Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01

resentatiOn by the state at the Pacific
Yukon exposition to be held in Seattl"
in 1909. The original appropriation
asked was $50-nO. but in view Of he
! assembly having k led a bill flr s o
OtO for an exhibit III jamestown ii was
| Thought we'll to reduce the ainO mt.
Backers of the Yukon bill lie ievA
their measure has more merit. in
| a purely business pr.po lion IL x
| rloit our manufactures. willie in
| jamestown I iii was urged almost en-
| tireiy on : influential grounds. 1t Is
said that there are $1,000 manufaciu"-
erS in Wise 0l.Sin and that fed IF
immense promise will lie shown at th
exposition.
White Granite for Capitol
While the capitol commission has not
vet held a meeting since the leGi.'la-
tive committee went south to inSlIc t
the stone quarries Of Georgia the IL
| preston seems to prevail that the new
capitol will be butt of Bethel. Vt.
white granite. instead Of Georgia mar
BILE. 1t is said that the question of
material has come down to choice
| between these two. as the Legislature
| 10y recent law voted that the new
state house should be of granite or
marble.
1T is said that the commission itself
| is rather favorable to Georgia marble.
but the legislative committee is more
| inclined toward the Vermont stone.
The committee made thorough in
SpectiOn of the qdarrieS at both GeOr-
gia and Vermont. and also looked ut
many fine buildings at Washington ana
elsewhere that are being made ST both
materials. seeing some buildings that
| had been erected for some time anG
others that are now building. and
| from opinions given Nv them they
seem TO favor the Vermont article.
Old Days Recalled.
The presence of Bob LuscOmbe, the
famous lobbyist of old, about the state
house brought back memories of the
| days when lobbyists were thick about
the corridors. While there had been
many lobbyists abONt this winter,
especially since the senatorial fight
| was precipitated. yet their presence is
not nearly so noticeable nor so objec-
. tionable as in the past, owing to the
more open and clean methods en-
plOyed to influence the legislature. Tn
der the law all lobbyists must register
in the secretary Of states office, stat
/ ing for whom they appear and for
what length of time.
TO some members Lusc0mbe came
like the hero of the TillylOss Scandal,
who suddenly appears again among
his old cronies who had supposed him
in his grave. Luscombe was a famous
railroad lobbyist q decade ago. but
year or two ago a report was started
| that he had died. However. he bobbed
up serenely Il week or two ago hearty
and jOvial as of old. He has been
recuperating in a sanitarium in Michi-
gan, where he now makes his home,
but he does not look like q Sanitarium
candidate at present. LuscOmbe has
been here in the interests of Isaac
Stephenson's candidacy for the United
States SenatOrship. That he does not
relish the distinction of having been a
typical lobbyist of olden days is shown
by his remark when introduced the
other day as 1.-THE king of the lobby
ists:' 'Oh. give me an easier DEATH
said he laughingly.
MunsOn a Busy Man.
Senator o. G.. Munson of Viroqua,
who is also private secretary for Gov
ernOr Davidson, is one of the busy
men of the legislature. He is chair |
man of the important senatorial COM |
mittee on state affairs and is also Il |
member of the joint committees on
transportation. printing and appOrtiOn- !
ment. Colonel MunsOn. as he is called |
in his capacity as private secretary, is |
one Of the veterans of the upper house. |
and his long experience qualities him !
to do good work on all important mat |
tiers that come up for legislative ac-
ton.
At the opening of the session he at |
tracted a little attention by returning |
to the treasury his salary As senator
lest there should be criticism. as there
has been over the drawing of double |
salaries by people in the employ of the
state. The attorney general has held !
that double salaries can be drawn in
couple of cases that have been put up
to him, but Colonel ALunsOn did not
wish to go on record as approving that
practice Colonel MunSOn is also ed
itOr of the NirOqua Censor.