Show senator A allo alas of senator and ex postmaster general genera william freeman vilas holds his place as the favorite son of the wisconsin democracy mo cracy although alt bough his political opponents are fond of saying that his success was a pui e accident it if so it was one of those accidents liable to occur abany at any time in a state with a largo large foreign born population thero there was a school law passed which lutherans Luth erans and catholics did not like the result was the disappearance pe pei rance arance of a big republican majority the retirement of the able and popular J john h I 1 0 spooner from the united states senate enate and the acce accession siou of sir mr vilas 64 6 arl IN fill 1 HON IV r F VILAS while not a humorist himself dann tor vilas is the cause of 0 considerable humor in others chiefly by reason of his cupi eme confidence in his party and its success lie ile was so confident of president Clev elands reelection election re that lie made liis his arrangements for remain remaining ng in washington and as to wisconsin it I 1 is only in his most desponding moods that he be admits tile thu possibility of a doubt lie ile was borri july 9 IMO 1810 in chelsea cac alsea vt where his lather father wasa was a judge an and prominent nit democrat and tho cami family ly traces its ita ancestry by an unbroken un brohen record rd to richard do da vilas a ri fi mch dich hero in the crusades |