Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-23
NEXT LEGISLATURE.
Many Familiar Faces VIII Be
Found Missing.

Many Familiar Faces Will Be
Found Missing.
DEFEAT OF GEORGE A. BUCKSTAFF.
Was q iao didatc for the State Senate. but
Harry j. Weed of Oshkosh win Occupy
the seat-New Members Elected to the
General Assembly - Something About
"Long" Jones of waukesha Has Had
Much Experience in Politics.
Madison, Wis, Nov. 15.-Of course
people are still talking about the cleo
ton which was a surprise in many ways
and created great comment despite the
apathy shown during the campaign In
the next legislature the Republicans
Will have the unwieldy mai":ty Of
eighty-nine on joint ballot. the Demo
Gratis having all told only twenty two
members. Meny familiar faces in the
last body viii be missing from the new
one. the most conspicuous among them
being Speaker George A. Buckstam of
Oshkosh. BuckstafT was one of the
youngest men in the last legislature,
and Slender. unasslming man. He
made a reputation in previonv ses-
sion and in the last scramble Tor the
speakership he won out. This year he
was ambitious TO go to the state SEN
ate AID succeeded in defeating Senator
Davis. the present incumbent, for the
nomination only TO he beaten at the
polls. His successful opponent was
candidate for attorney general two
years ago
One Cause of Defeat.
Buckstaff is a furniture manufacturer
and the recent labor strike in Oshkosh
was Undoubtedly n factor in bringing
{ Tout his defeat. Both he and his wife
are university trained and prominent
socially, the latter being daughter of
Hattie Tying Griswold, the we'll known
Wisconsin author
Another figure that will be missing
from the assembly is that of King c..
Staples Of Iron county, who wen, to
Waupun last week to serve n term in
prison for embeZzlement 1t is a rather
curious occurrence that he should be
taken to the penitentiary by a deputy
sheriff who was himself but recently
released from there. From the senate
the moSt conspicuous member to be re-
tired is Mr.. Austin, Repu olican, of Mil
waukee whose activity in the MiIwau-
kee garbage and Other Clca n City leg
slation and litigation led TO his defeat.
Mr.. Austin was perhaps the ablest de-
batter in the senate of two years ago.
Bryant of Madison.
A unique character in the next as
sembly will be General George f. Bry-
ant of Madison. Bryant was a college
roommate of Admiral Dewey at the
old military academy at Norwich, VT,
away back in the SOS. He is now a
farmer and plain and eccentric Of
dress but is a veteran politician and
has held many offices, having been
postmaster of Madison. judge of pro-
bate court and member of the legis-
lature before. He enjoys the distinc-
ton of being ex-Congressman r. NJ. La
Follette's political foster father He
picked La Toilette up when the pres
ent Republican leader was struggling
t. obtain a university education and
support his widowed mother and has
ever since been his trusted lieutenant
and political mainstay, particularly
since the death of the late Samuel a.
Harper
Mir. La Toilette was unable to go to
the polls this year to cast his vote. be-
ing confined to his bed with his old all
ment, congestion of the liver. La Fol-
lette is a terrific worker and very ir-
regular in sleep and meals. frequently
spending all night at his law office He
comes of an iron race OF hunters and
voyagers but his physician has warned
him that he may fill an early grave if
he does not change his habits. Two
years ago he broke down in similar
wise and had to spend large share
| of the winter in the south. He was
about to take the stump this fall when
he became i'll and his words We're await
ed with the greatest expectation.
Long" Jones.
A new force in Wisconsin politics who
will be watched with the greatest inter
est is Alfred Miles Jones of Waukesha,
better known as Long Jones, who
was elected to the Badger senate last
Tuesday. He is a giant in build and
achieved fame in Illinois as a political
to take charge of the Bethesda. He
was a typical Yankee boy. born in New
Hampshire in 1887, and came west in
early youth We walked from St. Jo-
seph. Mo-, to Pixies Peak, to seek his
fortune, pushing and pulling a wheel
barrow all the way. The trip occupied
twenty-one days. Later he walked
from Pixies Peak to Kearney, Neb., a
l,H4o &c
turned to Illinois, got into politics and
was the Republican leader in the Illi-
nos assembly in the '70's. In the same
assembly was another Jones. so the
title Long" Jones was given the leader
to distinguish him from his shorter
namesake and ii has stuck to him ever
since. President Garfield appointed
him internal revenue collector for the
Chicago district and for twelve years
he was chairman of the state central
committee. He was a warm admirer
of the lamented General John A. Logan.
and his greatest triumphs were the
successive elections to the United
States senate of the gallant biloxi
eagle. AT the Republican national
convention in Minneapolis in 1892 Jones
had charge of the forces of President
Harrison and succeeded in eflecting his
denomination.
Represented by Mills.
The city of Superior seems to have
been predestined to be represented in
the legislature by a Mills, 1t has been
so many years and now Senator r. B. |
Mills, once speaker Of the assembly,
retires to be replaced by Edgar G. |
Mills.
The Republicans Of Dunn county have
returned Albert r. Hau to the assem-
bly,, which means a continuance If the |
anti-pass and anti-c0rporation war
fare. However, as the Republican
platform is clear cut In Its utterances !
on these matters this year there may |
he less friction than formerly and the |
dark gentleman from Dunn viii find |
ies4 occasion for his singing oratory |
Tia assembly roll Will also contain |
the name OF Eusk this winter. |
Colonel L. j. Rusk, son of the late Gov
error jeremiah NJ. Rusk. being elected |
from Chippewa Falls He is a lawyer |
or prominence and bids fair to become |
4 strong legislator.
Interest ia Herman II. DahIe.
Considerable interest is now being |
taken in the person of Herman b. |