Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-01-01

duce him To come In and meet The Commit
tee. Monday Came and the committee Was
AGAIN on hand. bur there was IN Mr. Parkin-
&, ar.r waiting some two hours. Nr. Ham
hly arrived and said he had called Oh Mr..
Parkinson, who had stated that he " as utterly
opposed 10 the levyiug the tax on the part oi
tie town under any circumstances. and ps'si-
lively refused to meet the committee
However not TO leave stone unturned.
when Mr. Beecher Came 10 inquire INTO TN,
matter. took bum out 10 see MIR. Parkinson
during q long conversation Mr. r. admitted
he liability of .he Tow. the justice of the
debt, and the folly of confe>ting IL. and STA
led that IS an individual, lie was decidedly
in favor OF meeting the clam piomiti, and
moreuye: agreed 1" talk the matter over VII
the lax pay IN election day GA THAI day
1 visited the Town hall and asked Nj T.
what course they would be likely 40 pursue.
he then told me that Judge Cothren had been
these talking To them, and had c"nvinced
them that there was no possible way of get
ting ria of the debi except by paw ing II, and
that The feeling seemed universal amongst Il L
taxpayers that they had better pay up and
save eusl, that tie Town Board he Thought
would un'I"u hiediy levy the lax.
That the Board would meet on the en-
suing Saturday, and asked If they could use
the Council Chambers, and would like the
Committee 10 NICE, therein On tie DAY
appointed | was uuavoidabiy. and ii ex-
prc,ediy, absent from home. but prior tn
having town | got the President of the
Council, Mr.. Cornish. IA act Ia nay place.
lie did so. met Mr.. Park nson. aud agreed
with him that as Nr. Dick nson and my If
were away. and a. he. Mr. p, wnulG have .
be in town all the following week to attend
the County Boa.d. which hal 10 attend q,
well. That We should have plenty of time to
confer tugether, and consequently the mat
ter Ma postponed by mutual consent
Tn. County Board met an '.as in session
a week. but Ola some pre;ext, whether
frivolous Or not. | know not. Mr.. p d d
not s,iead it. Subsequently sought to
meet tie Board. but conid never discover
where they met. I'D the last meeting, prior
u the delivery Of the lax Roll ~ the frea>-
uIrr for col ec,ion, vas held after dark, on
Saturday evening, IN ,ae Office OF tie
Clerk of tie Board nf Supervisors. and had
diournrG be ore | could hear anything oi
IL so much for the f,cis of the case. and
all Of them. l think they " II show which
party acted III good fdI h, and which IN
deiyore TO shlrk the responsibility A day
or two after his meeting c the Board met
MIR Parkinson Ia the street and asked tim
what course the Board intended TO pursue
and he inf0rmt me that they h, refused
to evy tax because Mr. Hambly was op
posed TO IT,
Mr. r. lnfers bad faith on the city because
as he alleges two members of the comrnItie t
were opposed 10 the levyIug Of Ajax. lu this
| know wrongs the gentlemen. or al least
one of them. Nr. rlckinsoa ~as and Is IN f.
| of tie cliys paying her own Interest, tai
NOT the towns too. aud consequently VA, ouly
-..1 f,
liz p-oEori io;i. aad he ~as 10 the iHil, - AK
Ious n myself, or Any siiLsr member of iht
board Ia have both town aud civ to NEE
their obligatlots III good faith, aud believ.
Mr.. Arg.!ls position WAS the sane such
know z. the opinion the Board entertained
st the tine al 8 appointment Oh the Com.
mIttee.
Mr.. Z. does me the favor to insinua,e thai
nv zeal in this matter wis only pretense
think II Ia ano.t time tina; Hr L. shrald know
that there aie some men who haOiiualty (tn .
bushes, matters at least >as wi.at the,
nsan, and mean " hat they saw | tluuk nay
worst e"emies viii haruiy lay hypocrisy t,
ny """f' my iau!t oving rather the reverse t,
maj az Hh ne accused me of making a fIis'
ol"us pT.ieXt 10 leaVe town on the only acca
no ever came 10 meet nae If lie knows he
ue28,oin Il my ab-puCs and hc .hnHid kuoN
I before he cn3Taci eTiZes Il rs frivolous. | cat
On. . 80! - -. 80 90 - ~ :
a. - 30 " - ~ !"
''A'' - - i' =" '''' nc - % 80 ~
! paying It's deb;s.
But the concluding part OF Mr. P'S- lrtte
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-. y.',h rha ii.,,,.,,,l. - 49,.
mainr,ty oftletx nayer-. ,h,, differ. from
what he told me On The. ,isv OF elec,iun. /
| seem. however that the refusal 70 levy a Ia,
was i well considered thing. aud fIregon,
| Conclusion at the time fAai lac pretended ;
de>i.e 10 consult the committee OF the com
! mon Council. In view uf these facts | ii,
thIt.k l. you'd not have der,gss-d from hl.
and sa,t.a m, ',.,,,,n,,,rar annI d.,I !
trouble.
| ne very co"IF says tHat me lax payers ar
| Low VII ii' que &c 'ef'hce |" pr. thIn'
/ 80 ''' NC
majority wu,id b found o,I.o..,t 10 r.,u.lIa
| II n, bat 10 save :he town from the "diu'n A."
,Spuui"'i"''' ''e o"r's O i'N 9'''' t"ty WI
-, .I,;i -. - ,'.,, ''i
Ihr,m have, Md. an rr,n,,,r,nf win ,,.rti..
| interested tn tne BoEds. whereby they hav,
secured ttt CITY rom >hy l"~> ffnm th'
t'~ a. .ei"'' '' H. "'.' ""NI ''e" 'He '"A
LAID at their door. This think c"ncIusivei
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- t..e ~ ere .hoa." a, Mr. =. say.te ha,
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