was appointed chairman of the State Committee and S. D. Hastings secretary.

There were about five weeks for the campaign, and the committee had at their disposal only about $500 for the entire expenses of the campaign. They made the best possible use of the time and money at their command. They were compelled to labor at the greatest possible disadvantage, as they had no organization and but very limited means of learning who their friends were in different parts of the State. One great difficulty they labored under was their lack of knowledge as to whom they could send tickets, as there was no Australian Ballot Law in force then. There were, doubtless, hundreds of voting precincts where there were no tickets from the fact that no persons were known to whom tickets could be sent.

In spite of all these difficulties 13,225 votes were polled for Mr. Kanouse.

The party was known as the "Independent Temperance Party.” In 1884 the party affiliated with the National Prohibition party by sending delegates to the National Prohibition Convention, held at Pittsburg in that year. It has had tickets in the field at every National and State election since.

The following are the names of those who have been candidates of the party for Governor of Wisconsin: Theodore D. Kanouse, 1881; S. D. Hastings, 1884; J. M. Olin, 1886; E. G. Durant, 1888; Charles Alexander, 1890; T. C. Richmond, 1892; J. F. Cleghorn, 1894; J. H. Berkey, 1896; E. W. Chafin, 1898. The vote for the Prohibition ticket ranged between 8,000 and 17,000 during this term of years.

In 1881 a law known as the Anti-Treating Law was passed, but it did not work well and was repealed in 1882.

The License Laws of the State are substantially as they were in 1882. The following are some of the provisions that have been adopted since 1882: Registered pharmacists may procure permits to sell strong spirituous and ardent spirits in quantities less than one gallon for medicinal, mechanical or scientific purposes only. In 1885 a law was enacted by which the electors of the several cities, villages and towns in the State may hold special elections for

the purpose of determining the amount to be paid for license to sell intoxicating liquors to be drank on the premises. These special elections can only be held once in three years. In 1889 a law was passed to enable the voters of the several towns, villages and cities of the State to vote upon the question whether the sale of intoxicating liquors shall be licensed in their respective towns, villages and cities.

In order to vote upon this question a petition has to be filed. with the clerk of the town, village or city where it is wished to have the vote taken, signed by a number of qualified voters equal to more than 10 per cent. of the number of votes cast at the last general election in such town, village or city for Governor. On the receipt of such petition the law prescribes the way in which the clerk aforesaid shall issue the call for such election, and the way in which the vote shall be taken.

In 1889 a law was passed forbidding the payment of claims for intoxicating drinks against the estates of deceased persons.

In 1891 a law was passed providing that no license to sell intoxicating liquors shall be granted to any person who is a keeper or owner, directly or indirectly, of a house of ill-fame or prostitution.

In 1895 the law requiring the officers of the State and County Agricultural Societies to file an affidavit with the Secretary of State to the effect that no intoxicating liquors had been sold upon their grounds during their annual fair before they could receive the annual appropriation, was repealed. Justices of the peace are not allowed to have their offices in saloons or in any place where intoxicating liquors are sold.

CHAPTER XX.

THE BENNETT LAW EXCITEMENT.

The seven years of Jeremiah M. Rusk in the executive office deferred the hopes of many aspirants who had looked with longing eyes towards the capitol at Madison, and when the convention met to select "Uncle Jerry's" successor there was no lack of willing candidates. Rusk's plurality of 18,000 in 1886 had seemed to restore confidence among candidates and create the impression that the Republican party was certain to continue in power, and that a nomination on that ticket was sure to result in an election. The newspapers in different localities had been busy for some months before the State convention met in making favorable mention of favorite candidates, but public opinion was divided between several ambitious gentlemen whose qualifications had been duly set forth by the local press. The most prominent of these candidates were William D. Hoard of Jefferson county, Edward C. McFetridge of Dodge, and Horace A. Taylor of Hudson. Hoard and McFetridge resided in Democratic counties. All three were Republicans of superior qualifications, in good standing, and all of them were well known to the people of the State. McFetridge had served two terms as State Treasurer, and he was encouraged in his candidacy by the example of William E. Smith, who had been promoted in 1877 from the treasurer's office to the gubernatorial chair. Taylor had been chairman of the Republican State Central Committee four years, 1884-8, an able editor, familiar with public affairs, and qualified by education and temperament to discharge the duties of the position. Hoard had never held an elective office, and was the last to enter the race as a candidate for the nomination for the first place on the ticket. He had never had any legislative experience. He had acquired some reputation among the newspaper men as the teller of good stories-like Mr. Lincoln,