The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-07-14
MN. MOORE's APOLOGY,

lengthy communication, glarlng IN italics
and mighty in the law, laboring to. de-
feud himself and Mayor Taylor from
the charges that have been made
against them in connection with the
hotel bonus. Although protesting
great indignation at what has been
said, be carefully avoids any reply to
the prin cipal charge against himself,
We: that Of v.cillation as a man for
the sake Of profit as an attorney. In
the City Clerks Office, duly 6lod, is
petition to the Common Council, read
ing AZ follows:
1--WE, the undersigned, citizens and bust
ness men Of the City of St. Cloud, \
ask that your honorable body extend to the
project the erection Of substantial
first-class hotel within the corporate
limits such liberal encouragement, in the
shape Of donation or otherwise, as will
secure its immediate construction; for all
Of which your petitioners will ever pray,
&s.''
In list of over one hundred and f f.
~ names appended to this petition,
there stands, the thirty-eigbth sigma
ture, the name of
VIM. 8. MOORE.
In conformity with this request from
MI. Moore and other taxpayers Of the
city, and with the official request Of
Mayor Taylor, the City Council offer
ed bonus. Of $4,000 in bonds for
the erection Of such hotel as Mr..
Moore specified. This was Mr.. Moore's
position June 18th. Five days after
wards, the Mayor called; a special meet
ing of'thss Council and; returned the
resolution for correction In this
message Of June 18th, (which was sent
in, signature = a'a'a qa q. ~ eeAdnaeris:
ofAr. .Moors y lie! He NJ M1aYoof objected
merely to the wording Of the,yes9lution,
and suggested. wherein in could = be
changed 50 IS to meet his approval.
This was MI. Moore's position June
16th.a On the 18th, Mayor Taylor
wrote ito Mr.. Moore asking his "opin-
ion" on the amended resolution, assur-
ing him that "his (Moorc's) opinion
would have great weight with him
(Tsylor.)' On the 22d, Mr.. Moore
replied, in the "opinion" published, in
part, in his article. In this he states
that (pror to the 20th) he had been re.
tanned to resist the granting of the
bonus he had, nine days before, asked
FIR. We charged MIR. Moore with
petitioning the Council for that which
SO soon afterwards, he pronounced
'sillega" and an "abuse aud perversior
Of the taxing power" Mr.. Moor
persisteutly evades this charge, for h
cannot meet it.
r. Mr.. Moore devotes the most of hi,
space to arguing against what nobod,
maintains-the ri INT of bonuses, o
any kind, in the abstract. But as
matter ofpolicy, bonuses are an admit
tod necessity. 1t is form by which I
corporation or county can pay, in tn
future, for present benefit. Whe1
~ Mr.. Moore signed that petition, h
+ know As, much about the bonus ,
Il he did on the 22d of June. The oRt
IN Of the franchises of tho Minneapol
and st. Cloud railroad, for which NJ
Moore argues 50 Justify, carries with
.,gRs bonus Of the bonds of St. Cloud to Il
sasI amount of 800, 000! and the furth
y, sum Of - 900, to be reimbursed tho
5z@ citlzens who secured the charter Th
t,s,i.l Just, IS '.illegal'' as the other b
,ss.sls. Moore nowoerc says 50. And VII
a wculdsthe st. Cloud and Minneapol
a2F r.ilroad charter be worth but for Il
" ':bonus" Of swamp lands given it by Il
,s.s State !? What would the Northern F
,at ci6e itself be good for without Il
q tsbonus 'tof Al ,00O,0 900 acres OF Ga
eminent land, giteu it against Il
y, ,carnest protest Of thousands of ia
d payers who had an interest in The
lands, which are . part Of the comm
az revenue? What railroads would
have in Minnesota but fer the Ii
4 aeral land grant "bonuses.'', 81 The city
ST. Paul has given its bords, to t
g. amount Of hundreds OF thousands
y dollars, to aid in building railroa
i bridges, 80, and as q result it is
most prosperous city in the State.
M Cloud gaves5, 900 I'M bonds to the n
NAL School=sis = Matthias mot /.
. dent 81 psousisryi ilisted, lad .,
!. which il hls Dot tic fsliggHtsst cont
sWhylNas not this also "1lega17" ]
g who does not consider the iayestmen
profitable one 7 The city gave $50
and private citizens gave $4,000 mi
I'd toaGompany 70 build . toll bril-
sss across, the Mississippi. Wasn't
s.' '.illegal,y 'too2 but has MT the bri
.,.,.;., been worth 70 the city many times
hi amount Of the gift without which
IS bridge would not have been bai
b While this may be oil wrong IN pri'
81 ss \ PIE, i Is necessary and profitable
policy |; md, from what We e' have ''l sho 9
NJ. Moore i not the man TO sickle
q tie sacrifce Of principle to polio,
n y When tn Inducements are sufficient
g. Moore's article Is 90 Icing
that Ws cannot refer to al that he 4
nor IS il necessary. No have sho