Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-02-13
For the Herald.
Reviexv az the Secretary's RepJff.


port of the Secretary of State, and as II
will not probably come into the hands OF al
your readers, have thought few of the
most important items in II, and fe"
comments on them, might be acceptable to
your readers;
/ 1t appears there has been payed from
the school fund over $4,000 for Appearing
of which Abel Manning received 999
now this looks honest for you know an I'M
principled man would. bave $1,000, when
III came so near it, and would have got the
odd dollar for nothing; but not so with
Abel. it seems it was worth just 900, &c
tell what this land, or stray horse,or what
ever it was was worth, and he scorns te
take another dollar. Abel should be pro
NOTED.
Thomas Reynolds received for apprals,
ling, $2966; his must fave been hard
piece to appraise, probably it was bluff
o. swamp and difficult to get at, and II
took long time to tell whether 1t was
worth anything. Over $4,000 were paid
to Is person for appraising, some CITING
more and some less, according as they
were right or wrong on the various "goose
questions" of the day.
/ l43 payments have been made to reg
iment of clerks in the school land depart
ment, averaging about $40, and amount
ing to over $4,000.
i From the General fund there was paid
for postage 5000, and for newspapers
So, 500, while it does not appear that there
was anything paid from the General fund
for shirts, though it is presumed that a,
honest and high minded people, would nc
more object to an appropriation Of few
thousands to supply our state officials each
with dozen Of that very necessary article,
than they would object to the supply Of
papers; and if there has been any wrong
don, in this particular, it is to be hoped
that it will be corrected.
Two years ago Coles Bashford, after 8
hard struggle got possession of the Govern
or's office; this was heralded forth as g
great triumph over the 40 thief dynasty
and it was thought by many that death
blow had been given to treasury plumber
ing-but it appears that Coles Bashforc
drew from the treasury at one time $93l2
so; and that there were $4,000 draw
from the treasury, on the Governors con
hngen account. Now if this money (al
but his regular salary was placed at hi
disposal to be applied to some other ob
jcct, and tha. trust has been faithfully per
formed it may be all right; but if so, the
report should show it, for as it stand
looks decidedly bad: for Will
we are hoping that the 40 thief dynasty j
at an end, we may soon be compelled 4
believe that the so Miefone has common
ced.
The Secretary in estimating the curren
expenses Of tine year, after ennumeratin9
every thing ever before thought of, has al
an item of $4,000 for ''expenses I'm
knop H." and we should not be surprised
a new state department with a Secretary
and regt Of Clerks to take charge of thu
unknown department" and if so, thinl
we can find several among our prominen
politicians, who would preside over tht
i,unknoson department with becoming dig
Unity, and decided advantage to henaselve
and their posterity.
Among the items paid from the gener
al fund, i one Of 81, 400 to the State His
torical Society; this society is l believ'
composed Of a few in 'yill.sls who had
failed to get at the treasury in any other
way, and by forming themselves into
Fl themselves into society, and getting
brazen faced man to stand up in the Leg
isature and pull wool over the eyes of the
members, they managed to get an appro
priation of a few thousand under the pre-
tense of doing the state some SERVICE
They pretend believe, to be collecting
all the old stories that are ahoat abou
anything that ever happened in what
now the State of Wisconsin; such as In
dian fights; qaarrels among miners; dis
Iputes about land claims. &C., and get
good supply of the raw material, they viii
suppose apply to the legislature for So
Tor 100000 to-pablish their book; but i
their history isao come down to the pres.
ent time, | protest against its publication
on tue ground Of the bad influence it woe
have upon the rising generation: for sho'd
the voug and achieving, learn from thei
own history, that those most honored j,
the state were the greatest pluuderers 0
the public; it would require more strength
of mind and decision of character than us
lally falls to the lot of the young, to ena
BILE them to resist the temptation to plum
der the public. | may be somewhat mis-
taken about this Historical Society. pre-
tend to know nothing of it with certaint v
but have merely expressed my opinion Of
what are the objects of its members.
/ But there is one thing that we can al
. see. know and understand, that is, that the
state is miserably governed,and most I'M
righteous expenditure of the public money
while there is nothing done for tie publ,
good. why Is it, that bad whiskey and
blue ruin, are permitted to roam at large
throughout the. "Smte;" carrying the Old
topper 10 an untimely grave, and preparing
the young and Inexperienced to follow il
his lettering footsteps9
Why is it that so many amiable and
i yirtro,,s wives and n,otbors ,ro ooc,nolJo