Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-08

What was evidently intended to be a
very select quiet little meeting was held
at the City Hall last Saturday afternoon.
Those who happeaed TO get wind Of the
meeting, and attended, will agree with us,
that 1t was far from being select or orderly.
We heard the beli ring and walked down,
and found about dozen men congregated
in +. p Weber's Law Office, trying to pass
some resolutions which were presented, but
not acted upon, at the general meeting
week previous Pretty soon oontending
elements got wind of the meeting, and eK
cited men began pouring in until the law
Office was found too small to accommodate
the crowd, and the meeting adjourned to
the larger hall above. Arriving in the
hall, Judge Wilson claimed that he had the
floor, having had it at the time of adjourn
ing from the Office below. To this loud OBJ
iectons were made, and a point of order
raised. Senator Little being present, was
| referred to as to the point Of order, and
gave as his opinion that Mr.. Wilson was
entitled to the Roor. The chair so decid-
ed; appeal was taken to the house, and
the decision of the chair overruled. John
H. Ross then moved that Mr. Wilson have
an opportunity to address the meeting,
which was lost by large majority. Some
body moved that Senator Little have an
| to oIl ha vh ;nl,
was seconded, but amid the boisterous
clame ring foe the resolutions to be put up-
on their passage, the chairman either fail.
ed to hear shc motion, or found it mpessi.
bic to pu, it. Amid uproar and confusion
the resolutions were adopted, and the
nae citing adjourned.
| We believe it is generally conceded that
.he meeting was not very highly ereditable
TO those who engineered it. The parties
calling the meeting, by inserting only a
Eve line notice in but one Of the city pa
pers, and therein stating 40 hour for as
semblying, merely saying it woutd be con
Saturday next" - ard then organizing a
meeting in law Office instead Of the hall +,
seemed at least, to wish a small meeting
rather than large one. The indecorous
manner in which it was conducted, and the
deteriR ination Oh the part Of the majority
to hear no discussion Of the resolutions, by
any one not even our State Senator, whose
views upon the railroad question we ven.
ture not three men present knew, certainly
we did not, and do not now, and whose opin-
ions many would have been glad to hear,
and W hich would have had, we doubt not, u
good effect, were certainly not features cal
cuated to secure the respect of order loving
people. OF the personal rceounter at the
close, we shall say nothing, except that we
believe both ef the gentlemen engaged were
victims of misunderstanding growing or, OF
the heated, pow-wow, meeting.
We bad hoped TO publish the resolutions
which we're the immediate cause of all the
disturbance, but the secretary did not fur
nsh them, and, on calling at his Office on
Monday we found him to be absent. Hav-
| ing heard the resolutions read two or three
| times, however, we recollect enough of
! them to say that they are in effect about the
same as those adopted by the County Board
at its last session, in response to Geo. w.
Cobb's railroad proposition.