Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-09-11
VOLUME ". NUMBER 46.

title 10 the lands mortgaged. neither is there
any duplicate Of entry or Patent recorded
These lands are, however, said to be owned
by one John W. Savage, and the whole ) +,
! 1 Is covered ty mortgage from Savage to
Caleb Gushing Tor the sum Of $500.
And accompanied by the following remarks
from its political yohe-felow Of the Madison
Argus.
Reader look that over again, and satisfy
yourself Ii appears of record that John 4
Brow, Of the Rock County Badger, has had
loan OF school money for year past, tciibo,if
furnishing any security trhateoer( That is a
pretty shape business transaction-but of
course II is an accident. Why shouldn't it
be Mr.. Brown is expected to control part
of the Rock county delegation in the State
Convention for certain men whom he confesses
a weakness for; and this failure Of security
IS evidently yaccIdental-purely so. It viii be
well Tor the people Il such accidents don't turn
Up II every county in the State.
liable &c Of the last Commissioners Re
port, pats down another item 10 John A.
Brown, to-wl: Sl50-or SI00 in all. Itis
greatly TO be hoped that there is no further
accident about the security. Now ali we have
10 say about tie matter IS. that TO save ap-
pearances. il would hs we'll 10 have some Sc
curity given. We doubt much if any pollti-
cal services, however oneroHs, will be deem-
ed sufficient by the public, and we advise that
the action taken be speedy. Hostility to the
present Treasurer may perhaps explain where
the present responsibility of this loan should
rest"
These last remar- S. il should be remember
ed, come from a political associate. Now
the fact that the editor of the Badger State has
come cut' for A. Hyatt Smith for Governor
would seem to Indicate how compensation is
rn9fp The pharfr. t,,ato in, bo nh b.-
been several times brought to the notice Of
Mr.. Brown, but as yet he has not seen fit 20
deny it. Should he eXculpate himself, rs, for
the honor OF the profession we hope he will,
We shall be pleased to record his explanation.
The Argus, in reply to direct charges from
the Milwaukee Sentinel, owns up explicitly,
as follows
''Ne say 90 the Sentinel, then, We are not
satisfied with Il part of the security for these
loans in this section, SO far as examinations
have proceeded; and are quite certain that
anless titles are speedily patched up, part Of
the fund will be lest. In certain eases il seems
that loans as high as $500 have, In effect,
been made on 10 acre tracts-or mere than
their full value. In other cases, there Is no
duplicate on record showing any purchase
from government by tho borrowing party, OF
any record OF purchase from any one elsc-
yet mortgages 10 the tune OF hundreds have
been taken on such titles. in Otncr cases
still, loans have been m-do on property, where
from failure 10 record, or other cause, mort
cages securing a prior lien, at 25 per cent. in
'eres', have got or TO the records. Inall these
cases we migh: cite the proof were it deemed
d Question toT dispute"
We have been tod farther that last fall in
certain towns in this county the names cf
persons who had obtained loans from the
School Fund, and of others who were aPPli-
cants, were carried to the polls, and their votes
scrutiuiz4J. The object for such az opera
ton must be sufficiently apparent. aud the
fact that very few Of those who obtain loans
are Wing .n politics, but either known Loco
f1cos, or F--e Soil with such tendencies as It
was hoped q favor OF tiis sort would win. goes
to corobora5e the charge of the political uso
Of the Fund
We presume other and more important dis
closures will be brought to light before the
fall campaign is closed.-T Bcl0it Jo.r.