Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-02

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asked: Suppose 1 should not be
able to procure every one? and you
replied: "Get majority; but You
must get the Chicago II North
western Railroad"
| intended on my return home to
have gone to Chicago to see the
managers of that company; but, on
the day but one after my arrival
home, | received a letter from you,
in which you say, substantially Il
cannot give the language, because
you asked me to return the letter
to you, which l did without taking
a copy: | have concluded to APP
point you without the endorsement
of the Chicago 81 Northwestern
Railroad, because | am afraid that
in your anxiety to procure it, you
may be induced to make some
pledges, virtually destroying your
independence. This letter was
clothed in the most atfectionate
language. If my recollection serves
me, you addressed me several times
as "my dear friend" and you were
pleased 10 say, "this (the appoint
ment is due YOU" l answered III
kind terms, and among other things
said | should not compromise my
self, but keep free to deal fairly by
the people aud justly by the com
pany. You wished Ire to get filed
letters from three out of four rail
road companies, expressing their
satisfaction with my appointment.
Having done what yon required me
to do, ! was such Il simplelon as to
suppose | would get the appoint
ment, but | dld not get it, and the
first notice ! received that | was
not appointed, was in the public
press.
Surely, up to this time, nobody
can say l had any cause Of com
plant.
The Democratic party have been
trying for twenty years to reform
the Republicans out of office, and
the SO called Reform party was or
gained practically for that object
and now ON all hands, without an
exception, hear one expression of
dissatisfaction that you should have
appointed two men of the very
character nineteen ont of twenty of
the persons who voted for you, are
violently opposed to. These APP
pointments are important and lu-
crative, and belong to the party, un,
less YOU claim there is no man in
the party fit for the position. |
have not seen an article in any pa
per approving them; nor have |
heard one Democrat who has not
denounced them. Much complaint
is also made on account Of
TIE MADISON REGENCY,
hot that Il regency should not eX-
lst; on the contrary, all concede
that under the circumstances re-
gency is Indispensable. The com
plant is,that not one member OF the
board has amy brains or honesty.
OF my own knowledge | am aware
that this is so 10 some extent.
Now, my dear Gaend, the publica-
ton Of this letter will exhonorate
you from the charge of treachery TO
me (Which is not of much impor-
tanc.); but to make your vindlca-
ton complete, please answer tins
letter at your earliest convenience,
and offer some preteXt for your APP
polntmeuts, aud an apology for the
character OF your regents. OF
course nothing can really justify
your conduct, but il is SO humliat-
ing to me TO hear such things SAID,
after all the work | have done for
YOU, that it is due to me that you
try to explain away these charges.
| keep copy OF this letter for
publication, but will wait reason
able time for your reply, to publish
both together, that you may be
completely eXhonorated.
You will doubtless recollect that
| told you, last winter, while | was
an applicant for the wardenship,
that
GEORGE II. PAUL,
of Milwaukee, was friendly to my
appointment, and had promised me
he would see You in person, and say
SO to you; and that he would write,
but had already written letter in
behalf of Peter Rupp. He sobse-
auently told me, quite often, that