The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-17

the lower house of congress and then
la term in the United States senate,
completed his public service as gov
ernor of Utah. Another distinguished
citizen of Kenosha lacked only a few
votes of the nomination for governor
on the Republican ticket in 1869, the
third time that the late General Luci-
us Fairchild ran for that office-Judge
Anthony VanWyek. He was sena-
tor from Kenosha county several years.
Milton H. Petit served one OF two
terms as lieutenant governor and on
several occasions for quite length
Of time, acted as governor, and was
also a senator.
Kenosha leads every other county in
the state in another direction. It
went to Madison backed by nearly
every voter in the county, Republicans
and Democrats, asking Republican
state convention to make one armed
captain, E. G. Timme, secretary of
state. The invitation was accepted
and Captain Timme was reelected SO
that he served a longer term as secre-
tary of state than any other secretary
has served since Wisconsin became a
state. Captain Timme was state
senator for two terms and for ten
years was one of the auditors of
department at Washington. He is
now retired and living in Kenosha.
The Sholes brothers, G. Latham and
Charles c., were residents of Kenosha
for long time, and both served in
both branches of the legislature.
Kenosha has given the state and the
nation two United States senators, one
Of whom was born there-Charles Dur
kee and Joseph V. Quarles, two men
who have been citizens of Kenosha
one native, have held the exalted
position of United States district Judge
the late James III. Howe and Captain
y. v. GudrIeS.3
Kenosha is the only county that has
produced just such a man as the late
u. G. Simmons, so far as heard, who
died on Saturday in his SIND year and
to the last active in carrying on
great business interests, giving close
attention to one of his great enter
prises In Kenosha where there are $500
people employed, and in planning for
new buildings which will call for 1000
more when completed. He was the
only man in the whole world who holds
the rank of honorary membership, by
election at the hands of national en-
campment Of the Grand Army of the
Republic. So far as I know he was
the only man in the north who began
showing his appreciation of the serv-
ices of the soldiers who prevented the
destruction of his country, by giving
substantial help to soldiers who need
ed help, and to their families, at the
beginning Of the war and had con-
tinued to extend such help and sym
pathy to the time of his death. He
was the first man in the state to open
his pocket book and pay all of the ex-
penses of a $4,000 soldiers monument.
When the state was giving the families
Of soldiers at Kenosha SIS month, Mr..
Simmons made it $40 from his private
purse. I reveal secret, I know
when I say that one million dollars
would not cover the amount that this
patriotic and kindly appreeiative man
has expended in one way or another
in the interests of the soldiers and
their cause. To have possessed such
"a citizen is indeed high honor. Each
year he had from three to FIVE hundred
soldiers at banquet to help him cele-
brate the anniversary Of his landing
in Kenosha and his death was a ter
rible blow to all Grand Army men.