Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-11-17
NE\I LEGISLATURE.
Many Familiar Faces VIII Sc
Found Missing.
DErElT OF GEORGE A. BuCkSTAFF.

Was Candidate tor the state senate, but /
Harry y, Weed or Oshkosh VIII Occupy |
the Seat New Mcmhers Eicctcd to tho
General Assembly 49, Somcthtng About |
"Long" Jones vt Wankesha Has Had
Much Experience In Politics.
Madison, Wis Nov. i&-of course
people are suu talking about the e'ee-
ton which was u surprise In many ways
and created great comment desNNte 'hS
apathy shown during the campaign IN
the next legislature the Repueheahs
viii have the unwieldy majority OF
eighty mine ON Joint ballot, the Demo
Gratis haviug all told, only Twenty-Five
members, Many familiar faces in the
last body will I've missing from the new
one, the most conspicuous among them
being Speaker George 4, mckstaU OF
Oshkosh, RuckStan VAS one ot the
Youngest men In the last legislature.
and slender, uuassuming man. He
made n reputation in u previous Sos
| sion and in the last scramble Tor the
| speakcrship he Won out This year he
| was ambitious to 40 to the state sen.
| ate and succeeded IN defeating senator
| Davis, the present incumbent. for the
| nomination only to I've beaten ut the
| polls. His successful opponent was
| Harry j, Weed of oshkosh, Democratic
| candidate for attorney general two
| years ago.
One Cause " Defeat.
| Ruckstan is II furniture manufacturer
| and the recent labor strike In Oshkosh
| was undoubtedly factor In bringing
| about his defeat, Both he and his Wife
| are university trained and nrominent
| socially, the latter hciue a daughter Of
| Hattie TYING Griswnld, the wen known
| Wisconsin author.
| Another figure that will he missing
| from the assembly Is that of king O.,
| Staples cf Iron county. who went to
| Waupun last week to serve n term in
| prison for emhcaglcmcnt II Is rather
| curious occurrence that he should he
| taken to the pcuitcntiary by deputy
sheriff who WAS himself but recently
released from there, From the senate
the most conspicuous member to be re
| tired is Mr. Austin, Republican, Of NIL
1
kee garbage aud other Cream city leg
islatiun ANA litigation led to his defeat
| Mr.. Austin was perhaps the ablcat de-
| batter in the senate of two years ago,
| Bryant Of Madison.
A unique character IN the next ns-
semhly Will be General George H. Bry-
ant Of Madison, Bryant was Il college
| roommate OF Admiral Dewey ut the
old military academy at Norwich. VT,
| away back IN the '60's. He liz now n
| farmer and plain and eccentric OF
dress but rs veteran politician and
has held many offices. having been
| postmaster OF Madison, Judge of pro-
bate court and member Of the legis~
laturc before. He enjoys the distiuc-
| ton of being X-ConPressmnn II, NJ La
| Fullettes political foster father. lie
| picked La Toilette up when the pres
| cnt Republican leader was struggling
to obtain 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,
| Mr.. La Toilette was unable to go to
| the polls this year to cnst his vote, be-
| ing confined to his bed with his old all
| mcnt, congestion of the liver. LA Fol
! lettc liz terrific worker and very ir-
regular In sleep and meals, frequently
| spending all night ut his law office, lie
| comes Of an iron race Of hunters and
| voyagers but his physician has warned
him that he may M an early gray" "
| he does not change his habits Two
| years ago he broke down In similar
wise and had Ia spend n large share
of the winter In the south He was
about 10 take the Stamp this fall when
he became III and his words were await
ed with the greatest expectation
Long Jones.
new force IN Wisconsin p0itics who
VIII be watched with the greatest inter
est Is Alfred Mites Jones OF Wnultcsha.
better known aa Long" Jones. who
was elected TO the Badger senate last
Tuesday. lie IL giant In build and
achieved fame In Illinois MS n political
| manager before he came TO WuukpHha
To take charge of the Bcthcsda lie
wus II typical Yankee boy, born In New
| Hampshire In 1881 and came west IN
early youth. He walked from st. Jo-
scph, Mo. to pikes PEAK. 10 seek his
| fortune, puHDlnB HDu pHIIlnR IA wheel
barrow all the way, The trip occupied
| twenty one days. Lator he walked
from pixies Peak 10 kearney, Ncb. a
distance Of 600 miles, He finally re.
turned TO Illinois. got into politics and
was the Republican leader IN the I'LL
nois assembly In the 'T0s In the same
assembly was another joiner 30 the
title Long" Jones vas given the leader
to distinguish him from his shorter
namcsakc and II has stuck to him ever
since President Garfield appointed
him Internal revenue collector for the
| Chicago district and for twelve years
ne wDs chairman ~ the state central
| committee. He was a warm adnlrer
OF the lamcnted General John a. Logan,
and his greatest triumphs were the
successive elections to the United
states senate Of the gallant BLACK
caPle At the Republican national
convention In Minneapolis IN 1882 Jones
had charge ~ the forces ~ President
Harrison and succeeded in enecting his
| denomination.
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