Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-11
SCOFIELD TAKES OATH
Other State Officers Sworn in by
Chief Justice cassoday.
CEREMONY IN MADISON MONDAY.

"Crlando Burnett" Tells of the .Attic An
gels" Swell Girls Who Help the Poor
When Horizon Detested Beaver Dam
The Graz, for B,rgain Sales -A Joke
That Convuised the Capitol-A Budget
of Cosby Reading.
Madison, Jan. 3.-Yesterday was in
augural day IL this city. 1t was the
DAY when the state officers GALL of them
new except Governor Scofield) took the
oath Of office. 1t was a quiet affair.
with a heavily Madison flavor. and
should be distinguished in the popular
mind from Jan. IL when the legislature
convenes, and the inaugural message
is the supreme topic-an occasion of
state dimensions.
For some reason the custom las
sprung up of starting an inaugural
train from Milwaukee, with all the
state officers on board, and the meet
ing of the train at Madison is the sig
nal Tor the band to play and the pro-
cession to start for the big white dome
If the state officers very naturally hap
pen to be in Madison making arrange
ments for their future home, they must
run over to Milwaukee in time to come
to Madison in triumphal style on this
inaugural train. When the train ar
rives a band of music and the newly
organized Company G of the state mil
itia tmost of whom saw duty at Jack
sonville and some individuals of whom
were in Porto Rieo) escorted the state
officers to the capitol in carriages
Their families came along, too The
train got in about noon.
The Women Share the Glory.
In the first carriage were Governor
Sccfield, President Adams of the uni
versity; Mayor Whelan and General
+. e. Bryant. In the second were the
retiring and incoming lieutenant gov
errors, with their wives; and so on
through the eight carriages. After a
rally in the governors executive offices.
General Bryant escorted the supreme
court judges to the assembly chamber
and everybody trooped into the big
room after them. Then President Ad-
ans called the assemblage to order and
Chief Justice Cassoday administered
the oath of office. Following that were
receptions In the offices of the various
state officers, good deal of handshak-
ing and a good deal of quiet work look
ing to an equitable distribution of any
official pie that might yet be in cold
storage. Withal it was an informal
and unpretentious occasion, solemn and
BETTING a great state.
Working Hard on His Message
Governor Scofield is putting in his
best ticks on his message, which will
be read when the legislature meets
"wednesday, Jan. III. but probably on
the day following. 1t will be a long one
and the governor intends to make il a
ten-strike. He realizes that with the
LaFollette reforms in the platform and
in the air the state is on the threshold
of new era. The abolition of the pass,
the subject of tax reform and the sub
jugation of corporations are in them
selves enough to make the session of
the Legislature critical, and may make
his administration historic. The gov
eTnor has nailed up little room down.
stairs underneath the executive offices,
and here he and Private Secretary An
derson are putting in as good work as
they can with the frequent Interrupt
lions. Anderson was formerly a sue
ceSsful Milwaukee newspaper man, and
S a conservative and accurate writer,
though he tells me that when he wrote
for the newspapers he was painfully
slow. An average newspaper man is
supposed to toss off a column an hour
on subject with which he is familiar,
but Anderson says he has to elaborate
every sentence word by word. But it
is good reading when it is finished. He
is presumably a great help to Governor
Scofield, who makes no claims to schol-
arship. Governor Upham was a West
Point graduate, and his literary wife
was an invaluable censor. But Gov
ernor Scofield is a man of ideas and his
vigorous speeches prove that he can
find words enough where his interest is
aroused. No doubt Private Secretary
Anderson and others expert in particu-
lar phases of the questions discussed
are called on for suggestions. But
Scofield is not man TO require any one
to do his thinking for him. The mes
sage will be his. 1t will be a long one.
1t wiz be available in book form, and
uu'-ss I am in error. put the executive
in the attitude of a champion of the
peoples interests-and that without
demagogy-in way to surprise the
state
At the Expense of Beaver Dam.
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