Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-03-05
WHOLE NO. 1915.


Winnebagoes should be removed.
was first convinced of the absolute ne
cesslty of their removal one year since
while riding in smoking car on a
railroad train. Ny companion, in the
seat with me, was a Wirnebago In
dian. He had been to q ''big talk >
and must have been one of the silent
ones, who drank while the rest talked
for be was Enthusiastically drunk.
could stand that, and could put up
with the venerable aboriginal aroma
that hoated up from this untutored
child Of The forest, but when that Gig
ar sign took our his wallet and showed
the conductor a railroad pass, it was
the unanimous opinion OF your Execu-
tive that the liberals Of the Sovereign
people were iu jeopardy, and that the
Winnebagoes should be removed.
There are things that we cannot sub
nit to and retain that stiffness Of up
per lip that is desirable.
PASSENGER RATES OK RAILROADS.
This is a subject that should claim
a portion Of your attention, when you
are not engaged in rolling ten pins.
1t has always seemed that the prac-
tees Of the railroad companies in re-
gard to passenger tariff was radically
wrong and it is your duty to arrange
it for the companies to your own salts
faction. This is what you are here
for. The way it is now, a railroad
company collects as much fare for con
veying q man weighing seventy-fve
pounds, from Portage to Milwaukee,
as for conveying a man weighed $50
pounds, which is an unjust discrimina-
ton against the weaker party. |
would suggest that you pass q law
compelling every railroad company TO
provide pair OF hay scales AZ the en-
trance Of each ticket office, and q
platform scale on the platform of each
passenger ear, and that each passon'
ger be weighed on buying his ticket,
and again on leaving the car, and
that the company charge so much per
pound for conveying passengers. You
will readily discover the injustice OF
charging Jack Turner as much for
conveying him a certain distance as
the same company charges for hauling
George Ginty who is five times as
large. Unjust discrimination must be
dealt with, AMI this is as good place
to begin it, as any.
SUPREME COURT JUDGES AND U. s, ssNA-
TORS.
| would call your attention to q
change that it seems to me should be
made in the method of selecting Uni
ted States Senators and Supreme
Judges. Heretofore it has been n1ti-
ceablo that the men who carried the
longest pole knocked down the Sena-
torial persimmons. In the matter Of
the election Of Judges of the supreme
Court, it has been the practice to Sc.
cure men for those places at an enor-
nous salery, when otherme wouldSbe
willing to do the work, and board
themselves. The suggestion | would
make is that you pass law letting
the officers Of the United States Sena
tor and Judges of the Supreme court
to the lowest bidder. This method
will be economical and will secure to
tie state men who can legislatG and
Judge things well enough for all prac-
teal purposes. Tho way times are
now We must get things at panic
prices or go without
BANKS AND BANKING.
The subject banking has cngross-
ed the attention Of your excellent
Governor for, 10, these many weeks,
and he is constrained to say that some
radical changes must be made in the
method Of receiving deposits by banks
where an equivalent is not rendered,
or His Excellency will be compelled
to emerge from his present aristocratic
quarter and take up his abode in the
poor house. ] would call your attcn-
ton to the practice certain banks
have of issuing checks in line of cash.
If these checks were available at the
groceries, it would be better than it is.
Banks have got in habit Of issuing
species of ivory button in receipt for
the green coin Of the realm, which is
only good at the counter Of the bank.
These checks are not issued by the
National Banks, but by the state
banks, denominated Keno" and
''Faro" | would not charge That
there is "skulIduggery' or "shenana-
gan" going on in these banking instl-
tutions, as the President Of one Of
them informed me confidentially, that
he dealt on the "square," but it IS a
noticeable fact, that the dividends
received by those who do business
with the banks, is almost, as il were,
imperceptible. / trust that you viii
cause this branch Of industry to be
thoroughly investigated, and report by
bill or otherwise. Our finances should
be beyond suspicion of dishonesty.
REGISTRY OF ELECTORS.
The registry law has proved q con-
spicuous failure, inasmuch as it has
taken ten years Of persistent efforts
by its use TO make a change ia The sd
minstration. l would suggest that
you amend the registry law by provid
ing that all qualified voters have their
ears punched, Immediately after vet
ing, by the inspectors Of elections, the
same as conductors punch one thou
sand mile tickets. This method will
obyiate the difficulties heretofore eX
perienced and check illegal voting and
prevent repeating,
INTERNATIONALLY IMPROVEMENTS, AS THE
UNDERSIGNED UNDERSTANDS EN-.
Under this heading / can think Of
nothing that appears more appropriate
han the subject of the artificial pro-
pogation of fish. 1t is a subject that
has arrested the attention OF many OF
the ablest minds of the country, and
the results of experiments have been
thus far SO satisfactory that it is al