, 1880-04-01

Charles \. Dana 1tEe0vcrs s1O.38S.0O
Hack Salary from Former Stoc1s1loltl.
er1 in t1sc Old Chicago - Republican, -

Charles 4, Dana Receivers e10.a88.OO
Hack salary from Former Stoc1s1lol&l.
ers in t1.c Old Chicago ~ Republican"
Newspaper
. Special Dl,patth 10 Tae Chicago Tribune.
spn1SGr1ELp, H., March 3l.-The recent de-
cislnn OF tho Supreme Court Of tito United
Stntes In tho cilsc of John Williams antl 0. u.
Hatch. plnntlls Ill error, ss. G. ~ Dnna. OF tho
Now York Sua, which was published !n .IttE
TRIBUNE, has led to some pcculiar political CONF
plicatlons, nntl may tenl to Affect tho political
rnnvnss In this statc Tho fucts In rcg,r 10 tho
decision aro: During tho cainpnl9n Ut 1BSa Ger
tnin politicians lit tho llcrubl!can rnnks
were not satisfied with tho co,,rTo Of
THE TRIBUNE, and deemed It advisable to
establish IN ChIcNEo RNothcr paper, which
they could 1noti moro rcahfly to their views Of
party policy. aud accordingly n stuck co,npn1,y
was formed tho Chicago Republican "as esthb-
ltshcd anl Charles a. Dnna, ex-Ass!stnnt fsccrc-
tary Of War, wns placed In chnrge. Among
those engaged lii tho enterprise to tho extent OF
tnkng stock md insisting In tho venture wcrc
Richard Yntcs, Jesse X. Dubois, o. n. fintch.
anl ChRrlcs L. Llpnnc0tt, tllon connected with
tho State Administration: senntor William Pitt
kellogg, Of I.oulslnnn, whose homo WINS then re-
ported to lie ut Canton, H.; Col. u. c. fsahcock.
OF cnnton anda coterio Of Springfield politicians,
nnong whom wcro $. NJ. Culiolli, Frnnk tcon-
ard, ut present bis privntu sccrctnry, jacob
nunn, bnnkcr, Col. John williams, Willlnn Hut
1or, and Numerous others, living unl dead. nnnn
visited Springfield In response tn nh Invitation,
antl, after const,ltntio1, concluded to nccept the
authorship Uf tho pnpcr nrd take portion OF
tho stock. Ifc borrowed OF the First Nnttonnl
Hunk OF this city 5000, which hc invested In
tho paper giving ns security certificates Of stock
md persnnnl indnrscmcnts An agreement WIS
di1ly dfM,si lip ami sgicd, giving Dana Il ccrtotn
salary and providing fur tho management Of tho
Institution. In courSe OF ttmo Dann's ,lotc Ia
tho bank becnmo duo and went to protest. In
response to cnlls for payment he referred tho
bank to tho parties who Ind guaranteed tho
payment OF tho stock Of tho Republican, which
had In tho meantime become rnluelcss by
reuson of tho failure Ut tho venture, md Dnna
hld retired to New York, Tho hank sized nn tho
note III tho United Statcs Court III New York,
mud obtained judgment. Dana, In turn, ,s.scd
Jolln Williams and o. II. Hatch. two Ut tho
stockh9';;!ers Ia the vn!ted ~ statcs Gonrt
# sa,sry ela'@sd = bo dts 2 him. ~ and ostast5 sS
sSSasf sa f eeusf Fl 9f be t4a sskscs yts nss s D 9 s
been a..ct. ald that, two should not bt. singled
out but tho Court decided In effect tl,at Gaci,
lfuble for tho full amount af their stuck, and
Gonfrned tho tmslHt',eut v:, nf tho Court hrlnw.
msnt, 'n aoatinF Sah !oS Will aa i"terest to ~ @
yes.clslay. il being understood tiat MI DIM,
@ ats %s aa sHH ot Il co. Il tc
First Nntonnl 1lnnk. and ilcFG!t, cnnlu tho c0In.
Elieations. II Is well known that TUG First Nh.
1gss inimtea 70 Gov. Gilom iocaily, anu that tho
latter il prcstlcnt of tho statu Natio,aI link,
estel il anothor baht'ns nstta,ion. CD, %ili.
,4lns M h,Sor h. not r5'crp 6ec pcGsly nngSSnst bM
ii thor opposition TO him, tilil nra KNEW. to 10
disposed 70 prevent saMgammnn % Go,lnty from Civ