Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08

r-ssiouSfy Rn1 VINO nao no opp0r'-
tion to his election is Assemblyman
W. l.. Mccormick of Hayward, saw
yer county. He Is but 70 years of age,
and made his first and only speech the
other day on creek dam bin. HIS
father was a Minnesota senator In
1891. The young man has had a flne
education-at the Faribault (Minn-l
military school; Andoyer, Yale, and
took his law at Madison. lie WORKS
ia the bank at Hayward.
Mondovrs Lawyer-Mayor.
One of the younger lawyers who
has manifested ability is G. w. Gil
man of Mondoyi. He IL product or
the Madison high school and of the
state university and law school, and
has been very successful in the battle
of life. For six years lac has been
ditrict attorney for Buffalo county,
and is now mayor of Mondoyi.
Grantsburg has been made famous
nv Ed Peet, the Burnett county edi-
for and Ole Erickson. the assembly
man from there has been county clerk
for four years He Is working hard
for the Immigration board Bill. lie
was IA years of age when he arrived
from Denmark.
Or. MeComb of Brillion has never
held office previously except as pen
sion examiner and jury commissioner.
We Is q product of Lawrence univer-
gity and of Chicago Medical college.
A veteran of the assembly is the
Welshman John w Thomas, OF chip
pewa Falls. He is now completing
his fourth term. He is the head Of
the railroad committee, "A just and
effective man with the moderation
that is needed in expressing public
attitude toward these great corpora
tions. At years Of age he was an
orphan. He has a creditabla war rec
ord. At the Worlds fair he received
first premium on wheat and dairy
butter. 1t would take too long to tell
OF the county offices he has he'd and
of his prominence In agriculture The
ing on the state board) and in local
insurance.
Growing Power I'm Assembly.
An assemblyman who is developing
very rapidly as legal adviser is Stur-
devant of Neillsville. He came from
Pennsylvania as child to Wisconsin
and grew up on the am, after which
he taught school lie has been dis
trict attorney and county chairman in
Clark county. Mr.. Sulrdevant has
been of much service to the LaFol-
lcrte administration, and though his
r..ates poke fun II him occasionally
for detecting "unconstituEionality,"
mary hi! lives or rerishes condi-
toned on some lucid, honest setting
forth of the facts by Mr.. Sturdevant.
Rg.vs no i'm a p
liugton has been 6. Mcmillan, the
ScCtchman who represents that and
neghboring towns. He has been
town treasurer for haT that time. The
other Columbia assenblyman is Mr..
Coapman, dealer In grain and mo
duce, long a member of the state lie
rGbIican committee. A substantial
member Is ]. A. Haggerty, the Craw-
ford county representative who lives
on the Mississippi. He has been post
master. county treasurer and long
county chairman.
Father of the stevens Bill,
The author of the Stevens bill Il
but 80 years of age and graduated
at the GAINESVILLE high school. He was
conspicuous in the state university
and law school and success has always
been predicted for him by older mem
bers of the bar. City government has
been favorite line of study with him,
and he wrote from abroad for the
Milwaukee Sentinel on that subject.
AIR Stevens is a law partner of ex-
Congressman Burr w. Jones. While
devoid of the mixing qualities which
have been commended in Senator Mill
err, even by the stalwarts, Mr.. Stevens
by his fairness, ability and quiet corr
tsy has commanded the respect of his
associates even in these trying days
of primary election friction.
Mr.. Roe, the other Republican from
Dane county. Is most influential
Norwegian. He moved into the city
of Stoughton from the country TWEEN
ty years ago and has held office almost
continuously. so much do his fellow
citizens think of his good sense and
Judgment in all sorts of matters. He
Is afraid of nothing, and doing his
duty Is a speciality. Mr.. Fesenfeld,
the third member of the Dane county
delegation, was born in Milwaukee,
but since 1882 has lived in Black
Earth, engaged in the hardware and
machinery business.
Henry Overlook Of Sturgeon Bay Is
serving his third term. He came out
of New York state when a year old
and so began to figure in Wisconsin
In 1854 He has been manager of the
Western Union office since 1887. and
had for time newspaper cOnnec-
ton. or course he has held offices Of
party control, among them long the
craftsmanship of the county committee.
Mr.. Overlook has been one of Gov
ernor LaFoliette's hard workers. He
takes part In many Of the most inn
POI tant discussions. and does not hes
tia .e to take the opposite side from
administration measures, ms in taxa
ton.
Odds and Ends.
The BARRIERS license bill is dead. as
most Of us think 1t should he. The
bill to tax Wisconsin ice 10 cents a
ton when taken from the state still
survives, but ii is creating much as
constituent over the United States.
The proposal OF the Bar association to
increase the supreme court to seven
members is before the committee. 1t
necessitateS constitutional amend
ment. Another amendment fayors in
crease of lawmakers salaries from
$500 to 81 900 If II gets to the people
1t Is unlikely they will adopt it. The
anti-pass constitutional amendment
yet tarries ia the senate committee.
1t is not particularly popular with
many. AS for congressional appor-
tionment. 1t is proposed that the
eleventh member TO which Wisconsin
Is entitled be chosen "at large"--that
IL. nominated at state convention.
ORLANDO BURNETT.