Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-02-17
OUR MADISON LETTER.
A Bu.y Week.
Special carrs.ponaenea Of he HEAL

subJeCts nave FeceIVeu the atteutfo"
Of the legislature. The annual con.
vention Of the State Agricultural
Society has held its sessions here, as
has the Academy Of Sciences, Arts
and Letters" There have been dis
cusSicns on subjects Oh interest TO
the farmer, the scientist, the politician
aud almost all classes of people. The
addresses OH finance, delivered under
the auspices of the State Agricultural
Society, were all in favor of the green
back -interconvertible bond system,
and strongly opposed to the resnmp-
tion of specie payments. | hardly
believe that the managers fairly re-
presented the views of the farmers Of
Wisconsin on this important question
i'll arranging for the presentation OF
only one side of this very two-sided
Below are the resolutions
adopted by the convention, and it
will probably occur to the minds of
many OF the HERALD's readers that
it is little strange that convention
supposed to be held in the interest of
the farmers of Wisconsin, in session
at the capitol at time when the leg
islature was beset with large num-
Der of lobbyists seeking to secure the
repeal of the Potter law, that this
in it's resolutions and pro.
ceedings, should utterly ignore the
contest going on about them, where
in there interests were supposed
to be largely involved, and principles
that have been represented to be
strongly cherished by them, were at
stake. To your correspondent it
seemed unusually strange that no
word was uttered by the convention
on this important subject. The re-.
solutions adopted by the convention
are as follows
Resolged. That the agricultural interests of
the State Of Wisconsin demand the estab-
lshment of an agricultural journal i'll the
State devoted especially to promoting its pro-
gress and prosperity, and that we, as farmers
and citizens OF this commonwealth, will do all
in our power TO support such paper.
r, soEved That we recommend the farmers
Of Wisconsin to organize, az rapidly as posi-
ble Town Fire Insurance Companies, as pro-
yided for in the statutes Of the State, such
insurance companies having been proved
both safe and beneficial by actual experience
for over three wears.
Resolred. That the forced resumption Of
specie payment will be both impoiitc and
ruinous, TO IL great extent, to all the industrial
interests OF the country. We therefore ask
that the bill passed ov Congress TO resume
specie payments, i'll 1879, be Immediately re
pealed, and that resumption be left 10 those
economical laws Of trade, which will work out
the desired result without convul ion or mate
rial detriment of either debtor or creditor
Resolyed. That the Society earnestly ask
a return by the U. 5 Postal department, to
the rates Of postage on all third (2d) class
amendment passed at the last session at Con-
gress and that our Secretary be instructed
to forward a copy Of this resolution to each
member Of Congress from this State.
Resolved That the Society memorable
our Senators and Representatives in Congress
90 to extend the scope Of the Signal Service
as to give the benefits Of its observations and
deductions to Agriculture, by sending warning
to every telegraphic station Of the approach
and probable event and severity Of such
storms as may occur between April and Nov
ember: and also the cold waves, their path
and probable severity.
We hope, also, they will make every prae~
ticable effort to extend one circuit Of observa
ton around the ent great circle of the globe
in our own genera! latitude, without which no
philosophic observations Of the weather can
be considered in any degree complete.
RAILROAD LEGISLATION.
The question of principal interest
thB past week was the action OF the
Assembly on the amendment to the
Potter law, known as the 'Nance :
bill, Of which some mention was
made in my letter of two weeks ago.
1t was generally believed that the
measure would not pass the Assem-
bly, without being materially amend
ed The reason for this belief was
in part founded on the fact that there
are no less than forty nine members
of that body who are farmers, and 1t
was supposed that they at last, would
all, or nearly all, stand firm for the
Potter law, and allow such amend
ments az were needed to make ii Just.
Whether tie "Vance'' oil is more
liberal than just or not, is not tor the
writer to determine. 1t seems to be
acceptable to the people, ID espec
tally TO the farmers, il the action OF
the members Of the Assembly who
are farmers can be taken as an index
of the sentiment Of that class through
out the State. OF the forty nine who
report themselves followers of this
occupation, twenty five voted for the
"Vance bill. Without these votes
il could not have been carried. There
fore, if this bill becomes a law, and
should prove unsatisfactory, the far
mers Of Wisconsin will know that the
fault is their own. Whether it will
PASS the Senate or not is uncertain,
though it is known ttat there will be
strong opposition to it. II it be-
comes law il may prove as satisfac-
tory 10 the people as the present
statute it will be what the Potter
law was, and to certain extent is
an experinent-and time alone will
demonstrate it's value The bill was
ordered to a third reading by a vote
Of G7 to 81, Book voting for and
Brown, Jones and Mccoy against
tile proceeding
GRAY BENNETT CONTEST.
The contest for the seat in the As
sembly between Ans ~ Gray and
Joseph Bennett, from the northern
district Of lows county, was elected
Saturday morning III favor Of the
latter, or, more correctly speaking,
was decided Thursday evening The
contest has been very peculiar one,
aud has attracted considerable atten
ton from the opening Of the session
until is was determined. The certiti