The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-02-13
CORRESPONDENTS.
EVANSTON, Feb. 9th, 1873.

DIR. G.. Fl. Fowler. the new President
of our University, assumed control this
term and is very popular, he is young
man of great promise and stands at the
head of the Methodist clergy in this
country.
Chicago has been enjoying sensation
for the past week, in her city official cir
clcs at least Mayor Medil removed two
members Of the Police commission who
did not propose to be removed and quite
| a fuss grew out of it, but ii was to- day
settled by the confirmation of Two ap-
pointees made by the Mayor thereby in
dicating that he and not the Police cap
tains was running the city government.
| MIR. Perfect the wife murderer and
Girls. Rafferty, who last fall shot police
man o. Mara were sometime ago senten-
ced by Chicago jurors to be hung, they
took change of venue to Joliet and
Waukegan respectively and have again
received the same sentences. They will
undoubtedly have to SWING and while
Chicago will be deprived of having the
executions performed in that city, we
hope their examples may be felt thro' out
the entire State. They were both under
the influence of liquor when the crimes
were committed, another good argument
for our State temperance laws.
There was farmer indignation meet
ing held In Bloomington short time ago.
to devise means to break down the mo
nopolies to which they are subject. The
meeting was spirited and Should be imi-
tated By other States. They TOOK meas
ures TO enforce the present laws regula-
ting fares and freights on the railroads
and are carrying out their resolutions by
riding on the train in sufficient numbers
to compel conductors either to take legal
fare Is cents mile) or they ride free
The State of Iowa has just regulated the
charges on roads in that State, and now
let the public insist that these laws be
carried out and they will result in great
blessings to our commonwealth. The
Railroads of the land are the most bare
faced monopolies In the country, and
farmers must either organize and stand
up for their rights. or leave their farms
to the serfs as in England. There is no
justice in the farmer having to pay one
half of the products of his farm to get
the other half to Eastern markets. Let
Wisconsin farmers be heard in this mat
ter, corners can be formed among them
just as well as on Wall street or the Board
of Trade.
In returning form trip to Wisconsin
last week we passed the ruins ofthe Glen
coe smashup. Six cows were lying in a
dilapidated condition along the track,
one of them having been thrown Is feet
over into an adjoining field, it was almost
miracle there was but one life lost, a
young farmer from Kenosba County
| Another accident occurred on the North
ern Division near Darlington yesterday.
These occurrences are becoming very
frequent on this road The ST. Paul road
commenced running trains yesterday from
Milwaukee to Chicago, the injunction
served upon them by the Northwestern
having been settled without litigation.
| cannot close this letter without con-
graduating you upon the enlarged and
| improved condition of the TRIBUNE
read the sermon of Rev. Mr.. Stevens
with interest, could not this be made a
feature of the paper? j. d. G.
Ed. TRIBUNE The first few days of
this season of the legislature, were scenes
of intense activity in that buzzing crowd
of lobbyists, political mendicants, ak
grinders and one-horse politicians, who
congregated in the Rotunda, galleries, or
| legislative halls, button holing weary
ever they mere to be found. In that
crowd were old haired men, who
| had seen service on many hard fought
political field middle aged and young
men by whose magnanimous labors the
| Republican Party carried the State, and
to whom Gen. Grant is under greater OBJ
legations than he is aware of. They are
generally willing to square the account
10y receiving a small share Of the loves
and fishes. Little boys who should have
been at home going to school were also
here anxiously craving the position of
| messengers or pages.
But now there is only to be seen the
remnant of this proud host The very
few who have obtained positions, and the
many others left weeks ago, on the
swearing train.
The Legislature is very deliberate in
its movements this session. Up to this
time work seems to drag. Very little
has been done for four weeks session.
The members seem to take the world
very easy, more so, | suppose, than a
great many Of them have been accustom-
ed to. That they are determined 10
make the most OF it is evident from the
fact, that they do not wish to hurry bust
ness, thus they are ten or twelve weeks
doing work, which should not take them
more than three or four. Perhaps by
protracting the session, they wish to
show 10 the people of the State, that
biennial session would be failure
However, there appears to be growing
feeling that biennial sessions would be
better for the State. The expense is
quite little item to tho State. Then
there are all the nice little gifts in the
shape of gold rcns, pearl handled knives,
quires of paper, postage stamps enough
to supply letter writing school district
for long time.
10 addition to all this, at vast expense,
the State must get up the Legislative
Manual and give six copies to each mem
1ba,-,