The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-06

Ueou UlScuSScQ ABOUT DIS u1uCu DIS any
one of the state of late. There is a
strong effort among certain Demo
Gratis to depose him as Wisconsin's ma
tional committeeman, nOminally on
the ground that he is identified with
corporations and because he acknOwl-
edges that he is no silverite, although
willing to support Mr.. Bryan.
Mr.. Wall is an impressive man to
meet, and his executive ability has
been marked all the way along. He is
So years of age and Of New England
puritan extraction. His father was
located in Milwaukee when the son
was born, and so Mr.. Wall was
Badger from the start. He had good
schooling for a time in Stockbridge,
Mass, not far from the place where
Henry G. Payne was getting his start
rs a New England boy. Young Wall
studied at Beloit college and under Dr..
De Koven in Racine. He learned bust
ness in his fathers real .9 te office
and early handled a conC<,.t t0r the
Illinois Central railroad. at the age
of % his father died and the. son
budded out into business on cOnsld-
cradle scale Later he was a partner
of Walter Biglow in the grain commits
sion business. In 1885 he assisted in
the organization Of the Badger llluml-
mating company and was soon its pres
ident Here again there is parallel
with Mr.. Payne's career, in that both
were active in the founding OF great
enterprises. They began politics, too,
in much the same way, young mems
clubs being the first venture. Mr..
Wall served as alderman and in 1874
came to the assembly and again in
1878. During the first term the Green
back people were getting to be some
body. and as Wall was elected as
Democrat he won prestige by refusing
to go with the Greenback contingent.
From 1879 until 1880 he was treasurer
of the Democratic state central COM
mittee and DR.. W. A. Anderson was
chairman. In 1890 Mr.. Wall became
chairman and then followed the Peck
campaign when the Democrats capt
ured the state. This, of course, gave
Mr. Wall strong hold on party ap-
preciatiOn President Cleveland APP
pointed him collector of internal reve-
nue. in 1885: in 1892 he was a delegate
at large in Chicago and he succeeded
ex-senator Mitchell on the national
committee.
A Hermit in WauI1esha.
There are u number of hermitS in
Wisconsin, but Isaac JudSOn, familiar
ly called Ike, who has lived in virgin
forest one mile west of Waukesha for
nearly thirty-five years, was Soured not
by love. 1t seems that Immediately
after the war he had a large piece or
farm property which he was about to
cultivate, but there was dispute with
a man concerning the boundaries. The
contest threatening to go to the courts,
in which Ike had no confidence, he
gave I'D all claim and took it OUT in
a distrust of the whole human race.
He owned a bit of woodland, and there
in 1866 he built his little home. Once
in while he ventured out for the nee
eSSarieS of life. In q few minutes con-
versatiOn with him one can easily per-
! ceiye the distrust which he has for all
men. 70 judge from a twenty min
utes' conversation held with him one
afternoon not long since, one would
rather gather that he thought that the
whole human race, with the possible
exception of one or two individuals,
was living with the one object of tor
/ menting him and trying to rob him OF
his inherent rights, as we'll as OF the
little property which he holds in his
! name One who saw him lately found
him engaged in telling one of the great
! oak trees which had been killed by the
severe winters of late years. He was
clad in a croWnless hat, patched coat
worn through at the elbows and trous-
ers which may have seen more pros
! porous times His shoes were strong
and not very dilapidated. He apol-
] ogized in a manner for the condition of
! his wardrobe by saying that he was
afraid to keep good clothes around, be-
cause if he did they would probably
be stolen by one of his enemies, Or
rather tOrmentOrs.
His hair is white, but his body looks
strong and his mind is clear. AS boy
! he was a star at the spelling matches.
Now he reads books and papers most
Of the time, and when he gets lonely he
goes to bed. He is usually asleep be-
fore dark and does not get up again
until he is ready, often sleeping day
and two nights at stretch. At other
times he will not 60 to bed for many
hours, and spends his time wandering
about the neighboring country with
: no particular object.
In a recent fit of loneliness he ap-
! piled for work at the neighbOring
farms, Offering his services for board
and lodging, but no one wanted him,
which he took as a fresh example of
the unfriendliness of the race, and, to
repeat his own word Thanked God
on his knees that he had home to
shelter him." He used to attend
| church but finding that his belongings
were always distracted from the YES
tibule, he also gave this up.
His menu consists of oyster crack
'ars. dates and cold water, with a
pound of cheese once a month. He
never drinks tea, coffee or any intOx-
icating liquor and does not use tobac-
co.
The Grout Bill.
The GrOut bill, which strengthens
the federal law in the effort to make
oleomargarine sail under true colors,
will come up again in congress when
that body meets. Thirty-two states,
having four-fifths of the entire popula-
ton of the United States, absolutely
forbid the manufacture and sale of
oleomargarine colored to resemble but
ter. These laws have been upheld in
the higher courts without a single ex-
(.entiOn The reDOrt of the committee