Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-01-26
SENATORIAL TIMBER.
Why Judge Webb Is Deemed In.
eligible.
STEPHENSON'S FIFTEEN MILLIONS.

| STEPHENSON'S FIFTEEN MILLIONS.
| Cooks Famous Handshake-The Elegant
| Ouarlcs and the HustIing Babcock-
| Ex-senator Villas on Young Mcu-His
Prectseness and Caution-yigorous Tax
Reform and oniciaI Sanction of Railroad
Honesty.
Madison, Jan. 24-All the five can
aidates for the senate have been head
Guartering at the Park hotel (the prop
erty Of Senator Villas, by the way), ex-
cept Judge Webb. That gentleman be-
ing too modest to put in political work
while he is circuit judge, Senator
Kreutzer, the young lawyer from Wau-
sau, and other friends have been doing
the work of the Grand Rapids candi-
date. Judge Webb is a man of 60 and
in many ways is the supremely-
equipped candidate of the five,
But the fact is, some of the most con-
scientious members of the legislature
regarded his going to Washington as
an invasion OF the constitution of the
state. Senator Kreutzer in nominating
Judge Webb said truly that Congress
man Cate and United States Senator
Doolittle many years ago were taken
from the bench to go to Washington,
and he cited decisions which make it
| altogether likely that Judge Webb could
be elected to the senate and take his
seat without successful resistance from
anybody.
But granted that he could, the fol-
lowing provision in the Wisconsin con-
| stitution leaves it clear that the ia
| theirs of the commonwealth never in
tended our judges should dip into poll
ties under any conditions. After fixing
| their salaries it says:
They (supreme and circuit judges
shall hold no office of public trust, eX-
cept a judicial office. during the term
for which they are respectively elected,
and all votes for either of them. for
any office except a judicial office given
by the legislature or the people, shall
be void"
| That seems to be a clincher
| But how was it circumvented in the
case of Cate and Doolittle?
Federal Government Takes Precedence.
Because the federal constitution
transcends state constitutions in the do
main where the former speaks; and
| each house of congress is the judge Of
the qualifications of it's members. The
federal constitution does not shut out
state judges from either branch of con-
gress.
| The reasoning against Judge Webb
| was this: The makers of the constitu-
ton of Wisconsin sought to shield the
| judiciary from any political entangle-
ments The efforts of lawyers (who ap-
| pear constantly in causes before a
| judge) to send him to the senate or
| to secure him some other political hon
ors naturally prejudice him in their ia
vor. He would be an migrate If he did
not ever think kindly of them, and he
would be more than human If he could
| always eliminate that element in his
official conduct. Judge Webb continued
| on the bench and defeated for the SEN
ate could never forget these half dozen
| lawyers of his circuit who at their own
| expense have been in Madison for a
! fortnight, neglecting their own bust
ness and working night and day for his
advancement. The fathers of Wiscon-
| sin saw these things and sought to
avert them. Thus some of our legis-
lators reasoned about Judge Webb, not
withstanding his splendid fitness for
the senate.
Said To he Worth 15,OOO,0OO.
| .Nrt Rx,A
! s. A. Cook of Neenah. He Is a tall,
quaint, awkwardly-e man, and has
a genuine press OF the hand and a
friendly confiding word for everybody
that makes friends right and left. And
| the best of it Is he is genuine, Sena-
tor Martin In nominating him compared
him to Uncle Sam, conceding that he
was no beauty; and don't know where
one could find a more typical American,
! for a fact, than Cook. He has a lot
| of the Yankees shrewdness and his
/ eternal persistence made him Il great
success in congress in getting things
through to a finish. He is well-to-d do
business man, though Stephenson and
Babcock are the plutocrats of the con-
| test There is Il wide difference in
their resources, however. One of Bah
cocks friends says he is worth prob
ably $500, G00--madc in the lumber bust
ness, while the Marquette statesman is
STYLED the wealthiest man in the state
and Is rated in the neighborhood of
Sic, 1000 900 He employs $500 men in the
busy season Stephenson is a tall man
with long whiskers, his hair coming
down to his coat collar and turning at
the ends When he first came to the
legislature years ago his neglect of
dress and unconventional manners made
him the subject of many a jest, but he
has put on polish since then
The Elegant milwaukee, Man.
Quarles is the handsome man of the
quintettc- dashug, in fact, With iron
gray hair and manner imperious
softened into urhanity. He would he q
conspicuous man in any company. His
strong point is his oratory. He is rec
ognzed as the most polished speaker
in the state. as shown by his choice fol
the semi-Ccntennial address; though, OF
course for some kinds of effective work
Senator SpConcr or Bob La Toilette
| ,Npld distance him Mr. OuarlpS has a