Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-10-23
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The penalties collected through the
| Agency of Mr.. John W. Bashford
alone amounted to s3s,90.58, during
preiod of about Z moths only, and
were all received in deposit certificates
of responsible Banks payable on the
SOth Of December pr.ximo, while the
notes received in settlement by Mr..
Hartman mostly consisted Of notes
given by the trespasse,s themselves.
Yours Very Respectfully.
| (Slgned) FERD. KUEHN,
| Safe Treasurer.
To Robt. III. Bashfwd, Editor Daily
Democrat, City.
From the above IL will be seen that
not one dollar has yet reached the
State Treasury since the advent of the
Reformers and That whatever sums
have been collected are now in the
hands of certain Minnesota bankers,
drawing no interr and not payable
until December ooth. On the other
hand it is shown that Gen. Hartman
collected in 1873, mot Sis, 900 as stated,
but s55,752 It is true that in max
ing sales Of logs, and to obtain the
best price, ne was compelled to take
notes on short time, for $50, s96,38;
but they were all we'll Endorsed and
certified to by bankers at Saltwater
to be good, and all drew ten per cent
interest, Of this 2l,991.9O has al
ready been paid, and the note Of So
1885 is perfectly good, as the Treas
urer informs me; the parties declining
to pay only for the reason that Gen.
Hartman, as they say, made them give
n'te for more than h. logs were
woith.
It will be seen from an examination
ofthe accounts of Gen. Hartman in
the executive Office, for 1873, that all
the large trespassers were compelled
to buy In their logs at five dollars and
one cent per thousand, the State run
hing them up 70 FIVE dollars; while [
zee it stated that the trespassers got
lway with the present agent for four
dollars.
10 stun the matter up, then, sd far
las the years 1873 and IA are concerned,
being the years in question, the account
stands thus:
Collected By Gen. Hartman in 1878,
and now in State Treasury S46, 1926 20
Balance in process Of collection 1927 q
-..-..s.. "a s55,752 so
2" PER CONTRA
Collected By Reform agent in 1874, ~ty
from IA 000, 900 feet of logs $38 800 50
Cash paid Unto the State Treasury 90 900 so
Assuming that the 38,590.5s dollars
now In the hands of the Saltwater
bankers is paid and the account stands
.hus:
Collected by Hartman in 1873 s55 1852 80
Collected by Reform agent "a $3.50 So
Balance in favor Of Hartman sl7le1 90
It ia claimed that there ia 1900
dollars in process of adjustment by
the present agent. When that reaches
the State Treasury will be time enough
to claim credit forit. Hopesare held out
for other receipts,as there are said to be
other agents not heard from. IF there
are such agents who have failed to re-
port any trespasses up to this time,
the hope cannot be very strong that
they will be heard from hereafter.
What say above in regard to Gen.
Hartman applies solely to 1873. His
accounts for 1872, which I inquired
for yesterday at the Executive Office,
could not be found, but for 1871
Gen. Hartman, in addition to cash
collected recovered judgments in the
United States District Court for Min
nesota, or neutrality-suspicious. for judy
ments to the amount ofseventy-three
thousand dollars and at the rate Of ten
dollars per thousand feet. Two of the
cases, amounting to $4,000 dollars,
were appealed to the Supreme
Court Of the United States, and have
not been reached on the calendar. The
remaining cases stipulated to abide the
result of the two cases appealed. These
were all suits in replevin, and security
was given i'll each case and twas in refer
ence to all these cases that five thou
sand dollars was expended in litigation
The questions involved were of great
magnitude, the first being the right of
the state to the land, and second, the
amount it was entitled to recover. My
predecessor wisely judged it best to en-
ploy the ablest counsel to be had, and
the result justifedit, and IN view Of
the amount and legal questions involv-
ed, the sum paid was reasonable.
When the Reformers can show a re-
covery at the rate of ten dollars per
thousand on 100000, instead of four
dollars, the people will be glad to al
low them five thousand dollars for le-
gal services. The design of the law
authorizing the appointment of an
agent was to prevent trespassing, and
the merit of the agent is to be measur-
ed by the smallness of the amount of
timber cut, for the better he discharges
his duties under the law, the less will
be the trespassing, and with a view to
prevent it was one Of the reasons Why
I refused to compromise the judgments
before named at six dollars per thou
sand.
The recovery of Judgment vas in
the u. S. Circuit Court, Judge Mil
Ter, of the Supreme Court, presiding.
His decision was that the title of the
lands, over | 700, 900 acres, was in the
state. Parties against whom judg-
ments were obtained, threatened to take
the cases to the Supreme Court if |
would not compromise with them.
My answer was: ssThat is just what |