Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-10-03
10 the Tax payers of Iowa County

10 the Tax payers of Iowa County.
Headquarters of the Tax Payers League of Iowa
County, Dodgeville, Wis, Oct. 1st,, 1873.
A majority Of the members OF the Board
Of Supervisors Of Iowa county, under the
nstgation and leadership of VIM. L. Hen.
~, Esq, have, contrary to the known
and expressed wishes of large majority Of
the voters and tax payers of this county
determined TO issue new negotiable bonds
to Luther Beecher, and certain other hold
trs Of the old bonds and judgments against
the county. While the people generally
are in favor of a settlement Of oul indebt-
edness upon any reasonable basis, they
are, we believe, almost unit IN their OPP
position to the issuing of any new bonds
1t is believed by, aud stated as, the pros
fessional opinion Of the best legal talen,
which we have in the county, that the
stipulation proposed to be filed by Beech
er and other judgment creditors, upon the
issuance Of said bonds to them, Will in the
wise effect those negotiable bonds, in the
hands Of third parties, and that Ii case Of
a default in max. ng our payments, or any
Of them, the county will be legally bound
TO pay both the old Judgments md the neaO
bonds so issued. The long, pcrpiexlhs, aud
unintelligble "agreements," proposals"
and "stipulations," submitted by Beecher,
form suspicious contrast to the plain,
business like, and terSe offers made on
the part of Edward Dodge and Chas L..
Frost, which every ordinary mind can
comprehend at a glance. Bcecher's cons
ham, oil Nna r,narkn ~ If frn,,I
and chcane and when we construc them
In the light of our past knowledge of the
man, we should be worse than idiots to
voluntarily place ourselves again in his
tolls. The County Board and its advisors,
in their reckless haste to pass this meas--
ure over the heads of their constituents,
have exceeded their authority; their
meetings for the transact n OF business
have been irregularly and Illegally called !:
and held their proceedings have not been
in accordance with the law under which
they assumed to act; and TIE pretended
law itself, under which they claim all
their authority to issue new BONDS, is be-
lieved by our legal advisors TO be uncoD>
sututiona and void.
But 1t behooyes the tax payers of Iowa
county to exert themselves for the pro
lection of their rights If We sit idly
by, end permit the new bonds to be issu-
ed, in the hands of innocent holders, they
may be held legal demands against us.
Our nj elect in 1853 to prevent the issuing
of the id bonds by the proper l. gal pros
ceedings, which we might have done, w,
on the grounds of the fraudulent and il
egal character of the vote AUTHORIZING
their issuance, IS the cause of our present
trouble. The undersigned who has since
been elected president of the Iowa county
Tax Payers League" lnterposed by an
injunction suit, and prevented the issu-
ance of the new bonds which the County
Board agreed to issue at their July ses-
sion The Board having afterwa ards pass
ed resolution instructing the charma>
and clerk in preparing the new bonds, Ito
insert an additional clause, which would
prevent the possibility of their becoming
a second claim against the county," the
plaintiff withdrew his action. At it's last
session the Board recindeG that resolution
SO that the new bonds are to be clean ne
gotiable instruments. A new action has
been commenced by the president of this
League, and an Injunction issued to pre-
vent the chairman and clerk from signing
or delivering the new bonds. This is a
struggle against the whole power and
money Of the bond holders, backed up by
VIM L. Henry and majority of the
County Board.
1t is an unequal fight if the plaintiff
in the injunction suit is permitted to
stand alone and unsupported by the
other tax payers. of the County,
who are equally Interested with him in
the result.
In order that all who are opposed to
the lssueing OF new negotiable bonds can
act unitedly in this matter, this League
of the tax payers of Iowa County," has
been organized.
We want every tav payer in Iowa
County, who is with us in this matter
to become member Of this League"
10y sending in his rame and such sum of
money as membership fee" as he feels
willing to give, not to exceed one dollar
All remttances should be directed to joel
Whitman, Treasurer of the League, at
Dodgeville, Wis. The names of all mem
bers joining will be published In the
Dodgevllle "Chronicle" each week. We
do not want you to contribute large sum
each. but we want what little YOU will
give nOo. If the hundreds who express
themselves as being opposed to the issu~
ing of these new bonds, will come forward
promptly with little material aid, we
feel confident that this most nefarious
scheme of Luther Beeche.. and bis coad>
juiors can be defeated.
JOSEPH BLAKE, President.
JOEL WHITMAN, Treasurer.