Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-10-14
Who Defeated IT
Friend Bias

Under the above caption,
the following cool production appears in
the Home Letcliigencer Of tho 4th inst
We ask the same question the TRInUSE did
last week, and will give true and correct
answer September Esd, Senate Bill No. II,
enabling Volunteers to vote, passed the As
sembly by vote of 81 TO 38-jn all 80. ow
on the vote indefinitely postponing Che BIZ Tor
issuing the bonds, only 10 votes were cast
of these by the TRIBUNE's showing, 10 we're
Democrats and 81 were Republicans; the
Democratic vote then was nearly the same as
it was on the franchise bill. Where. iii, where!
were the 10 Republican Volunteer Champ
ons (?) when the vote on the other bill! was
taken? They had skedaddled home to tell
their constituents the Democrats had Defeated
the bill, and this was part Of their regular
game. They had c!ear-worlng majority,
but when the test vote came, t.tg f.'t, and
that's what's the matter!
The legislature passed a law extending aid
70 families of volunteers, and flr ,his bill the
Democrats in both Houses voted, Amos. % =
man. The Republican Senate voted - cut
the aid down % - while the DcmacEGts vo-
ted to keep i up to -. Ta1 Republicans
tried to have Bonds Issued, and sell ta-u to
raise the money the Democrats refused to
assent 20 that plan, because the State would
thereby lose at least s. per cent Of the Issue,
but wanted direct ttr levied to raise the A.
mount. The Republicans, always demagoggcs,
refused; ana therefore, sAe families of voIun-
teers must wait. II the Republicans had had
their way, the families would, in any event,
have to wait Until the plates Cauld he c0ETa-
we'd, the Bonds printed and siEncd by the
proper officers which would have taken long
err than by the Democratic plan, by which She
State would besides save 100000. What a
commentary on tae Republican party
think it hardly possible to find even in
that model paper, the Madison Pahiot'
whose lead the Intelligencer follows, -
greater number # falsehoods crowded into
tho same space .han are to be found IN the
above short editorial
The first paragraph essays to prove that
because few of the republicans, not sup
posing that there would be any opposition
to C. bill so manifestly just 70 the families OF
volunteers, as this bill to repleniSh the vol
unteer Aid Fund, had left prior to the &C.
ton on the bin, that therefore, the demo
Gratis were excusable for voting against It
That the absent republicans were she only
guilty parties. 4 most SapieRt and logical
deduction, truly worthy of the CLONE
intelligence" and its editors
"They (the republicans chad a clear
working majority says the IntciliEencer,
False Z
If the republicans had a clear working,
majority, how did the democrats sucseeI
in organizing the house, at the late special
session, by eIecting H. L. Palmer as speak
err? or how were the republicans, ut the
regular session compelled ta choose be-
tween a Union democrat, and regular
democrat, on which oc aston they followed
the old adage "out of two evils, choose the
least?
The intelhsenccr points TO the vote on
the final passage of the bill to allow vel
unteers to vote, 10 prove its assertion. Let
us look at the composition Of the vote and
here let me say that every republican, cleo
ted to that house was present in his seat.
and uo.sd on that bill, except Jussen and
Rusk who were in the army.
That bill passed as the lntelfgeneer says
by 81 ayes TO So noes The ayes We're
composed as follows
Republicans, II.
Democrats, 5.
Union Men. T.