Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-07-03
A REFORM QUARREL
About Division Of Spells.
Letter from Hon. Sat. Clark
to His Excellency Gov.
Taylor.
A Terrible Exposure OF the he
form Governors Treachery.
Bitter IRONY So Sarcasm.
Bitter IRONY So Sarcasm.
HORIZON. May 4. 1871.

stances. TO remove any such impress
sion, and to enable you to satisfy the
public that I am not 9sore-head,"
and that T have no right to complain,
/ write this letter, which you are at
liberty to publish in the Madison pa
pcrs, or keep by you, to be shown to
any person whose mind you desire to
disabuse.
Let US go back year or two, and
see what our relations have been, the
better to satisfy the public that you
were under no obligations to me, per-
sonally or politically.
The first thing that occurs to me
is the receipt Of letter from Hon. L.
B. Villas, Of Madison, mutual friend,
written at your request, in 1872, as [
have since been informed by him and
you, in which lie says: "Wm. r. Tay-
lor Of this county, has set his heart up
on being President of the State Agri-
cultural Society, and thinks with your
assistance he might be elected, and has
requested me to write and ask your
aid"
Shakespeare or Bacon somewhere says:
"Hc who gives quickly gives twice"
| believe it, and would much rather be
refused favor than granted it grudg-
ingly or with hesitation. [ thereforean-
swered promptly, 81 WILL" With NE
that means something. IF pass my
word to a friend, whether there is a
consideration or not, and without any
quid pro quo I will keep it, if I am
able to do SO. My promise is irrevo-
cable, no matter who possesses it. In
this case, many Of nay warm friends in
Milwaukee (persons to whom | am I'M
der obligations for their uniform hos
pitality and kindness) we're opposed to
your election, and urged me to go
against you. My answer was uniform
ly, II have given my word" That set
tied the question. | was not impor-
tuned again by the same persons.
[ labored hard for your election, and
successfully. You will doubtless recol-
lect, after it was over, how many pro-
testations of gratitude you expressed to
me, and with how much apparent feel
ing. You will also recollect that you
then hoped the time would come when
you would be able to reciprocate, and
that you promised in such case to do
so.
The next thing that occurs to me is
the receipt Of letter from you, in the
summer of1873, in relation to your
nomination for governor. You prob
ably have preserved my letter to you
in reply; and ifso by reference to it,
you will find that I encouraged you to
believe you could be nominated and
elected; and promised you my support,
From that time to the close Of the polls,
| laborcd assiduously for yonr success
and you were elected.
Immediately after you were nomi-
mated for Governor the leading Repub-
lica ms, headed by the Chairman of the
State Central Committee Chan whom
there is no better organizer in the
West), came together and determined
to defeat your reelection as President
Of the Agricultural Society. You re-
member, of course, how nervous it made
you, and how, after you came to me to
consult me in regard to it, and to solic~
it my help to again make you Pres
ident. I did not hesitate moment,
neither did I convene caucus, com
posed almost entirely of your enemies,
at least half Of whom had always there
tofore been Republicans, to throw the
responsibility on them, and relieve me
of my promise. On the contrary, I
frankly told you what Iwould do, and
then to keep my promise good, / did
as 1 had promised, and you were
elected.
SAT. WANTED AND PROMISED SOMETHING
Up to this time you protested to be
my debtor, andI thought, myself, you
ought to feel under some obligations
to me. Shortly after the election. I
wrote you that [ greatly desired to be
warden of the state prison, under the
new law, and asked you not to commit
yourself until you saw me, which
would be in a few days. About
a week later, went to Madison and
had long interview with you, IN
tohieh you promised on your cord and
honor, that I should haze the position.
You asked me if William Hobkirk
would go for me, and I said 'syes.."
You then said you would like to APP
point Col, Bryant one of the directors,
if he would 60 for me; that you would
arrange it with aim; and if he was for
me you would appoint him, but if not,
that vas the end oft; and that you would
appoint no person who was not for me.
You said eve would consider those
two agreed upon; and desired me to
send you the names of few farmers
and grangers to select another from;
and cautioned nee to Be sure they a0ere
for me.
All this apparent kindness and
friendship made me feel was your
debtor. 1t is true that you did not
in any particular do as you agreed;
but, on the contrary, when you appoint
ed Gov. Dewey and Vim. 3. Smith,
you gave them distinctly to understand