The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-07-28
RACINE'S NOTABLES.
Dryer, Dodge, WinsIow, Fish,
Lyon, DooIittIe. Cooper,
Jonas, McWynn.
A VERITABLE CRADLE OF GENIUS.

1875 Factories with 81 ,OOO, 900 Output
AnnuaIIy-No POstofice in City of 49,
600 People Does as Much Business.
Racine, Wis, July 25.-Racire has
been the cradle of an immense amount
of ability and genius, perhaps no city
more so. Judge G. E. DWyer went
from Racine Judges Dodge and Wins
low of the supreme bench, ex-Chief
Justice Lyon. John T. Fish, the Mil
waukee jurist, J. v Quarles practiced
here and his partner, Spense. United
States Senator DOolittle lived and died
here-a big, honest, brave Democrat
and Baptist 1t is the home, too of
Congressman Cooper, who with Bah
cock is the veteran Of the Wisconsin
their fourth term.
Politics Forgotten in Making Judges.
Judge J. B. WinslOw's father was the
superintendent of schools in Racine in
the old days and the Judge was class
mate in Racine college Of Ex-Governor
Merriam Of Minnesota, nov at the
head of the census.
The circuit judge is F. NJ. Fish, a
son of the Milwaukee lawyer He was
appointed by Governor Peck, a Repub-
Iican appointed by a Democrat, and
Judge DOdge's appointment to the SUI
preme court reversed the conditions
and continued the courtesy. This ap
pOintment is rightly credited to Ra
cine, though Mr.. Dodge moved to Mil
Waukee year or two before his pro-
motion. He was first assistant attOr
ney general under President Cleveland
and won high rank at the Racine bar.
He is a bachelor and possessed of a
good deal of business sagacity. There
is an addition" to Racine bearing his
name which he plotted and it has
proved very profitable
Racine's Famous Congressman.
Congressman Cooper, whose work
on rivers and harbOrs has made him
conspicuous in Washington, is a hard
working lawyer between sessions. He
is a bachelor of well past 40 and makes
his home at the hotel. His father was
q physician in Burlington, not far
away. His sister, a widow, conducts
with success a banking business in
that place, succeeding her husband.
Mr. Cooper, the son, has worked his
way up to a position of rank. He
made his early fame as district attOr
ney and state senator. Of fine pres
ence and OF dignity presumably, not
an acute politician, but one whose
abilities the district is proud of and
by force of which he is continued term
after term. Mr.. Cooper has had his
share of trouble over the pOstOffices,
and his home paper, the Racine Jour
nal, led him d rough life for a time,
but the latter meritOriOusly accepts
the logic of events and now seemingly
gives him loyal support.
A POstottice of Beauty.
And, by the way, the Racine post
office and federal building is one of
the most beautiful constructions in the
state. 1t is on the order of the city
halls in the smaller French cities, al
most cathedral-like in outlines. It
is pitched close to the lake, and with
its we'll kept lawns is suggestive Of
what we dream but rarely see in mu-
nicipal architecture. 1t cost about
$4,000.
But Racine deserves a fine postoffice.
It's net receipts are $150,000 a year,
larger than any five cities outside Of
Milwaukee. in the state.
Judge Belden is county or probate
judge and when chosen he was but %
years old, said to be the youngest Off
cial holding the Office. His grand
father held the office before him. and
the young man being in the Office had
attained close familiarity with all de-
tail
John G. McWynn is another name
held in reverence in Racine. He was
identified With the schools here; went
to the army from here and conducted
his famous academy frum 1874 to 1882
during which he had 100 pupils, among
them nearly all of the nOtaOles of the
younger generation.
Carl Jonas. who died not long ago
was editor Of ''Slavie," and representa-
tive OF the BOhemians the country
over. He was consul abroad and a
man Of scholarly habits. Clarence
Synder was postmaster of Racine and
as member III the board Of control
father" Of She Green Bay reforma-
tory. Hardness, the Salt Lake iurist
formerly circuit Judge III Wisconsin,
came out Of Racine The older resi-
dents remember the Widow Upham
with a family Of little children She
was very poor Gut very brave and one
Of her boys became governor of the
state Henry Willard lived in Racine
and conducted a newspaper in the days
before the war
Pretty scenes on the Lake.
The city is planted Oh the lake and
is beautiful. walked past Monument
square (where an $4,000 soldiers mon
ument by citizen subscription in 1888,
lends dignity down Main street, south
ward. 1t runs parallel to the lake
Through a frame Of greenery | saw a
two-masted sailing vessel making it's
way to Chicago. her sails full. careen-
ing under the breeze. with "a bone in
her teeth a romantic and restful
spectacle. The lake as seen at Racine
is as grand as the ocean.
Racine boasts but one park, this
street girts it. 1t, too, looks out on
the inland sea. Racine is short" on
parks. A growing city should have
more. The strip between the hotel
and the lake could be worked into a
pleasure park that would soon be ia
nous for beauty.