Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-08-22

60 cents Or every 'G0Fiaf, ana agrees thatt
This deduction shall rot be made, nor the
Hudgment aassigssed. dlntil the people
have PAID e4yety dollar he, as their at
'torneS, agreed they should l4iay. 1T
follows thes, that iTastnuch as the
people AsTe 70 pay, and unless they
have TO pay, the deduction will never,
be made that the true consideration
therefore is not the Henry judgments,
bat the fact that the people pay this
large amotfht Of money, being great
deal more than ever they expected to
pay, under yoar attorney s'assernces,
then Now can it be claimed that this
would be gift from Henry? If Hen
ry can show that he can-ecllect it with
o'ut the peoples FIRST paying this large
amount of money, why. then he may
talk about giving, but unless he can
show this, he is. iosced to admit that
the consid e4ation, the true considera-
ton, IS something else besides his old
Judgments. / repeat, then, that mas
muck Is the consideration for this de-
duction is::the money which the people
have to pay Beecher under this com
\ promise, the consideration moving from
them, the e4uiva eat Or return, what
ever it may be, of right and of law,
should 80 to them, and that he, Hen
ry, is entitled to share the bene fit pro-
portionately with the other tax pay
ers Of Iowa county, but has no legal
right to appropriate it exclusivel y to
! himself. | have only considered the
$4,000. The whole $40 is open
to the objection that he becomes poss-
essed of the claim as assignee nnder
this agreement, in his own light, with
out any conditions being attached
thereto, whatever, :. to show that he
holds in trust, but on the contrary,
stands in Tx. position of substituted
creditor, and may either dispose of it,
or enforce its full payment. There
fore it is that our clients object to this
article, claiming that the assign aent
should be made to their respective
Treasures in trust for them. The I'd
objection under this head is the con-
cession of the Investigation Bill. You
agree never to investigate under the
law providing for the Investigation of
the NJ. ?. R. R. of last winter, which
BILL you will remember, was repre-
ented as worth to iowa. county one
hundred and fifty Thousand dollar,
I and 4 was exccrated because If was
charged by your attorney, Henry, that
I, by Withdrawing my support there
from, had thereby defeated it, and had
thus. damaged Iowa county in that
amount, ard if he could only get that
bill through, he could dictate his own
terms of settlement, and as these ideas
were bruited about with an uncommon
zeal, the people believed them, and do
not feel like conceding to Mr.. Deeeher
so Valuable a measure, without. an
equivalent. [ am free to state, how,
ever, that as far as [ am concerned,
having had true insight Into it's pur
poses, that | never considered it 81 ah,
moment. You may be surprised, but
| assure you when T. first became az
quainted with the b'll, its purpose was
not, believe, to investigate, but it
was / cocfcive measure tc further and,
perfect scheme of your allies, who
by virtue Of it, was comni ,s;oncd b,.
Mr.. Beecher to sell out the NJ. F. r: IS:
and he was at the time | Withdrew my
support, and viii e all this hue and ery
was being made, actually engaged in
negotiations with the NJ. & st. p. II
r., and, as | have since been informed
by gentlemen, sotne of whom are now
present, he has stated that his negotia
tons would have been successful. had
the NJ. & St. 2. r. r. accepted the
land grant. | repeat, then, and this
without impugning the good intents of
yotr ally, it never was intended TO in
vestigate, Or why would he, acting for
you at the sathe ti.he, accept such a
commission from Luther Beecher, and
engage in such TRANSACTIONS, which, in
case Of success, he we'll knew would,
render this bill nugatory and impera-
tive; for if the NJ. P. L. Il. was sold
TO the NJ. & St. p. r. r., or any one
else, we having nc cause Of complaint
against the purchaser, there would be
no grounds for an investigation. l
conclude, therefore, that the conces-
sion of this bill is of no moment, and
if your attorney or committee, can, BY
such concession, get n ore favorable
settlement than they otherwise could;
why, let them do SO, as in my opin-
ion, the m ost impor tance
that ever attached to this bill was when
It enabled certain individuals with
malice in their hearts, and lies on their
lips, to circulate the story that | had
sold out, and gave over to the bond
holder, hoping thereby to have the
pleasure of gloating over my disgrace,
and to more effectually accomplishments
fell design, his extravagant worth was
placed upon the bill It is true the
clouds were dark and lowering, that
the storm ragged fierce and terribly, but
thauk God, the retribhtive sunlight of
truth has bust forth through it all,
and in its resplendency, intensified by
the very darkness they have promoted.
I have them and all their trophies
exposed, it all the thaNghity Of their
infamous lying:
This brings us to the consideration
of objections, which, in my opinion,