Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-10-14

while the opponents did not consequent
ly there was no quorum voting The
friends Of the bill then demanded the
"ayes and noes" upon which, all but ten
ofthe democrats took their hats and "ske-
daddled' into the lobby, where they re-
manned till the hour of adjournment came,
and the speaker declared the House ad
journed
These are the facts Of the case, and yet
in their face the Inteligencer has the un-
biushiag impudence to declare that'the re-
publicans are responsible for the defeat
of this measure, and for the distress it
viii entail on the families of our volun>
teers; because it says, they would mt vote
for a direct tax, which it asserts, the dem
ocrats would vote for. He says this W it'll
the knowledge, that the legislature had al
ready passed bin to raise tax of 1915,
600 for this purpose ,and that his democra-
tic friends ''fillibustered' in the meanest
and most disgraceful manners, to kill
resolution, to allow time to consider two
bills, both of which provided for farther
Direct Tax one Of sl50,000 the other
of $250,O00
Truly the editor OF that sheet has proved
himself an apt scholar in the school of
Pump Carpenter.
Now as to one or two of the other two
false assertions in the above editorial. 1t
says:
THE reason the democrats voted against
the bill to issue bonds, was because the
state would suffer a loss of at least 80 per
cent on the sale Of those bonds"
The bill as itpassed the Senate, provi-
ded that the bonds should not be sold at
less than par. a few days prior to its
introduction Viscoastn Bonds had been
sold in the New York market at auction
for l02 cents on the dollar The State
Treasurer had no doubt Of his ability to
negotiate the new issue, at least at par,
as fast as the money would be needed
Where then is the loss Of 33 per cent to
the State
There Is another argument used by the
Intethgencer, which it backs by another
false assertion, to excuse the action Of its
party, which seems so silly and childish,
that it is hardly worth answering. al
lude TO the assertion, chat it would take
as long to engrave the plate, and issue the
bonds as it would to get the money from q
Direct Tax. Is it likely that it would take
tire months, for an engraver to furnish a
plate. and for the State authorities to is
sue bonds to the amount of $3.50, 900 p
Such an assertion only shows how hard
up the party is for an excuse.
But the fact is, no neao plate was need
cd at all. The bin was purposely so drawn
that the old plate, now owned by the state
could be used, and every member of the
house knew it.
The fact is that every thing the demo-
cratic party could do, during the entire
special session to embarrass the admins
tra ION of this state, and fix its hands so
that it could give bat as little aid to the
N'CHCi I'll Ia IT'S W tut
down the shareholders rebellion as might
be, was done by them TO tbs it sacrifc-
ed the Militia Bill, and to it sacrificed the
comfort of the families OF volunteers, now
that they see and feel the odium they have
brought upon themselves, they seek to
cast it on the republicans By persistency
to falsehood.
in all these efforts as well as on the
vote against the army suffrage bill, the
members from the northern Assembly
district of this county, voted as the No
guls of the party dictated.
| have to ask your kind forbelrance for
the length to which / have drawn this
communication, but as l. as well as the
party with which acted, have been accu-
sed of sacrificing the families of volun-
teers, | considered it due to my party and
myself as candidate for reelection, that
the people of Iowa County, and especially
Of the Southern assembly District, should
know the whole facts of the case.
Yours Truly,
y