, 1873-03-31

roo, i'll urocn County, to. shullnlllrg, in Lafay-
1tto County, O. dIstnt,co Of ovor forty milaH In
other Words offering to build over LIZ miles OF
rnilroad In addition to tho and-Grant rond. Il!,a
proposition carried With 1t ita OWL argument, at'a
Of course 1t won. :,
No measure oyor gavo such nattafaotion to tho
people of our Btnto aa tho disposition OF tllla
lnnd-yrant. It wan generally believed TINT M tho
Guvornor's Bympatltes woro with the NORTH WI
conHin Company; ntld, Ind lio votoou tho Mil
wa,lkoo & 81. Paul ta,,d- Grant bill, 1t would
hnvo triurnphhntly passed. both Honscs oyor
his veto. Tho worst " "acoopo1 tnan IN tho
State to-aay is D. W. KeyeH, and know oI Two
Thoro novor was n 1Iogisleturo aaBoH,blod at
Madison TINT was treated by ontHidorH with sllch
proprioLy and respect NJ tho last ono. No ono
dared to intimate corruption, still loss to propose
It. Tho Investigations at Washington were boz
fore every ono's oyos.k It was not known low.
nnny Yorlts around, and tho loast indiacre.
tion on tho part Of tho frionda Of eithor ono OF
tho two principal contestants would lAnye resulted
in exposure md tho defeat Of tho bill ndyocnted
little social party among tho friends OF tho Mill
wnukee & 1T. Paul Road, ut tho Park Hotel,
where nono vino vas drunk, camo noar upaet'-
a Is to to tho La36roaao Dridgo bill, bill OF that
character will pasn in duo tlmo a great corpo..
rntion is not to be compelled to ohnngo its great
thoroughfare, to Its own dotriment and that OF
tho vs1s 2 hpues sosy to ENTITY FHox wdebanrs aeM nqf
homo being thcrc, lo Is. supposed TO have aomo on
personal feollng md interest in tho mattor. The
| report Of the United Statos Engineers amounts
to nothing, Us 1t Is generally believed TINT Mas
was put-up job engineered by Jcro Rusk, and
othorB, III favor Of tho peanut-stands nforonad
| Tho Lacrosse Bridge bill would havo passed. tho
Bonnte over the Governors veto, had not sonee
| gepators, through their kindness Of heart and
| tlolicacy Of feolng folt that Its passage would
have boon personal rebnko to tho Governor,
I particularly after tho bitter pill ho had just
fwal1oxqa qdn, y yiEnng tho Milwaukee b. PAU
Our pcoplo arc not only pleased at tho dispo-
sition Of tho Immigrant, but also with tho man
age1nent Of their great and growing corporation.
IEs President, Mr. Mitchell, ia ono Of the most
exemplary and generous citizons OF this or any
othor country hs tx ,arr IN fa0 tha asnaaej
Managor, Is probnblyl tho .ab1est and most
successful railroad-man IN tho West, where In
my Judgment, no road is 30 we'll managed as
this, and to him is duo large Bhnrc Of tho credit
Ho Is most ably euccocded by N1r: ]. 9. Qault,
whom you roll know; mud lilsowiso by Mr.: Britt,
tho very gentlomanly and obliging ,uenoIal
Freight Agent Of tho road. road on which
scarcely M accident occurh shows tho character
Of tho management.
havo wrifton this much In order that you
mny know tho 1cal merits OF this controversy
and In iustco to tho people who Lavo just dis
Paul Uoad. Yours, :. JUSTICE.
REtAnKs.-Wo havo no preferences for th'
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad oyor tho Nil
waukco d st. Paul Railroad. Wc have no doub
that tho officers Of the latter road aro aa abl
auu uz7 .gent1emanly aB thoy arc represented t.
be- At tho aatne thu; thu; wc have entire conidenc
In tho trlthfu1nosa Of our nIaas11aon oorrospon
dent.-ED1ron TRIBUNE. - -,