Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-24
TRUTHFUL JAMES,
Dosiiitie's Great Hso aud Cry about Carpet-
Dag Legisiation, and Railroad swindies
az the South, Pronounced by Gov.
Gleason, OF Florida, 10 be
Imposing False hooas.

Correspondence Of the Milwaukee wiscon.inA
EAU CLAIRE. Oct. 18th 1871 So
far during the Joint Discussion"
Doolitle has made all his capital ont
of his cock and bull stories OF railroad
swindies and carpet-bag legislation at
the South. He has everywhere stat
cd, with sanity unction, that over
sixty million dollars of state bonds
have been issued for railroad schemes
In Louisiana, and over hundred and
fifty millions in other states of the
South. He states further that there
hasn't been mile of railroad built.
Tor which the bonds were Issued. In
other words he says the people of the
South have been swindled out of more
than two hundred million dollars by
carpet-bag rascals, who have whee-
died and controlled negro member of
the legislatures Mr.. Doolitlle has
made these statements of swindles in
the broadcast manner, wringing his
hands ia holy Indignation, aud claim
ing them as tho natural fruit of the
administration policy OF forcing suf>
frage upon tie ignorant blacks-a
policy he has fought against from the
beginning, predicting and pointing out
the outrages that were TO follow.
Wherever MIR Dooiittle has spoken,
the people have been taken back and
astounded at the magnitude and enor-
nifty ofthe charge made, but no one
was prepared with denials and expa-
pations, 80 his statements passed un-
| challenged
Now comes the sequel. Lieut.. Gov.
Gleason, of Florida, is now on brief
visit to Eau Claire. He is thoroughly
acquainted with the railroad legisla,
tlon IN every state of the south. lie
heard DOollttle in his speech here. lie
says he was almost induced To break
through the crowd, 90 upon the
stand, and give fiat denial 70 his
imposing falsehoods. Not one of the
Cult states, he says, has been swind-
led out OF q dollar as Doolittle states.
ln Georgia d general law was pass
ed, allowing Sl2.0 900 State bonds per
mile, TO be issued at the completion
OF every 1--WE miles. The State gets
first mortgage bonds on the railroad.
ia lieu OF the State bonds, aud can
toreclose in case the railroad compa-
MICS fail TO pay the interest upon the
bonds issued. The bonds TO be- issu-
ed may amount to Sl2, 900 900 A
similar general law was passed in Al
ALBANIA, that applies only to roads all
ready IN progress. Their bonds may
amount to sic, 900, 900.
Florida has the same general law
allowing $4,000 to the mile, the
bonds TO be issued at the completion
OF every ten miles. Three million
bonds have been issued on roads al.
ready built the whole amount will
not exceed IL millions.
Louisiana has special law for diff
tersnt roads mainly for three differ
ent roads leading out of New Orleans.
In each instance, the state gets first
mortgage bonds upon the road, and
no state bonds are issued till sections
OF road are completed.
~ ~'tlbu Val Oltud bNcibt ullltlOn
bonds have been issued and passed
over TO great railroad concern, in
the hands of Democrat managers -
Gleason says he has no doubt the
scheme was inteded for n swindIe.
and that it was passed by Democrat
ic politicians. Not a Republican mem
Der OF the Legislature got dollar of
the bonds
Governor Gleason says that the ne
gro members have shown equal pru
dence and sagacity with white mem
bers of southern legislatures, and he
authorizes me TO state, in his own
name, that these charges of railroad
swindles, accomplished through ne
gro members, are false in all their
breadth ard details +. A. NJ.