The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-03-10

that no man ever did or could deal with,
without being woefully worsted; there
was the Mercantile Milwaukee interest
fearful Of losing a share of its North
western trade if ever the Wolf and Fox
ri"ers should come into direct connection
with Manitowoc and its advantages of
transportation and there was the ire
mendous monopoly-the North Western
and the Milwaukee Western and North
ern Railroad interest, with its millions of
money ready for use, arrayed in solid
phalanx against US; in short, no means,
however contemplate, were spared, we
might almost say, the whole power of the
State of Wisconsin was arrayed to
defeat single, plain request of the grow
Ing village of Manitowoc, that it might
be granted the privilege of employing its
own means and such foreign assistance as
it may be able to obtain, for the purpose
of improving its facilities for trade and
the better to develop the natural resour-
ces and the local advantages of its posi-
ton.
We were defeated, but our opponents
have gained disastrous victory, an ad
vantage which will prove their ruin. In
less than sixty days that President will
again fail to fulfill his most solemn prom.
ises and agreements, he will show again
that he is entirely unqualified for any of
flee of trust, and then that President will
be President no more, he 1iU be dealt
aoith according to has deserts.
The city of Milwaukee will feel, in
spite of its pride and overbearing AFRO
gance, that Manitowoc "still lives" and
that we can get all the merchandise we
want just as good and just as cheap, with
out touching that city at all Zone of the
Chicago Agents in Groceries told us on
ly last week that he never took ne ar as
many and as heavy orders out of
Manitowoc, as be did on that trip; and
the ruling party of our State, calling it.
self the republican and disgracing that
name. by its action, will, by continuing in
its present course, make it very easy for
its opponents to gain again the ascendan-
cy. and were it not for the fear of letting
in seven devils by driving out one, we
should commence to-day to try to bring
about a radical change in our State ad-
ministration.
: We are indebted for the generous sup
port of the democratic members of the
Assembly to the companionship of our
own Representatives Messrs. Carl II.
Schmidt and John Fitzgerald, and to the
indefatigable efforts of the two democratic
members of our Village Delegation,
Messrs. Joseph Villas and Joseph Ran
kin, who, having both been formerly
members of the Legislature and as such
having left many sincere friends behind
them, exerted very powerful and bene-
fetal influence, which now had the very
important addition. that those friends had
no outside pressure to bear, no axes to
grind, as the saying is, and no political
or pecuniary rewards to respect; they
we're at liberty to act according to the
dictates of their o,on convictions.
We must mention here that the last
vote on our bill actually resulted in tie
vote which would have defeated the
amendment and saved our bill, had not
one of the members, Mr.. Huntley,
changed his vote before the Speaker an
nounced the result and thus defeated our
charter by one majority.
As soon as that result was declared,
the Assembly Immediately adjourned;
early next morning our Bill was reconsid-
cred and recommitted to special COM
mittee who reported Lake shore road
to Green Bay, which was passed in the
House the same day as was published by
us in an extra, and will pass in the SEN
ate and receive the signature of the Gov
ernor probably before this paper is dis
tributed
Our Railroad Committee, having ALL
done their utmost, and having succeeded
in ALL that under the circumstances
could possibly be accomplished, took the
noon train for Appleton, where we arriv-
ed safely and with the loss of only one
member, who fell in with wayfaring
passenger and was snatched away with
his satchel by our old friend NJ Hay
wood, at Neenah, but safely arrived next
morning in time to join us in our home
ward trip. Arriving at noon at the
house of one of our earliest and most re-
spected acquaintance, Mr.. Blood, we
partook of an excellent dinner, after
which we were very unexpectedly called
upon to be instrumental in the propaga-
ton of another generation of our varied
population. All of the committee having
assisted in the performance to the best of
their ability, again mounted our convey
ance and reached Man;towoc IN good
health and spirits fully realizing the good
old saying that:
There is no place like home'
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