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The editorial management of the State Journal is now (1880) in control of David Atwood, Levi Alden, R. G. Thwaites and E. R. Petherick. The history of these men, after their con- nection with the Journal, will have to be written at some future time. Of those who have been, at some time, connected with the editorial management of the paper, and have left it, a few words as to their career subsequent to leaving it, may be proper.
William W. Wyman, the original proprietor of the Express, in 1848, sold out the office ; in 1850, started the Statesman ; in 1852, was a short time connected with the Palladium; served one year as Treasurer of Dane County ; kept Badger Hotel, in Madison a year or two ; in 1855, removed to Omaha, Neb. ; was Postmaster at that place, and Territorial Treasurer ; established the Omaha Times in 1857, and published it some two years. He died February 20, 1864, in the sixty-fourth year of his age.
Mr. Royal Buck, in 1852, settled in Fond du Lac, and, for several years, published the Fountain City Herald at that place. In 1860, he removed to Nebraska Territory ; published a paper at Nebraska City for a short time; was a few years Register of the land office at that place ; has been in several kinds of business, and, at last accounts, was a farmer in Nebraska.
Alvin E. Bovay, many years ago settled in Ripon, has represented his district two terms in the Assembly ; was a Major of the Nineteenth Regiment of Infantry, served two years in
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the army, resigned and returned to Ripon, where he still resides and is a prominent citizen of the place. 1
William H. Wyman, soon after leaving the paper in 1852, became connected with the Atna Insurance Company, and has remained with that company ever since. He now has charge of its Western department, and is located at Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a very superior business man.
Albert U. Wyman followed setting type for a few years with great success. He ranked as the fastest compositor in the West. He then became a banker's clerk ; held a clerkship a short time in the office of Secretary of State, at Madison ; went to Nebraska, and was in the banking business at Omaha ; and many years ago he went to Washington, and served as Cashier of the Treasury Department, as Assistant Treasurer, and as Treasurer of the United States. He holds a high rank as a business man, and a man of the strictest integrity of character.
Hon. Horace Rublee, in the spring of 1869, was appointed United States Minister Resident to Switzerland, a position he filled with great acceptance till the fall of 1876, when he resigned and returned to the United States, since which time he has engaged in no regular business
Hon. Harrison Reed, after his retirement from the State Journal, was appointed Tax Commissioner in Florida. After the war, he was elected and served one term as Governor of that State and is still a prominent citizen of it.
Hon. George Gary practiced law in Oshkosh for several years, and for some ten years last past has been County Judge of Winnebago County.
Hon. A. J. Turner was for many years the editor of the State Register at Portage; has served several terms in the Assembly ; was Clerk of the Court in Columbia County; Chief Clerk of the State Senate, and, in 1878, became Railroad Commissioner, a position he still holds.
Hayden K. Smith has been for many years the financial editor of the Chicago Times, and is a man of decided ability, and a clear and forcible writer.
L. J. Bates, since he left the State Journal, has been most of the time in Detroit, and has been connected with the editorial departments of several papers in that city, where he still resides.
Harlan M. Page now resides in Baraboo. His health has not been such as to permit him to engage in any permanent business since he left the Journal office in 1876.
James Ross has been a clerk in the State Capitol, a temperance lecturer, and is now in Australia.
H. R. Farnum was one of the publishers of the Fond du Lac Reporter for a year or two; he then became connected with a business house in Chicago, where he still remains.
Maj. J. O. Culver, in the spring of 1877, removed to California, where he has been engaged a portion of the time in mining operations, and was connected a year or two with the editorial staff of a paper at Oakland.
Thus is traced the history of a paper in Madison for the term of forty-one years, and of each person that has been known as connected with its editorial management during that long period of time. The State Journal is now in better condition financially than ever before; and connected with the establishment are a large book-printing office and stereotype foundry, which do a large business, and turn out very superior work.
The Wisconsin Democrat, the third paper established in Dane County, was printed in Madi- son. It was a six-column weekly. The first number was issued on the 18th of October, 1842. J. G. Knapp and John Delaney were its editors and proprietors. It was Democratic. On the 9th of February, 1843, John P. Sheldon and George Hyer succeeded Knapp & Delaney in its publication, and the paper was continned without further change until March 14, 1844, when its publication ended.
The Wisconsin Argus .- The first number of this paper was issued in Madison April 22, 1844, S. Mills & Co., proprietors. The members of the firm were Simon Mills, John Y. Smith and Benjamin Holt. Mr. Smith had the entire control of the editorial department of the paper.
HON. WM. R. TAYLOR, EX.GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN, COTTAGE GROVE.
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It was a neatly printed six-column weekly, edited with ability, and bore at its mast-head the names of Polk and Dallas. In its democracy, at this time, it was emphatically in favor of free trade, a hard-money currency, etc.
December 22, 1846, H. A. Tenney, who had been connected with the Jeffersonian, at Galena, Ill., purchased an interest in the Argus establishment and became a joint editor with Mr. Smith-S. Mills & Co. continuing as publishers.
February 15, 1847, the Argus was enlarged to a seven-column paper, and, at the same time, the name of Mr. Mills disappeared, and the name of the publishing firm was Tenney, Smith & Holt. During the Second Constitutional Convention in 1847-48, and the last Territorial session of the Legislature, in 1848, the Argus was issued tri-weekly as well as weekly.
August 21, 1849, David T. Dickson purchased an interest in the establishment, and the firm name was changed to Tenney, Smith, Holt & Co. This arrangement continued till the spring of 1851. In April of that year, Smith, Holt & Dickson disposed of their interest in the Argus to S. D. Carpenter and H. A. Tenney, who became joint editors and proprietors of the paper.
For several years, the Argus had been the leading paper in the State of that branch of the Democratic party familiarly called " Old Hunkers," the Democrat at Madison leading the other branch known as "Tadpoles." The Argus was a lively and ably conducted paper. It carried its party through many hard-fought political contests with marked ability and success. The division of the Democratic party above alluded to was occasioned by a difference of opinion respecting several of the provisions of the first Constitution, and the discussion during the can- vass for and against the adoption of that instrument. The Argus and its followers, the " Hunk- ers," opposed its adoption, aided by a large portion of the old Whig party ; and the " Tadpoles " supported it. The division thus created was continued within the ranks of the party for sev- eral years, but not so strong as to lose the power in the State-except in a single term of Gov- ernor (Farwell)-until after the organization of the Republican party. The paper survived until the middle of June, 1852.
The Wisconsin Democrat .- This paper was established January 11, 1846, by Beriah Brown, editor and publisher. It commenced as a six-column paper, Democratic in politics, and was published weekly.
January 16, 1847, the Democrat was enlarged to a seven-column sheet. It was subse- quently reduced to a five-column paper, then increased to six columns, and was consolidated with the Argus, June 15, 1852. The new paper took the name of Argus and Democrat, by Brown & Carpenter. The Democrat was published daily during the sessions of 1851-52.
The paper was a radical Democratic sheet, evincing at times marked ability. Mr. Brown was the leading editor of what was called the "Tadpole" branch of his party during its life- time. The existence of the paper terminated in June, 1852.
Argus and Democrat .- June 15, 1852, Mr. Tenney retired from the Argus, and the two Democratic papers of Madison, the Argus and the Democrat, were merged in one, and Beriah Brown and S. D. Carpenter became joint editors and proprietors of the consolidated paper, which retained the names of both of the old ones and appeared as the Argus and Democrat. A daily was permanently established at this time. It was a five-column sheet, neatly printed. The Argus was issued daily during the previous session of the Legislature.
April 7, 1853, Mr Carpenter retired from the establishment, leaving the sole management with Beriah Brown.
July 24, 1854, the daily was enlarged to a six-column paper, and Elias A. Calkins became associated with Mr. Brown in the editorial management of the Argus and Democrat.
April 30, 1855, Mr. Brown disposed of the establishment, and E. A. Calkins and James K. Proudfit became the editors and proprietors. -
January 2, 1856, the daily was enlarged to a seven-column sheet.
January 2, 1857, the daily was enlarged to an eight-column sheet.
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May 12, 1857, Mr. Proudfit disposed of his interest to George Webb, and the paper was continued by. Calkins & Webb.
November 20, 1857, the daily was reduced in size to a seven-column sheet.
January 3, 1859, Beriah Brown again became connected with the paper , the publishing firm was changed to George Webb & Co., and Brown and Calkins were the editors.
April 6, 1859, Mr. Brown again retired from the paper, and Calkins & Webb assumed full control.
June 16, 1859, all names of editors or publishers disappeared, and the paper seemed to run itself.
In the summer of 1859, the Argus and Democrat was discontinued, and the printing materials of the office were purchased by the Patriot and State Journal offices.
April 2, 1860, E. A. Calkins and M. Cullaton bought a new office and ostensibly revived the publication of the Argus and Democrat. A daily and weekly were established. The daily was a six-column sheet. The name of the firm was E. A. Calkins & Co.
December 6, 1860, the daily was enlarged to a seven-column sheet.
Early in 1861, Mr Calkins sold out his interest to John Y. Smith, and Smith & Cullaton continued the publication. At this date, H. K. Smith became an associate editor. Up to this time, the paper had been Democratic in politics. Mr. Smith devoted his energies to the cur- rency question mainly, rather leaning toward the Republican organization.generally.
October 23, 1861, the daily was reduced in size to a six-column paper.
January 4, 1862, the daily was discontinued. The weekly was continued till June 10, 1862, when it went out without announcing its own demise. The revived Argus and Democrat. had an existence not marked with very brilliant success pecuniarily, though it was a spirited paper of two years and three weeks. The material of the office was rented to Roberts & Co. a few months, on which they executed the State printing till the following January. After- ward the large power press was sold to the State Journal office, and the balance of the material to W. J. Park & Co., who had become the State printers.
The Northwestern Journal of Education, Science and General Literature .- This was the title of a monthly publication established in Madison on the 1st of March, 1850. The first number contained fifty-six pages of closely printed matter, in octavo form, and was filled with ably-written articles on the various subjects indicated by the title of the periodical. The work was too great an undertaking for so small a place as Madison then was, and required too great an outlay of capital to keep it running. In the third number, the editor, O. M. Conover, announced that the publication had failed to receive that support he had hoped, or that was necessary to continue its issue ; and this, the third, was the last number printed.
Free School Journal and Teachers' Advocate .- This journal was commenced in Madison, on the 1st day of July, 1850, J. L Enos, editor and publisher. It was a monthly publication, containing thirty-two pages, and, as its title indicates, devoted exclusively to educational matter. It was discontinued after about six months.
The Old Oaken Bucket .- This temperance paper, which was the organ of the order of the Sons of Temperance in the State, was at one time published for a few months in Madison, where it was finally discontinued ; it was published in the year 1850 or 1851. Dr John W. Hunt was the publisher during the time. The paper was neatly printed, and was an able advocate of the cause of Temperance.
" De Norske's Ven"-The Northman's Friend .- The first paper established in Dane County, printed in a foreign language, was one bearing the above title, in the Norwegian language, by Ole Torgerson. The first number appeared in July, 1850. It was neatly printed, and edited with care and ability. In politics it was Whig. The support was limited, and after a few months it was discontinued for want of sufficient encouragement. This was the second paper in the Norwegian language established in the State.
Wisconsin Patriot .- The first number of this paper was issued in Madison on the 17th day of June, 1854, J. T. Marston and H. A. Tenney, editors and proprietors. It was a neatly printed seven-column weekly, and supported the regular Democracy with force and ability.
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October 14, 1854, Mr. Tenney disposed of his interest to S. D. Carpenter, and shortly after Mr. Marston also disposed of his interest and withdrew from the establishment.
November 1, 1854, the Daily Patriot, a five-column paper, was established by Messrs. Carpenter & Co.
November 20, 1854, S. D. Carpenter was announced as political editor, and S. H. Car- penter as local editor and publisher.
February 12, 1855, the daily was enlarged to a six-column paper.
July 17, 1855, S. D. and S. H. Carpenter were announced as joint editors, S. H. Car- penter continuing as publisher.
January 29, 1856, S. D. and S. H. Carpenter were announced as editors and publishers.
July 28, 1856, the daily was enlarged to a seven-column paper, and S. H. Carpenter retired from the establishment, having disposed of his interest to Rolla A. Law. S. D. Carpenter and R. A. Law were announced as editors, and Rolla A. Law as publisher.
August 2, 1856, the Weekly Patriot was enlarged to an eight-column paper.
September 29, 1856, the Daily Patriot was enlarged to an eight-column paper.
July 2, 1857, R. A. Law retired from the office, leaving S. D. Carpenter sole editor and proprietor.
August 24, 1857, John T. Martin became a joint publisher with Carpenter, the name of the firm being Carpenter & Martin.
December 1, 1857, the daily was reduced to a six-column paper.
April 16, 1858, Mr. Martin withdrew from the establishment, Mr. Carpenter leasing the ofice for two years. About this time the name of James Ross appeared as the local editor.
April 4, 1859, George Hyer purchased an interest in the office, and the paper was continued by Carpenter & Hyer as joint publishers. About this time, Beriah Brown became associated with the Patriot as editor, but continued in this connection only a few months, when he retired from the position, leaving Carpenter & Hyer in full control. The paper continued in the same hands without change-except that S. D. Carpenter retired from the editorial department of the paper during the political campaign of 1861, leaving Mr. Hyer sole editor-till the spring of 1864, April, probably-when the partnership of Carpenter & Hyer was dissolved, and the office was leased to Peter Stout, J. B. Hyer and W. W. Bird, who continued the publication of the Daily and Weekly Patriot. In the meantime the weekly had been changed to an eight-page paper, and the daily had been reduced in size to a six-column sheet. Soon after the new arrangement, A. B. Braley assumed the editorial management of the Patriot, and continued in this position till the close of the Presidential campaign of 1864. The Patriot gave a vigorous support to Gen. Mcclellan for the Presidency. At the close of the campaign, Mr. Braley withdrew from the editorial charge of the paper.
November 14, 1864, the publication of the Patriot was suspended. In the last issue, on that day, the editor announced its discontinuance as follows : "Circumstances beyond our con- trol render it out of the question to further continue the publication of our daily. The sudden. and enormous rise in paper, fuel, materials, labor, and all the necessaries of life, has forced upon us this most disagreeable necessity."
" Der Norske Amerikaner "-The Norwegian American .- This paper was established in Madison, in December, 1854, by Elias Stangeland, and was continued to be published by him till May, 1857, when it was discontinued. It was Democratic in politics, and was edited with spirit and ability. Its circulation was small, and the office did not pay expenses.
The Madison Capitol .- A weekly paper bearing the above title, was established in Madison, in the winter of 1855, J. Nolan, editor, and L. Poland & Co., publishers. It was a semi-relig- ious and literary journal, giving some attention to news items, but calculated specially for the improvement of morals. It was published but a short time when it was merged with
The True American .- A weekly paper bearing this title made its appearance in Madison, in the spring of 1855, edited by an association of Americans, and published by J. A. Somerby & Co. Mr. Somerby was the local editor. It was an advocate of the American or Know-
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Nothing organization. After a few weeks the Capitol and True American became united into one paper, and continued under the name of True American. The support to the paper was small, and its publication was discontinued in the fall of 1855. At one time, Dr. A. C. Byers was connected with the establishment. Mr. Somerby withdrew from the concern a few weeks before its discontinuance, or, perhaps more properly, before it was merged with the American in Milwaukee, which was the finale of the True American.
The Wisconsin Farmer .- Early in the year 1855, Mark Miller and S. P. Lathrop, who had been publishing for some years the Wisconsin and Iowa Farmer and Northwestern Culti- vator, at Janesville, removed the office of that monthly to Madison, where they continued the publication till about the close of the year 1855, when D. J. Powers and E. W. Skinner pur- chased the interest of Mr. Miller. It was enlarged in January, 1856, and the words " and Iowa " dropped from the title. It contained forty-eight pages of closely printed matter in each number, devoted to agriculture, horticulture, mechanic arts and education. It was edited with spirit and ability, and obtained, in 1857, a circulation of 10,000 copies. In January, 1857, J. W. Hoyt became connected with the editorial management of the Farmer. During the year 1857, the Farmer was published by Messrs. Powers & Skinner, assisted in the editorial depart- ment by Dr. Hoyt.
January 1, 1858, Mr. Skinner retired from the Farmer, and Powers & Hoyt became joint editors and publishers. This arrangement continued through the years 1858 and 1859. At the commencement of the year 1860, the publishing firm was D. J. Powers & Co., Dr. Hoyt remaining in the editorial department. (The " Co.," at this time, was Atwood & Rublee, of the State Journal.)
In February, 1861, D. J. Powers & Co. disposed of all interest in the Farmer and the publishing firm became J. W. Hoyt & Co., being J. W. Hoyt and Albert Wood. This arrange- ment continued through the year 1861, when Mr. Wood disposed of all interest in the Farmer, and Hoyt & Campbell became the publishers (J. W. Hoyt and C. M. Campbell).
In the January number for 1865, a slight change occurred, Mr. Hoyt was announced as editor and C. M. Campbell as publisher.
In November, Mr. Campbell died, and W. B. Davis became the publisher of that monthly, Dr. J. W. Hoyt continuing as editor, assisted by E. E. Pratt.
The paper was merged into the Western Farmer on the 2d of January, 1868, W. B. Davis, editor and publisher. It continued several years, but finally was forced to succumb.
The Western Fireside .- This was the title of a neatly printed seven-column weekly paper, established in Madison on the 31st day of January, 1857. S. H. Carpenter, editor and pro- prietor. It was devoted to literary and miscellaneous reading and news, taking no part in politics. The Fireside was a good family paper, ably edited ; but its support was not sufficient to continue its publication.
November 14, 1857, William H. Holt became the publisher-Mr. Carpenter remaining as editor.
January 8, 1858, the Fireside was discontinued for the want of material aid with which to run it ; and shortly after the printing materials on which it was printed were purchased by the proprietors of the State Journal.
Nordstjernen (The North Star) .- This paper was started in Madison on the 1st of June, 1857, by the "Scandinavian Democratic Press Association," and was continued till December of the same year, when it was suspended until the fall of 1858. The establishment was rented in August, 1858, to H. Borschenius, Esq., who revived the publication of the paper and continued it for a year or two, when it was discontinued. It was a Democratic paper, and had a fair circu- lation.
The Emigranten .- This paper was established at Inmansville, Rock County, in 1852, by the " Scandinavian Press Association." It was at first Democratic in politics, but subsequently became a strong Republican paper. In the fall of 1857, the Emigranten office was removed to Madison ; the paper is now published in La Crosse.
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Students' Miscellany .-- During the year 1857, the students of the University of Wisconsin, published a monthly bearing the above title. It was edited by the students, and filled with original communications from the members of the University. It contained thirty-two pages of matter, and evinced considerable ability. It was continued about one year, when the project was given up.
Wisconsin Journal of Education .- In January, 1858, this monthly publication was removed from Racine, where it had been issued for one year, to Madison. It contained forty pages of matter, devoted wholly to the cause of education ; was neatly printed, and proved a valuable periodical to teachers and all others connected with the education of children. It was ostensibly published under the direction of the Wisconsin Teachers' Association, but really by A. J. Craig, who had the whole management of the Journal, both as editor and publisher.
June, 1860, Mr. Craig withdrew from the conduct of the Journal, and was succeeded by Rev. J. B. Pradt. Mr. Pradt, who, before his removal to this State, had been a County Super- intendent of Schools, also the Principal of an academy in Pennsylvania, took charge of the Journal at the commencement of Vol. V, July, 1860, and issued the next five volumes, when he removed from the State for two years, and the publication was suspended. The patronage of the State had been withdrawn a year before. A publication bearing the same name was issued one year at Mineral Point, by H. G. Peck, in 1865-66, but was not recognized as the organ of the State Teachers' Association, or of the State Superintendent.
In 1870, the State Teachers' Association, by resolution, requested the resumption of the publication, at the hands of the State Superintendent and his assistant, and the first number of a new series appeared accordingly in January, 1871 ; the editors, under the resolution, being Supt. Samuel Fallows, and Asst. Supt. J. B. Pradt. The tenth volume of this new series ends with 1880. Supt. Fallows and Asst. Supt. Pradt issued the first three volumes of this series. Supt. Searing was connected with the issue of the next four volumes, and Supt. Whit- ford will have finished a connection with the issue of the last four at the close of the year 1880. Mr. Pradt has continued his connection with the publication, as Assistant Superintendent, dur- ing all this time.
The first volume of the old series was issued in Racine. The subsequent volumes have been issued in Madison. It is printed by David Atwood, at the State Journal office, and its circulation is about 2,100. 1
The Madison Demokrat-A German paper, established February 2, 1858, had but a brief existence.
The Higher Law .- Such was the imposing title of a paper, the first number of which was issued in Madison, on the 1st day of January, 1861, by Herbert Reed, editor and proprietor. It was an eight-page paper, large in size and elegantly printed. It was the best specimen of a paper, so far as looks are concerned, that was ever printed in Madison. It was devoted to literary, religious, temperance, agricultural, scientific and news matter, together with a great variety of other subjects. The Band of Hope received a due share of attention in the columns of the Higher Law. E. B. Quiner had charge of some of the editorial departments. After a brief struggle with this vain world of three months, the Higher Law was discontinued on the 4th day of April, 1861.
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