Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-08

miliar ways with the young women
who owed these officials their appoint.
ment, but happily. this most repellant
side of political power is infraquent.
David Atwood, the noble editor of the
Madison State Journal. and who died
in 1889, was an assembly clerk in 1855;
the year before Byron Paine, after
wards supreme court justice, did
like work in the assembly. While f.
w. Young broke all assembly records
with his eight sessions, L. III. d. Crane
served four sessions tiS5s-6D: as did
John S. Dean of Madison, succeeding
him and during the war. Mr. Dean
was brother of E,iah Dean, WELL
known Madison man, now advanced
in years and broken in health. f. d. .
Coe. the Whitewater statesman. who is
held in such esteem by all men and
who now administers pensions from the
Milwaukee federal office. was another
four-term official Csc. IS, 81. 'SeI.
A Funny Man and a Governor.
George w. Peck. afterwards governor
and eternally humorist had his fling
as chief clerk In S74 at the time when
j. HI. Waggoner, the Oconto editor. was
putting in his last of three years as
senate chief clerk The chief Jerk
during the Democratic days of Peck
was George w. Forth. who had been
Milwaukee's city clerk and was after
wards it's postmaster. He served two
terms. John E. Eldred of Milwaukee
served three terms QS79-Sl)
Winslow A. NOVEL;. the present clerk,
IS an ideal official and is now on his
fourth term, though eighteen years
elapsed between his first 1S77) and his
second CS95), Win" is no feverish.
effusive STRIPPING. for he has four mar
ried daughters and four grandchildren.
and is always calm even when speakers
lose their heads; and he was SO years
old on the day that January i'm it's
death struggles groaned. He was horn
in New Hampshire, but spent his book
keeping youth in New York city, COM
ing to Milwaukee in 1868. Notwith-
standing Mr.. Nowell's peaceful and ir-
relevant manner, and his prominence
in the Reformatory league, he has
knocked off some persimmons from the
political tree White sauntering down the
corridor of life's opportunities, includ-
ing aldermanic honors. the commission
ership of public works the deputy mar
shalship and postmastership of the
Cream City.
A Room Full of Girls.
The chief clerk has about him a
large staff and Mr. Novel; insists on
ability in the higher places He dis
likes to have mud-turtles to do the
responsible work, however much the
politicians may succeed in getting more
modest posts for able bodied relatives
and political helpers. Mr.. Nowells vet
eran assistant clerk is Editor Coon OF
Edgerton, an efficient, industrious and
courteous official There are two Jour
nal clerks, and two bookkeepers, and
these sit with Mr.. NOVEL; Editor
Frazier of Viola is the proof reader
who lives most of the time in the
Democrat" composing room where the
bills introduced are set up" and all
the other state printing. and where they
have wonderful man named Casserly,
who got acquainted with the states
official printing just previous to or
shortly after the flood.
When the bills are introduced they
are printed and go to the committee
and if ordered to a third reading (Which
means they are likely TO become laws)
they are ordered also to be engrossed.
which means written oUl nv hand, and
when they are passed. they are ZEN
crossed" which means a still more
elaborate copy on parchment fit to be
signed by the legislative officers and
the governor and filed with the sec
rotary of state.
Now to do this work there is a force
Of twenty copyists, headed by an en-
crossing and by an enrolling clerk
These copyists receive 81 day Mus 10
cents a folio for engrossing Nhe first
copy and IL cents for enrolling
Men Taking Girls Places.
Until this year these positions were
almost wholly held by girls. and a
stranger who stumbled into the long
room where this galaxy was at work
would think he had hit upon a sewing
circle of merry chatterers. OF course
it was a stamping ground for the young
men of the big building. and to speak
well of the older men. senators and as
semblymen, who had a mere cherry
greeting for the girls, there was
flavor of moonlight. espt "ially on the
part of the publjcists from Milwaukee.
in room and in corridor. / understand
this year the positions are held gem
The pay is not SO G 1od that girl who
lives away from Madison can afford to
CONE the distance and pay board for
thu brief three months session
ORLANDO BURNETT