Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-06-08

Nrzses- EDIross u notice IN the famous re-
port Of The Land Grant Investigating Committee,
the following paragraph, PUFIortiHg to be cor
recs history Of my humble connection with the
laid grant Legislation q 1896.
J.. J.. Harvey did Iot vote on the passage Of
lie bill. Conveying lle northwest grant to ne
La Crozse eoTupaEy,} q. cr If be did, he. on bis
o. Z motion, ne day after Il was passed, with
leave Of The senate recorded his vote III favor Of
tie passage 81 the bill but 10 stock on bonds
were assigned 10 him. Report, page : and :.
The above statement j. quite al variance with
the facts IN tie case My opposition TO entrust
iag the La Crosse company with any portion Of
the lane grant ~ tie disposal Of the legislature
Of $50, was, from first to last, decided and IN
cquWoeal. ] was Il the opinion, and 80 urged
ugoi the cUu-ideras ion Of members lhat the pre-
sIous land grant and railroad history oT control
Ing iueu ~ hat company, demonstrated their
uuhtuess tor such trust and that the means
Eotoriously being used to procure votes and in
iluenee ia the legislature, ought to bar ali favor
70 their application. The grounds OF INV upp0-
-ItI8n were certainly not Weakened ~ the plot
developed and when La Crosse finally carried
legislature and executive as with whirlwind
nothing could f0ra=ee in The future ofsuch sue
cess. OF IL the futureof those public servants who
raa greedily after the private " dOucuersf pro-
iasely lavIshed by the company, invited a gra-
tuitoUs attempt 10 crawl, day after the az
fair, among the majority, on tie record. Ny
preference then was to be numbered with pow
.
the indication Of lane. The Committee viii
exeu>- 1e If | DO not quite relish, at the pres
cut turn of fairs, being " investigated out OF
company which has become quite respectable III
public estimation.
The Journal Of the Senate Of ls5G does not IA
vur the statement that did not vote on he bill
IN question. On the contrary, / am put down
on The record as voting ON both sides-see Sen
al ioa nal Of 1856, page ll1I-TLat ray name
appears among those voting for the passage Of
the bill. j. bluHder. by tie clerk or printer
The vote in the negative IS correctly z en- III
tie Journal a. foiluEs:
Aessrs. Barber. CoLb, Giles. Harvey, Pier,
Sutherland and iay lor,-1"
Il 81 happens tLat. On the final passage Of he
bill next Iu number on tho file 70 the La Crosse
+ bill did refuse T. vote, from the impulse Of
nonaehtary exasIerat.0n a. some excess Of he
excited and. thought, tyrauical maiorlty, which
was particularly Insulting 10 my colleag ne. Mr.
+ Sutherland, aud sUhvesiye Of the rights of tile
minority ~ tie rules If tie Senate. This biIl
+ vas tie guc creating tue Wisconsin and super
ior Railroad Company. aud disposiug Of the
northeastern portion Of the grant. / had prevI-
1usly stated II 20 bee my intention 10 favor the
Fa7siese 81 this bilI, provided Mr. Bradley and
s 4lg- " lu-c7v were retained two OF the moor
Tora-s.- uan.ti IN the act--a matter affecting
materially the interests OF large portion Of ny
constituents These gentlemen we're retained
aud The particular friends of the bill claimed
thai J could not, under the circumstances, hou-
afahlv persist Iu Withholding my vote. Accord
ineiy. the next day, asked aud obtained leave
Of tie Senate to record my vote in the afiirma
tive. second provoking tiuuder in the iourn-
al represents thu, vote as given for the La CrOsst
bail No 40 s. instead o5 No 146 a. tie tru,
number Of the tIli for which did give au ex
post tacto vote. The Llupders ou lie recold
doubtless. misled The committee. ! could wi~l
hey bad exercised i.ttle more caution I'D draw.
ing inference from two errors III tie Journal, pal
Pahly iH contradiction each Of the other-
J.. = HARVEY.