Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-27
NO. 50.
Legislative Notes.

The remark Is common that there
IS 8 "nigger IN the fence" in respect
to the action of the commissioners OF
public lands in receding from their
action in vacating the sales of school
land TO the big land pool formed in
1884. The parties who bought the
lands have been putting in af6davits
that the lands are not wol tn IS per
acre, and If put up at sale sgain will
not bring so much as before. Then,
1t is claimed that the supreme courts
decision of last October applies 10
these lands; aud that they are subject
to entry at S. per acre. A good many
are lnquiring Why, if the lands are SO
poor and worthless as the would be
purchasers at the pool" sale are try
ing TO prove, are the ring" so eager
to get tSem; and if the supreme court
has decided that they can be bought
by any one for sS per acre, why de
not the ring" take their money-$4
or IS per acre paid on the former pur.
chase-and then turn round and buy
the lands under the supreme court de-
cislonG When the ring worked it so
finely to get the lands at from 81 to $5
per acre in 1884, why do they throw
a chance over the shoulder to Get
them at IS Per acre2 The La Crosse
Chronicle says: There are no pine
lands IN those counties worth entering
at all by the syndicate that purchased
the lands in question, that are not
| worth five times what they are to Get
them for. The time has already ar
rived when pine tree that will make
1000 feet, anywhere within reason
BILE reach of . stre2m large enough TO
float II TO market, IS worth as much or
more than the amount paid by this
syndicate by the acre"
| The appropriate committees are coa-
sidering the propriety of some legisla,
ton to obvlate the disastrous effect
upon the trust funds of this unluckv
decision.
While there is considerable ele-
ment supporting the separate agricul,
college bill, there is little or no
support for it in the rural newspapers
of the state. The Walworth County
Independent says: 'The farm is the
best school for farming, and it would
seem that a sufficient knowledge of
the sciences bearing upon soils, fertil-
izers etc, might be obtaiRed from the
educational institutions already
provided and open to the
of the state without distinction
of calling. The dairymen Of Wis
consin have, by associated effort and
intelligent experiment, brought our
dairy products to high state of per-
fection and favor, without the aid of
special collegiate training or large APP
preparations of public money; and it
believed that the agricultural inter
ests OF the country generally are able
to take care of themselves with such
| educational advantages as they enjoy
in common with all interests
Mr.. Norcross has bill introduced
for the purpose of cleaning out the
present State board of supervision,
and replacing it by board of three
members. His bill withdraws the
management of the institutions at
/ Delavan aud Janesville from the
board and put the same in the hands
| of local trustees as formerly 1t pro
vides very deliberately for the. man
I agement, accounts, stewafdships,
etc, ETC. tt isevident.y i pivswi,; SO 81 fi,S d
present board, whose management is
widely criticised. There is more or
less growing at the action of Col.
Burchard, who, it is said, insisted
upon accompanying the legislative
| committee against the desire of the
| board and of the committee, on their
visit to the institutions. The bill also
creates an office of treasurer for each
institution instead of one fer all.
The Hon. H. G. Adams should walk
over into the senate and demand
retraction from Senator Ginty. The
Chippewa Herald has this: "The
Hon. H. G.. Adams is one of the Oldest
members of the assembly," Oldestl
Oldest. Down in this section the
kids of the republican party, like
the young bulls of buffalo herd,
enough to have few wrinkles on his
horns.
There is a bill before the legisla-
ture to divide the county of Ashland
by cutting off the three southern tiers
of to oWns-twenty- one towns IN all
| and erect the county of Fairchild. A
look at the map will show that this is
only little slice off of Ashland coun-
ty-hardly enough to make county
as large as old Rock. Ashland would
have enough left to make a county as
large as Dane, so that a division
will certainly como sometime. The
people of these southern towns
are said to be unanimous for division
and for the new county of Fairchild,
but Lieut., Gov Fifield is bitterly op-
posed to the scheme and VOWS it shall
not be done. Possibly Lieut.. Gov
Fifeld will down the other fellows
this session, but a conversation with
some of the new county advocates
leaves no doubt but it will be 1909
above zero in the coolest placs in
Ashland county if the people Of the
proposed new county are made to
pay tribute TO Ashland City"-as
they call lt-any longer.
An old hsbitue o. the lobby re-
marked yesterday in hearing OF a
DEMOCRAT man: How do admire
those fellows who come down from
way up in the..northern woods OF this
state They've got cheek like the tur-
ret to a monitor. When they want a
thing they are bound to have
it, and never scruple
of cor science or a legal
question or constitutional objection
stands in the way. They go for a
land grant, land steal, raid on
the trust funds. or tract of pine, or
monopolize a rive. one of the guaran-
teed highways ef commerce forever
| free" just as hungry timber wolf
lights onto lamb. / admire these
fellows for the cardor of their ra-
pacity and innoscspc with which they
override laws, and reach for what
they want. Deacsd sharp-nosed fel-
lows are those northern badgers"
The citizens league of Milwaukee
are asking for an amendment to the
charter that will take jurisdiction
away from Judge Mallory for the
teial OF liquor cases. The judge and
the league are having a sort OF aordy
contest.
The executive committee of the
state agricultural sociery are in ses-
sion at the rooms of the society in
the capitol. They express theLlselyes
opposed te the bill creating stale
board of agriculture, and regard as
an insidious means of destroying the
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