Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-05-12
r. Allen Barber.


Of the Rock River Canal Company against
the State-the Judges of the Supreme
Court to be the arbitrators. But in the
summer of 1862, when the representatives
of the Canal Company with the State Off
GERS were about drawing up the articles OF
submission to arbitration under the Law,
the Canal Company refused to enter into
the submission unless the officers on behalf
of the State would stipulate in the sub
mission 10 waive all benefit Of the statute
Of Limitation.
The State officers regarding the whole
claim as an attempt to steal, having no
foundation in law or equity, refused to
make such stipulation, and no settlement
was had under that law.
La the last Legislature, the Senate pass
ed another bill for settlement by arbitra-
ton; the judges Of the Supreme Court
with two attorneys-one chosen by the
State and one by the Company-to be ar
bitrators; and in the bill expressly waving
all benefit Of the statute of limitation on
behalf of the State, and the bill was sent
to the Assembly some two weeks before
the adjournment.
The claim of the Company was for no
petty sum, but was for nearly quarter of
million Of dollars, viz: $289,O79.59.
The bill came up for consideration in
the House on Tuesday afternoon, April 2,
1868. Speaker Barber, from long resi-
dence in the State, as member of former
Legislatures where the claim of the Com
pany bad frequently been considered, be-
Iieved the claim 10 be grotIndess, as was
his duty, opposed the bill, and it was by a
majority Of two, refused to be ordered to a
third reading and consequently killed.
By the JOINT resolution of the two Houses
prepatory to adjournment on Thursday at
8 a. M, no business could be done by
either House after II o'clock, midnight,
Tuesday, Except to receive and act on re-
ports Of engrossing and enrolling Commit
tees and Executive and Senate and As
sembly messages"
On Wednesday, after the joint resolu-
ton had cut off all such business, Mr.. San
born moved a reconsideration Of the vote
by which the bill had been killed. The
Speaker decided that under the joint reso-
luton no such business should come before
the House Sanborn claimed an appeal,
The Speaker refused under the joint reso-
luton to entertain the motion to reconsider
or theappeal.
Thereupon Sanborn introduced bis reso-
luton of censure and to elect new Speak
| err.
The joint resolution excluded Sanlorn's
motion to reconsider, and no such business
could come before the House; and the
! Speakers nerve prevented the passage of a
bill designed to rob the State OF $3.50, 079.-
SO, although all pretense Of claim, if any
ever existed, was in the opinion of the Ca
nal Company long since barred by limita-
ton of statute
Whether or not the Speaker acted ac-
cording to parliamentary law in refusing to
entertain the appeal, the tax payers have
occasion to thank him for his tirmness. If
the motion to reconsider was out Of order,
the appeal was out of order. For if the
appeal was in order joint resolution could
be rescinded and new business be introduce
ed at any time by simple majority of
either House. Will not those republican
presses which have noticed the action Of
the Democratic members, publish the sub
stance of this article mil. Daily Life.
E4g- Gail Hamilton, "a lady contribu-
tori in the Atlantic Monthly for May has
spicy article, in the course of which she
hits off, with amusing, though trenchant
satire, some Of the noble peculiarities of
| (Jeru) Salem, Mass, aud Boston, the well
known '.hub of the universe" She says
We found Jeru to be a pleasant city,
with only one fault; the inhabitants will
crowd into a car before passengers can
oct out; consequently the heads of the two
columns collide near Car door, and
there is a general choke. Otherwise Jeru
is delightful city. Il is famous for its
beautiful women. It's railroad station is a
magnificent piece of architecture. lis
men are retired East India merchants.
Everybody in Jeru is fith ard has real
estate. The houses in Jeru are three stories
high and face on the Common. People
in Jeru are we'll bred, aud they all came
over in the Mayfower. We stopped in
Jeru five minutes.
Boston is beautiful city. situated on a
peninsula at the head Of Massachusetts
Bay. 1t has three streets: CornhiIl,
Washington and Beacon streets. 1t has a
/ Common and Frog Pond, and many
sprightly squirrels It's Streets are straight
and many cross each other like lines on a
chess board( , II has state house, which
is the finest building in the world or out
Of it. 1t has one church, the Old South.
which was built, as its name indicates, be-
fore the proclamation of emancipation was
issued. II has one book store, lofty and
imposing pile Of the Egyptian style land
date) Of architecture, on the corner Of
Washington and Sehool-sts(lD 1t has
one magazine, the 1tlaatic Monthly, one
daily newspaper, the Boston Journal, one
religious weekly, the Congregdtionalist,
and one orator, whose name is Train, a
model of chaste, compact and classic ele-
gance(D In politics, it was Webster
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