Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-11-01
To the Voters or Linden, WaldwieS. Miflin and
Mineral Point.

10 the Voters OF Linden, WaidwicS. 1Iiflin and
Mineral Point.
On Tuesday, the s:h day sf Noreialj.r. yeu
are called upon 20 exercise tic right of sutf:age
Is citizens of free government u al. for the
reopie, aud under the control of The people. OF
whom ron constitute part. it il your deity To
vote You owe il TO yourselves. aud you owe ii
10 he State IN which you live.
But it is not only your duty to vote ; for if
you vote wrong. vote to put corrupt men in
office, you work injury instead Of good TO the,
state II Is Of the utmost importance :, At Won
vote neutrality-suspicious. you.,<so,ta tight.
But you may ask flow Shall we know vixen
&c saieo-ro 're right Both parties. you may say
are corrupt. DC" THIS is not good excuse :
for If true, i; is your duty to take hold every
time aud work reform. Road for Yourselves
sud vote for honest meg wherever you mud them
aud scratch the name of e1c-y man vlum YOU
know to be dishonest or Rere political rick
ser. who wants office only for tie Ieason th..
ls wants money, or power. or place.
You may ask, again. e" How Shall we Judge of
tie Character Of man, or bow shall We know
whether lac Is man to be trusted with The in
trrests CT the State i. his keeping or Hot 7" ".
viii tell YOU.
LOOK Al THE RECORD or HIS LIFE
AND PUBLIC lCTs
And ~ thus connection wish TO call ycur
attention. to the record of twu Of Your fellow cit
liens who are candidates for the Assembly OF
the Stats and ask Won for your votr<
NOSES ". STRONG. is tie Democratic
Candidate some Of You have known him Tor
years, aud Of eourse know his general reputation
for hosesty and business integrity We ,io mol
wish or intend TO deal with lis private chsrzc-
Ter only 20 far as it is illustrated ia his public
acts These are MATTERS Of Record. aud OF these
yog can form your own Judgment.
AMASA COBB X tie Republican Csndi-
ca,c. aud is MISC knoNn 10 many Of YOU Ills
public acts also matter u Record aud
when the record is placed bego-e you you can
..5ce of his trustwortLiaess
" ROW propose 10 exhibit tie Record of tn.
two men, connected with that famous. dis
graceful aud wholesale BRIBERY and COR
htPTI0N Of lSsG. You know ,ha, ! rs..j,a IN
of the Legislature OF tLat year were sought like
shevp n tie mar ket. 10 give thelr votes for iAc
Is CrosSe Land Grant Bill.
You know that the Legislature Of ISIS. ap-
pointed Committee - Investigate hose frauds
that the Comniti,e consisted uf three Donocrats
and Ave Republicans. and ihat tbey made spd
signsd na7nincu. report .a-saiuiug these
charges Of bribery.
We shall now proceed to quote from lie Re
port Of tie Committee and from the Testimony
Of Nesrs n. SrGoNG. himself. aud als, Of AAAsA
CcEs - mach = Is necessary 10 show ,Asir evn-
necilop With H.
rEroET 81 TDs ovilAuTTrs
The Comni,tce opeued rs fellows
: In the outset, }, !. proper to remark that
fsE witnesses have cvncci disposition 20
throw Suspicion GA lie conduct Of particular in
dlyiduals, vEcG thev could MOI itnplica,s them
by f7otstte which they WOULD .vrar
Go paSe 1, they proceed
/" Tie bribery. 81 buying up great ma
loriiy OF the Legislature of 1886. !. discovered
IN tie back ground - = tame izct. while i IA
SsnG4.y displayed ~ the attempt to yei the
iisasactloa beyond The po>sI1I.ltv cf detection
II - supremacy Rafqar - 10 extort attention.
ihs ACTORS seem net t. nave been mindful of tie
sset tlSt ~ ltG Vas ever large cuyuxh 80 com
Y.rlv4y eoSNE " Itst4f.
he members = slle Senate Of 500, 10 whom
hansis or stock Mere assigned by Tie Ia Cru,>e
sad Milwaukee Railroad ,'o;nuaEv are naD,.,
In the following lust. aud slte asturut. to sa,h
ST opposite Eao>e 70 Vbom stock WIS As
SiSneG, had their amounts placed IA he lxnds
81 " IN. 4. Bsgstow. before voting for the Land
,iFsnt Billto lac ty him passed. 10 th,,s,, res2sc-
tse!, IN the hIii became lav'
Here failows list of - Senators. to -lo,o
Sl75.u00 q Stick aud Ronds vas appropriated
Then follows : list II 81 Members OF The A.
s-mbly. who received fson S5o00 20 $1,000
.sch. amounting TO 1855 geo, on the same ter rs
the Senators
On page The ComE7it,oe sSy-
" Those who voted a.ssius, the passage Il thu
hiH were entirely excluded from any r,arrleipa.
'lon IN spolis. pluEder or beuetit-. gnbafnc en-
q the l.aE3 tilaAt. aud were thirteen In NAM
Ter, = ioiIoN> j. ALLEN BaEBER. ANASA
CObh. and IL others
ON page 9. Is ! ll.t Of . persons 4. vbo,,,
we're assigned S2l6o0u OF Bonds. ard s,a.n-
Tire names ere
MOSES NJ STRONG, $4,000
Byen Kilbourn, asua0
. F. Jenkins X aas
and 50 On.
Gu mage is. the Committee proceed:
v men the list work wa conlple:ef: the
rTtiies vent g I.lvaulssc and thcre t.erN.cs-l,
The httesssh and twen' y-I ii dsv of Oc,ofer.
ia bonds wee iss1c.i = -l.e -ra9sa. = - COO