The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31
New Governor to be Escort
ed to Madison by Notable
Gathering of Badgers.
MOVE IS PARTISAN ONE
Plan Made in Milwaukee is Expected
to Meet With Approval From Many
Cities of the State Kenosha May
Send Delegation to the Inaugural.

One of the most notable tributes
ever extended to an incoming execu-
tive of the state of Wisconsin, will be
accorded Emanuel i. Philip when he
goes to Madison on Monday, January
4th, to take the oath of office as gov
ernor. Volunteering from almost every
city and village in the state, an honor
airy escort numbering between five
hundred and six hundred men from all
walks of life will accompany Mr.
Philip from Milwaukee to Madison
On special train, while as many
more from other parts Of the state will
meet them there and will witness the
ceremony that will make him chief
executive of the state All will re-
main in the capital during the after
noon and will take part in the recep-
ton that will be rendered the new
governor by the people of Madison.
Governor-elect Philip will leave
Milwaukee at $3.50 CLOCK on Monday
morning over the Milwaukee road.
Arriving at Madison, accompanied by
the escort that has been formed to ac-
company him to the state capital, he
will be met by the governors guard
Of Madison with the First Regiment
band.
Procession Will be Formed.
A procession will be formed and the
governor elect will be escorted to the
capitol, where in the assembly cham
Der in the presence of the retiring
state officials and those elect, mem
bers Of the legislature and as many
citizens as can enter the chamber,
Mr. Philip will take the oath of of
fee to be administered by Chief JUS
tlce Winslow and in the presence Of
the associate justices Of the supreme
court. While the ceremony will be as
devoid of display as possible, con
forming to the expressed wish of the
newly elected governor, it is plan
ned by the Madison committee having
charge of the program to give it all
the impressiveness that it merits. The
only military display will be lent by
the presence of the officers and priv
ates of the governors guard and the
First Regiment band in the full uni
form of the Wisconsin National Guard.
Prominent Men in Escort.
Plans for the escort Of honor that
will be given Gov.-elect Philip on the
trip from Milwaukee to Madison, were
begun three weeks ago. 1t was .sug-
gested as a tribute, regardless Of poll
teal affiliations, from the men who
have known Mr.. Philip in private
life or have been associated with him
III business. A committee Of sixteen
members was formed among business
men of Milwaukee. This was en-
larged from time to time as the pro-
ject became known and other men
volunteered to lead assistance to a
tribute that they believed the newly
elected governor so well deserved. E.
lei. Bottum was chosen chairman of
the committee and George A. West,
secretary and treasurer. The member
ship includes, f. w. Rogers, Gardner
P. Stickney, Col. Otto H. Falk, August
I'll. Vogel, w. P. O'Connor, Charles
Foster, Alfred Morawetz, A. G. Kurz,
Theodore Vilter, Fred G. Pritzlaff,
Charles Johns, Frank S. Boardman, j.
B Lanigan, E. M. Obendorfer, Eltinge
Elmore, William George Bruce, J. I'll.
Puelicher, Julius Roehr and Louis
Kuehn. This committee sent circular
letters to hundreds of men in Milwau-
kee and in nearly every city in Wis
cGnsin, explaining the plan for the
escort of honor for Gov.-elect Philip,
and up to Saturday afternoon had
received letters applauding the plan
and accepting the invitation to be
present from between four hundred
and five hundred men. The responses
are expected to continue until the eve
Of the departure of the gubernatorial
party. for Madison
Party Lines Disregarded.
In planning the escort for Gov.-elect
Philip, the committee directed its
efforts to making the affair entirely
non partisan, disregarding party lines,
and endeavored to make the member
ship typical of a plain man of the peo-
plea man who has risen from the
ranks Of labor to the highest office in
the state. In order to reach this end,
every man who desired to witness the
Inauguration of Mr.. Philip was in
vited to join the party that will leave
Milwaukee on the morning Of January
18th to accompany the governor elect
to Madison. Representative business
and their clerks, railway employees,
the man from the shop or the factory
from every walk in life will be vel
ecmed as a member of this honorary.
committee, says Secretary West. In