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

lOuludliOH lIldt tue uOilitstiS VI ID go -
the Governor sought to raise a repu-
tation for its hero as the special friend
and protector of the rights of the peo-
Pile against the corporations.-H H.
Gray, Philo A. orion, Philo Dun
ming, Walter S. Greene, John d. Our
nee.
EXPENSIVE AND FRUITLEss LITIGA-
TIoN" IasrIGATED BY TAYLOR.
This unwise and most vicious course
was pursued for many months until
persecution, expensive and frultless
litigation and personal spitefulness
and evil design produced their natural
consequences, and a most dangerous
reaction in public sentiment became
apparent, and the law itself nearly
became odious at home and fully so
abroad and it was feared that the
real good and protection that 1T was
properly and justly intended by its
genuine friends to accomplish, would
Aftcrr { Considerable delay, and forced
by the more considerate advice of
others, he gave the matter into the
control of the Attorney General /;
other eminent counsel were employed,
and the case was brought before the
Supreme court by proceeding di-
rectly against the corporations, to test
the validity of the law, and enforce
its obedience, and that court, after
great research and long elaboration,
sustained the law and submitted an
opinion by its able Chief Justice.
II. II. Gray, PhU0 A. orion, Philo
Dunning, Waiter s. Greene, John d.
| Gurnee.
now TAYLOR COMMITTED " A MOST
FLAGRANT BREACH OF DECoRUM AND
COMMON DECENCY."
To show the dnlmuS of the Governor
and the evident reasons and interested
motives of his zeal III this controversy,
he committed a most fragrant breach
of decorum and common decency, it
not a contempt of court, by personally
and Extensively requesting, and nearly
ordering the Chief Justice to shorten
his opinion on file, so that it could be
cheaply published as campaign doc
umcnt, to advance his own political
interests and increase his popularity
with the farmers and producers of the
State, thus claiming the sole credit of
the decision, as much as if it had
been obtained by his own official and
personal influence, and as special
favor to himself. This comprises all
that VIM. II. Taylor ever did in favor
of the principles of the "Potter
Law. "-H H. cray. Phjlo A orion,
Philo Dunning Waiter S. Greene,
John d. GWnee
TAYLOR TROUBLED WITH GENERAL
WANT or ABILITY AND NOT "Es
PECIALLY AVAILABLE"
This bill, called the "Commis-
sioners' BILL was we'll understood to
have been approved and favored by
tho Governor and the Railroad Com
missioners, and 1t would have passed
if the farmer and Granger members
of the Legislature had not become
alarmed, and, independent of party,
called n caucus and devised means to
defeat it against the influence Of a
clamorous and overwhelming lobby,
strengthened by the approval of the
Governor 1t was finally defeated by
the friends Of the "Potter Law act
ing without regard to party, and the
law upon the subject, with but slight
change, remains substantially as be
fore no thanks to Governor Taylor
or his railroad friends. The more
space and prominence are given to
this subject because, admitting his
general want Of ability and quaifca
ton, his friends claim that he is especi-
ally available as the champion of the
railroad ,Uar. In this only trial and
test, he most signally failed, and
should not now be rewarded for opin-
ions and principles he never enter
tanned; for boldness, independence
and bravery he never exhibited; for
, services he never rendered, and fol
honors he never won. H II. GRAY
PhI0 A. orion, Philo Dunning, Wal-
ter S. Greene, John D. Gurnee.
, TAYLOR NOT COMPETENT "wlTHoUT
ASSISTANCE" now "THE PEOPLE
ARE TO BE FOOLED AND CHEATED.
His most enthusiastic friends do not
claim that he is competent to dis
, charge the duties Of the Executive Of
} fee without assistance from some one
, who is competent; but they say he is
t the "cnrd 10 play" in the game, il
which The people are to be fooled and
, cheated, and that he can especially
secure the votes Of laborers and far
mers, on the pretense that he is cone
5 of them or, as his admirers say, that
: he is a rough uncouth unmanncrly
and hard handed farmer himself, and
i by the dd cdptdndum and cant that
e lie is the honest "Old Bill" and "Far
f mer TAYLOR" and other meaningless
an1 f,,uI~l, ~sioh yvordo. Tho farm OF,
!, of this State, as class will not bt
e tiattered by such caricature, and
will not regard as their representa-
| tive in the Executive office one who
Z has no other claim to their Suffrage
t than his want of manners IL. II
a Graz, Ph1o A Orton, Philo Dun
5 ming, Waiter S Greene, John D. Cur
t nee.
g THOUSANDS OF FARMERS Ills SUPERB
j. oRs"; SHE has PERSONALLY sAvEI
I NOTHING TO TIE STATE ABOUT
G "ENHANCING HIS OWN ALLOWANCES.
Il There is not school district in this
/ State that could not furnish as fit
5, candidate, and thousands of farmer
] could be found who are his superior
4 in education, character, and in all th
J. qualifications necessary for the Office
q, 1t is true that he owns farm, an
G, formerly lived upon it, but ever sine
he came to the State he has bee
E nearly all the time an office seeker an,
is skilled in all the tricks of the eau
< Gus politician and the demagogue
At His friends pirate of his economy, bu