrs.
Casson.
Carriage containing Judge E. W.
Keyes, Treasurer elect SewaH A. Pet
erson, Mrs. Peterson.
Carriage containing Senator R. NJ
Bashford, Attorney Gereral-elect Myl-
rea, Mrs. Mylrea.
Carriage containing ex-Mayor NJ. R.
Doyon, Superintendent of Public In
struction- elect Emery, Mrs. Emery.
Carriage containing Assemblyman-
elect George B. Burrows, Assembly
man-elec De Croft, Railway Commits
sioner-elect Mckenzie.
Garage containing Mr. H. B. Hob
bins, Insurance COmmiss ioner-elect
Fricke, Mrs. Charles Upham and
daughter
Carriage containing Colonel King
Major Otto Zwietuesch, Mrs. Zwei-
tuesch, Mrs. Harry Seaman.
The procession entered the north
west gate Of the capitol park, and
moved around to the south entrance
of the capitol, where the occupants Of
carriages were conducted to the ex-
ecutive chamber. Meantime a COM
mittee consisting of Burr w. Jones,
B. J. Stevens, E. E. Bryant, George
w. Bird and Wayne Ramsay pro-
ceeded to the supreme court room and
escorted the justices of the supreme
court: Chief Justice Harlow S. Orion
and Associate Justices S. q. Pinney.
John B. Cassoday, J. B. Winslow and
A. W. Newman. and Federal Judge
Romance Bum to the assembly cham
Der. Here Mayor Corscot took the
presiding chair: on his right sitting
Chief Justice Orton, and OF his left
Col. George w. Bird. Seats in the
front of the chamber had been re-
served and were occupied by a num-
Der of prominent people, among them
being President G. X. Adams, Repre-
sentative J. W. Babcock and wife. Of
Necedah, Colonel W. J. Boyle. of Mil
waukee, Seymour HOLSTER, of Osh-
kosh. ex-senator Philetus Sawyer, Of
Oshkosh, Prof. ]. D. Butler, Harry
Seaman, of Milwaukee, General Otto
Falk, Of Milwaukee, and many others.
The entire Milwaukee delegation filed
| into the chamber and took its stand at