, 1874-02-23
4 WISCONSIN HnpRHp

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a WISCONSIN HUBBUD,
Iho Madison journal malos T. violent attaol
on Governor Taylor, Of Wisconsin, for granting
certificate showing TINT tho Wisconsin Contra
1salroat Company had completed q certain
n'fElbor Of milog Of railway in Il certain manner.
whoroupon It IL supposed TINT tho Iutorior Do.
partment at Washington will isBto to SAID
Company patents for tho amount Of Iand lcroto-
foro granted corresponding to tic number Of
miles built. Tho Journal maintaius tint,
although tho road las boou built in manuor md
| form as certified by tho Governor and although
tito law expressly requiroH him to cortify to
oVory section of twonty miles Of any portion of
tho roat go completed. atll 10 ought to lavo
withhold his aignaturo because tho road yas
not commenced ut portngo City. Tile Wiscon-
Bill central Company il consolidation
oi two old companos,-t1o Winnobago & s,,po-
rior ai,d tho Portage l. suporior,-ono of wl,ic],
was required to commence al Doty's Island ond
tho other ut Portago City, tho two uniting Mt
Stevens Point and running thonco to Lako sr-
porlor. Tho Wisconsin Central commenced at
Doty's Island and built their road to stoyonH
Point, and thonco 100 miles in tho direction of
bayfield,, OIL tho designated route. Coy, Waal,.
oarn refused to certify tho fact Of suol, conf
plotion because tho Bcction Lotweon Portage and
Stevens Point bad not yot been oomplotod, Tl,o
company having expended $1,s00,000 of thoir
own money, and having negotiated tloir bo,tla
III Germany for f,lrthor sum supposed to bo
sufficient to complete tho road, wero brought tn
standstill by tho failuro to got tue cortiacnto.
tho German bankors refusing to CON-
ploto tho purchase Of bonds or to nr,,.
any marc money while any doubt rc4to,
on tho Immigrant. MEANWHILE tie intcr.st m.
count for bonds already so]d was eating rapidly
into tho Companys assets. Tho par.ies tntor.
eesod III tho building Of tho Stevens Point brano,,
that tho Company woro rich onouo,
% construct that line without previously obtain
ng the certificate for the ono huutlrcd n;,o, -
completed road. The Company asserted TINT.
Without this security, already cazncd, tloy cou1d
also no moro nonoy, aud could not ro m wifi,
heir work.
+slpsa were in this poaition wlon Gov. Tov1or
ollclted tho opinion Of tho ATTORNEY -Go,cro1
10 Hon. n. Scott sloan, as to his duty in TIM
roa1'ses' Mr. Sloan gave m opinion in writinc
considerable length, to tho OBJECT that tho
o'orfor Ind ministerial and not tuac,o,
u to perform; that lo yaa not w.
1rsd Or expected to kuow whet,,o.
10 road ought to hnvo been comr,oncod
loftage city or not; that tho ouly thiu, In
~ required to certify was tho max ci ract Tint
many miles Of road had been ,u,t on tho
s'ehased route. Tlera is no p ctenso that tho
'rornors cestiicate aoos u - utoto I'm tr,,.,,
\ ~, -, ,As't9A A'' IS TINT ho refused to
ra Of tue plain roqui, omonts ~ ,,,. - ..~,..,
s,,,.r ~ ~ " >mothing, which, thcy allogc,
~ uoos' af e Governor says That tho ro-
.,,a $780, =: ~ ' nnd-graut (not yet cortidcd) is
r'o '"'.ount to secure tho performance, on
rl' VI lilo. Company, Of their duties III
re-' = =: VI tho Portage l. Stevens Point line.
:, '''y sridept that all tho modification
>. 'A1sf4n consequent upon tho last State
''''A ;.s blossomed forth iu tho Madison
'' article. In fact, tho thing is much
80. 11' lo. Tho Governor is styled "Gubcr
- 4al Granger Tho railway monopolos uro
Ito layo conabcd tue hay-aoea out Of his
.ir. Tho journal alwaya know that thoy
snod him, and horo is tile proof Of it. Wo uro l
formed that monopoly las low done I
3 masterpiece aud that tho pooplo l
20 bound hand and foot; also that
whirlwind has been un1oosct. This whirlwind
Eaid to DO 1orcost iu "tho thickly-sottled t
'untics about Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, Mani {
woo, shcboygun, Nipou, Berlin, Moutollo por- t
go. and Madison" II these thiolly-sottlol q
'unties aro in the state Of rotation represented
: tho Journal, tlloy aro vory easily unbalanced,
no nles6ago Of tho Governor is very straight d
'rward, logical, and convincing document, and
loal1 bo read by tho citizens of Wisconsin bo- t
ro joining III tie wlirl to which thoy arc IN y
invited. t