Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-01-12

do, No matter ncw successful man
may lie. the only thing that he conceives
/ supreme bliss would be to co some fool
/ thing he has no use for,
Ready to nefeua Varsity.
! Eut ws were speaking Of the men OF
mark ~ -he assembly, There is Louis
! LaoSe, the Fond du Lac editor; and L,
! |. McGrath, the witty and toreeful
lrishmau from Greea Bay; and Morgan
~ Spring Green the regent, who may
! have To speak up tor the university il
| any agitator draws out a hig machete.
| George X Ray win likely I've speaker
a straight, forward, upright gentleman.
he is La Crosse bank president,
Wheeler of Janesvtle is a fellow OF
brains, whose future Is IN his own
hands, q. Il, Nandercook is boy ed
ltor from up north, who has been as
sistant secretary of state, a witty, af-
| fecuonate loyal sort Of fellow, at pres
ent running one end Of Babcock's boom
Tor the United States senate, Editor
Ngo OF Richland Center is another ex-
perienced man IN public affairs, n man
OF good deal ot shrcwdness, John
|
the state Agricultural society, and
would he a lively candidate FOR speaker
Uor which he is excellently titted1 II
he had not been 50 Intimately associ-
ated with the defeated faction OF Re
puhltcanism, or course this is even
more true of MIR, Han. Phtlo A, orion
rf Darlington is well known; as is Jerry
Rusks son. Lycurgus j., OF Chippewa
| Falls.
have made no mention OF n lot OF
ether men who come With local reputa-
| tons on the county board, etc,
And l make but passing mention FOR
obvious reasons OF four cstimahe gen
tlemen from -Grootemaat,
Thiesenhaussen, Soltwedcl and Woycie-
| Chowski.
| Assured Places ut the Trough.
A round of the Capitol reveals the
! departments getting down to business.
| The clerks who are reappotntcd are
historical with joy, for they know they
are on the pay roll for two years more,
and probably four About the corridors
We see the disappointed ones, who are
stll( feeding their souls ON hope though
some have given up the fight and gone
home.
\ reminder OF the Passing Show" Is
here and there retiring state officer
| or other high utlicial-@noW fast ON the
| road to the land of Has Been" lie
| has a friend by the button hole and
Notwithstanding the confusion about
them is thrcshing out old straw-talk-
ing ancient history-telling him some
appointments he made or didn't make
| two. four wears ugO pprhnpS
The friend listens sympathetically,
but is evidently restless. He wants to
get away, The old state officer talks
on; he is anxious To be set right in the
eyes OF posterity; but the other party
is more interested In the plums that
have not yet fallen. The glowing.
Juicy, real present possesses him. lie
finally tears himself off and is soon
closcted with the man OF today.
His sun Has Set.
The man of yesterday looks uncer-
tainly down the corridor. He Is alone
and the throng passes him. needing him
not; yet when he took office few brief
years ago one had to press back the
crowd and conciliate messengers 70
even get look at him.
But that was yesterday,
Today he stands alone. unknown, un-
decided He is trying to make up his
mind whether to go to Cheneys for d
lunch or to go up and rest in the His.
toriCal library.
rs Such is politics
Some Good Things Yet Unplaced.
The three big appointments yet to be
made apart from the offices In the
power of the assembly and senate are
those of game warden, dairy and food
commissioner and treasury agent. The
last named has to do with the pedlers
of the state and the office Is worth 50,
500. Ralph Vernon some time ago de.
clared his intention to retire but MIR
Ellerson may remain as game warden;
and II. c. Adams In the search for i'm.
pure food stuffs and butter limitations
This Office has done some excellent
work lately.
The La Toilette people have quite q
number OF places about the big build.
ing but factlonalism is quiescent al
present. The tendency Is to get into
line; and the fellows who have good
posts. however hot faetionaists the,
may once have been, are quietly talk.
ing OF the need OF reunited party.
McKinley's Care for Confederate Dead.
| Mckinley's oVertures To the south are
regarded by many as a bit too ELUSIVE
1t may be all right to offer to see that
the dead OF Dixie who fen In lighting
to destroy the Union are deccntly cared
for; but the wearing Of the Confederate
badge was n little too stiff dose for
some OF our Four Lakes patriots. Nc
Knley was puzzled what to do when
the trophy was offered him, you re-
member. but ] suspect the fact Is that
in such a maclstrOm of enthusiasm aa
! Mckinley found himself, it was mpos-
siblc to refuse, or even to secure time
to deliberate.
The southerners are the most enthu-
siastic, sentimental people on the globe.
The day JEFF Davis was honored In
Atlanta forget the occasion, II was
not long before his death-men, women
and children went weeping and shout
ing for joy through the streets and the
peerless Henry Grady, the orator or the
day, matched the unlcashed emotions
OF his countrymen when he raised his
hand over the city, hushcd for an in
slant, and said: