Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-16
INTERVENING TO AGRICULTURE
AL1STS.
A Leaf from the Unpublished Public
History Of ihc Great iteiormer,
w. Il. II.

so preposterous as to need no de-
NAL and Jenny is charged with
purjury in making oath thereto. If
this little affair stood alone to testify
against the duplicity and little
meanness of the Reform Satilite,
his political associates would be
justified in defending him, and hop
ing to retain the public confidence
in him and his administration, but
when it is backed by Sat Clark's
letter, and the following detailed
statement of other little tricks of
His EXcellcncy, who can doubt the
Jenny story! This bit of history is
given by the Green Bay Gazette, one
of the best, most reliable, unsensa-
tional, justice-loving papers in Wis
consin and the names Of parties
connected with, interested in, and
testifying to the matters stated,
being all given, leaves no room to
doubt that the statements are sub
stantially correct ; that w. K. Tay-
lor availed himself of his position in
the State Agricultural Society to
"put money in his own purse used
the Society's funds to buy votes to
secure himself the nomination for
Governor of Wisconsin. But read
the statement and judge of it your
selves:
While in attendance upon the
Editorial Convention at Milwaukee,
we heard the character of our "lse-
form Governor pretty freely dis
cuSsed-by men who knew whereof
they spoke, and spoke whereof they
knew. 1t Is not likely THE G0@ctte
would have taken the trouble to
look up the facts or verify them, had
not the "Retorm' press SO vigorous
ly resisted the statement recently
sent cat on an affidavit that the "ke-
form" William had sold n birth in
the Executive office to secure II
claim Of $3.50. "lle's no such Il
man" they all shout III chorus. May
be not, but 1He G0@ctte was in
formed of certain transactions Of the
Farmer Governor" while he was
connected with the State Aglicul-
tural Society, which would Indicate
that he was some such sort Of man.
These transactions we shall pro-
coed to state rs circumstantially as
possible,
B. Il. Hinllley, Esq, was Presi-
dent of the State Agricultural So
ciety in 1869 and 1872 inclusive.
BY the rules of the Association he
alone was authorized to employ po-
liccmcn, wutchmen, laborers, &c., Tor
tie Fair ground. We were in
iolmcd, on what we cannot but con-
slider excellent authority, that VIM.
II. Taylor wrote to him i'll 1872,
requesting permission TO bring three
men with him to be employed by
llinklcy to act as assistants 10 him
CTayloD as Marshal of the grounds ;
that Hinklcy consented. Taylor
brought the men, Uinlllev hired
them, and after the Fair paid them.
taking receipt from each; that
llmllley hired all the necessary as
sistants himself, and paid them
taking separate receipts for their
pay.
That he never authorized Taylor
or amy other person 10 hire more
men; that he never heard Of any
Others being hired; that he was
very rigilant, constantly moving
from one part of the *ack to an
other, aud cid not see any others so
employed.
Subsequently, after the Fair was
over, Vim. Il. Taylor made out and
presented in his own name Il bill rar
tie S.lrjcaS oT'2l men epp'oyR dur
iug tie Fary: he certified to its cor
rcrtuess, received the money, and
rec,iptrd for it himself.
THIS statcmyut may easily he cor
roboratcl 10y reference to the
Societies IIyrSlrtinus f,r.l>-l NIL