Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-08-18


ty. wakes warmer daily, The Lancaster
Herald and Boscohel tonrnel, Hazelton's
organs are closed against the Barber
men, and consequently the latter have
resorted to publishing circulars by the
thousand, and scattering them widely
through the county a copy Of one of
these circulars is before us, from which
we extract the following for the purpose
of showing where Mr. Razelten stands
on the River improvement question, on
thu strength Of which he relies mostly
for lis onnation:
Vow passing further appeal we come
to some 50 cifc matters of which you
should I've admonished First, we address
the special friends Of ,he Wisconsin Riv
er Improvement, Of whom, no doubt,
there is large majority in the county
and the district Mr. uazeton and his
confidential advisers are laborng by ex.
trayagant promises and by he most
bare faced misrepresentation Of Mr
BARRIERS position on this question, to
control this sentiment to their own end
There never was so tlimsy and worthless
pretence. As to Mr. B., though one
of the most outspOken and rigid econo-
mists in the State or bat OF it, yet it is
known and has been fully proven, that
he favored the measure over two years
ago, when he had. no thought of being a
cand idate for Con .ress, and it is equally
well known that he is entirely iReorrupt
ible and above price, when called to act
in any official capacity Was he not a
member of the Wisconsin Senate, when,
in 1856, both branches Of the Lcgisa-
tuse, the Governor, one Judge Of the Su,
preme Court, and various employees and
hangers on around the Capitol were cor
rupted and bought mp ut SO much per
head by the La Crosse r. Il Go to Sc
cure to itself the land grant then ia
question. We find in the Report of the
joint Select Commlttee, appointed in
1858, to investigate alleged frauds and
corruption in the disposition Of the land
grant by the Legislature of 1886, and
for other purposes" list OF Senators
voting for SAID bill, numbering thirteen,
and receiving from 10000 to SO, 900
each, to an aggregate Of Sl75, 900, also
list Of AsseRblymen, ditto numbering
So, receiving from Sj,OJ0 to $40, 01Q, to
an aggregate of S3j5,OOO; ard we lar-
Their find therein, Mr., BARRIERS name
placed in this highly honorable connec-
ton, Quoted from page OF the report
Chose who voted against the passage Of
the bill, were entire excluded FROM any
participation in sPels, pIuGder, or bene~
Its growing out Of the land grant, and
were thirteen in number, rs fellows j.
Allen Barber, Amasa Cobb, Il. H. Giles,
Edward Pier, james Switzerland and
David Taylor of the Senate, and Levi
Alden, lsaac Brown, &, t. Head, }. II. |
Knowlton, II }, Murfy Il. Newell and
Allen TayIor, of the Assembly"
As to Mr. lIaaelton and the reliance
to be placed upon him while under the
pressure or stress OF temptation Of any
sort, we ask; Is there anything in his
antecedents to warrant US in concluding
that, in so great an emergency as the one
through which Mr.. Barber passed, not
only untarnished but with manly credit,
his well,known greed for private gain
would not dehnuch and master his pri-
vate Judgement and his official p
Better mcn--those who had iairer re-
cord established by maRy Years Of trial, !
were proven in 1896 to have fallen an
easy pray to the temptation Of la Crosse
Railroad Corruption Bonds.
Again, Mr. Hazelton is the attorney
Of the Mil. Il st, T. T. r. Co under
pay, AM of course so far pledged to act
in all things for the interest Of his ems
ployers. We stop here to suggest, that,
while representing Grant County in the |
Wisconsin Senate, he has no business to !
no place himself under the direction and |
ownership of giant corporation, which |
during struggle running for years back, |
has, ill now, beaten in the Legislature
the unanimous wish of our people, for
& cheaper and more uniform tariff upon
railroad transportation, and if he were
at all scrupulous he would relinquish
one position or the other, for the two
united are quite irreconcilable.
1t is not for the interest of the Rails
road Company of which Mr., Haaelton is
attorney, neither is it for the interest of
Chicago, to have the proposed improve
mcut 70 on; aud we have no doubt that
Il million Of money can be raised by the
opposing interests rs corrupti9a fund
with which to defeat the measure Then,
If you would act consistently with your
own views, you will support no one for
Congress who has not perfectly clear
record, and who Is not tree from hostile
associations.