The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-12-28
That's Wednesday; LaFoIlette In"
augurated Preceding
Monday.
WILL ESCORT EI9 RIVAL
ScofieId Will lead ''Bob" 70 the Chief
Justice forthe Oath-Stout May
BE President OF Scn-
ate PRO Ten.

AS he is the ir@t natiVe-D0rn gov
ernOr Of tie state and Madison man
the citizens being IN charge Of the
ceremonie3-it viii be notable event
and unusual efforts are being made 10
make it brilliant General George Bry
ants idea Of sUmmOning the militia
Of the state vas nor responded to heart
iIy The NeHtner@ IS bad for handling
u large body q troops. However, the
local company VIII figure i'll the pa
raQe and al effort made to get here
all the gyyer0Or6-LeWiS Of COlum-
bus, Taylor CT Cottage Grove, Hoard,
Peck, and UDh3m. The fears tnat
Governor ScOnelQ would lot enter into
the festivities. Dut SUlk iii his tent be-
cause he disapprOvud Mr.. Lat'OIlette
conduct. proved unWaIanted. GOV
CruOr Taylor. who preceded Governor
LudQin@tOn, suffered from similar
Benstiyeue s., but Wcnt certain length
in the inarg Ul&tiCn ceremonies With
out hurting his pride. SO Governor
ScOfield Wlll escort his predecessor
from the executive chamber to the as
SemiOly chumdpr, where Grief justice
CasSoday will administer the oatn and
bring the new governor back to the
executive chamber, there to leave hl1H
in power. 1t is certainly Il pretty token
of u mans ability to conquer himself
and respect the dignity Of his office
that the proud lumDerman thus yields
to his friends Hats off to Sc0field!
Dancing on IL Democratic Basis.
The expenses OF the inauguration are
paid out of the contingent fund which
the executive office carries. EX-Sena-
tor Il. NJ. Bashford is the general chair
man, as he has been before, and this is
an assurance that the affair will so Off
pleasantly. General Bryant and Mr..
Bashford will ride with Governor La
Toilette to the capitol. The practice OF
having the state officers approach
Madison from Milwaukee way will be
continued and Il special train will
reach Madison about 11:30 Il. Ill.
band of music will head the line Of
carriages to- the capitol and after rem
deZvousinG in the executive chamber,
the new state officers. all properly es-
c0rted by citizens and headed by the
old aud new governor, march to the as
sembIy chamber, where their women
await them and the crowd; and Our
Bob" LaFollette will swear to behave
himself officially certainly for two
years, aud for all | know, for six.
The old way was for the procession
then to return, and each state officer
to receive in his own Office. The new
feature this year is the pOstp0ning OF
this reception to the hours from 3 to
) o'clock. At night occurs the ball
in the university arm0ry, which is a
democratic affair that anybody can go
to, and viii be made more so this
year by tile fact that 30 programmes
wiz be made out ia advance, the effect
of which WAS to mortgage all the
pretty girls weeks ahead. This year
no one will know whether the next
dance is a Virginia break down, waltz
or Il Johnny get-yQUr-gun, and hOmely
girls will have a chance.
The Mkt Administrations.
The tax commission had proposed to
issue its report IL advance to the mem
bers Of the legislature that they might
be posted: but the work has kept the
commission busy up to the last min
ute. 1t is generally believed that
the report Of this commission will be
vigorous rather than tame = by 10
means wildly radical. but up-t0-date.
In other words, the tax commission
regards itself rs 40 pro fOrma body,
but created tn meet an urgent need.
The assembly and senate convene
Wednesday and after organizing long
adjournment will be taken over
Sunday to allow disappointment of the
committees Mr.. Ray. the Lacrosse
banker. will again preside over the as
sembly--which, by the way, was q
graceful concession on Mr.. LaFollette's
part for, he doubt, he could have
forced a more pronounced supporter of
his into this position if he had wished.
But Mr.. Ray will make an admirable
speaker as he has hitherto.
In the senate the president pro tenn.
as the officer serving i'll the absence
of the lieutenant governor is styled
is practically going begging. Senator
Whitehead is eligible, as a veteran, but
he is no man 70 push himself for of
flee 1t is some honor to be the head
senator, and if his fellows confer it on
him. he will take it. The president pro
!cm is not allowed the high committee
chairmanShpS. Senator Stout would
make everybody happy in that position
and likely enough it will go to him.
Senator McGllivray is about rounding
up twelve continuous years in assem-
bly, and senate "A remarkable rec
ora. w Win t!SeudtOC :, aDdAlGf Uut
he has an eye on the chair
manship of claims, which he will
hope to have if the senators do, not
choose him president pro tenn. The old
elerk of senate and assembly. Houser
of Mondovi and NOVEL; respectively.
will easy enough be reelected. Both
are high class officials, familiar with
the duties of the office and honest.
To Succeed Anderson and Starkey.
Governor-Elect IaFollette has chosen
as private secretary Jerre c.. Murphy,
the caustc editorial paragrapher on the
Milwaukee Sentinel. 1t was Jerre who
said of certain statesman that was
reputed to be haunting Washington for
: lob that 1.-The esteemed Mr.. - took
nothing from the pie counter except
his elbows" Whenever Jerre goes away
from Milwaukee for day readers of
The Sentinel notice it. His selection
as private secretary has been sharply
criticised, especially by the Milwaukee
Journal. But he is a newspaper man,
as were his professors, Colonel Ander-
son and Colonel Starkey; and if he be
more worldly than the former and more