Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1866-03-28

MINERAL POINT:
WEDNESDAY. MARCH e, 1866.
The County Bends.
M,xEraL PoIST, March 25, 1866.

,arcr of Iowa county, | feel in
.srost in the County Bond question which
,,es of late been somewhat discussed IN
,o,r naper and in the Dodgeville Chron-
,c,e and as is not unfcequently the case
in matters in which the public have
deem interest, you editors appear to differ
as to the proper course to lie pursued by
the county officers in relation to those
bonds. While infer from yonr remarks
that a compromise advantageous to the
people Of the county might probably be
attained. an ATTEMPT NJ which you favor,
the Dodeeviile editor says tie Is happy to /
announce that II Il the determination q
the County Board to fgllt the Bond holders /
to the bitter end" do not agree with /
the editor of the Chronicle, that ''the peo
ple Of the county are in favor OF the con
test unless there Is reasonable show
Ter success IN the "end believe !
have heard enough while con ersing with
different persons upon the subject, TO sat
isfv me. Mt least, that the people who have
the take. to pay are in favor Of gettins out
M the GlLltuAlN III lAlS tA4NN wa 49,
the least money.
I, matters not, at this time, whether
Mineral Point was in fault in getting these
bonds issued or whether Do1eeville erred
in no. making the exchange Of the mort
cages for the bonds when YOU say it could
have been done Those question are
pnssed Enough for the day IS the evil
thereof and the question now appears
10 be whether the county shall cor tinue
the contest at law, or attempt to COM
promise Il might perhaps give pleasure
10 a few to fight the bond holders FOR
twenty or thirty years, at n cost OF thirty
or forty thousand dollars, hut, unless there
il 4 fair show of success. DO no: believe
che tnI payers Of the county share IN such
desire
The great struggle 10 PIT down the re-
hcIlion has created cause for taxation
quite "a great as the people desire to en-
dure Resides the sooner this county
bond burden is last off. the sooner viii
our county commence 10 prosper, end the
burdens Of taxation become Iess severe
Fror, your remarks Nessrs Editors. in
fer that Won believe there i a reasonable
c,r.n for belief that favorable COM
Yr0mISp lTHf Ne bfft'tiiitii II ~ft.' -
The ftct think the county hoard onght,
~ MI means. to ascertain the terms upon
which the bond holders would he willing
RI surrender the bonds and If, in Their
onin;an such terms would be more favor
nile r. the people than the probable result
OF another law suit they should most Ger
tainly accept them
Please inform the people what grounds
Won have for believing n compromise
could be obtained, and obli-e.
a TAX PAYER
We believe our correspondent expresses
the view. of a ver~ large portion o. the
people Of the c0uutv-that compromise
70 liherato the people from a probability Of
taxation 10 pay the county bonds, IS far
better than having the bond holders, un-
less there i fair rros 1cct Of success
We have no positive information Of the
terms unon-which the bond holders would
H. willing to compromise, vet we have
sufficient to satisfy u that the county
could, If the county board were dispose !,
,l.qiu n compromise favorable to the
county. We understand from Mr. Wilson.
the Prosecuting Attorney Of the county
Who has Just returned from a constitution
with Mr. RYAN. who has thus far con
duetel the suit for tie county, that Mr
RYAN has reason 10 believe that a favor
Ahle compromise could be o'tainel, and
nj iscs Il that course. though he still
think. the county has q show of success
Fl law. but TINT the l3te decision % the
Court nnon ihe bond question has some