Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-04-16
The Farce at the Court House.

The Farce at the Court House
1t viii be remembered that the Coun
ty Board ebnvening on the 18th b
March made certain alterations in The
boundaries df the towns in the western
part of the county, yacating the towr
of Remington and adding the same TO
and to be known as the town Of Dex
ter. The reason Of this change was tt
save to the county the drainage funds
and to prevent the mammoth ''steals'
perpetrated by Messrs. Hiles and Rem
ington. In all article published in The
Reporter recently, was shown the enor-
nifty of the shameful steals perpetrated
upon the county, which our readers
will recall to mind. At the next meet
ing of the County Board, on the 30th
inst. was perpetrated an outrage SC
gross in its character, so little in keep
ing with the decorum and dignity due
to parliamentary usage, that all right
minded men are shocked, and feel that
the dignity of the county has been woe
fully insulted and her prestige blacken-
ed and disgraced.
The Board convened as usual and
after the transaction of the business
before the body, a portion of which
business was a bill for the re-enstate-
ment Of the territory before mentioned,
which was rejected, the Board adjourn
ed in due form, and as legally as at
any time in the history of its sessions.
The chairman had left the room, TAX
ing the p. NJ. train of the W. V. 4.
r. for Portage, and several OF the
members also had gone to their homes,
when Mr.. Hiles with his accustomed
outlawry Of character re-convened the
remnant Of the Board and electing
himself Chm pro tenn, proceeded to
transact business. The rejected bill
was Immediately brought before the
illegal body, without being read and
passed as so much waste paper. Mr..
Hiles putting the question something
in this wise, s'what shall we do with
this" holding in his hand the bill, and
for ought the remaining members knew
it might have been a bill awarding him
thousands Of dollars, ''those in favor
of its passage will vote aye, contrary
the same, the ayes have it," and the
bill became a law(!) Such action on
the part of a towns representative was
never before known, and such action
on the part of a eounty's, districts or
state S represe NATIVE in a Hall of Leg
islation would bring down upon the
head of such Representative the execra-
ton CT the people, and they would be
extirpated root and branch and buried
beneath the obliquy due so dastardly
an act. Nothing legal attaches to the
proceedings--nothing but spirit such
as animates the Youngers and James
that infest the soil ola neighboring state
would have prompted so hellish rape
upon the person of Justice ! We, and
every man who cares for the good name
of the county wherein we have chosen
our abode; do earnestly hope that the
incoming Board Will comprise so much
of honesty. as to disrobe such men as
Hiles and Remington of their supposed
kingly prerogatives, and place them
where they belong, on level with,--
neither beneath nor above but on an
equality with its several members,
where just regard will be paid to the
interests of the sections which they
may represent, and only that as is due
to any and every section or to the
county at large.