Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-02-16
Elected John A. Logan to the Senate.

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committee, twelve were spent as Its
chairman.
Elected John A. Logan to the Senate.
He was particularly proud of his par
ticipation and successful conduct of the
John A. Logan fight for senator In 1878.
He has fine silver service which was
presented to him by appreciatlve friends
at this time. He went out of office
June 30, 1895
Jones was elected state senator from
the Thirty-third senatorial district last
fall when all predictions were against
him. Part of the district is strongly
Democratic, but he made great cam
paign and came out with flying colors.
He is a member Of the Baptist church.
He has also contributed literally to the
Y. NJ C. A., which has erected build
ing in Waukesha. He Is great whist
player and spends most of his time at
the Waukesha club, where he may gen.
orally be found deep in game of whist.
In 1897 he was president Of this club.
In manner and speech he is plain.
Oct 49, 1857, he married Emeline A.
Wright Of New York state. They have
two children, Alfred Writ Jones and
y. d.
Writ" as he is commonly called, is
manager Of Bethesda Spring.
Wisconsln's Handsonest Building.
Next Tuesday historical pow-wow
opens up in Madison for two days
session, George Washingtons birthday
furnishing the occasion, and the fiftieth
anniversary OF the historical society
accentuating it. Incidentally it Is prob
ably designed to exert a mellifiuous
effect on the legislature. The new
library building is costing a good deal
of money and bill is in to appropriate
$4,000 more. There is some unrest,
especially from the rural members, but
this Is inevitable. The structure Is certain
ly magnificent pile, fast taking shape;
and though it will cost over $500, 900 it
will be as fine as anything in ancient
Greece or Rome; and when down-east-
ers come out west as far as Madison
their eyes will stick out like tenders on
trolley car. There Is no hint of money
not we'll applied. The only question is
whether the people wanted place to
house booksor architectural triumph.
They have got the latter. The work.
men on the building say mean the
day laborers and stonecutters IWalked
down town with one the other day.
that every bit of work is as fine as silk.
Christopher Columbus Was Tardy.
The programme includes we'll known
people, among them Professor Rasmus
Anderson, the spokesman for Nor
wegian- Americans, who is sure his for
fathers reached America some five CEN
hnr shpiSt ,,1, Nor NrIt Inns,
cast off from Spain Editor Usher will
tell of the Puritan influence in Wiscon-
sin, and be careful not to offend his
Lacrosse German friends; and a Green
Bay lady, Mrs. Neville, will tell of the
French in the valley of the Fox There
will be banquet in the Congregational
church.
And that reminds me that the church
ladies of Madison have curious way
OF raising money. They are all in the
catering business 1t explains why the
city lacks good all-round catering firms
When banquet is to be served, the
committee sends round to the different
ladies' societies of four or five churches
and gets estimates, say for 100
plates at so cents Each group of ladies
sends in the best menu they can afford
for the money. The Congre-
gational coffee Is famous-always made
by the same person in huge washtubs;
while the Presbyterians put up a IA
nous pumpkin pie and shine in seal
loped oysters. The Methodist women
are the favorites with the very hungry;
but the Epsicopalians have a daintiness
about their eatables, which together
with very thin china and a napkin to
every plate, often wins the bid.
Death of Another Assemblyman.
Following the death of Assemblyman
Hughes, an honest old farmer of Wau-
shara, comes the death of another,
Woyciechowski, young Polander Of
Milwaukee. He was single, a man of
80, railroad section foreman. His pc
culiar name was the subject for many
jcsts on the start of the session. He was
a pleasant-spoke fellow OF small stat
ure. His taking off was fearfully sud
den. He did not have a doctor until
Thursday night. and Friday morning at
IL o'clock he was dead. Like many
Milwaukee men, he drank beer. He
was thick set, and rudy and plump. A
Madison physician Is quoted as saying
that when pneumonia strikes a man
whose system has become accustomed
to beer 1t never let's go. He says he has
never known one to survive. The resist
ing power is shattered.
Free pass and tho Lobby.
OF course, the free pass Is the princi-
pal theme with us. The senate commit
tee has reported favorably on a clinch-
Ing law, which shuts out all officials
from these perquisites. Thus far sena-
tors have delayed action. But We
shall have some sort OF law, though
there will be some clever work at taking
out the sting. II It don't conflict with
the constitution when the law gets on
the statute books. The recommends
lions OF Governor Scofield to abolish the
lobby are also leading to an attempt
to lash prohibition into shape. But
II Is not so easy to shut out the profess
SIGNALS without hitting people whose
efforts for and against measures are
highly meritorious. Thus q committee
OF leading Milwaukee citizens. or a del
egation OF farmers who come here to
head of some ubiquitous measure are
ms much LOBBYISTS as the sly employees OF