The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-24
CORRUPT LOBBYING--DR. FAIR
AND HE"UNION."

Wo are again put to the necessity of
referring 10 matter that does not direct
ly concern the people of this county, and
with which we are not surprised to hear,
they are becoming heartily disguised
The Improvement OF the public avenues
of the State, for the advancement of b er
business interests is work in which All
the people are interested, but when an
honorable man like the editor of the Union
undertakes to give them information upon
these matters, and in doing 80 deliberate
y lies and misrepresents facts, it is not
long before his readers tire of his non-
sense. For an honorable man, our neigh
Dor's course in relation to the Dells I'm
provement has been dsgraceful. lie
started the cry that the people of Keno
sha county wanted to know something
about this Dells Improvement. Knowing
this to be falsehood, for the people had
not troubled themselves in the improve
~> - 49, w Uo"A no IoClce or the
rawlings of the honorable editor. But he
knew that if he kept up his yelping some
people might perhaps become curious to
know what it was all about. So he kent
up the yelp, or in other words, heaped lie
upon lie, until his knavery met with the
just denunciation of both Democrats and
Republicans. When, by constant 70 pc
tition of the charge of corrupt LOBBYING
against DR., Farr, the editor of the Union
began to believe that it was actually true
we replied at some length to the honor
able gentleman Of dishonorabIe expedi
ents. We stated the plain facts in the
case and showed conclusively that the
Dells Bill was dead issue; that a COM
pany had been formed 10 carry through
the improvement in question, and chat
the work was favorably progressing. The
bill that was passed last winter for the
improvement of the mouth Of the river
which enabled the loggers to run their
logs to the Mississippi was all that they
wanted. These improvements have been
made and successful business has been
carried on by the loggers. As the owner
OF few thousand acres of land IN the
vicinity DR.. Farc was interested, as were
hundreds of men besides, in having said
improvements made. Previous to the i'm
proVement stumpage was worth 800 per
thousand eet,while on the St. Croix river
north and the Black river south it was
worth 400 per thousand feet Now with
the Improvements completed 1t will be
worth the same on the Chippewa as on
the st. Croix or Black, which would ad-
vance the price of stumpage three times
what it was without the improvements
AS we have before stated nothing was
asked of the State more than a charter,
under which private individuals proposed
to make the improvements. DR.. Farr had
no interest whatever in this charter, but
In common with others holding millions
of acres of land, on the Chippewa River
he will be benefited By the increased
facilities for running out logs, and con-
sequent increase of prices. The editor of
the Union says:
"If there has existed since 1868, the ia
cilities by which q few ''live, wealthy
men," could accomplish all that was de-
sired by the Dell's Improvement Bill, whv
has the legislation of cur state been i'm
peded and our sessions prolonged at an
expense to the people of hundreds OF
thousands of dollars? 1T a private asso-
citation of olive men" can between the
10th of October, 1879, "and the setting in
of cold weather" accomplish such won
6erfnl improveme ut and entirely super
cede the Delps Improvement, why has
corruption flooded our state capital, till
the Dell's bill stink in the public nostrils,
and gna!ly when passed, so reeked with
corruption, bribery and moral turpitude.
that the Governor was compelled and out
of respect to public sentiment to strangle
it by prompt, and condemnatory veto d?
IF there was so cheap and ready substi-
tute for the Dell's Improvement by which
a gentleman could make 100000, why
was legislative Investigation, into the
corruption and bribery, by which the bill
was passed, ordered at an expense to the
people of this state of $4,000 not one
word of which Investigation has ever
been made public? Why did not olive"
men enter upon ''straight toroard bust
ness enterprise" to make 100000" and
the desired improvement instead of re-
sorting to annual, Legislature lobbying
corruption and bribery? Why, if under
this 1868 charter such wonders could be