Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-23

certified to by the justice to Bailey, be
allowed. Motion lost.
Mr.. WILSON then called up the reso-
luton in relation TO the County Judge.
C. G. RopoLF read the resolution as
follows:
RESOLVED That the sum of $500 is
hereby appropriated to be paid to Hon.
VIM McGonigal, County Judge, as
clerk hire, for the year 1882; and the
chairman of the County Board and the
County Clerk are hereby authorized to
draw their voucher for the same on the
county treasury.
THos. WATSON said that a year ago
the board agreed among themselves
that the County Judge ought to get 5000
then. He moved to strike out the two
hundred and insert three hundred.
f. |. KIDD believed the gentleman
was mistaken as to the vote of last year,
and read the vote from the report of the
proceedings.
Mr.. WATSON displayed some ingeni-
Gus arithmetical conclusions in trying
to figure out a majority.
THE CHAIR could not see what this
board had to do with what last year,
board did
p. BARTLEY believed there was few
persons last year no said sswen give
it to you next year. The committee
had already allowed two hundred dol
lars for extra services and this was only
another method for increasing the
judges salary
j. ID. WILSON was in favor of the
amendment. He was in favor of giving
clerk hire because the judge was entitled
to it. He was satisfied if his friend
BARLEY knew the amount of work per-
formed by Judge McGonigal and how
well that work was done, he would not
have opposed the amendment nor would
it have a single dissentant vote Judge
McGonigal had served this county well
and faitl fully for twenty-five years in
that capacity and no citizen that came
to his office had ever said that he was
direlict to his duty. In 1869 the salary
of the office had been fixed at 81 900:
since that time our population had in
creased greatly.
BARTLEY-No sir.
, WILSON continuing, said he had the
figures. The practice in the court had
increased, the work in the county cour
| was double that of the circuit court il
the county. The court must now have
I its regular terms every month. TIL,
J gentleman gave some figures from othel
] counties showing that Brown county
paid 81 800. While Iowa county will
: a population $4,000 less than Gran
Q county and a property valuation of onl,
) S7,O00,000 paid the county Judge 81 ,30t
The gentleman was well convinced tia
Judge McGonigal did not receive wha
/ he oughtto 1t was no argument to sa,
6 there was men who would perform tn
! duties for the same sum. There is no
3 a man in the state that can perform tn
5 duties of that office like Judge Nc
S Gonigal. Parties would go before hin
. ready for battle but he, in his mild
5 fatherly way, would find way for set
S Element and fix matters right. Thes
) matters said the speaker we are a
Y aware of. / feel this, Mr. Chairman. All
Q feel it honestly. And | know furthe
o that you can take the records and yol
q will not find one case appealed from
! Judge McGonigal where you will fin
2 ten in other counties, and have neve
i found one judgement of his that ha
3 been reversed. There was no NOR
9 faithful servant nor one more entitle,
. to the respect of the people of the count,
q than Judge McGonigal
8 &. HUTCHINSON called for the ave
s and noes.
s p. hartley said he endorsed the Gu
3 logium pronounced by his friend upol
s the Judge, but it was an endeavor t,
6 work upon the feelings of the board tt
6 get money which did not belong to him
8 Judge McGonigal was not the ONLY
; honest man in the county.
E |. KIDD said he had not one un
friendly feeling against Judge McGoni
2 gal but he had noticed the question o
, increase had always been withheld unit
{ after election. This was simply an in
& crease of salary. The gentlemen though
. it unwi~e to do this. He believed Judg,
5 McGonigal to be as good and wise maj
: as stands in Grant county but this wa
/, overlapping the bounds.
0 The amendment was lost by the fol
; lowing vote:
AYEs-Hutchinson, Watson, Shuttle
; worth, McFall Bocrner, Dickinson
) Rodolf, Wilson, Clark, Beebe,- ..
Es-Woodhouse Kicks, Grimm
2 Gore, Springer, Jos. S. Kidd, Kreul
; Ryland, Cairns, Walker, E. |. Kidd
! Day, Arnold, Marvel, Paul, Hampton
Archie Brown, Henderson, Georg,
Brown, Glenn, BARLEY, Andrew.-22
The question was upon the Original
resolution.
SAM'L WooDHoUsE called for ayes
and noes.
Q. j. ARNOLD had given the matter
considerable attention and was willing
to vote for the 5000 and believed it wa:
proper TO do it.
The question being upon the adoption
of the resolution the same was adopted
by the following vote:
AYES Hutchinson, Watson, Shuttle
worth, Jos. S. Kidd, Geo McFall, Kruel,
Murray, Ryland, Boerner. Dickinson,
Cairns, Walker, Arnold, Rodolf, Marvel.
Paul Hampton, Geo. Brown, Wilson.
Clark, Beebe, Andrew 22..
NoEs-W oodhouse, Kicks, Grimm.
Gore, Springer, f. |. Kidd, Day, Archie
Brown, Henderson, Glenn, Barley, Iii.
p. BARLEY, chairman of committee
on education, presented the jury list
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