The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-05
OUR MADISON LII i'm
Progress OF State Sentiment as
to Expansion.
TWO EDUCATOR, NAMED PARKER.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox Scorched-New
Richmond Better Than Before-Her-
Eon's TheoIogy-T.ife Insurance Boonl
and other Topics.
Madison, Wis. Jan. 2.-Senato.
Spooner is enjoying his holiday res.
He had an active hand in the maxim.
up of the senatorial committees and j.
recognized the country over as one O.
the first half dozen powers in this
greatest deliberative body in the
world" His task is not SO easy now
as during his first term CS5-9D when
he was one Of a very few young mel
whom the older senators watched with
interest. He is older now; more is
therefore expected Of him. and many
new men are in the senate to divide
popular expectation. Fortunately he
has the ability, fanked by experience
and the close touch of older men Of
experience as well as Of the president
10 enable him to hold his rank. Those
who have talked with Senator SpOoner
report that he stands pat with the ad
ADMINISTRATION on most points IN it's for
&fgn policy, though the Sulu episode Is
said to strike him an homogeneous. He
regards the Philippine issue rs an I'M
folding one and no man is so wise as
10 know more than one day at time,
Coming from Wisconsin, and iRflu-
enced by the conservative Germans
who think highly Of Senator Spooner,
If is likely that he will be one Of the
presidents most effective lieutenants,
especially so in that he has not been
Infected with the world-power hys-
terra, 1t looks as if he, with nearly
everybody else, has been forced by the
logic Of events to see that we cannot
let go if we would.
scofield Will Visit Washington.
Governor Scotield goes to Washing.
con next month as the presidential ap-
pOintee to arrange for the centennial
of the anniversary of the selection Of
the city of Washington as the national
capital. The governor chats freely
with the many friends who drop in to
see him, but his discussion Is pretty
sure to drift round to expansion. He
was pleased to note the other day that
of the teachers in the state cOnven-
ton at Milwaukee tWentyseven of
thirty-siX interviewed by The Sentinel
were strongly anti-eXpanSiCn. The
governor has moderated his views and
his present contention is that the Phil
ippineS should never become territory
of the United States; that it's people
should be set up in the elf-government
business just as soon as possible. This
position is easy to understand and is
very generally approved, especially as
Governor Scofield cedes that some
oversight of a protecting character is
necessary to keep the islands from be-
coming a bone of contention and per-
haps being devoured by other coun-
tries.
A Poetcss of Passion Under Fire.
There are eight essays on literary
themes in the critical confessions" Of
ex-senator Neal Brown of Wausau
published from the philosopher"
press in that city,, but Wisconsin is
especially Interested in q scorching
criticism of Ella Wheeler Wilcox's
poems. Extracts show it's virulence:
"Of what avail is this lawless, wan
ton, verse? 1t bears the stigmata
of mental debauchery and hys-
terra and does not teach one valuable
lesson. 70 the -psychop8 thist it may
possess a curious scientific interest;
but to laymen this dehented verse is
as abhorrent as the nfsunderings Of
maniac If it does express the lam
guage of q human heart is it not better
that that language should remain I'M
translated, or at least that it should
have no such brutal translation?
when you aim at q restful poem
you are bound to make it a thing Of
silly gush AMI affectation, as like real
emotion as that depicted by the paint
ed. shrill voiced belle Of the music hall
stage. Lovers named Guilo, Lippo,
Beppo and Romney, and one by the
Christian name of Paul, are the sub
1ects Of the lighter and less gustatory
strokes of your prolific pen.
According to this, life in order to be
at it's. nappiest must consist Of a quick
succession Of casual, yet tigerish love
affairs. the more the merrier and the
more the better. This gospel may do
for the man-abOut-tOwn, and for his
connatriots in the half-world, but it
will hardly do to brin nm family
on"
The Business of '"-r
There are two Parl
Of public instruction Htn'r ~~g.t.--
tendent Harvey. III 'tAs@l 5"f<@"
they are no relati .t-.--)}y j.-- "a
chosen president Of a state tsa'A~Ea
convention. He is ~ >'- "tt
bright genial educ as.t.s~E-
the State univers- wife -es-
formerly his assistant = are ~ ~a
high schools of which he was .tF}1
pal; and, by the way, this is q re-
mantle and frequent experience in the
lives of educators. The Prairie Gu
CHEN principal recently took this ss"P;
and Of the university faculty these
who won wives from their ex-assoct-
ates~ and from the ranks of their pupils
are quite number. School teachers
make goodSwives, if one catches them
before they get ''sot" in their ways,
One Short-Coming of Teachers
The other Par'-er-W. Dis an OLD
er man. forr j. principal Of the
River Falls ru# and possessed or
that wise. ~ type Of mind
that. chs-.3t... -.ae ~ "a educators
who hayl a- #ea the error
that they div. ~t..,so.. 18th their
Maker. w. - hlgh
school inspector. --."- tire
mendously serious Sc 4ss1 s. ne
of these teachers, .- @se eSUo-
eially, take. themse. r""e-. IS
that INSPECTOR Parker il -s--sA g*