Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-10-21
InterUie,o Nth Governor Taylor on
his return from Waupaca after the
(r1rtpr publication

Garter publication
The Governor reached the city of Madison
Saturday night, September 18th, and on
Sunday, the day following, he came to Cot>
tage Grove with his own conveyance, consis-
ting of black or dark brown mare and top
carriage. Immediately on arriving at his
brother-in>laws's house, near the PIesby teri.
an church in Cottage Grove, he dispatched
his little granddaughter, Katie Kanouse, in
search Of me- She found me in church, and
handed me note asking me to come over to
Ira Kanouses, and signed w. r. Taylor.
When the church services were over, | hast
ened to answer in person the note | had Just
received met the Governor at the place
designated his first words of salutation were
these: Well, Van, what's the rip? | see
they have got you and | in the papers |
answered yes He then said, did you tell Car
ter that as he states ? l said I did. After a
little skirmiShing, the Governor said; Now,
Van, you must help me out of this. | asked
him how should do it !? He said, well you
can deny it; your word is as good as Carriers
and probably you will never see him again.
soon convinced the Governor that saw it in
a different light. He then said if you do not
want to do that, you can state that you had
all the money there was made in the business,
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should l do that, people will say ] have told a
lie to exonerate you. l also told him that
my own folks very well knew that what Capt
Carter states, told him, and it is true, and
that he must find some other plan to get out
of it. He then said he would give me what
he made out of the transaction, and then
could say had all there was made, without
living | satisfied the Governor at once, that
had no mercenary motives and that he could
not buy me. | also told him that when
published a falsehood to shields another, it
would be for truer friend than he had PROV
en- himself to be to me. He then asked me if
| would go to the city of Madison that night
and talk the matter over in the presence of a
lawyer, with view of getting up some reas-
enable plan to exoIcrate him and have it look
the most PLAUSIBLE. told him | would meet
him. He said he had to 90 over to his farm,
and if went first to Madison, | should cut a
green bush and lay it across the road on the
hill this side of Gilligher's, and if he went
first, he would do the same thing. | went
first, and cut the green bush, as agreed upon.
At o'clock that evening" | went to the ex-
ecutve chamber, according to Appointment,
and found the lawyer on hand alone in the
Governors Office The Governor soon came
in, apparently considerably excited, and pass
lHB drOuiIu Ills LdDIe OppuSlle ILLS distinguish
ed lawyer and to the right of me, he remark
ed Well, Farr says we did buy some sol
diers for less than two hundred dollars and
now he will make a statement to the effect
that he had all there was made out of the
transaction.
/ corrected the Governors last remark by
saying, that had not promised to make any
such statement The lawyer then said "Mr.
Farr, how many men did you and Governor
Taylor get at that time ?" | answered about
sixteen. He then asked, 'What did you pay
them ?" | answered from one to two hundred
dollars to those men residents of the town
we paid two hunnred dollars, and to those
who were not residents of the town we paid
from one hundred to one hundred and fifty
dollars each, with few exceptions, and we
divided the profits, or to that effect. He then
asked, "What do the town records show ?'
replied that the town records show that
the sixteen men cost the town 1927, and
that w. R Taylor charged the town fourteen
dollars for his services At this iuneture, the
lawyer arose and asked the Governor TO step
ont into the other room.
In less than three minutes the Governor
returned alone | asked, "Where has the
lawyer gone ?" The Governor answered,
presume he has gone home | said, | thought
ne came mere 10 Aeip US Bet up some plan 30
exonerate you; Taylor said, well he says this
is matter between you and | and if you will
make statement that you had all the money
there was made out of the transaction, that
will be sufficient. ! then asked, did he re-
commend me to make such statement. The
Governor said, he said if YOU are willing to
do il, that will clear me. than said, Gov
ernor Taylor, that man has gone home in dis.
gust, he has heard all he wants to of this
matter, and is satisfied that there is more to
it than he wants to hear, and he has too much
honor to advise me to publish false state.
ment that will be proved against me as such.
and he has heard enough here tonight to
convince him that what told Captain Carter
is true. Governor Taylor said. now, Van
you must make some kind of statement that
viii clear me, or | viii have to move out of
this country; you have my election or my de-
feat in your hands YOU can save me or kiH
me, just as you see fit; now, if you will make
statement that viii save me, will give you
anything you may ask. | viii appoint YOU to
the best Office in my power to give Name
your terms and will give ii, if YOU win only