Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-01-19


| piring in April. Those whose terms of
| six years expire are Messrs. Henry D.
| Smith of Appleton: Curry G. Bell of
| Bayfield,, and General E. E. Bryant, the
dean of the university law school. Hen
| ~ c. Adams term as dairy and food
commissioner expires the first Monday
| in February. There are half dozen
candidates, including Mayor Whelan of
Madison. The salary is 81, 500 and the
term is six years. Halvord Ericksons
| term as statistician expires at the same
time. The game commissioners (Eller-
SOM in May.
Handsome Women i'm the Armory.
There was big time at the university
armory the other night which suggests
what excellent opportunities the STU
dents have to enjoy the best of music.
1t is one of a series of four concerts.
One of them is to be by Sherwood, the
pianist OF course, he is not so great
as Paderewski, but he is the most emf
| nent of our American artists. The first
production was the Messiah oratorio.
Four imported soloists stood in front,
two of them ladies' one in green and
the other in Understanding full-dress
costumes. One of the local papers dry
ly remarked: Singing oratorio music
in full dress greatly helps the gate re-
ceipts.' Homely women must worship
God in some other way. There was
one old lady who sang SO we'll that she
was known as 1.-The Patti of seven
states" but she tried to sing oratorio
with a full-necked dress and the critics
said the lacked dramatic action" 1t
certainly does seem homogeneous to see
people in the most eXtravagant party
ball dresses utterfng the majestically
sacred words that Handel threw into
his oratorio $50 years ago. But the
world accepts it and the preachers seem
to agree it is art. Some musical en-
thusiasts even say they are greatly
uplifted in their souls.
An American tourist was once prowl-
ing round Westminster abbey and he
ran into verger in one of the dark
corridors. The traveller expressed his
admiration of the great edifce and it's
holy calm.
And do you have many conversions
here?" the devout American asked.
conversions, replied the verger,
contemptuously, what do you think
| this time-honored place is, anyway-a
Methodist chapel?"
New Administration Women.
One of the remarkable characteristics
| of the present administration is the
| fact that all of the new state officers.
| their deputies and clerks are married
| men.
| The ladies of the administration will
| promote the welfare of the common
| wealth to no small degree during the
| coming two years. Mrs. SCofeld is al
| ready well known to Wisconsin people
| as a hostess of rare tact, a woman of
| wide culture, a sympathetic friend.
| Lieutenant Governor Jesse Stone came
| to Madison from Watertown. During
| the winter he will live at the Park ho-
| tel, and Mrs. Stone will remain at the
| family home in Watertown. Lieuten-
| ant Governor Stone is an Englishman
| by hirth-a native of Lincolnshire.
| William H. Froehich. secretary of
| state, has held office in Washington
! county ever since 1881. having been
| postmaster at Jackson for twelve years.
| AS assemblyman in 1867 Mr.. Froeh-
| Itch was prominent worker for educa-
! tional interests. Next summer he and
| Mrs. Froehlch will move to Madison
with their five boys and two girls the
eldest of whom is Is.
For the past six years James o. Da-
! wilson has been an ardent advocate of
| the taxation of sleeping car and eX-
| press companies. Two years ago Gov
! ernor Scofeld vetoed his bills on the
| ground of illegal passage. AS state
| treasurer Mr.. Davidson will doubtless
lay a solid foundation for the future
liability of public carriers to a rate of
| taxation. Mrs. Davidson came to Madi-
| son from Soldiers Grove some time ago
| with her two daughters. The family oc-
| cupies q house on Hamilton street near
Lake Monona.
There is only one office in the capitol
where nobody smokes. Attorney Cen
eral e. II. Hicks sets a good example
for his clerks, and they all follow it.
| For the winter Mr.. Hicks will occupy
! bachelors quarters on West Gorham
street with Senator Stout, Superinten-
| dent Harvey and Walter l.. Houser.
| His three boys are in school at Osh-
| kosh, where Mrs. Hicks will remain for
the winter Both Mr.. and Mrs. Hicks
are prominent workers in the Methodist
| church.
Superintendent L. D. Harvey is a ma
tive of New Hampshire but he has lived
| in Wisconsin forty-eight of the fifty
years of his life. Miss Harvey is jun
| Tor in the university this year, young
or daughter will graduate from the Mil
waukee normal next spring, and the
youngest is a student in the normal
model department. Mrs. Harvey will
remain in Milwaukee for the winter
The most picturesque figure of the
administration is Railroad Commission
err Graham l.. Rice. In 1887 Mr.. Rice
established The Morning Journal, the
first morning paper in West Superior.
! He continued his lahors as an editor
until lack Of public appreciation forced
him to suspend publication. Since 1883
! MIR. Rice has held office almost con-
etantly. ard has made himself a pow
! er in Douglas county politics. Since
! the recent campaign the newspapers at
the head of the lakes have made great
capital of Mr.. Rice's big hat in which
| he appeared ut the Republican state
convention. He is famous as a story
teller and can reproduce the Swedish
dialect to perfection.
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