Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-09-23

Capt. Carriers charges, pub l-hed
in the State Journal, September H.
are as follows:
It is said by the friends OF William II.
TavIor that every attempt of his enemies to
;n;1re him only tends to make him stronger
II that be the case, Gov. Taylor and ms
friend, will doubtless be thankful for resh
onnortnni,les to strengthen his hands il that
way.
However that may be, feel it my duty TO
make public the following bit of history;
In The winter of 1863 and 1864, was
member of the 33d Regt. Wis. Vol. lnt'y, and
was at home on recruiting service, as was
also H. L. Farr, who was then also memor OF
that regiment, and is now, as am lnlornei
and believe. an officer of Gov. Taylor's saff
During part of that time, | boarded with
FAIR at the Meredith House in Madison, nd
it was brought to my attention that farr nd
one VIM. r. Taylor were engaged ~ procr-
ing men to fill the quota OF the town OF "
taGe Grove, in Dane county; that the toAn
had voted TO paw for such men $2OO each, al
that Farr and Taylor were actually payiG
much less sums for them, IL some cases II q
| SIoO 10 6 1870 per man, dividing between thel
| The difference between the amount actual
naid for the men. Farr and | being intlmae
| friends. | told him what | had heard, and E
| at onca frankly confessed that he and 1aVtr
| ,varo making money out of the town OF c.
| t.oa Grove. in the way above stated, and that
,hev had made and divided between then, be-
tween $500 snd $500. That Taylor was'halr-
man of the town and was acting in the latter
as the agent Of the town to procure TN mea
and himself proposed tie arransemet to
Farr.
,ominatioa Of VIM. X. Taylor two year.ago,
hut AZ so much time had elapsed, wa not
positively certain that the person nominated
WAS the person associated with Farr in the
the transaction above referred to. Bat the
| first time saw Farr, reminded hun oithe
transaction, and he begged me not to exose
| TAYLOR, as there was not the least chane oil
his election.
could not expose Taylor wthou, Els-
pleasing Farr, who was my personal tnd,
and as | did not think there was the last
chance OF Taylors election, | kept my Gn
| counsel.
Rut as he was elected and as he now stalls
before the people candidate for re-eecth
| think | have no longer any right to const
the wishes of my friend Farr in this mats.
lido not personally know and do not say Ut
those things are true, but do say that Ia
told me so at the time, and has since admlt9
them to be true, and requested me not to e
pose TAYLOR, and | RETAINED for the reasot
above stated. Those reasons are no long
v,lid- and therefore call upon Gov. Tayk
a,,l Col. Farr to state whether the VIM.
Tavlor who is now a candidate for Governe
is the same VIM X. Taylor who was chan
man Of the town Of Cottage Grove, in Dan
county, in 1868 and 1864.
Whether the last named VIM. R. Tayl
was or was not, at that time. agent OF IN
town. entrusted with its funds, to procure M
10 fiji its quota at 5000 each.
Whether the Taylor who was such agt
actually paid to the men who filled the quo
the 5000 each, voted by the town, and II n,
how much were they each paid, and what rs
done with the difference between the 81
voted to each man, and the amount actua
paid? Into whose pockets did Y go, or was
, paid back to the town?
In short. | call upon Col. Farr and VIM.
, Taylor to say whether tie story told me
| the Winter of 1863 and 1854, oy FAIR, rs
! true or false.
If false, its falsehood can be easily deunt
? strated as | can inform them where sonnet
the men reside who went to fill the quota, q.
those men can state how m1ch they were pa.
5 The records of the town. moreover, vi
doubtless show how much, if any, OF lie
moneys entrusted to him, VIM. r .Taylors
= turned TO the Treasury.
pLArrv1t1E Grant County. Wis., Sept. lo,lls7e
: DENIAL OF THE MILWAUKEE, News
A leader in the Milwaukee Ms,
. of the 18th of September, readas
9 follows:
Gov. Taylor was in Milwaukee yestcrda on
D b;s way to Madison from Waupacca, whe he
q delivered the address at the county fair ne
went to Madison last evening. Gov. TIor
r authorizes the Noes to say that he onlyaard
n a day or two ago Of the allegation 4 he,
with Col. Farr, or alone, made any pit in
;, Sling the quota of his town Of Cottagerove,
/; during the draft, and that this chares I'M