Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-07-03

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you from embarrassment, you desired
me to write letter declining the ap-
pointment, which, did, rather than
your administration should be disturb
ed by demagogues who desired to get
friends Of their own into the positions
to be used for their own benefit and adj
vancement, rather than for yours, or
that of the commonwealth Of Wiscon-
sin.
Nevertheless, as I had the promise, of
ten repeated, and for time really be-
lieved, that | should have the appoint
ment, I should be unreasonable. to COM
plain merely because you did not keep
your promise. I ought 10 be satisfied
with the promise, without the perform
ance of it. We must try to make the
public understand there is great diff
ference between you and me. | was
educated to believe it dishonesty vii
fully to break my promise; but for
Governor, the case is very different.
On the assumption that the King can
do wrong, be is under no such obliga-
ton, at least so it appears. Never
having been Governor lam not able to
speak Of my own knowledge.
MORE KIND WORDS AND PROMISES.
The day after my letter to you de-
dining to be a candidate, / called or
you in your office at your request; and
you was very kind, and, volunteered to
say to me: II shall be in this position
for two years at least, and in that
time I shall have it in my power to DO
something for you; and if it should be
SO, come to me without hesitation, and
any office IN n,y gift yon shall haze. :"
And this was saia with SO much app
parent feeling, you holding me by the
hand the while, that if there had been
any doubt in my mind that you were
my sincere friend, it would at once have
been dissolved. You were also pleased
to say that, without an exception, all
the persons who opposed my appoint
ment declared that nothing could be
said against my ability or integrity.
On the contrary, all said: "for person
al fitness for the Office, he has no super
Tor in the state" I assure you, my
dear friend, I then felt as Henry Clay,
Of Kentucky, must have felt when he
said: IL would rather be right than
be president" Like the great states
man, I would rather be worthy without
the office than have the Office and be
considered unworthy. | am net satiz-
fed that, to be really worthy is fatal
objection with the regency you have
about you. Up to this time, if any
person can see any cause of complaint
on my part, he must have made his OBJ
servations through DIR. lEerschel's tel
escope. It is invisible to the naked
eye. Then, the law was passed and ap-
proved authorizing the Governor to APP
point three railroad commissioners.
You were again kind enough to make
me promise, to-wit; You said you had
written the several railroad managers
that you should appoint one commits
sioner who should be acceptable to the
railroad companies and asked me if I
could get such an endorsement. re
piled that the power to appoint was
given to the Governor, and | would
rather receive any appointment from
him than be under obligations to any
other person for it. However, / would
try. You also said that many Of the
persons who had opposed my appoint
ment as warden, had called on you
and
URGED NY APPOINTMENT As COMMISSIONER.
You also said, if | could get the railroad
men to say my appointment would be sat
isfactory, you would appoint me, and that
you greatly desired to do so. In q SUBJ
sequent conversation, you informed me
that the managers Of two important roads
had called on you in person, and endors-
ed me for the appointment, and if /
could get the rest ynn would appoint me.
I then asked: Suppose / should not be
able to procure evey one and you replied,
"Get majority but you must get the
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad"
intended or my return homo to have
gone to Chicago to see the managers of
that company but, on the day but one
after my arrival home | received letter
from you, in which you say substantially
Ct cannot give the language because you
asked me TO return the letter to you,
which / did, without taking a copy: |
have concluded to appoint you without the
endorsement of the Chicago and North
western Railroad, because | am afraid
that in your anxiety to procure t,you may
be induced to make some pledges, vir-
tually destroying your independence.
This letter was clothed in the most affec-
Tomato language If my recollection
serves me, you addressed me several times
as ''my dear friend" and you were pleas
ed to say, "this (the appointment) is due
you" answered in kind terms, and
among other things said that should not
compromise myself, but keep free to deal
fairly by the people and justly by the
company. You wished me to get filed
letters from three out of four railroad
companies, expressing their satisfaction
with my appointment. !. Having done
what you required me to do, was such
simpleton as to suppose would get the
appointment, but did not get it, and the
first notice received that l was not ap-
pointed, was in the public press.
Surely, up to this timas nobody
can say had any cause Of complaint.
The Democratic party have been trying
for twenty years to reform the Republi--
cans out of Office, and the so-called Re.
form party was organized practically
for that object aud now on all hands,
without an exception, | hear one expression
of dissatisfaction that you should have
appointed two men of the very character
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