Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-27

Sauhec GNU VI lhC part HIS just eA-
PEELED Mayor Born of Sheboygan, one
of the best-known members. who has
long been prominent in the state mill
tia Born writes that socialists not
on the inside of this self-constituted
ring, are positively denied and forbid
den the right Of freedom of thought"
What the row is about is not clear
to us conservatives. One cause of CEN
sure is that the socialist mayor did net
appoint only socialist members to the
library board, etc.-he insisted Oh Civ
ing representation to other parties.
Uncle Sans Soldiers Home.
Milwaukee is but one of the cities
honored by having soldiers homes
within its limits. The United States
government is the only one which
builds and maintains homes for its
disabled volunteer soldiers Eight of
these homes have been erected re-
spectiyely at Togus, Me-; Hampton,
Va; Dayton, o.; Marion, Ind; Mil
waukee, Wis; .Leayenworth, Kan:
Sawtelle, Cal; and Danville, Ill. These
homes have a capacity of $4,000 IL
mates. Walter Preston Brownlow Of
Tennessee (Which, although situated
in the heart of the old Confederacy,
furnished nearly 10000 soldiers to the
federal army, introduced and had
passed III the FiftysiXth congress a
bill appropriating $1,SOO,0OO for the
building of home to be known as
''The Mountain Branch Soldiers
Home" and located at Johnson City,
Tenn.
For eighteen months 1000 men, un-
der contract amounting to over ST.,
100000, have been at work. The ac-
cOmmodations of the new home when
completed will be for $500 inmates.
It's cost complete will be 100000.
IT has a So, 1000 library.
Plan of the Voters League.
The Voters league has done won
ders in Chicago. 1t has attained the
confidence of citizens. What the Vot-
ers' league proposes to do is to inyes-
tigate the record of every man who is
nominated as candidate for public Of
fee, and to publish the results Of such
investigation. If this policy is pur
sued political parties will not dare to
nominate doubtful men. a Chicago
man was recently in Milwaukee to tell
the citizens there Of the plan. AS ev-
cry one knows, Milwaukee local gov
ernment is in bad way. Chicago,
with all it's fault, has what is called
by good citizens the best lot of city
fathers for many years. The reports
of the league are merciless, but just.
If the candidate has a crooked record,
the reports tell it. whether it has to
do with his personal or public career.
When Doctors Get Together.
Some half a hundred physicians of
the Central Wisconsin Medical sOcie-
ty will meet in Madison Tuesday-one
of their four annual meetings. The
doctors enjoy these occasional out
ings: they combine papers on medi-
cal topics with dinner when they
sing and make speeches OF listen to
others. President Van Hise of the
state university will be one of the
university in Medical Education
Among the topics to be discussed In
the sessions proper is. 1.-THE Latest
Phases of Tuberculosis" There is
good deal said of fresh air and sun
shine in this connection, and some of
our Madison people sleep on their
porches. though this cold weather has
appendicitis still is prominent. The
physicians about here are pretty we'll
agreed that the thing to do is to ''have
the thing out" when it proves trouble
some and Madison alone has enough
persons who have been successfully
through the operation to form an Gap
pendicits club" AS rule. they are
all enthusiastic and believe themselves
enjoying life as never before. Do you
notice how complaints of chronic dys-
pepsia are disappearing, as have the
expressions inflammation of the bow
els and "peritonitis?" Foth of these
veteran complaints are now grouped
under the head of appendicitis
But doesn't it make layman treIn.
BILE to think what an meXact science
medicine must be, when, for centuries
these doc tors styled it dyspepsia" and
Acknowledgement Of the digestive ap-
para us' when really that pestiferOus,
useless, obvious little sack, the ap-
pendix. was the scat Of the difficulty
and they didn't know it! However.
all's well that ends well. None is
more frank to talk about the expert
mental nature of medicine than ply
sician whose standing is assured
Claims of Ripon College.
A recent bulletin of Ripon college
calls attention to the fact that Jan.
% is the day of prayer for colleges-a
IA tional event in reverent circles. The
bulletin also emphasizes the fact that
the college is not purely Congregations
al, as many think, but was organized
by Congregationalists and Presby te-
rians, and for years was controlled by
the federation of Congregation and