The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-14
FIRST INTERESTING LETTER FROM
OUR CORRESPONDENT THERE
INAUGURATION OF scoFIELD
Civil Service Reform Surely Coming.
Spooner to Be the Next Senator.
Beauty and Taste at the Ball
SURPRISES Madisonians
Special to the observation-disclosures

| Two years ago the same ceremony was
| performed; and the same list of state
officers with but one exception, took
the oath this year. Scofield succeeds
! Upham as governor. One lumberman
follows another. Both, too, are old war
heroes and are happier at a G. A. r.
campfire than anywhere else.
Governor Upham's musings as he es-
corted Major Scofield up before Chief
| Justice Cassoday were no doubt touched
with sadness, for he and his noble wife
have made many friends in Madison
and, in fact, become a part of it's So
cial life. They will be sorely missed.
It has been suggested to the magnate
of Marshfield that he close out his big
interests there and return to Madison
to make his permanent home. But there
is no prospect of it. He thinks Wash
! ington the most attractive American
city and if he ever pulls up stakes in
! the little city of 5000, which he plant
! ed in Wood county, it will be to join
many other Wisconsin families who
think they have found an earthly para
disc in Washington.
Speaking of the Uphams although
they are Presbyterians when at home,
they attended the Congregational
church here and Mrs. Upham conducted
| Bible class for young people. The
| churches here are alert for new corners,
and enter into a quiet but diligent riv-
airy to strengthen themselves. The
| choice of the Scofields is as yet un-
known, though Mrs. Scofield accompa-
MED Mrs. Upham to a Congregational
| literary entertainment a few nights
ago. The two ladies reached the
church late and had to be content with
seats up against the wall, not only in
convenient and conspicuous, but af
fording a poor vantage ground from
which to hear what was going on
| George Riddles dramatic readings.
w. J. Anderson, ex-governor Up
| hams private secretary, who is contin-
ued by Governor Scofeld, is Methodist
| and is superintendent of the Sunday
school here. The church-Rev E. J.
Buskerville's-has attracted attention
throughout the country by it's rapid
increase of membership. baskerville
is called the Human Freight Train"
He is a jolly, CHEEKY preacher to take
by the hand and in two years has add
ed 600 to his church, men, women and
children. Most of them are converts
in the old fashioned way and never a
Sunday goes by without accessions It
| is one perennial revival at this Method
ist church where Mr.. Anderson is SUI
perintendent of the Sunday school,
The Inauguration ceremonies at
| tracted to the city hundreds of people
from other parts of the state, relatives
and friends of the state officers to be
entrusted with the authority of the
state. In the host Of strangers were
many ladies, and for once Madison was
thrust into the background. It is some
times fiippantly remarked in the inner
chamber of alleged Madison society"
that inauguration day, and especially
the ball that follows in the evening,
| is a field day for the sisters and the
cousins and the aunts from the rural
districts" But this year the taste and
| elegance of the costumes of the invad-
ing host quite silenced the cynical, and
those who went to the functions of the
day to sheer remained to admire and
If they were ladies-even to enjoy.
The ball was crowded affair, at times
the spectators occupying half the floor
space in the enormous university ar
| mory, and the onlookers were finally
asked to take hold of a huge rope which
| enclosed a space for the dancers. This
| curious method availed to protect the
| latter. The decorations were notable.
The effects of beauty and sensational
coloring and action that can be
| achieved now with the electric light
are quite remarkable.
It is a wise arrangement which pro-
vides that the governor shall be in
stalled in office and to gradually famil-
iarize himself with his duties before
the legislature settles down upon him.
| This week, however-Wednesda at
noon-(Jan. 13)-to speak exactly-the
| legislature convenes in biennial session
and the work of making, repeating and
amending the laws which regulate the
lives of 100000 Badgers will be begun.
The governors message will be read by
another if he does not choose to pro-
nounce it himself, as is probable he
will do; organization will be perfected,
and an adjournment of week will be
taken to allow the speaker OF the house
time to make up his committees. Gov
ernor Scof1eld has his message we'll un-
der way, though the absence Of Secre-
tary Anderson, who has been in Illinois
at the funeral OF his father-in-law, has
led to the Withholding Of some para
graphs until his return. Governor Sco-
field has given evidence Of ability and
determination in the few weeks in
which he has been brought face to face
with his new duties. The politicians
are saying to themselves that they have
serious minded man to deal with, one
who regards his post with dignity and
proposes himself to be governor. He
has proceeded with discretion thus far,
making but very few changes in the
stable of officials; nor is there any ap-
parent disposition to merely take adj
vantage of their experience and turn
them loose as soon as he gets full COM
mand of the situation. The message is
not expected to be sensational in char
acter, like Governor Pingree's of Mich
igan, who asks a 2 cent per mile fare
on every railroad in the state and the
entire abolition of party conventions;
but Governor Scofeld will no doubt
touch on civil service reform, especially
as applicable to the Capitol. There is
no doubt that it is sorely needed. Mad
ison people often enjoy the amusing
spectacle of a dozen able-bodied men
beating one carpet that anybody but an
office holder could make clean single