New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-19
GREAT EXPOSURE IN WISCONSIN,

lind in The Mleaulee Ner. OF yesterisy ifhe
litbD a .eles1spbic synopsis of tie report OF .hs
Committee Of tie Wisconsin Sense upon the question
OF the amounts expended during the session OF 'he
Legislature Of 1856 10 secure the passage OF me OH
stportiopiDg the lands granted by the on'eu o'a'es
70 Wisconsin tor railroad purposes snong tue se'-
eral roads The greS. Effort was TO get portion
Of the lands for he Milwaukee and La Goose kal-
rosd. The synopsis OF the report says:
M.DlsoS, May 10, 1888.
In the Senate, Mr.. WorthDgton Is engaged ID Ieaa-
inn The report # the Land Grant lnve;:igaang Con,
mt;te. which shows that al who voted Tor me I1ha
prar. directly or indirectly received BONDS or I'A
nom s. GOO 20 80, OUO =. ~
Mr.. Know ton II reading & duplicate copy in the
Assembly. 10. ;. hon. ,rd.
or #, * was assigned by the Is Crosse aud M~au-
kee Railrc ad Company. was as follows; ,ooo
B' P; SG'S' Cd ssGC cS E s%1n, .so
~ j. Cb.ou stock $1,000; g. GILL bonds -loV"; ;o "a
,lsay Ssnd. sS%f y d s ssc '? 8 Re-.
coo; s L. Rose. $4,000; $ We'll 5000 ST. u
C. L. sboiss, boId slO O.'-o these Il APPEAR ~ ~
The following members Of the Assembly OF lsJo
voted for the land grant bill and received eaea
in bonds or stocks, with the exceptions OF Robert
Aiken A. A. Bud VIM Chappell r.. Cramsr, A: ;" :
Foot, Geo. w. Parker, Geo. 2. thompson aud VIM.
Han, who each received $4,000; and Taos. F.avey,
who received $40 COO:
Lo n H Bo.c Bird Bird A. Bii.s j. Blown II B;:ened D. p
CI.pn an william Bpi'sdy L. Conner T. Cr.mer J. c. Ray
nopd, H. Crawford II. C. Dnss Thomas Flav.y A. W. Farr'
W fllA B "a os Ssl. y Han Hsn.y C. H. lays O. C.
Hove HnpiotoU John Ji"s. IL S Jo9r:O1, [os M
H. D L. Morrison, NJ Murphy Non, J. Paine Georts
pt i5:S s B. John Fl s Tsss sS ossn H.
| Charles H. Walker J. Weaver WIN. whpperDau j. Wood
The only members who voted for the bill aud re-
| c4ived no bonds or stocks were Charles Burchsrd.
| Nj. Nj. Davis, j. +. Potter Joshua Stark
The following persOns, who were State orlceFs IN
1876, also received bonds, as follows;
" M Dennis. Bark Controller $1,000; Arthur McAthur;
LIEUT. Gov.m?r s"sOS; B. F Hop..' fhva'e Secretary '
The following persons, who were officers OF the Sen
ate or Assembly 10 1856 also received bonds asfoow-
ia. Armstrong Che, cs Of tsUe sS., sG
The following persons, who were not memosrs o
the Legislature State officers, officers OF either the
Ssnate Assembly, in 1885,, also received bOIds a.
follows:
A. Mitchell SIC COO; Levi Hubbel slOtoO; Z. Csner 10,
ke; II soa.5 R. sss1s:.SS o 81: o. % 3 s
coo: {. h. Jenkins eco; Byron Kbolm, $500 VI
s ss t :st 3sr': s1Sn''s ssns r'%i
Notion $500; H. I. ssunda 5000 c. C. shole.. 600
RSn sG"s sS psI VIE b. s tScysi Daois
$500 In addition TO this D. Carp nter received s. 20
5000 rrDainus portion the reports 'ho~ mat SO
| 0o in bonds were psid to Gov Bsshord.
Politically speaking this report will not benef
either of the political parties OF WISCONSIN a. the ex
pence OF the other, because it embraces men of al
grades Of politics We are gratfed however, with one
fact which this report exhibits that in buying up cup
porers of the bill, the two lowest in value are lie
compton Editor snd Judge Of the Supreme Court
The former was bought with bonds whca at par were
worth only $1,000, and the Judge OF the Supreme
Court was se,isGed with 81, 9OO Think OF that, q
Lecompton Editor in WiscoDsiu is to be had cheape
than Judge of the Supreme Court
The public will loci for the full details Of the report
of the Committee with much interest. According b
footing up OF the above statements, the amounts