Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-10-23

ask Tor THESE factS the candld CONSIDER
alton of vot ers, and PROFOUND the
question, is the Reform party Of Wis
.consin. either through its represents
tives in the State Legislature, or by the
acts of its Executive, entitled to any
credit for the enacting or enforc
ing of the Potter railroad law?
I'd. Legislative expenses were reduced
at least one-fourth.
Of course Legislative expenses de.
pend principally upon the number Of
DAYS the session lasts. The Legisla
ture Of 1873 sat II days; that of 1874
So days, and it is to be presumed the
expenses of the former were some
what greater than the latter. In 1868.
the session was 5s days long. The
expenses of employees that year were
$7,4s2.77; the expenses this year for a
session of So days, were $s,s26.5O,
showing a difference in favor OF the
Republican party of sl,343.73.
":3d. The clerical force in,the departments
has been so reduced that the aggregate cost
of conducting the same is lessened more
than one-fourth.
Our Reform exchanges have prob
ablv got this matter mixed little.
Madison advices ASSURE rs that the
diminution in the number Of clerks is
not perceivable, and it is known that
$500 was added to the salary Of the
State Librarian, and the presumption
is, that others have been favored in the
same manner. The above ereason"
probably means that the clerks receive
but three-fourfhs of their salaries
the Governor retaining the other
fourth in payment of his old claims
against them.
4th. The printing expenses of the
State have been largely reduced under the
existing contract, and under the reform
law of last winter. The expenses of this
department after January 1st next, will
be reduced quite one-third.
AS a party claim, this amounts to
nothing. The contract this year was
awarded to the lowest bidder,as it has
always been, and if the present con-
tractor or any one else had seen ftsto
bid as low at any former time he could
have had the contract. There were
quite a number of bidders willing to
do the work at less than the rates al
lowed by the reform law of last winter,
and so the law had nothing specially
to do with the matter:
9TH. The receipts into the treasury
from hawkers and peddlers have been near
ly double those of the preceding year.
This is easily accounted for, and re-
fleets no credit on the Reform admin
istration. The fact is that under
"Reform' rule the laws of the State
are being con tinually violated,
not by the people, but by the treasury
agents who are going about the State
soaring every person possible into tax
ing out hawkers and peddlers licenses
in order that they may realize their fees
for making the collections. All over the
State'there are licenses being issued to
persons who were never so much as sus-
pected of being hawkers and peddlers
till these "Reform" Lord save Che
namely treasury agents came around
and by threats Of immediate prosecu-
tion and dire penalties, scared them in
to making application for license.
For example: James Cahill, of Dodge
vile, butcher and dealer in fresh fish
and oysters, was last week pounced
down upon by the GREAT STATE
TREASURY AGENT, CHAs. ALB.
EBERT HIMSELF, who came down upon
him with all the males ty Of the law
and the State Treasury Agent afore-
said, (Which is "mighty sight of
majesty to have in town all at one
time, we can assure your and pur-
suaded him that as he sold meat and
fish and oysters from wagon, he must
be q hawker and peddler: Mr.. Cahill,
supposing that a "Reform" State Of
fcer was of course honest and under
stood his business, paid him twenty
dollars and made application for Ii
cense as one-horse peddler. We
may add that it is the opinion of the
best legal talent Of the Iowa county
bar that Mr.. Ebert, for this transaction,
should be sent along with special
treasury agent Leonard, who is now
awaiting sentence for extorting money
in the pretended discharge of his
duties under this law, as Mr.. Cahill is
in no sense peddler, not being en-
gagged in ''traveling from place to
place within this State carrying to
sell or exposing to sale any goods,
wares or merchandise" but is simply
a regular business man of the village
of Dodgeville. We scarcely think
tha naonla will DIVE the REFORM nartv