The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-01-26

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4 veteran jurist tells me that if Char
lie Quarles "a brother OF our new sem
ator) he's 1isinterestedly made up his
mind that the Milwaukee court has no
jurisdiction in mixing up with the
street car matter, tbe: chances are he
is right. for he is one of the best law
yers OF the state. In this case, how
ever, it happens that he is also counsel
for the aldermen and not only wants
to be right, but is extremely solicitous
town his case. The opposing side main
tain that the issue is not at all the in
trusion Of the judiciary into the legis-
lative, but contend that the common
council was acting in Il non-legislative
function.
The supreme court has done no more
thar set day for hearing arguments
on the issue Of Judge Ludwig's juris-
dict1on, and we shall have the truth
in residuum by the time Judges Casso-
day, WinsloW, Marshall, BardeCn and
Dodge get through with it.
One Of the most noted Of cur Wis
consin women is living out her career
in Washington. She is Winnie Ream.
who made a happy marriage with
Lieutenant Richard L. HoXie Of the
United States engineer corps. Their
Washington residence overlool5s the
bronze statue of Admiral Farragut.
which is the work of her genius 1t
was a pretty sentiment on the part Of
her husband which led to the purchase,
tWenty-three years ago. of a home for
his bride overlooking the square which
her genius had beautified, and now,
after an absence Of fourteen years.
during which, as an officer of the en-
gineer corps, he has had many tenn
porary abodes. they are again domi-
ciled there Her only child is 16-
year-Old son. Sometimes she steals
away to her studio on Pennsylvania
avenue, and there. unmindful of the
panorama eff the street below. she
mOlds the shapeless clay into human
forms, breathing into them the while
that subtle something callel genius"
She was born in Madison, Sept %,
1916. While at Christian college. Co
lumbia, Mo-, she wrote verses. which
were set to music and published; and
she carried off the prize for prose COM
position. a rich cOntraltO voice later
led her into choir and concerts. In
her early childhood her father went to
Washington. but he returned to the
west, and lived three years in Kan
sas. During the civil war he located
permanently at the capital and it was
there that his gifted daughter discov-
cred the true outlet for her genius
She was in the studio of Clark Mills,
a Well-knoWn sculptor at that time.
Mr. Mills was finishing the model Of
the head of an Indian chief. and as
she watched it develop beneath his
touched, she suddenly exclaimed:
Il can do that"
With a smile at the confidence OF
youth, Senator Rollins, who accompan-
led her, handed her q piece Of clay, the
result being that within two hours she
had produced such a counterpart Of the
head as filed all who beheld it with
wonder.
But she was delayed in her eager
ness to study art, for her fathers
health had failed. and as a salaried
member of the choir, and q clerk in the
postoftice department, Winnie Ream
was the breadwinner of the family.
For the life-siZe figure of Lincoln,
unveiled with most impressive cere-
monies in the rOtUnda of the Capitol
Jan. %, 1871, Miss Ream received
$4,000, the amount paid her for the
Farragut statue being $4,000. The
order for the latter-cast in metal
taken from the Hartford, the admiraFs
fiagship-was wrested from twenty
three competitors.