Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-08

reporter, "a few interior Republic
cans" l determined to lay the mat
ter before the board on the first
opportunity.
In Tayior's interview with the
Ne,os reporter, which | was inform
ed was verbatim report, he an
swers as follows;
These bills were not audited or
paid by me but were audited by
the Auditing Committee OF the So
ciety, and paid by the Treasurer on
the order OF the President and Sec
rotary, with all of which l have
nothing to do. The vouchers are
on file in the society's papers. The
men, l presume, drew the money
and put it in their pockets and went
home, and that is all l know about
it, and all there is of it.
| now declare the foregoing state
ment to be willful talsehood, made
with knowledge, and if do not
prove 1t to De 80 upon the investl-
cation, | promise to make COM
pete and amp.e apology, not only
to the pubic, but to GOV. Taylor,
and hope that those journals that
have attempted to forestall public
opinion, and impugne my motives,
will also do me justice
IFIDo PROVE 1T.
An attempt has been made to
show that, because was present at
the opening OF the board i'll Febru-
airy, 1912, | must necessarily know
OF this bill for 1871. / was at the
time member of the Senate, and
the Legislature was i'll session, and
| was, most OF my time, so occupied
in the Senate that l was unable to
be present with the board /; hut if |
had been present, | should probably
have been Just as ignorant because
the Finance Committee { am not
one OF them) merely compared the
vouchers in amount with the Treas
urer's account to see that they agree,
Tor the purpose OF settling with the
Treasurer, and not suspecting any
officers OF dishonesty, should not
nave reviewed their report. l am
told, however, that the matter has
frequently been the subject of con-
vereation between the members OF
the board.
An attempt is also made to show
that, III 1914, Taylor was authorized,
as marshal, to employ these men.
No Sucu umhority nas ecer gicem
hon. AT the time he was appointed
he desired to appoint his assistant
lnarshais, and the number mentioned
al the time and aiterward, was
"thrte assistants" think am
sale III saying That no man on the
board understood that he was
authorize to choose more than
THREE ASSISTA Mt MARSHALS.
Ii the proceedings of the board
had authorized MIN to employ or
choose his own assistance" instead
OF his own assistants" it might APP
pear to the public that he had Il
preteNt for his conduct but even
that could not have justified his EN-
pioying such number OF men that
were not needed. The President
clearly understood the matter just us
do, because he employed all the
necessary police, night and day
Waterman and laborers, and paid
them, as the account shows, S2Sl.5O.
Mark the language of the reso-
luton:
Mr. ioyt nominated Vice President William
Il Taylor, vino had long and efficiently
served The society in that important position,
n, CuIEF MARSHAL with authority To choose
his own ASSISTANT.
Assistant what Why assistant
marshals, to be sure, and he well
knew it, Now, mark what Taylor
said, In his interview with the NecS
reporter:
Tntit pay, as fixed by The board, was % and
81 Il tay ADD "Sat y vas member OF the
board.
| think this is true, and that the
puo,ic may perfectly understand it,
1t ne,tns assistant ou peilutendentS OF
assistant Maisn,is, snail be palu 81
ii day and other employees not to
exceed IS.
Now WHAT DOES HIS ACCOUNT SHOW
six ooilars Il day tor three Of bis
assistant mlrsh.is, and So for one
| other. Fourteen men at 81 a day,
one man at $3.50 n day, every man