Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1855-10-11
TIE SCHOOL


School Lands and uter what the records contain
what be depended truth Our limits and time
forbid making such extended this phase of
the administration of aars feel disposed to
make
1t the intention of the Legislature which made the
for the disposition of the School Lands to arrange 1t
School would fall into the hands Of actual set
tiers, while school fund reaped legitimate ad
vanages State would receive the great benefits
which the settlement cultivation Of these lands would
necessarily insure The ample for this purpose had
design been seconded by the Commissioners But unfor-
unaey the discretion conferred by law upon these Off
the following language grossly abused for pri
vate ends
The said Commissioners and the Governor may In their
discretion and withhold from sale such portions
the School and University lands as in their opinion il may
not be advantageous to sell and dispose Of and for long
time in their opinion will be beneficial the
University and School funds"
Instead of Withholding lands until the settlement. of the
country tended make demand for them and make them
sought for by persons wanting them for use appears
have been the special purpose of the Commissioners keep
far in advance of settlement and after finding the lands
certain to be valuable in time, manage the public
that tracts Of them would fall Of friends
who would hold and keep them entirely specializing
poses.
Thus for instance find individual Of this City OH the
record the purchaser Of thirty four thousand
would make large farms for oo hundred settler. monopo
zcd by individual who without particle productive
or useful labor on his part calculates reap fortune from
the necessities Of men who must eventually have this land
But this is not the Of it, He holds the title Of this
and keep of rorf industrious who wish to use it
until they his without his having paid one
cent Of money towards its purchase Thus he calculates
probably to realize at least Eve dollars per each
every Of this land a Of hundred and
ffy thousand dollars without himself having been called
upon invest the st red cent in actually buying land
simply put into his hands by the School
that he they may grind princey fortune the
! ers who viii ultimately till it..
And the tenderness tow ard.
spectators with the in which the aud Ia
treated In this county ninetenths all
sold was in itself abundant security for all the purchase
money yet doubt whether there instance in this
county any other where wanted small tract for
cultivation that he got it without paying more
of the purchase down. Yet this which we have
alluded nearly if all timbered; and while it. owner
(or rather the who holds the Ie) offering to sell the
privilege of cutting the timber or rate which would
bring it TO about twenty dollars per acre. the
purchase money has been required Is necessary that
we should add any thing to this by way Of comment Til.
illustrates fully the character OF most of these Gales
And has the Governor any completely in thisg He
tan'y makes Of the discretion entrusted him
serving these sales till the lands wanted And ii Is our
belief that he nter. in many of these
sales 1t is but few weeks since his organ announ-
ced with much satisfaction that the Governor had nd
himself wealthy. How lie was not wealthy when he en-.
tered his Office duties he has been business dur
ing that time and those who know him win hardly suspect
that Is months he has saved enough salary $1,000
to make himself very rich. Whence his
How does happen let ask that Who hold these
immense tracts of land uniformly such warm culogsts
and friends Of Borstow Two City hold Ertv
three Thousand tsco hundred and seoen acres Both OF
these men delegates the Democratic State Conven
ton, aud both friends of Gov Barstow and now his
principal supporters, eulogsts What gives
them such special interest in Barsow No
person else feels interest for him in this region Of coun
try And how does happen further the of the
last legislature show that Of the drew draft
particular and intimate friend the Governor whose
does not publicly appear in the list Of purchasers
part payment Interest due these lands Our firm con.
victon is that Blrstow and others whose names do not
appear have interest in immense made
by their particular friends and that and the COM
misoners have taken advantage Of the position conferred
upon them by condng constituency plumber State
in the manner indicated This uttered eectoneer
ing purposes We utter because believe it. and because
deem important that the people particular juno
ture when they called upon express confidence in
FIDELITY with which these have administered their
affairs, should know it,