Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-11-01

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H. his twenty third answer. he, Mr. Strongly
holds Til, language II has been Tie habit OF
my lite 10 ma &c aud preserve written nemor,n-
ia q! All The events or circumstances tia; | de-
20 remember had no desire 1, remember
dnWh'Hg abo,a th- d2ieery Of u,ose packages My
oiiice ioF Il day or NO wa, thrpnged ,w.ti, MEM
oers OF the Legislature and others. who | sup
pre-, came there 10 receive the packages I got
/ nd Of them a. soOn posi- Die. =. eds -
! Further on lac says; And having already
stated TAI Iettversd an which W here left in m
Office, 6esirc 10 be excused from making
more personal answer 10 this luterrogaiary. |
delivered The . sckages IN person, with the
Fs4cepiioLs heretofore mentioned,} AMI took no
voucher or receipt from any person hf
Mr. SrRosG acknowledges receiving $4,000
in Bonds. " hat did be receive them for /? In
his own testimony, age 10, he says:
&" Those services were in part, the drafting tie
charter Ui The company in J;nrary $50. and at
tending upon the Legislature at The session of
1872. and aiding IN procuring the passage OF the
charter, lie. s.etr lst9Ts5 -t2 ' E'Fa
IL relation to this the Committee says
Mr.. S;rongs informant was probably ignorant
Of the fact, that a resolution had been passed hv
the directors OF tLat company, giving to Mr.
STROA 9. In payment of this braaci of service.
two thousand dollars ia full paid stock. Anoth-
er fact worthy of notice. IL that Atssrs. Kill
bourn +. II. Goodrich, Moses kneelalid anil
jeniius. hail. by the order under which Mr..
Strong received his twenty five thousand dol
lars, each, the same amount"
4 We have thus gone through the report of the
Committee, SO far as it relates to Mr.. SraosG.-
1t proves from the mouths oi the corruptors
themselves the Wholesale corruption II proves
also that M STRONG took an active part in
these operations. by las o,rn testimony.
But 1t appears that NJ STRONG removed to
Aii~au Nes -lrp--f657. for the purpose OF getting
eteer'ted to The Legislature in order that he with
others might prereut inresfiqa:ion, and through
their means invests gation WAS STAYED off until
1898.
Now let us turn to the testimony of AMASA
COBB, who was u member OF The Senate and
refused the preferred blibe.
IL appears from his testimony on page il3
and Ia that VIZ. p. DEWEY, solicited HIM to
vote fer the Ri. stating " that they were bound
to carry II through any how, and that | might
rs well make something out Of il as the res. Of
them"
The Committee then put to Grn. CoDp. the fol-
lowing question
= Question " hat reply if any, did yo.. make
:
(Depoaent declined to answer this question ::
bat upon the same being pressed by TIE Com
mittce, under protest, he answeret:.) -.......
-insrcer.-1 asked him what was the amount
/ Of the capital stock of the company He re-
piled ton million dollars. / told him to say to
/ iiyron hilbnurn. that If he would multiply the
capital stock OF the company by the number of
( leaves IN the Capitol Park, and give me that
amount ia money. and then have himself Kill
honra. Moses Strong. and Mitchell backed. and
gave me clear title 10 them servants for life,
I | would Jike the matter under consideration
| vas strongly solicited several times durng
4 the pcudaucy of said bill before The Legislature
/ by ths tl"n. ". Chappeli, theu member of the
( Assembly. to support the bill: and one c.
Caston he state" 10 me, that If the said bill
/ PASSED, he. Chappell would make 5000 by 1t.
or out OF II. aud that lie wanted ne 20 DO the
same. asked him how ! could make It :. lie
replied that position rs Senator would
command that sum from the La Crosse Comps
ny. words IL that effecr.
t'ssstion Did you, while member of such
Legislature, or any lime afterwards, receive or
acccpt. either directly or Indirectly or did any
person receive or accept for you, from any per
son % corporation. any stock. bonds money, or
other valuable thing IN consideration, Or a. a re-
sand for your official vote your official per
~in:l influence in favor against any such meas
ufe or measures, or a gratuIty git. pres
cHt : /! So. state when. and from whom
-3astscI.-I DIp not AT ANY rIuE."
Here ne hayo the record Of the two men,
sworn "a t.y themselves before Committee
Is It difficult to Judge rs to which will most
faithfully serre his constituents. and protect The
honor and interests of the State
The question for on voters to decide is.
whether YOU viii endorse the men who corrupt
ed your Legislature, WHISTLER you viii allow
i"Na County 10 he the first and only County,
which iorgets herself 20 sully her fair fame, by
sending one OF the leaders Of the Corrup,iosisl.
20 represent her at the Capital of The State or
whether YOU VIII be represented by man who
has wiihstoud temptation. anal on whose gar
nenis IS 10 smell OF Corruption. How will You
yo:e'
Who gets the SteaIings,
There Is no doubt but that the Treasury las