Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-18
FIVE NEW REGENTS
For the University, Three for
Normal Schools.
GOVERNOR sCoFlELD TO APPOINT.

GOVERNOR SCOFIELD TO APPOINT,
The $4,000 Word Message Meets with
Favor-sc ofiel. Says Goodbye 10 Fac
fionaiisin The Families of the New
State 0hicers-Only One Office In the
Capital Where Nobody Smokes Rail-
road Commissioners Graham l.. Rice.
Ma lison, Jan n.--Goveraor S. ofield is
much improved in health and declares
that he will not heed the counsel of his
physician and go to California He
ought TO take a rest His wife aud son
Paul are on he Pacific coast and worry
for the boy is part of the governors
load. Then, too, the stl ain of the sum-
mer, politically. was terrific, as those
near to him know. 1t was not so much
the dread of defeat isn't 1t strange that
candidates are ever sanguine?) but the
humiliation of the campaign wore hi.n
to nervous wreck. And to have a
governors own party seem to say
through third of Their delegates that
they don't believe him fit to be gov
ernor must have been bitter pill. What
ranked most, however, was the feeling
that he was being misrepresented.
Bothered by Lack of Sleep.
Scaled hasn't the power to throw of
care at the close of business hours, that
priC eless attribute Of some men of great
affairs. The sma.l lest thing makes him
restless. The visit of a woman who
wants her son given job; the covert
threat of some big politician who rs
denied something; the wording of a
sentence in his message-trifles like
these Scofield has in his mind all the
time. He is bad sleeper, indeed some
times he comes to the capitol in the
morning with scarcely any sleep and
locking it. He has a cook who would
die for him the devotion of his sub rdi-
mates, both here and up north, has ever
been marked; and the neighbors say
he calls up the good woman some morn
lngs before ) o'c4oCk to cook him some
thing TO eat, and the scrub women re-
port that he breaks in on them with his
greetings some mornings before G
o'clock. OF course, this is not often,
but ii shows the intense nature of the
man and the sense of resrons bility he
is under with respect to public affa rs
He was yind,C ated at the polls by some
thing like 10000 majority; and most
men would take their ease happy in
possession for two long years; but Gov
ernor Scofield can't seem to get away
from the haunting thought of 100000
homes on his shoulders for even one
poor hour.
The better ability to have oneself I'M
der control becomes a man in a posi-
ton of great resp, s.bility, but / never
meet the little man, unaffected, I'M
spoiled, Upright, with his face lined
with care and his manner that of a
WORKOUT guardian of the public veal
without a sense of homage.
scofield's Message.
OF course the message is still the talb
of the lawmakers and the politicians
1t was $4,000 words long, and would
fill fourteen columns of an average
newspaper; as against $4,000 in Pin
gree's; but no one expects the latter'S
recommendations to be considered by
his legislature. l have ever regarded
Pingree's success as an evidence of pub
lie confidence and still think he sue
ceeds, because voters have reacted tC
the support of what seems to them
frank and outspoken; but it is said the
conservative business men of Michigan
are no longer in Pingre0's 2in. Gov.
zrnor ScCfield's recommendations on the
other hand, will have much weight with
the legs allure. The message is praised
by even opposition sheets like the Mil
waukee Journa! and the populist News
1t should be read in the public schools
for the information it affords-the fig
ures. data, etc, of state affairs. II
hews close to the line of the Republican
platform which you remember was 8
radical exposition of new things; but
it is temperate in fact it might be
called a suggestive discussion rather
than a bill of directions what to do
Thus, the Milwaukee Sentinel thinks
thatsthe governor should have told the
Legislature how to get rid of the lobby
(Which it seems to think could be done
by compelling the lobbyists to register)
But on looking at the message yol viii
find a discussion on the subject that
would fill my two columes, with al
known laws or authorities quoted, and
I'm inclined to think that, together with
counsel to wipe out the evil if the leg
islature can, and promise of execu.
tive sanction to any reasonable meas
ure is about all a governor could do.
1t is also noted that the message has
between the lines some Cancellation fol
his LII Toilette opponents. He is a mar
of strong feelings and after the cleo
tions in interviews made it clear tha
he held that there were two factions IL
the party, but he is wiser today in no
noticing it. He has come to regard
himself as the governor of the people
and we shall hear no more from hin
at least of factionaitsm. This is th'
only dignified attitude.
New Regents To BE Appointed.
No less taan five university regent.
are to be appointed next month (firs
Monday IN February. Frank Challon
er's death (the Oshkosh representa-
tive) adds one to the four by expiration
of term. Those whose terms conclude
are B. ]. Stevens. the Madison lawyer
Judge George Noyes of Milwaukee
John Riess of Sheboygan and William
Pitt Bartlett of Eau Claire. 1t is wei
understood that there will be som,
changes. but ] suspect the first two viii
be continued. Mr.. Stevens is a Demo
crat Oike his Madison colleague, e.
Senator vilas): but Mr. Stevens give:
nearly half his time to the duties of tht
office and his efficiency and acknowl
edged fitness have made him prett5
| nearly 1.-THE whole thing" But the Re
publican politicians may crowd him Of
the list.
Strangely enough the normal schoo
regents. unlike the varsity regents
must be confirmed by the senate. Tn,
former, whose terms (three years. ex
pire, are Mr.. Fruit of La Crosse; Thorn
as Jenkins Of Plattville and Freeman
Lord of River Falls. 7: is not expected
that charges will be made here, though
it is early to state. with too much con
hdence The senate has yet to confirm
the appointments of Messrs. Treat
Bishop and Nelson TO the b, a d Of con-
troll: but no opposition is at all likely
This formality must be attended tc
within twenty days Of the meeting o.
the legislature. There is likely TO be 6
shift in the board Of fish commission
ers; the terms of three members ex.
piring in April. Those whose terms OF
six years expire are Messrs Henry d
Smith of Appleton; Curry G. Bell OF
bayfield,. and General Z. f. Bryant, tbs
dean of the university law school. Hen.
ry c. Adams term as dairy and foot
commissioner expires the first Monday
in February. There are half doZer
candidates. including Mayor Whelan o.
Madison. The salary is $500 and the
term is six years. Halvord Eriekson's
term as statistician expires at the same
time. The game commissioner (Eller-