Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-07-14

I9f sREFFEtfN XFSH8s#mEs45 1x&&8 F& AftQA9AI&t
Iof May, A. D., 1865. That including the votes
cast in the town of Dodgevile, which were six
hundred and forty six, [646, the returns ofwheh
We're not accompanied by Poll-list, the whole
number of votes cast at said election on the ques-
| ton, was TWENTY-FIVE hundred and thirty-twO
Es532l. That the number of votes cast for the
Railroad Proposition was thirteen hundred, and
| forty-five 1881 that the number of votes cast
againt the Railroad Proposition, was eleven hun
bred and eighty-seven ISL fyz yssEfs8To 4of
In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our
hands this 2Sth day of June A. d., 1858. '''7a
T. 38t1A sG7sI Samuel Thomas, orr, /
Ir5s,re -yra-,7s2 -f .,on Justice of the Peace,
la Esv - .E.ae9 ha Tnstic eo of The Peace
IHaiu9 as Attest, James B. Gray, a{s !
|. 4.,44 ,,n;+a4. Crk BID Sup'rs, Iowa Co.
This is the proper place to consider
the charges o. yd bl3ow 4. .7iaa lids /
sa5 MrsREpREsENTATIoNa ANpiFRAuD p /
which are INDUCED in SO freely by those
fwho justify the population OF the
County Bonds. 80. 81. - 49, ~ ~ f. I
| | can only meet wholesale and I'M
Ispecifed charges of, misrepresentation
and fraud, by a general denial of their
truth. Such denial, it is true, amounts
to little; but it amounts, to just as
much as the charges. E. -..:.
The specific charges Of misrepre-
lsentation and fraud, SO far as / under
Island them, or as they have been de
fined, are, , - - 49,. !. a.-r. !.
Frs, That it was represented by
those who advocated the issue of the
County Bonds, and especially by the
Directors of the II. r.. Co., and more
particularly by myself, that if the
bonds were issued, the Railroad should
be extended northerly: through the
County -.fual -. ,,.'' e.
Second, That the Railroad Company
would pay the bonds, principal and
Interest, and that the people of the
County would never be called on to
pay one cent. -. =. r,.-f,sz5-1 -
|. Third, That the election itself was
fraudulent, and the apparent majority
| was Obtained by illegal and fraudulent
votes. -. ...-,
| I know Of no other specific charge
unless it be that the official signatures
of the Chairman and Clerk were OBJ
tanned by !" deceptions and Influences
fused, themselves an infamous history"
These specific charges 7 will en-
deavor to meet in a spirit of truth, and
candor, and shall nothing extenuate,
nor set down aught in malice, That
have made mistakes and committed
errors is no wonder. My responsible
tiles were large, and my experience
small. i The wonder is that my mis-
takes and errors were not more num-
erous. And while I forgive all who
have injured me BY word or thought !;
hope for charitable consideration
of all my shortcomings, ',.3 ;sa r.. , ,...,
| REPRESENTATIONS. OF RAILROAD EK-
blood a99d TENSION ya Ii jBd5 !;
r. That .ito was represented, ID that nthe
Railroad should be extended northerly
throughthe County is most true. That
such representations were made by
many of the r. r. Directors, / learn-
ed from them at the time, and have
no doubt that they made by many
other citizens of Mineral Point, and
so far as / am responsible, / freely
confess, that upon every occasion when
II thought that, it. would make the is
sue Of County Bonds more acceptable.
| + pledged myself to do everything, in
| my power to promote such extension.
But it is equally true, that these rep:
RESERVATIONS did not increase the vote,
as an analysis, of it shows that in. the
localities interested in such extension,
the proposition received ,t d but 1.' very few
II
votes. tai r-., -. ~ ~ .,
But whatever may have been their.
effect, the representations, SO far as
was concerned, were made in good
| faith, and / have endeavored to give
effect to them, whenever there was
any hope Of success. / made arrange
ments with r. &c G. L. Schuyler to ex-
tend the road to the Wisconsin, River,
whenever they had completed the
main line to Mineral Point, and they
would have done it, but for their. dis
astrous failure in 1854, which not only
caused suspension Of operations on
| the, main line for nearly two years, but
defeated all hopes Of the extension
for an indefinite time. I resigned the
presidency of the Railroad in 1865,
and have never since been officially
connected with it. ! The road was not
in operation until | 1857, when the fnan-
fcial disasters that overspread the whole
country rendered it impossible to OBJ
tain aid for any new r.. r. scheme, and
1.-THE country had mot recovered from
these effects when the Southern Re-
bellionn brought on civil war, which
rendered hopeless any efforts to ex-,
tend the M. p. r. r., until some time
after that war was over. -. 4" y
| During the years 1866, a67 and 'es,
| / was engaged as attorney for the
County, in endeavoring to realize some
security for the County Bonds, by a,
| foreclosure of the mortgage given to
secure the violated undertaking of. the.
r. r. Co. to pay them. While 50 en-
gagged / was, as a consequence, placed
lin = such ! a. hostile antagonism to the
owners Of the Railroad, who had the
deepest interest in its extension, that
/ lit s would have been idle attempt to
cooperate with them; and, moreover,
/ i hoped and believed. that the County
would itself become, the owner Of. the
r.. r.. So that nothing, could have
been done towards extension while
] that LITIGATION was pending sr9jsf9 Il