, 1873-05-17
lsItxsaIae I s,S4 eltes tic feflovina rcaaoifa q q
i Wly thpt N1lit,aukeb,@ st! Pnnl cpndpany refuBo

milwaukee, Na,of,; .gitea tl(o following roaaona
vpy thp Mtitank@ebi a, 8 y 81! pa,l conapany rofoao
Tho tsaaons tor dooiintn to aaeent tle Fr.ht
building Mt tho Woat, iii conacquenco Of tlio great
etement Md hsadlty to railroad management among
.seo'd COY. washburns refar. to 4ssne eertiaeatea
Genital, al!, hts aeknowedged oay to tho 81. Taai
Company, lead to tho bolIcf thht ho would o,ubnrrass
sn s,r orsrs,tSns h s' 'maa,nae yeyn
frrobsblo thas tho ssato viii over 81 the ln1,s st Is
transfor to tile Company.
oiioisl communication o} tho Diracsors to tlo aoyer
nor, hut they aso vol understood. -
Tho first roason glvon is undoubtedly tho only
doubt; oloso, md tic oxcltoment among Ito poo
p}o IL such aa to make railroad companies quake
with ,{oar, mud tho; action Of tho Bt. Paul
Company in, refusing to accept tho, grant,
sftqr rosctting to saoh menus s,, to ,.s .esrry
tho, people ,:of thia State to sec
will not DO given, ,,nlesa It DO for tho boneat Of
Ill. Tho second reason la, that Gov. Waaliburn
theolinax Of tho fraud md deception. Coy. Waal,-
burn Is not hostile to that Company, but, like
nearly ovory. citizen In Tho Stnto. ho "anta tho
laws Of tho land oboyod, and not troatod With
is opposing TINT Company because no havo
va arc striving to protect and defend our
heat interests. But thoro Is no hostility TO tue
that company. Gov. Waal1burn has no hostility
to that road, and my rrotonse OF refusing tho
grant on any 1uch grounds Is q moro suDtor-
fugo. Tho "eompanyB iegnl advisors" hayyo
That question should have boon fully aottled be-
forc going TO- the Legislature md asking for tho
grant: r. whole matter, from beginning, oond1,
W conceived aud carried out with the sole
ing the grant, and to-day tho st. Paul Company
would rather 500 1t Lost to this State thnn to eco
u railroad built from tho. procoods Ono pro-
company Or corporation the right to accept tho
graut aud putup 'tho required securities If tho
conditions Of the bill arc not complied with
within Bixty dayB aftor It's becoming 4 Inv. AS
wo have heretofore Btated,'it has boon loadod
down by outside roads, na to make 1t almost I'M
possible for any otlor company to comply with
its provisions =.
:. We havo taken tho position from tho start that
tho st. Paul Company did not want tho grant OK
copt to kcop it from going to othors, and wo also
have tho grant unincumberod by any other pro-
posed lines, aud oonfor it On the West WiHcon-
sin. that was ready and anxious to build. Tho
people III thonorthwester1p part Of this State ha7o
State, and now to have 1t lost to them md tho
State, is little better than down right robbery.
Those mon IN Hudson md Eau Claire, who
fought Baldwin 80 vigorously last winter, can
now realize they have boon doing battle against
their friends, and giving aid and comfort to toir
year and build forty mtcs Of this road tliose is
no doubt the next. Legislature will confer the
grant on that Company:
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| From. tho Lacrosse Democrat, 5iay is.
[ By this refusal tho st. Paul Company Inns set
tho State OF Wisconsin back one yoar 1T least iu
| hor railroad improvements. THEY havo triflod
with tho poople Of tl1e State and insulted theul
bnsely, and they have made consumrlnto asEoB
OF hoinombors ct tho Legislature who supported
tho claims of that Company, They claim tint
money cannot bo obtained to b1,ill railroads,
| owing to tho uprising OF tho people
against railroad cxtortion. Thon tho st. Paul
raiifoaa In liar. It was ola.mea all winter that
whoroas Baldwin was poor, and could not build
tho roatl II the grant was given to him, tho st.
PAM Company lad my quantity Of money and
would ruef tlio roads through night and day.
They claimed that money WAS 10 plenty that
they ad rot to build railroads to not rid of It,
it would hour on thoir hanls
Tho result Of this notion will be tint Baldwin
that " poor rnan " that tho St. Paul folha told
about, will go on auil build son,o moro Of that
road, and run his chances Of gotting the grant
from "lito Legislature, aud tho ChippewG
| Valley folks, and tho Shusbnrg folks and MI
| other felix's that doponlou OIL the St, Paul Road
| ,niH ~ ffnof.
| Thn Hf Enul Connanv .rioa IN n,oto n mini
,,o;rot ~, 1voa11,i,sJ ~ ~ l.; 4aa III, ~ 80
] asaa'et MY. MY n'a'iontt ~ ~ 10 w !u'1 " r.
t uo"p. inoy Know, as "on US ahyoody. taat he