, 1881-01-19

mil WlnR,-scyc,t,-or bS yntcs for |
Afr. Sawyer IN all. Ex-senator lIowe ar-
pcaretl enrly hiring tic proceedings, md was
greeted with Hearty applause. lta Ind comr
by spccinI invitation, nitd n11tle, |
accUr,lng III tlIn sut prngrana tho 1cn,llng |
speech Of Intervening, T1Mnx-SS1iatur opctGd
In n numerous yrfn, hut n1nttlSt Immediately
ink sht@i irxt lhg nngml,ll whicl, appeared |
III Till: 1nnt'SE dispatches yesterday co,,-
crrrln9 The .tering uf Tic tirnnger members
nga!,,sl nnul,olmlIs.s. liz nI,unc.l by saylnx
tint
Mr,. SAWYER WAS ro1.S or r.AtoR,
anfl eonl,l ad nnt,ru te divorced fron, It's III
tersts tlimi from tho loyo Ut Ills
,nu.l,er. Continuing, 10 said llu did
mt la'lteys tint Mr.. Sawyer ever
longht ur suld II sIlnrc Of railway stock III his
1lfu EXCEPT during tho lust t,vn years, when
lie ,atl bec,, Interested II, railway
enterprise. Twenty-four ycars ngo 'Con-
gross grnntr.t II uuarlity Of laiMl
IL build rfirual-tlo Nurtli Wiscoli-
sin-frMn Madison tp l'or,aRo City nud
LII Crussr, n1s,l fru,M In Crusso tn iiutlsnn,
arpl from Hudson to Lake Superior. II. tile
c0tlrsc Of yenrs. nlnter different laws ntnt
through various agencies. n ruad WIS coll
str,,ctGd over The line us FAR rs ltusui,. X
,rw company. nj tie l'eatl nf wAtcl, was Il
former wrll-kIlown citizen Of Wisconsin, Mt
tempted to push tic rtnatl u, 10 Lake Supc-
rior. This citizen uroyrA t,,rulal to tic ci,-
.tt'aynr, AMI iMttt tho penalty with Ills life.
Tie enterprise ended IN prhct1cnl bankrupt
cy. Twn years neo Mr. snwyers attention
was cnIlch to tho matter. AT. that
tine furty niles ut iron lad been 1nltl
'lowi. nortl, Of Hudson, wllfto twenty miles
lls,se hat bern ErultGd.
DIFFERENT TDwSs HAD TAKEN srncK
In tho ,ew Company, for which llley lind
lal.l by tho tssuu ald delivery Of their bunds.
Mr.. Sawyer MID h1s associates be-
1icvel the r0ad could be butlt,
They ldlt their hntlls III their
pockets and purchased the right to finish tic
road. They appropriated the moAey anil
purchased tho iron for the twenty miles at
uncG. unli, by llcnts Of their known wealth,
integrity, and business capacity. ptueed tho
line among tho accredited rail-
way enterprises Of tho country,
and they lave 50 diligently prosecuted
tho work Of construction tint one year lnore
will extend the track to 1.ake Superior. 1fr.
Sawyer's first demand I'll connection with
thts enterprise was that tllosc boluts
issued by those towns and soll by
the old Company should bo reWlrcl,asetl by
tho new Company aiiA surrendered 10 the
lV"Iot III CAEHhBlEE kul kuGll SluCfl HlllCil
WAS done. After t1tts ylMtlicati0n Of Mr..
Sawyer tic EX-SENATOR closed III happy
terms
ONE OF THE NE.tTEsr SPEECHES
ever mule by him itl Wisconsin. Nentarks
of a very Inferior clIarncter were made by
Senators Price, Thomas, Gri1llr, Speaker
| Bradford, md Messrs. Felkcr md Ju,lso1l,
the two lust mentioned gentlemen,
bong from Oshkosh, md forllltng
n portion of the lobby only. lii
conclusion, Senator Griffin moved Tint OF the
lllenIbers Ut this Legislature who latl n,l-
swercd TO the roll-call should, OH tomorrow
evening, at tic CAUCUS, cast Il nIanl-
nous vote for Mr.. Sawyer. Tie Ques-
tlon WIS put By tho Chair, nnd r..-
| celvcd MI "aye" from abuut twenty-five
Of nil present. Edward Sandersen llere at-
tempted to sucuro the adoption Of Il motlo,,
that thu ballots Mt the ca,Cus tomorrow
evening bu limited to three, but meeting
with opposition l,e Withdrew the motion, n,ld
the caucus then adjourned In high glee ut
tile to them apparently sure prospect OF sue
cess tomorrow.
| AFTER TIE CAUCUS TIE Tribune
correspondent visited tho keycs hea,l-
qunrters anlt found the clnlm tilero to be
TINT Il portion of tho vote ut tho Sawyer
cAucus was fictitious, belng that of nh
sentees who are merely yotcle.l for
by members present, md whose real
views are still unknown. The Kcyes tucll
clRlln to have reliable reports from the cAll-
Gus showing M actual attendance 0f forty
five members Of tile Legislature only, which
Is thu yot0 before conceded to Sawyer,-talat
Is. forty, reinforced by Senators Scott aud
Irico md ASselnblymen Trow, Austin, and
O'l}riell, who followed tlent into tho Sawyer