Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-10-15
Certain Votes Of Mr.. Woodward's
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Certain Votes Of Mr. Woodwards.
Ls Crosse Chronicle,
As campaign liar the Milwaukee Sen
uhei may be classified as lever faithful.
ever sure" When it does not lie with
straightforward bluntness it lies by i'm
plicatlon or inuendo-anythiug to earn
its allowance of the campaicn fund
When the Sentinel goes some distance
out OF Its way TO tell what The Chrou-
lcle would do in hypocritical case ii of
course relies upon its own and bad iudr
ment and partizan feelings for its con
cluSlonS. In talking about the public
acts of public men we usually go by the
record and do not distort the facts to
help our case as the Sentinel did in an
editorial on Mr.. Woodward's action in
congress on land grant forfeitures. The
AnaniaS of Wisconsin Journals takes oc-
caSlon to say In the editorial referred TO
that
1t Is also true, If our memory is not at
fauit' that when IN congress Mr.. Wood.
ward himself WAS by no means distiu-
EulShed for his hostility to corporations.
Indeed we believe that en- nearly every
occasion, when the bill ITO declare the
forfeiture of a land grant toa railroad
company for noncompliance with the
terms of the grant came before the house,
where there was substantial difference of
opinion, he voted i'll the interests of the
railroad company. 1t sometimes happen
ed that he stood almost alone in oppos-
ing such forfeitures. Thus, in the case
of bill to declare forfeited the grant to
aid i'll building a railway from the Cen
trail Pacific road in California 10 Port
land -
members IN the house who votl Il against
the bill and one Of these was MIR. Wood
ward. Another forfeiture bill relating 10
lands granted to aid in constructing a
railway III Oregon was 81 generally ap-
proved that only twenty SIX members out
ot the moro than 500 composing the
house voted against it, and Mr.. Wood.
ware was one of the twenty six. He also
voted and spoke against the Reagan bill
TO regulate Interstate commerce on rail
ways.
The Sentinel errs in relying ON that
memory" II speaks of in forgetting
pretty much all of Mr.. Woodwards
record ON land grant forfeitures, and
making garhled presentation of what
1t Processes to have rccollected. In order
To refresh the Sentinel's memory which
has probably gone wool gathering in
Switzerland with the rest of its wits we
furnish Mr.. Woodward's vote on all the
forfeiture matters and on the Reagan in
ter state commerce bill. Appended is
list of all land grant forfeiture measures
and other measures affecting railroads
brought to vote i'll the house of repro
sentatiyes of the forty ninth congress
and his votes on them;
/ Hplmnu'S rpSplut inn lpplnriu,r IN Tu
vor of forfeiture and comforting special
privileges ON the committee of public
lands III the matter of reporting forfeit
urc bills. Voted aye on its passage.
>. House of representatives, bill $500,
an omnibus bill forfeiting several differ
ent grants. Voted aye on its passage.
;. House of representatives bin 3933,
forfeiture of Texas Pacific grant. Voted
aye on passage.
4. House of representatives bill Isl, to
forfeit lands granted in aid of II railroad
in Oregon. Voted nay on passage.
.. House of representatives bill 5S9S,
forfeiture of lands granted to build n rail
road from a point on the Central Pacific
in California to Portland, Oregon. Not
ed nay on passage.
6. House of representatives bill 7lG2,
forfeiture of grant to Atlantic q Pacific
railroad company. Voted aye on pas
sage.
7. House of representatives bill 54i2,
compelling land grant railroads to pay
cost of surveys, etc. Voted aye on pas
sage.
8. House of representatives bill 677l,
amendment of Thurman act to compel
Pacific railroads to settle their indebted
ness to the government. Voted aye on
passage.
.. House of representatives bill 1893,
forfeiture of Sioux City st. Paul land
grant. Voted aye on passage.
10. House of representatives bill 56S2,
forfeiture of Texas Pacific railroad land
grant. Voted aye on passage.
Bills and are the ones referred to by
the Sentinel.
DAs to the Reagan Interstate commerce
bill he voted against it, but voted for an
other bill on the subject. The Reagan
bill he regarded as utterly Intellectual for
any purpose. 1t leaves the aggrieved
shipper to fight the railroads at his own
expense and not many men will
ever do that. The bill f.r which
he voted provided for com
mission which should investigate all
mplaints, and prosecute for violations
of the law at public expense, and for that
purpose required United States district
attorneys to bring suits when directed by
the commission. The "long and short
haul" principle involved in the Reagan
bill, or these formulated, would, if opera
tive at all, deprive the state of Wisconsin
of all the advantages of competition be
tween water and rail. The bill for which
he voted provided that the commission
should consider all these matters and de
wise suitable regulations to be enacted
into law from time to time as they might
be perfected, and so build up a reasona-
BILE code of regulations which could be
enforced.
In voting may on the two forfeiture
bills referred to by the Sentinel, Mr..
Woodward was governed by the fact TINT
| the bills as reported from the committee
did not, in his opinion adequately pro
| tect innocent purchasers from the rail
road corporations, of the land proposed
to be forfeited. As the great and glori-
| GUS country of Buncome does not lie in
this congressional district, Mr.. Wood
ward saw no reason why he should vote
against his ideas of justice to all the
parties interested. The people of Bun.
come, whose organ the Sentinel is
/ could of course be relic d upon to come to
the front with certain amount of fault
finding and misrepresentation, which will
/ be duly enlarged and elaborated by the
smaller republican pecksniffs throughout
| the state.
! Riot, rot and root backs threaten to be
the awful ALTERATION which will Burchard-
ize the republican campaign in Wisconsin
this fall. Verify the g. o. p. has learned
not to despise the day of small things
when it runs a campaign like the present
Hod Taylor and the bogus Nickel for
ever.
THE GULF STORM